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With an awesome rig completed, we were ready to grab some friends and head to a beach in Mexico with Fat Amy. This gave us an opportunity to return to our favorite little Mexican town, Kino Bay. We made an overnight stop in Magdalena. While there we visited the iconic church in the plaza. This … More Fat Amy goes to the beach
Are you familiar with the movie “Pitch Perfect“? If not, spend a little time and watch it. But beware, it is a musical, it is in a college setting and it is filled with silly double entendres, innuendos and goofy characters. One of those characters is Fat Amy. Fat Amy (the character) is a big … More Slowcarfasthouse V. 3.0 (Fat Amy)
Answer – Housesitting and build another rig, of course! It’s 2021 and there we are, back in the USA with nowhere to go and nothing to do. We took a housesitting gig in Prescott, Arizona and enjoyed it. So we applied, and were accepted for, another! This time we were off to a small town … More Question – What to do now?
A little time in the USA reminded us that not everything needs to be supersized! We sold Big Bertha the Safari Trek and combined a Chevrolet truck with a Lance camper. Then the Chevrolet truck started giving us trouble. So we sold the truck and transferred the Lance to a Dodge truck. This smaller package … More LANCE CAMPER- USA RIG 2.0 & 2.1
We limped back to Prescott and got the truck fixed up enough to sell. Red Rover was just not up to the task. We started shopping for a new truck to put under the Lance camper. It didn’t take long to find the one we wanted. Meet HiHo Silver. Transferring the Lance camper to … More ARIZONA TIME- USA RIG 2.1
After cruising across the USA in Big Bertha, we faced a tough decision. Our friends in Prescott provided us just the space and opportunity to make that decision. They needed a house/dog sitter and we needed a place to stay! So we moved back to Prescott, Arizona! The view from my favorite sofa was … More ARIZONA TIME- USA RIG 1.0 AND 2.0
We continued across the USA, on a trajectory to visit with family and friends. Due to the size of Big Bertha, we found ourselves parked frequently at formal, paid campsites. This was not our usual routine, and it was a little more challenging for the dogs. Quiet hours, traffic, leashes and rules were cramping our … More Road Trip USA- Part 2
With Big Bertha loaded up we were ready to escape Florida and plan a route to Arizona to visit friends and family. We started in New Orleans, but it was not quite its usual raucous self. COVID had many businesses closed and crazy visitors at home. We found some live music and we also found … More Road Trip USA
March 2021 We returned to the USA in 2021 because of the expiration of our Brazilian paperwork. COVID complicated many things, including the closure of land borders in South America. The last update featured the story that we had shipped two humans, two dogs and four suitcases out of Brazil and into USA. You can … More Returned to the USA- what’s new….
Apparently we were not supposed to ship the truck and camper back to the USA and miss the last five countries in South America. When it came close to time to leave Brazil, she decided she was NOT going on that cargo ship. The engine repairs were completed (special thanks to Mike’s sister, Terri) and … More Leaving Brazil, really!