When we had our road and septic put in on our property, we ended up with a loop for the driveway and the septic in the middle. Our landscaper (Bryan) cleared a flat area and pushed all the excess to the middle where he put the septic. Our land has a lot of limestone shale, […]
At the end of November, we had a plan for tank recovery: 1) empty the water, 2) secure it, 3) haul it up the cliff. Step 1. Empty the water We weren’t quite sure how much water was in the tank, but there was some. There is a hole in the side at the bottom […]
As previously mentioned, one of our 2500 gallon water tanks was missing from our property and found at the bottom of a gully. At first we weren’t sure if it was vandalism or just the wind, but now we’re pretty confident it was just poor planning and bad luck. When first delivered, we had 800g […]
After being gone for the last seven months, we wanted to go check out our property as soon as we arrived in Terlingua. The area had received a lot more rain this year so we were curious about the state of the seven miles of dirt roads we traverse to get to our property. The […]
Well, looks like we didn’t stick to our plan of updating this blog every week! To get us back on track, I’ll run through a quick update of our traveling for the past five months. Last time we posted we were in Tucson Arizona. We had just received word that the truck was totaled from […]
Our year three travels are about to begin. At the beginning of May in 2023 we began living on the road. The first year we were adjusting to this lifestyle, the fifth-wheel life, travel weekends, new procedures for all of the above. We were also seeing a ton of new places and visiting a lot […]
We’ve been working on an update to our map/tracking. We originally got a national parks map with scratch-off spots for each park, but it didn’t include the latest parks (missing White Sands, Indiana Dunes, and a few others). Plus the scratch-off functionality was less than ideal. The coating didn’t come off easily and sometimes took […]
Hard to believe we’re already leaving our Texas property, but we are hitting the road tomorrow and heading on our west coast loop. First stop is in Tucson to get the hail damage from the truck fixed. Unclear how long that will take, so the rest of our timing will depend on that. On the […]
Living in a remote area is all about planning for efficiency. We try to get all our errands in on one trip to town which includes: groceries, water, trash, propane, laundry, mail, and any other shopping (usually from the hardware store). A few weeks ago, the laundry facility in Terlingua had a water issue and […]
As with everyone this week, we’ve been experiencing a bit of a cold spell this past week. Unfortunately for us that means a bit of worry and stress about our pipes freezing and having enough battery and propane to keep everything warm. It was predicted to get below freezing several days this past week, I […]
