#Rav4 – Beams on the Road

North Dakota

From one Dakota to the next. White Butte After our last night in South Dakota we kept driving north and crossed over into North Dakota. The driving scenery remained pretty much the same and while normally I’m sure you could see for miles in every direction, we were still surrounded by a smoky haze inContinue reading “North Dakota”

Big 10 Country – Part 1

Pennsylvania As we made our way down Park Ave, there she was in all her glory. Beaver Stadium. The Beav. It made me long for fall days of past where the grass lots were filled with vehicles and people in anticipation of the day’s football game. Alas, amidst the current social climate, the lots wereContinue reading “Big 10 Country – Part 1”

And We’re Off

With our last day of work behind us, we spent our first weekend back in Brackney, PA with Emily’s parents. As usual there was plenty of great food and conversation, as well as some pitch action, a regular game at the Wychocks (Beams beat the Wychocks this time). We helped out Joe (Emily’s dad) whoContinue reading “And We’re Off”

RAV4 Build Out – The Sleeping Platform

[Edit after writing this: it’s long-ish. Sorry not sorry.] We’d been planning for a long time to start this trip in South America or Southeast Asia, but with this lovely 2020 pandemic that didn’t look feasible (at least to start our trip). Instead, we decided we’d travel in the US to start until we knewContinue reading “RAV4 Build Out – The Sleeping Platform”