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I recently came upon a new concept vehicle from Volkswagen that hit the blogosphere last September. The VW Atacama Camper Concept is based on Volkswagen’s Crafter van, which is not available in the US, but is in the same class as the Mercedez Benz Sprinter. What makes this concept interesting is that it features 4WD, a reflection of [...]

I haven’t been able to sleep very well the last couple of days. Why is it that whenever the smoke detectors start chirping because the battery on one if them has gone dead, it always happens in the middle of the night? And why is it that the chirping always stops by the time you run downstairs [...]

The cover story of the current issue of Passage Maker Magazine is an article on trailerable trawlers. In a previous post I wrote about voyaging motorboats and how most production motorboats are built for speed and luxury instead of seworthiness or cuising comfort. Although saltwater fishing boats have much better seakeeping abilities than your average runabout or cruiser, accomodations are usually minimal and fuel [...]

It’s been a busy week. After coming back from Puerto Rico early last Thursday, we went right back to work. We had a ton of housework to do not to mention finishing our taxes but there was no way we were missing the Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival. As part of the preparations for our [...]

Well, we are back after a week in “the jewel of the Caribbean”. After 11 years of living in the United States, it still surprises me how little most Americans know about Puerto Rico even though our histories have been intertwined for over a century. For most Americans, the island is either a stopover on [...]

It’s been a while since I posted something to the blog. Part of that is because I’ve been busy importing the Europe trip account from the old Blog but I’ve also had some technical difficulties putting up the truck camper post. As we get deeper into spring, new projects begin to take shape. I actually [...]

We have been fans of truck campers for a long time having owned a Four Wheel Pop-up truck camper. Truck-based campers are generally shorter and thus more agile than the traditional Class-C Motorhomes, are better for towing and are generally available in 4WD and with diesel power. For this reason they are the logical choice [...]