About Us
 We
are two unique individuals working together toward a common goal
harmoniously, creatively and joyfully. We are concerned and conscientious
about our own health, the health of our planet, and value family, life,
happiness and relationships.
Kim and I have
always longed for the day we could head out in search of adventure and bid
farewell to our foundation based fixed existence, noisy neighbors, city
traffic, smog and the continuous wale of police and emergency sirens. In
February 2006 our dreams of jumping into our RV and never looking back
became a reality. And so we began our venture into the exciting lifestyle of
fulltime RVing.
Kim is 50 years of
age and I am 51, we are both healthy, innovative, business minded
individuals with strong morals. We believe in the old adage that if a job is
worth doing its worth doing right. In September of 2005 we sold our
businesses in which we ran and published a popular northwest newspaper
The Local
Fisherman News. View past
issue of our newspaper.
We developed the
publication from scratch in May of 1998, and in the eight years that
followed it grew rather quickly into a must have for Northwest anglers. In
fact it became so large and demanding that we found ourselves lacking the
resources needed to manage and grow it to its full potential. That's when we
decided to sell out and begin our dream of traveling the US by RV.
More recently we
sold our remaining businesses, a fishing guide service and Web site design
service, in November 2008. So we are now totally free to travel and
volunteer where ever the wind blows us.
Kim and I have
been together for over 35 years and married for 28 years. We have two
wonderful children, both girls, who are now grown, married and have families
of their own. We have also been blessed with five wonderful grandchildren,
Joey, Troy, Eliot, Zander and Jacob. We love them all dearly. We
are not materialists and don't need a lot to enjoy life. When it comes down
to it -- all a person really has is their health and their family -- and
those are the things we cherish most.
Resumès
available by request 
Letters of Recommendation
Our Rig
Currently we own a
30 foot 2000 NU-WA Hitchhiker II with a super slide. This
unit is in like new condition and is very well maintained and cared for. Our
truck is a 2006 Dodge one-ton with a 6 speed manual, 5.9 Cummins Turbo
Deisel and performance PRXB Exhaust brake (see photos below).
We will be upgrading to a 35-27 foot triple slide unit in the near future.
Our first rig
(below) was a fully customized well maintained F250 Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup
that I purchased new in December 1979. I owned this rig for over 30 years
(1980-2008). We took a lot of family trips to some fun locations in this
outfit and really loved it. We also recived a lot of complements on this
unit while full-timing (2005-2008).
I had the original
gas engine, a
351M which I meticulously maintained, professionally rebuilt to above
standard performance ratings in 2000, after racking up well over 250,000
miles of faithful service. On the dino machine the new engine dished out 180
horse power at the rear wheels at 4,000 rpm, and that's with a 354:1 rear
end. It does a more than adequate job of hauling the load. Mileage is 7 to 8
MPG loaded or empty. Total weight with camper is a little over 4½
tons. Utility trailer is 2½ tons.
This truck had a 4 speed manual transmission and I equipped it with Hewing
sway bars front and rear, 3,000 pound over loads, additional leafs front and
rear, Firestone Air Ride with in-cab controls, flexsteel bucket seats with
center console, heated westcoast mirrors, HD three core radiator, HD 3,000
pound polished aluminum wheels, 10 ply steel belted Good Year tires, two 6
volt deep cycle batteries (wired in series), onboard battery
maintainer/charger, diesel truck air horns and an onboard 2.4 cfm
12v air compressor with a 2½ gallon reserve tank. I also upgraded the
headlights to extreme bright white H4 HID's. Next upgrade - a GPS unit.
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I have always undertaken all of the maintenance and upgrades to my vehicles
myself, except for major work like engine rebuilds and transmission work
which I have done by a professional. I am very mechanically inclined, having
grown up in a machine/small engine shop. My father is a retired diesel
mechanic.
Our camper was
a custom deluxe, compleatly remodled, 1927 fully self contained 11½
foot
EL Dorado. I spent extensive hours customizing this unit inside and
out, greatly enhancing its comfort and livability. It has been custom built
for full-time living. It weighs 4,500 pounds empty and is very comfortable
and well appointed.
View interior photos. I painted it to match the truck which makes for a
very sharp looking rig.
Our family has traveled to many destinations in this unit and experienced
many memorable moments, none of which any of us will ever forget. To read
about our trips and some of our most unusual and exciting moments visit our
Stories and Special Moments page. To read
about what we are currently doing visit our
Current Log page.
Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If
you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner
peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had
more success than you could possibly have imagined.
-- Johnny Carson
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