Laura-N-Sasha.com
Laura and Sasha's Excellent Adventure

A descriptive look at traveling with a truck camper - similar to an RV but smaller and more maneuverable. Laura and Sasha started this adventure in April of 2005 for a two week vacation and now use it for all vacations.

 Previous Trip - March & April 2005
To Get the Camper

Here is the last guestbook. I saved it in the blog, but I wanted to put it here as well.  I wanted to keep the entries that we had, so I have compiled them into this post. There are over 70, just scroll down to see them all. Thanks.

JR 05/23/2006 21:55 h
Laura, Found your website on rv.net. What interested me was your trip in June to Sedona. We are going from AL to Grand Canyon starting June 15. We will stop in Sedona around 20th. When will you be there? Looking forward to see where to go. Thanks Jimmy

Leigh Callaway website 04/28/2006 06:46 h
Perhaps we'll meet up at Ocracoke in the fall. Enjoyed the site, will check back later for Tall Pines updates. llc

eva Jevtic' 04/27/2006 06:41 h

Bravo Sasha and Laura We are proud of you, continue and send us lot of pictures. We love to know what you are doing.your oncle Slobo and your aunt Eva

Danielle Miles 04/27/2006 02:07 h

Hey Guys, Thanks for the update. You guys are quite inspirational, doing what most people only dream of. My hats off to you for always doing new things and having the courage to follow your dreams. Enjoy the journey and keep us posted, the kids love to see and hear about your continuing adventures.... Hugs xo

jimmy johnson 04/25/2006 15:58 h

it was nice to meet you guys at tall pines hope to see ya guy again thanks for a ll nice pics also

John and Ruth Sturm 04/25/2006 15:54 h

Enjoyed the weekend with y'all. Look forward to our next adventure with the Mid-Atlantic TCing group. If you're in the Greensboro, NC area give us a call.

michelle humphress 04/25/2006 08:57 h

hey. ron told me to check out your website to see about tall pines. thanks for taking all the pics. your website is really cool - it is neat how you track everything and share with everyone. gosh, we never got a picture of ron and i but that's o.k. thanks for the pics of jarrett. hope to see you guys again! take care.

Matt Engle 04/24/200608:23 h

High guys its Camper addict (the guy with the host). Just wanted to say hello, and check out your website. For some reason I just can't seem to focus on work this morning.

George Edwards 04/19/2006 13:31 h

I think it's great you are having so much fun. My wife and I are slowly getting used to not having a tent ... lol - sure is fun to go ... then stop when you feel the urge. Congratulations and thanks for sharing your experiences. George

Paul and Pam Kajtna 04/10/2006 15:42 h

Your website is in our favorites, because we learned so much from your experiences. We recently joined Natcoa, to learn as much as possible before purchasing a Ford or Dodge truck and truck camper. We will be at the Natcoa Nebraska rally at Ogallala, NE in June. If you get asked this question alot, forgive me. Are you members of Natcoa, you know http://www.natcoa.com? We have a '02 Dodge white cargo van. Thank you, Paul (Laura's Note - We are not members yet, maybe someday! :)

jim and nancy 02/17/2006 16:20 h

enjoyed your pic and adv....do you like your snowriver? how much does it weigh? what would you get different in that size...thanks jim (Laura Note - Yes we like our Snowriver, I'll have to find out how much it weighs, and I'm not sure what we would get different in that size...I'll ask Sasha to give more complete answers)

Yvonne Batal 01/18/2006 17:31 h

Great pictures of the new bike!!!! Congrats!!! Love y

Mom C 01/15/2006 22:46 h

Hi Laura & Sasha- Just read about your new trip to Atlanta. Its great! I can't wait to see pictures-sure would have liked to see Sasha pushed up the hill on the bike! I hope you don't have to push it to start it every time. Love you guys! Mom

Kjell Ingebrigtsen 01/04/2006 13:03 h

Is this The Sasha that I worked with in Colorado and attended my wedding in Vermont? (Laura's Note - When Sasha read that one - his mind just blew - as Kjell was referring to his wedding over 20 years ago, it is amazing what the web can do.)

Dick 12/05/2005 23:44 h

Happend on to your travellog from a RV.net e-mail. Website is well constructed and thought out. Have traveled to many of the areas in Co. that you visited but not as brave as you two explorers, in that we always try to travel in the spring/summer months. Living on the west coast makes for prima donna type travelers as far as snow and cold weather. No Brrrrrrrrrr for this kid. My truck sees snow and automatically goes into reverse :) Great looking camper. We have a 8' Lance and a 32' Holiday Rambler TT. Enjoy your new toy and see you on the road some day.

Bruce Browning 12/02/2005 18:21 h

Smiles Laura and Sasha :))Your site made my day. Ti's so nice to see others that enjoy life . I am from Elliot Lake 12,000 souls in On. Canada. We are above the north shores of lake Huron. I am " 92 chevy " a retired paramedic with 850 matching Jayco. staying where ever the fish bite Thanks again for puting nice thoughts in me head !

Tim 09/27/2005 01:59 h

Great website! My wife and I have purchased a rig much like yours and used it the first time over the long labor day weekend. Next summer will be our chance to really travel. I can hardly wait and hope our excursions turn out as well as yours. I know this is off beat but I always bother folks who have gone the Truck/Camper RV route. Have you ever read Travels With Charley? It is a book by John Steinbeck written in the early sixties that logs his trip across America w/ his dog. What is cool is he traveled in an early version of our rigs, a truck and camper combo. I think it is a good read if you are into Truck Campers. Happy travels, Tim (Laura's Note: We have not yet read Travels with Charley but hope to soon - check our reading list later as it will be changing)

Sean O 08/25/2005 22:20 h

Hi there, awesome photos and site. I'm still in the dreaming stage of going cross country (have truck, 5er will come a lil later this year). Those mountain pictures are amazing, inspiring. Thanks for posting all of this. Sean Ottawa, Canada

Sasha 08/15/2005 15:28 h

Don't sweat it Dan. We turn off the airbag when using the laptop.

Dan Riggs 08/09/2005 18:18 h

Beautiful truck and camper. I noticed in one of your pics, you show Laura sitting in the passenger seat with a mobile PC mount in between her and the airbag. PLEASE don't do this while driving! The damage from being hit by the PC when the airbag goes off would be devastating. Enjoy your RV and be safe.

Brent Berger his website 06/12/2005 10:44 h

Great site! Very creative. It really shows how much fun you two are having. Good to see you @ InfoComm. bb

Larry Space 05/21/2005 10:47 h

Hi, We are interested in a SR truck camper. We are in VT and there are no dealers. Would it be possible for us to come to Virginia to see yours. We are exactly where you were, NL first interest because of weight. I talked to 5 Star and they seem like good people. Larry (Laura's Note - I believe they did come down and see it)

Kenny Miller 05/10/2005 06:38 h

Laura and Sasha - AWESOME TRUCK, RV AND TRIP. It's good to know that Sasha hasn't changed on bit. See you on the 4th. KM

Waynette 05/06/2005 22:33 h

Am enjoying your homepage. We have just retired and have pretty much made up our mind that we want to buy a Snowriver Camper. Like to travel, camp, and fish with family members. Just returned from a trip to Colorado visiting our daughter and her family. First week of April and beautiful weather.If you get to Oregon we can give lots of help visiting Oregon as have lived here all my life (64 years)

Darlene Kiss 04/26/2005 16:25 h

Just got this e-mail because I had to clear out my juno account. Don't forget to e-mail me deeand68@optonline.net. What a great house on wheels. Just perfect for two people on the go. I saw your mom recently at work. My dad and I went up to visit some old friends. Darlene

Jevtic' Slobodan and Eva 04/17/2005 14:36 h

We are very happy to see how you know to make lovely and stunning treps. We are very proud of you enjoy and send us more.Big kisses from the Jevtici of france.

Marty and Jill McGarry and kids 04/16/2005 18:12 h

Laura and Sasha, it was great to see you guys, and thanks for the tour of your second home (the camper). I am enjoying reading about your excellent adventure and wish you both many more fantastic journeys!

Shari and Preston 04/16/2005 09:20 h

I enjoyed reading about your experience with your new TC. We hope to do the same thing soon, or sometime. I was wondering why you didn't need the Wifi in your laptop, since you used it for Flying J Wifi. BTW, we have slept overnight at that one west of St.Louis also. Your truck looks great, with camper it is awesome! Shari (Laura's Note - I have WiFi in my Laptop but it is set to my home system, and I did not want to mess it up so I used the WiFi system of the T-Mobile card instead...At least I think that is what I did!)

Christine 04/15/2005 19:45 h

Thanks for your link from RV.net. It was a great trip and I enjoyed your first experiences with your new TC and truck. Someday soon, I hope we can get ours.

Barry and Emily Winslow 04/15/2005 12:50 h

Hi! What a great trip. I can relate as my wife and I made the trip form N.C. to Five Star to pick up our SnowRiver. The Colorado mountains were magnificent and are pulling at us to come back. We found the mountains to be as spectacular as the Grand Canyon to be. Hope you are enjoying your SR as much as we are, We have not been disapointed in our SR and would do it all over again. Thanks for the logs and great pictures Take care, Barry

Dan Richter (Rickson Truck Wheels) 04/13/2005 18:59 h

Great site! I'm imoressed that you put this together so quickly.

Mike Brennan 04/13/2005 15:58 h

S&L,What a fabulous roadtrip. I enjoyed the e-tour and cruisin' thru the pics. Now I'm anxious to get the fam on a Colorado trip...nice truck and camper rig too!! Thx for thinking of me. All my best.

Gary Arsenault 04/13/200512:12 h

Hi Great photo look's like you had fun!! Colorado is a great state. I hope the Rickson wheels and tires worked out for you, I like mine. Gary Baltimore, MD.

Andy Orr his website 04/13/2005 08:37 h

Hi! I saw your guestbook entry in the Colorado National Monument's Monument Canyon overlook trail and wrote your web page address down so I could visit your site. It's great that you have this website here. I love reading about other people's travels. You're so fortunate to be able to travel around like you do. I am getting a degree in Geology at our local college in Grand Junction, so if you had any geology questions that you didn't get answered feel free to email me and I'll help you find an answer. Take care, and have fun hiking! I love the hiking here in Grand Junction! (Laura's Note - First, we have started to put in guest books our website so people can see what we saw. Second, I have a degree in Geology - but I have not used it in over seven years as I started my new career in Software Training and Website Design. But some things you don't forget, other things just fade away. So we might just take him up on the offer later on.)

Dave Zimmerman his website 04/12/2005 07:54 h

Nice to see the travelogue. Keep it up and keep us posted. (Snowriver 9.6)

Bob Mehrer Snowriver Campers 04/11/2005 21:18 h

Love the pictures, love more the fact you are happy with your camper. Will check back from time to time. Any concerns questions call me. Welcome to our family. Snowriver Bob

Rob Clark 04/11/2005 15:50 h

Cool adventure guys. Take me with you next time; I think my wife will let me out!

Mom C. 04/11/2005 13:35 h

Welcome home! glad you are back safely and happily, though it will be disappointing not to have any travel log to read! When is the next trip?

Bo 04/09/2005 23:15 h

"SASH AND LAURA'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE" RAD!

Mom C. 04/09/200522:33 h

Boy, have I enjoyed your trip. Glad to hear Sasha is sappy. Does that translate to happy and sentimental? You're right, we were afraid you'd kill each other. Well, your sister was afraid. I did worry a little. love you!

Mark Moyer 04/09/200508:06 h

Sasha and Laura,It looks like you had a great time on your adventure. The camper looks great. I hope you have many great years with it. I wish my family was into camping. I love the great outdoors and I think you two have found the perfect way to enjoy it. The pictures of Colorado were wonderful. Thanks for sharing your trip with everyone. Mark

M & T 04/09/2005 01:01 h

Thank you for great repotage of your CO and C the Camper trip. Have safe journey to your home. Can't wait to see you here T & M

Mike Morbeto from AVWashington 04/08/2005 21:22 h

You guys are too much! Only Deb and I would be more concerned about how many bars we had for internet. Wait, since we'd both need our laptops, we'd probably have convinced ourselves we needed the high-speed wireless to share the bandwidth. Oh, and I'd need the gyroscopic DirecTV dish! Glad you're having fun!

Bill Apter 04/08/2005 19:36 h

What a wonderful way to share your journey! I image it was quite a bit of work to assemble/sort the photos and then get everything up to the web-site. But hey - after traversing the wonders of nature all day it probably feels good to get back to manipulating electrons. Your camper looks like it was a fine travel companion. Enjoy!!

Bo Buck his website 04/08/200514:57 h

Saw your fine ride as you were cruising East through the Glenwood Canyon just East of Glenwood Springs (4/7/05). Looks like you are having a wonderful trip. My wife, Cindy, our 2 kids Dillon and Mackenzie and I also love to travel to all of the National Parks. Thought that you two might be interested in a business opportunity that you could benefit from while on your many travels. We help people who are compassionate to work with others and educate them on how to take resposibility for their personal Health and Wellness. I put our website above under "Homepage". If you like what you see and are interested in learing more, e-mail me back and I can send you to an audio -education site on this wonderful business. Safe travels and all the best. Take care and Cheers, Bo Buck (Laura's Note - Thanks but I think with the two of us doing our jobs is more than enough for us to handle!)

M & T 04/06/2005 23:51 h

Thanks again for facinating pics from trai 4.4th. Today was you full day at the park. What we undestend tomorrow you are paking and on way to home. Thanks again, not just waching your pics, but also entertainment like hering your taughts and voice while reading detailed daily log. That was great experience for us as well. Have save and easy trip home. we love you. T & M

M & T 04/06/2005 00:48 h

Dear Laura And Sash. Love pics from Monument Park. You look like real pro, but not alpine style, but certainly Indiana Jones.I use to do that with couple frends across 4 montains souronding my home town, but on foot for about 75 mils. Love T

Ann Baker 04/05/200514:35 h

Wow, this is great. I'm ready for an adventure. Do you have room for 2 more adults and 2 very busy girls inside that camper? OK maybee just outside the camper in our own tent. I didn't read your log but was it as hard as Mt St Helens. Did you puke at the top like John Mittaure? (Laura's Note: The Mighty Hike was as hard as the Mt. St. Helens hike but we did not get sick, I think we were just very tired and dehydrated!)

Laura the Webmistress 04/05/2005 01:19 h

Hi all, Bo had a weather report in here that I took out. It was scaring the parents. We are not experiencing any weather conditions as we are in Grand Junction, mostly sunny and 60's. We went through a small patch of windy weather, but that was it. So no snow here. April 4th was a winery day so we will give you the scope of April 5th about that. Tomorrow we are going hiking again - only 7 miles this time and hopefully all downhill. Thanks for looking, Laura

M & T 04/04/2005 23:52 h

Hi, Wish we got to pics earler, but its never late. Fantastic experience, you are brave indeed and having lots of fun. Looks you will graduate in wilderness hiking there, and when you retutn you may lecture at George Masson University. Bravo again. Love, M & T

T& M 04/04/2005 23:39 h

L & S,We think you are very courageous and little crazy.Pics are great and scenary fantastic, like it is not on the earth. Love you "hotel" it is GREAT.Please take , hope you have had enough excitement and adventure to last til next year. Love Mama & Tata

Mom C. 04/04/2005 21:04 h

Dear Laura & SashaHope you are under construction and not under snow-just read Bo's forcast. We miss our update-maybe too much wine!Hope you aren't in blizzard!

Mom C. 04/04/2005 20:58 h

Dear Laura & Sasha: Okay, you had a lounge day at camp and went to bed happy (Apr 2) (after a bottle of wine). Is that why there is nothing for 2 days? We need our adventure fix!

T. MITZA & T. FAY 04/03/2005 20:56 h

HOW EMPOWERING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR ADVENTURE MUST BE. WE ADMIRE YOU AND FEEL, VICARIOUSLY, THE THRILL.

Richard Marshall his website 04/02/2005 13:58 h

Sasha & Laura, Grand adventure! Sasha, I am the person from Louisa, VA who communicated with you earlier (via RV.NET) re. Snowriver, truck, mobile internet access, etc. We have truck and camper (Lance 1181 - got tired of doing research) on order. So far, all we have for our rig are a few things from Camping World in Manassas (for the camper) and a Fumoto drain valve (for the truck). Thus, we are inspired by your tale. Do not know how you plan to return home to Sterling, but offer you a free overnight spot if you come this way. I hope the balance of your maiden voyage is as wonderful as the first part sounds. Best Wishes, Richard

Bob McMillian 04/02/2005 11:27 h

What an inspiration you are......

Patrick and Lynn 04/02/2005 11:26 h

You go guys.....

Stephen Miles and Family 04/02/2005 11:23 h

What an adventure.... Sounds like fun. Keep us posted on your progress. The kids love it too. Stay safe!

UNCLE JOE & AUNT TINA 04/02/2005 08:09 h

WE LOVED YOUR PICTURES. SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY EXCITING VACATION. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY IT COMPLETELY.LAURA---WE ARE VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR SETUP ON YOUR WEBPAGE. VERY SNEEKY TO DO SOME ADVERTISING ALSO. WE'LL BE CHECKING YOUR WEBSITE. ENJOY!!!

Karen 04/01/2005 21:03 h

Hi Guys, We are enjoying reading about your trip and looking at the pictures! Karen and James

Eric and Faith 04/01/2005 10:49 h

Looks great guys. Keep posting the pictures and don't forget to check the 110psi nightly....Good luck!

Jevtic' Slobodan and Eva 03/31/2005 16:29 h

We are very pride of you.continue you are in the good way.with love.Slobo and Eva

Mary Beth 03/31/2005 15:44 h

Sounds really fun! Good luck you two!!! If you're going back through KY or OH, let me know and we can rendezvous. Love, Mary Beth

Bruce Pittman 03/31/2005 14:18 h

Totally awsome dude!!

Mary Beth 03/31/2005 12:52 h

Hope you guys are having a great time! We are back from SC and getting back into the routine. Nothing new in the neighborhood! Mary Beth

ROOT FAMILY 03/31/2005 10:35 h

LOVE YOUR SITE AND WILL FOLLOW THE ADVENTURE EAGERLY. T. FAY

Mom 03/31/2005 08:42 h

Fabulous! This is so great - I feel as if I'm with you vicariously. Can't wait to read it every day-you guys are wonderful-love you! Mom

Yvonne and John Batal 03/31/2005 05:50 h

We love your site!! It sounds as though you are havibg a ball!! We just returned from Spring break with the kids. We sailed the BVI's w/ another family!! Awesome trip!! We'll exchange photos when you get back. Have fun!! Yvonne John and the gang!

Amy 03/31/2005 01:20 h

What a great site! It seems like you are having a lot of fun. Enjoy your travels!

Kristina Tascher 03/30/2005 22:41 h

Happy to hear you are well. We are retrieving your mail daily and wish you safe travels. Kristina, Jack, Mikey & Mike

Karen 03/30/200521:22 h

Hi Guys! We are enjoying your log. Where are the pictures? (Laura's note - the first time I did the posting, it was taking quite a while to get the pictures up as I had to resize them to a more manageable size and then put them on the website. We were not getting the fastest speeds so it took a while in the beginning.)

laura 03/27/200519:46 h

just thought we would see how this looks!