Somewhere along the way since 2015 when Ford introduced the Transit vans in North America they stopped including an engine cover on the EcoBoost 3.5L engine. Odd decision because the same engine used in F150 trucks always came with a cover (still do even with the 2nd generation EcoBoost)
Even before we took delivery of the van, we connected with concrete contractors in early January to extend the driveway a little so that the 3rd stall would fit the van. This was such a 'small' job for them, worried it might take forever to find one. DT
Here's some shots of the van on the driveway before we've done anything to it. This is what we called the "expensive bare metal tent" stage. Take note of the evergreen tree just to the side of the van....
Last Fall we started looking for a "Class B RV" (aka Camper Van) for fun adventuring in the coming decade. After looking at Winnebago Travatos and others, we came up with a list of must haves: 1. Fast, easy, secure, out of the weather indoor storage for our
I've been wanting to setup some reasonable blog software that is entirely under my control in order to capture and share notes on our adventures. After brief tests of a few others, I'm liking Ghost so far on the Digital Ocean cloud service that I'