I’m still technically in the south I guess, but Virginia is about as far north as the south gets. I’m glad to be coming north, because I miss my stouts! It’s so hard to find a good stout in the south.
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Alex Standiford
We’re parked pretty close to a military base right now, and there are (loud, but very cool) jets flying by overhead. Kate and Devin are enjoying the view out the back window and watching them zoom by.
I love this setup! I wish we used it more. It’s just a little too annoying to rotate the chairs to historically make it worth it, but today we have something worth seeing.
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Alex Standiford
I am at an awesome Mexican restaurant in Virginia Beach. The food is REALLY good.
I speak a fair bit of Spanish but am always scared to speak it back, but my waiter today basically served us in Spanish so I took a chance. I was presented with a free shot of coconut rum.
I really should take more chances.
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Our Camping Rig Coming into 2023
A deep look at our current camper, and how it compares to our previous camper.
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Alex Standiford
Starlink is impressive. I’m about 250 feet from my camper, with the wifi inside the camper, and I am still getting a fairly strong wifi signal.
My last router didn’t even emit the signal outside of the camper. Did not expect this at all.
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Alex Standiford
Looks like my fellow snowbirds are packing up and continuing south today. I hear the hustle and bustle of campers being connected to trucks just outside my window.
Not us. We’re takin’ a couple days to rest. It feels like we’ve come so-far, but really we’re only 2/3rds of the way there. Texas is such a huge state.
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Alex Standiford
It’s windy as hell here. It’s also blowing broadside, which is basically worst-case scenario for a camper. I see other camper’s rockin’ like crazy, but I have all of my stabilizer jacks under my slide, and my tripod all installed. This thing is SOLID. Wish I did this a lot sooner.
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Alex Standiford
Apparently I’m not the only full-timer taking this route to Texas this year. A few other people who literally parked at the same place I was at this morning pulled in shorty after us here, as well 😂. We’re like geese, but slightly nicer.
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Alex Standiford
As I was driving today, our destination sounded like a place that was vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t place it.
Turns out, it is the hometown of a former colleague and friend of mine from my days at Sandhills, so we got to hang out today. My dead battery meant that I got here 4 hours earlier. That meant I had time to hang out with them today. Serendipity wins!
