I know it’s hard to believe, but James really is a lap dog. You have to get past the 65 pounds of squirming poodle and the long legs flailing in all directions but after that he’s pretty cuddly. If you’ve seen our video of James being sweet & sassy, this is the same experience and…
We hit 222,222 miles on the FJ. And it’s running great still. I ran into an FJ fan at a Costco gas station recently and he couldn’t stop talking about how Toyota makes a 1,000,000 mile engine. Well I guess we’re going to find out. 😁 It was funny that we were able to catch…
I had a 1979 Scout and it was great. Funny that it’s such a classic car now but of course none of us knew it back then. It was the first to market for what we now refer to as SUVs. It was followed by the Chevy Blazer and the Ford Bronco with each new…
It’s amazing what you can order online now. I guess I always thought you needed to go into a tire shop and just take what they had in stock when you needed new tires. But not anymore, and it was a great experience! Let me walk you through it. Sandra’s cousin Hiram works for Goodyear,…
I don’t know about you, but when I hear people talking about electric vehicles I hear a lot about torque. Knowing that a diesel also has a lot of torque and really great gas mileage while towing, that makes an electric vehicle seem like a great option for towing as well. At least it seems…
In this video I show you how I hook up with the weight distribution hitch. It’s easy to do, better on your rear suspension and makes towing much safer. You can find this exact hardware in ‘our gear‘ on this site. We list all of our favorite gear and link you to where you can…
The one question I always get about our RV is, “How bad is it to deal with the sewer line?” Well, instead of worrying you with details, let me just show you. In this video I will show you how I unhook everything from the RV before we move. You will get to see my…
While we were in Lyon we had the chance to see some amazing places like this old theater in the photo above. We didn’t get many of these places on video so I’m going to share this story with you in photos. Some of these places were very grand and impressive like this restaurant. And…
We were in Florida for the cruise and rented a Ford with CarPlay. I like CarPlay because of the larger navigation map and the fact that I get to play my own music but I don’t like how it saves info from my phone to the car, specifically because this isn’t my car. That aside,…
It’s great to meet new people and it’s even better to meet amazing people. Recently we made some new friends, Becky and Sharon, and in our conversation we learned that they were competitive archers! I have recently gained an interest in archery but had no idea where to start. I had looked at compound bows…
I know package theft doesn’t happen all that often unless you live in a big city, but when it does it just makes you so mad. If you’ve ever had a package stolen from your front porch, here is the video you’ve been waiting for. As a package thief you have to know that someone…
In the past I avoided buying salami that I had to unwrap because I just didn’t know how. You may have done the same, but now you don’t have to. In this video I show you a really simple way to remove the natural casing on the salami and it will only take you a…
Today we are celebrating our sixteenth wedding anniversary! We’ve been through a lot of changes in careers, housing, puppies and more and I wouldn’t change a thing. It’s a wonderful thing to go through life doing all sorts of things with your best friend. To Sandra, thanks for being with me for all of it….
At the grocery store the other day I spotted a nice duck breast in the meat section and decided to try cooking it. Duck is one of those things that you usually either like or hate, but once you learn how to cook it you could never hate it. There is a trick to cooking…
You need data when you are traveling – to load maps, to keep in touch with friends and family back home, to check train schedules and more. Here I explain how easy it is to buy a prepaid SIM card in Europe and show you how to install the prepaid SIM card into your iPhone. Make sure…
Well yes they do! And Pringles Tortilla Chips are awesome too. We picked some up at the store… actually they were in the basket before I could fully understand the taste sensation I was about to
Near our place in Milan we kept passing this spot that we couldn’t figure out.
Was it a restaurant? Was it an office?
At times it seemed to be both and maybe more, so we decided to check it out and
Italians have a reputation for being chaotic drivers, from Hollywood to Rick Steves’ tours we hear about the traffic in Italy. But we discovered something interesting about Italy and now Italians
Wheeling around a large suitcase is a pain, especially when you get somewhere only to find that all of your things have settled and there is plenty of empty space that somehow wasn’t there when you
A few weeks ago you may remember the funny story we told you about our silly restaurant idea. The restaurant called “You”? (All About You) Well this story continyoues with more things that are named