On the road

Some say that if you prepare until you are totally ready to go you will never leave and this is hard for me as well. I have more unfinished projects (in progress projects) than finished projects. So instead of listing things I have finished I'd like to think through a list of things I have not finished, in hopes it will help to inspire someone, somewhere, someday to hit the road despite their perceived un-preparedness.

nevermind i'm too busy to make such a huge list, maybe later

Jobless and loving it

Still not on the road though

I used to work in Alta

Curtains!

Auxiliary heater

Plumbed and mounted and heat shielded

Insulated curtain

To keep the warm air in the main cabin or in the sleeping compartment or to hide the unmade bed

Window insulation and storage and solar

Snow tires

This is a grid enabling off grid something or other

Roof seam sealing

Winter arriving

First night in the camper, up to appropriate elevation and down to operating temperature

Belly bar in progress

Ski boxes

Just a little paint and some fire hose and those things are looking nice

Getting dark earlier

Ski boxes and tailgate light saber in progress

Curtains in progress

Ceiling up

Ski box rough draft

Snow bean

Hmm...

Ceiling insulation

My driveway scene

Regrade pickup bed plan

Gullwing ski boxes

Save a dollar per gallon on gas with this one weird trick...

Just throw the skis in the camper?

no, let's rebuild the entire pickup body. Nothing ever shall be done the easiest way.

Vernal 2

I promise this blog is about more than a truck and a camper.

Vernal 1

Camper visits vernal

Canyon road test

easily passed test

Camper on truck on road!

Jacked up, tied down

Jacking was almost not sketchy, a huge improvement.  Tie downs still sketchy

Mirrors dialed in...

These things are way harder than Camry mirrors, maybe not dialed in yet

Metal

Wood

Wiring the rainbow

Roof done!

Enlarged jack mounting brackets in progress

Front roof work

Roof patch

Did 2 roof patches and some insulation

I'll take care of those one of these days

Truck stuff

Round 1 truck work is done: 2 tires, bleed brakes, inspection, registration, coolant line, sway bars, unstick + adjust parking break cable, rear window latch, blinker switch, speakers, head unit, headlight switch knob, dashboard adjustment, door trim attachment, door lock knobs, custom wood door handles and a secret button.

Time to focus on the camper.