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.
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.
After months of researching luxury fifth wheels on YouTube, we finally walked through four of them in person: two Alliance Paradigms and two Brinkley Model Zs. Picking a future full-time home is harder when you can actually touch it.