If you’re looking to choose a domicile state and aren’t interested in the usual three RV-friendly states (Florida, Texas or South Dakota), here’s why we chose Nevada.
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One of the greatest gifts road life has given us: finding out these lifestyles we’ve romanticized aren’t really for us before we commit to them.
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Jerud and I want to thank everyone who came out to our open house yesterday at Highland Brewing Company. And also why we chose Highland to be our venue (hint - it has to do with solar panels - lots!).
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We're having a free open house with the Toaster at Highland Brewery (Asheville, NC) on Saturday, June 17 from 3 PM - 7:30 PM.
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On Tuesday, May 30, 6:30 PM - 8 PM, Jerud and I will be presenting at REI in Asheville, NC about "Road Life in the Toaster". There's limited seating so register for this free event. Can't wait to see you!
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I recently had to make an impromptu trip back to the Carolinas to tie up some loose ends. This meant I was going back home to Asheville for the first time in almost two years.
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It's been too long since we've taken a day off and spent it the way we used to. Our excuse for today's day off was to celebrate Andrew's birthday (belated) and Tybee's birthday (early).
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PMBAR (Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure Race) is this super popular race put on by Pisgah Productions. So popular, it sells out in less than a day (update: it sold out in 16 hours in 2014 and a record of 5 hours in 2015). The race is a checkpoint format with teams of two riders. But the highlight of the race (aside from spending an entire day in Pisgah on a bike) is that you don't know any details of the race until the morning of.
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It was a beautiful sunny and warm March day. Friends were heading out to Linville Gorge to climb and the dogs and I got to join them.
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The weekend was spent riding. Short rides, but we got out nonetheless.
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The forecast was calling for a significant winter storm - anywhere from 4 - 10 inches (that's significant for us in the southeast) of snow depending on the elevation. We brought the dogs out to play in the snow and went snowboarding.
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It was the day for the dogs. We decided to bring Tybee and Tyki hiking somewhere they don't usually go. To change things up, we drove out to hike the trails in Montreat.
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Nace invited to take me out on these trails he rides that isn't open to the public. They are on the land of a local girl's summer camp.
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We are finally seeing positive changes to the trailer instead of "negative" changes from constantly tearing it apart!
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Bearwallow Mountain has a special place in my heart.
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We took several days off from working on the RV. On the 24th, I suggested we make sugar cookies and I was surprised when Jerud and Andrew actually spent more than 30 minutes on them! I also didn't realize that it was Jerud's first time ever making sugar cookies. We used holiday cookie cutters, but the cookies themselves weren't all holiday themed...
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