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
There was one big scene we missed when we passed through Brazil, headed toward Uruguay. So while we were stopped in Canela, Brazil, waiting for borders to open, we decided to go back and see it. What was it, you ask? RIO DE JANIERO!!! That’s right. We … More A trip to Rio de Janiero
We arrived in Canela, Brazil in early March of 2020. We planned to stay a couple of weeks to have some repairs done on the roof of the camper. We had about two weeks of freedom in the city. Then the world changed and a global epidemic was declared. This promptly closed the land borders … More Hanging out in Canela, Brazil for the pandemic
Peruvian Hairless Dogs are a well recognized breed here in Peru and even globally. But that is not what we decided to adopt here in Peru. After our last trip to the USA in May, we knew that we wanted to add a second dog to the pack. Geneva searched some websites and watched the … More Peru- Adopting a dog!