A descriptive look at traveling and full-timing with our second RV, a fifth wheel toyhauler.
Laura and Sasha started this adventure in April of 2005
for a two week vacation in a truck camper.
We are now at Canyonlands National Park!
Laura & Sasha's Excellent Adventure!
August 1st - man it is taking a while to get everything up, but I should have the links to the left done - meaning that if you click on Long Trip 2006, it will take you to our previous website with the link to that trip...That is my hope anyway....
One of the major problems I have with this last update of our website is that the oldest website I had (of 2005) used a template inside of the hosting site: 1and1.com - a great hosting site, but as we get more and more indepth in creation, I changed the design and got other templates. So the Mighty Hike that we did back in 2005 does not show up on the old template, because it was never put in...
Also, I have found my 2005 trip, and the links work fine, however, you will get to a point where it will get to a new template, and you can not go forward. Just click the back button and you will get to where you need to go.
Like I stated before, this is actually the third template that I have using either Frontpage or Dreamweaver, but then I also used a template inside of 1and1.com and also blogger. Hopefully it will all work.
So let's just say I appreciate the patience that everyone is giving me to get this website done properly...I promise it will be spectacular when finished.
August 26 - Lots of pictures up on August 2010 and August 2010 Part 2.
August 20 - Just finished the July Expenses page.
August 15 - we have two new videos, I will try to upload them ASAP, there are on YouTube as well but let us know if you can not see them. Ophir Pass and Trip to Ouray and Telluride videos are now on the August 2010 page.
Well, I have made the switch, moving from FrontPage 2003 to Dreamweaver. This look and format is what we will have now for the website. I am slowly...very slowly, moving all of the webpages from Frontpage to Dreamweaver. It will take some time, but in the end, I hope we have a much better, cleaner looking website. Thank you for your patience in this, and new pages will be coming up soon.
I also have to learn OpenOffice for the Excel spreadsheets that I have been using, as well as Apple's email and address books, and the Safari web browser, all new and interesting. Plus working of course and getting all of our pictures into a semblance of a format...always a little daunting as we take so many pictures. But Sasha will be taking over the realm of the picture formating, so as he learns a new program (Apeture) I hope to get some really great pictures posted soon. If you go to July's Picture page, you can see the new format I am trying out. The old style will be before July, new style after July 2010.
As you can see, we have a new look to the website; I am trying to update while learning a new program. While Dreamweaver is easier to use in some ways, it is also harder in others. But I am trying and hope to have this up to speed in the next couple of weeks. Right now it is being uploaded as part of the www.Laura-n-Sasha.com/blog but the old pages are up as well.
I have been working on a new design, plus working as a Park Ranger at Canyonlands, so the website has not been updated in a while. Learning Dreamweaver on the side, plus how to use a Mac laptop makes Laura very late on the current website...I hope to have some of it up soon. Thanks for your patience.
I have updated for today, March 21st, there are pictures on January, February and March. Check them out!
To our Parents, family and friends - we are fine, doing well, but still without internet at our site. We do occasionally go to a house for their internet, but no cell service. We are hoping for this week March 22nd that Frontier will come out and we will finally have DSL, keep your fingers crossed!
Uploaded January and February expenses.
We are going to be going into an area of no internet and cell phone, starting today, March 13th. I will try to upload at least once more before we get to Canyonlands But then updates will be spotty...or business as usual!
We were in Cottonwood Cove, Lake Mead for Three Days! Some nice pictures are on the way in the March 2010 page. Found out that my Background Check went through, took 9 days to get it done this time, not too bad! So we are headed to Canyonlands National Park. Finally finished off the 2009 Yearly Expenses, they are now up. Obviously, there are some high expenses at the end of the year, I made a couple of new categories for this year, including some One-Time Expenses (like buying a new rig!) And also show you the previous' years' expenses.
Staying at Suncoast Casino in Las Vegas, in their parking lot. It is supposed to rain on Saturday and Sunday, so we are sticking around. Sasha was able to complete the taxes, and thankfully, we will be getting some refunds. Putting in the Solar helped us out tremendously, we went from owing taxes to getting a refund. Yea!
We have left Lake Mead NRA, but are still in Las Vegas Area. We got our axles on the RV switched so that when we go over bumps, we do not hit the bottom back. We also decided that since the weekend (March 6 & 7) was going to be rainy, we should just stay put someplace warm and paved lot. So we are at Suncoast Casino and Hotel, in Summerlin, NV (a suburb of Las Vegas.) We are doing our taxes here, figured it is good to get that over with. Sasha is doing them via e-file, so far so good. No major yelling and no computers crashing. We might even get some money back.
Yes, I know that it is March! Took a while to get the website up to speed. So a little disclaimer for you all, I do not do the website on a regular basis - I really do try, but so many things get in the way.
Like finding out that we will be going to Canyonlands National Park this summer - had to get the paperwork done, fingerprinting, giving the names of people the investigators can contact to make sure I am a reliable person, all the paperwork...etc, etc. Just because I had one done last year does not mean I am a reliable and credit-worthy person it seems, I have to go through it all again. BUT, supposedly, this will be good for 5 years! So, NEXT year, I won't have to go through this all again. And won't that be a relief?
What this means for us is that we are in a holding pattern until the paperwork comes through. So what we decided to do is this: I will work one more day at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, then we will pack up on Thursday, and head over to Auto Safety House to get the axles on the camper switched (that will be on Friday March 5th) and then we will head down to Death Valley. We figure if we are there for a little bit, we could mosey on up to Utah, taking our sweet time and be close for when the call or email comes in to go to work. Sounds like a plan, right?
So I have the expenses up for January and February, plus the Expenses for the Year of 2009 is now up. Granted, we bought an RV and the necessary things for it and so the expenses of normal living is in the top portion of the spreadsheet, then the extras are in the lower portion. If it is too confusing, let me know and switch it around better.
We are now in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. We have been here since January 5th. I have been so busy applying for jobs and working/volunteering at the visitor center, I have not gotten onto the website to update. But I will soon, as I want to let you all know about the expenses for 2009, and all. It will happen soon, just taking a little while. Also, even though I am volunteering, I will be doing a program, so I am having to write that up at home, because when I am at the visitor center, I do not have the time to do it then. Anyway, we are good and healthy and life is great, just a little busy. Please check back, I will get a few more things up here, including some fabulous pictures. Thanks!
Happy New Year Everyone! We are now in Arizona for the New Year, and will be heading to Nevada shortly. It is a bit windy here, but the sun is shining, and the weather is a balmy ~ 70 degrees!