Moving day in the middle of our 15-day boondocking challenge: a failed water stop at Love's, our first CAT scale weigh-in, exotic animals at Safari Wilderness, and Fabiola's first drive in the F-350.
Our fresh tank said empty, so we grabbed buckets and measured what was really in there. Plus a finicky tire pressure gadget, a siphon experiment, and packing up for a travel day at Dupuis.
Day one of our 15-day boondocking challenge: we pick up the Brinkley with its brand-new solar and battery system, drive to Dupuis, and learn that setting up off-grid is nothing like parking at a campground.
Our very first RV travel day: 300 miles, broken dishes, a dead end, a tiny state park dump station, and one stop sign that never saw us coming. Every mistake, unedited.
The first time our F-350 and our 15,000-pound Brinkley met: a new Gen-Y gooseneck hitch, a parking attempt that humbled us, and a day of installs from backup camera to Starlink.
After nearly five months in dealer storage, we finally walked into our Brinkley Model Z 3515 for the first time. Here's the full tour, the slides, and moving-in day.
Five days, four states, one brand-new Ford F350 Platinum, and a whole lot of snow. Our drive from Michigan to Florida to inspect our Brinkley Z3515, dealership mistakes included.
We needed a truck that could tow a 17,500-pound fifth wheel. After going back and forth between the Ford F350 and the RAM 3500, here's what we picked and why.
A week in Dallas: murals in Deep Ellum, manatees downtown, dinosaurs at the Perot, brisket at Terry Black's, and a zoo day that ran long. Here's everything we hit and what we'd repeat.
A day in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: a roadside Mystery Spot that talked us onto a zip line, wolves and bears at Garlyn Zoo, and the clearest water in the state at Kitch-iti-kipi.
We took on the Dune Climb at Sleeping Bear Dunes to answer one question: can we actually make it all the way to Lake Michigan? Sand, regret, and ice cream followed.
No cars, a working 1780s fort with live cannon fire, more fudge shops than we could count, and a hike to Arch Rock. Mackinac Island was not what we pictured.
Root-beer-colored waterfalls, five miles of bridge, s'mores on a Lake Huron beach, and a late-night gamble on the northern lights. The first episode of our Michigan trip.
A comic convention, a dolphin show, a water taxi, and a funhouse that genuinely scared Fabiola. We tried to fit all of Chicago into one day and mostly succeeded.
We went truck shopping with a Brinkley 3100 in mind and put a Ford F-350 and a RAM 3500 head to head: interiors, a test drive, and the honest math on why we needed a one-ton at all.
