To make the trip we sold most everything we owned and bought a 1993 Coleman Newport popup camper - our bed on wheels. We name her Gracie. She is pulled by Stanley, our 1993 Nissan D21 Hardbody pickup. Stanley has a solid V-6 which has handled all challenges with ease except the 100 degree heat days. But we didn't handle those days too well either!
Stanley's paint job, formerly a dark green, is faded. His dash is cracked from heat damage. We write movie quotes on his paint job like 'Vote for me and all your wildest dreams will come true' from Napoleon Dynamite. And 'Get busy living or get busy dying.' from Shawshank Redemption.
We flew my son Adam, who is a mechanic out to Florida from Utah and he did an under the hood makeover, reworked the suspension and brakes and installed new seats. With the tinted windows and crappy paint job we are pretty much ignored while enroute. In cognito has it's advantages.
We've stayed in RV parks, in Walmart parking lots, in people's driveways, in the mountains above Boulder, CO for 3 weeks and in the mountains above Salina, UT for 2 months.
During this time we flew back to Miami to see the first specialist ever (19 years for me & 5 years for Walt) for the severe mitochondrial NeuroImmune illness we both have called Myalgic Encephelomyelitis. So as we are out here moving to stay in the 'popup weather zone' we are also chipping away at testing and new, experimental treatments. Our bed on wheels works out great for this.
Some days are like this:
Some days are like this:
Some days are like this:
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