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The Final Shake-Down

March 12, 2015

New here? Sign up for free email updates. Or, if you’d prefer, subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Kim and I spent last weekend taking our RV for a final shake-down before we launch on our year long adventure. We drove three hours to the central Oregon Coast, where we stayed four days in […]

How to Survive a Long-Term RV Trip: Travel Advice from Dakota and Chelsea

March 5, 2015

As part of preparing for our year-long RV trip, Kim and I have been talking to as many people as possible about what life is like on the road. It’s fun to hear everyone’s ideas and advice. Each person has a different perspective on what to do and how to do it. In mid-February, for […]

Tying Up Loose Ends: Preparing for Our Year-Long RV Trip

February 26, 2015

Things just got real! Now that Kim and I have decided that we really can (and will) do this year-long cross-country adventure, we’ve started making big moves. Last week, Kim told her boss she’ll be leaving at the end of March. We found a couple to stay in our condo while we’re gone, and we’ve […]

The Maiden Voyage of Bigfoot: Our Trip to Stevenson, Washington

February 19, 2015

Hi, everyone. Kim here with my first-ever post at Far Away Places! Last weekend, J.D. and I made our maiden voyage in the RV. We went into it like we’d go into any other trip. We had a general plan but left lots of wiggle room for whatever opportunities and experiences might arise. We both […]

One Month with Bigfoot

February 12, 2015

Kim and I have owned our motorhome for a full month now, and we’ve had a chance to form some impressions. It’s important to note that we haven’t actually done anything in the RV yet but clean and stock it. (We’ll make our first trip this weekend.) That said, we’re pleased with the purchase so […]

Meet Bigfoot

February 5, 2015

After driving home our new motorhome, Kim and I were sad (but unsurprised) to see that the leak in the roof was worse than we’d feared. After a quick weekend getting to know our Bigfoot 30MH29SL, we took the rig to Robert at Rose City RV. Although he initially said he’d need a couple of […]

Bringing Home Bigfoot: A Crash Course in RV Ownership

January 29, 2015

After months of searching, Kim and I finally purchased a motorhome that seemed almost ideal for our needs: a 29-foot 2005 Bigfoot 30MH29SL. On a rainy Saturday morning in mid-January, we drove to the previous owner’s house to take delivery. “I guess I didn’t fix that leak as well as I’d thought,” Mike said, pointing […]

Buying an RV: Finding Bigfoot

January 22, 2015

After a month of RV shopping, Kim and I took a breather for the holidays. We continued to chat about the subject with friends and family, fishing for feedback on our our plans, but we only casually browsed Craigslist. We didn’t venture out to the used RV lots. After the new year, though, we got […]

Buying an RV: Finding Focus

January 15, 2015

As Kim and I continued on our quest for a quality Class C RV under $40,000, we resorted to research. As with anything, the world of RVs can be overwhelming. There’s a lot of vocabulary and terminology to learn. There are a multitude of models and features. There are plenty of things to look at […]

Buying an RV: Starting the Search

January 8, 2015

Last summer, Kim and I hatched a plan to leave our lives here in Portland to traverse the U.S. and Canada by RV. After several months of research and contemplation, we’d reached a few conclusions: We’d spend six months to a year traveling backroads, visiting friends and family, exploring National Parks, and documenting our journey […]

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