We left Asheville on the first day of spring as the trees were budding and flowers were blooming. Driving through Warren Wilson College campus to visit our friends Shaun and Tash before hitting the road, we were reminded of how beautiful western North Carolina is and why we've stayed as long as we have.
Read MoreThe original window curtains and valances matched our RV interior in color, pattern and ugliness. A simple fix was to reupholster the valances and have it match the rest of the renovations we were doing. Turns out it's very simple and quick to reupholster RV valances and just requires tools you most likely already have at home.
Read MoreStonewall Falls Trail is about 12 miles from the campground and has close to 13 miles of trail. It was the closest mountain biking trails to us so we checked it out. We also hiked down into Tallulah Gorge and it wasn't what we expected.
Read MoreJerud and I decided that Thanksgiving weekend would be a good time to bring the trailer out on its maiden voyage to test it out. We wanted to go somewhere away from Asheville but not too far. We ended up at Talulah Gorge State Park in Talulah Falls, Georgia.
Read MoreIt's been too long since we've taken a day off and spent it the way we used to. Our excuse for today's day off was to celebrate Andrew's birthday (belated) and Tybee's birthday (early).
Read MoreStepping out from the forest of cedar and moss I am stunned by what I see. Lake Twentytwo sits at the base of Mt. Pilchuck.
Read MoreTwo days ago, June 4, Andrew got on a plane to Calgary, Canada. With a one way ticket and his bike. To ride the Great Divide.
Read MoreSome time you have to do a lot of little things to be able to get to the bigger part of the projects, This was one of those weeks.
Read MoreWith the roof all cleaned up and the wiring completed, the next step was to insulate it.
Read MorePMBAR (Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure Race) is this super popular race put on by Pisgah Productions. So popular, it sells out in less than a day (update: it sold out in 16 hours in 2014 and a record of 5 hours in 2015). The race is a checkpoint format with teams of two riders. But the highlight of the race (aside from spending an entire day in Pisgah on a bike) is that you don't know any details of the race until the morning of.
Read MoreNow that the walls are all up in the bedroom, we have to tape the seams so they will look better after being painted.
Read MoreIt was a beautiful sunny and warm March day. Friends were heading out to Linville Gorge to climb and the dogs and I got to join them.
Read MoreWe purchased the mineral wool in 2 inch thickness and 1.5 inch thickness. The original bedroom walls are 1.5 inches thick and we made the walls thicker by another 2 inches for extra insulation. This means we need two layers of insulation in the bedroom.
Read MoreThe original walls of the kitchen and dinette area were ripped out due to water damage and had to be replaced.
Read MoreOur post from January 26 talked about us working on the kitchen floor beams and sub-floor. Since then we've worked on a variety of things and finally came back to actually finishing the sub-floor. We had left the sub-floors not glued to floor beams because we had to run the electrical wires and water pipes below the sub-floor first.
Read MoreTrying to decide where the batteries will live and extending the bedroom floor.
Read MoreThe weekend was spent riding. Short rides, but we got out nonetheless.
Read MoreContinuing the work on the bedroom and getting some roof work completed.
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