Our DIY offshore first aid kit cost us under $200. Why did we DIY? Our logic is laid out in this blog post, but the biggest reasons are so that we can tailor the kit to our needs, and so that we know what is in there and why.
So what’s in our first aid kit? The whole list is right here!
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We’re neck-deep in boatwork right now, so instead of showing you a bunch of half-finished projects, today we’re covering boat life basics.
Where do we get our water from? When we flush the toilet, where does it go? How do we do laundry? Do you have what it takes to live aboard a boat? Read this post and find out!
We take a quick trip to Kentucky for Thanksgiving, meeting with family for a wildly abundant meal. Instead of going Black Friday shopping, we cover a portion of the Bourbon Trail distillery tours! We do a full tour of Wild Turkey, and stop at Buffalo Trace and Jeptha Creed.
We’re putting our VW bus in storage before we head out on our sailing adventure. Read through our final farewell tour, including last minute bus problems. Plus, we drive the bus through the snow for the first time ever, and it doesn’t go so well. I mean, everything was fine. But it was not fun. You know what I mean.
We’ve brought the bus up to Michigan on a roundabout trip to putting it in storage. This is also that last time we’ll see our Michigan friends and family before we head south on the boat, so we’re sneaking in a few last goodbyes. Our big goal with this trip was to get the bus in storage before it started snowing, so we didn’t drive through any salted roads. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it in time.
We summit the mountains and take over the plains in today’s post on driving the bus up to Michigan. We’ve been meeting people everywhere we stop, today’s post includes two unique encounters! Finally, we see some amazing fall colors and I take about seven hundred pictures (but don’t worry, I didn’t post them all!).
I hoped to see some fall colors on our road trip, and the trees did not disappoint! Our Volkswagen bus trip culminates in some phenomenal oranges and reds!
After a tiny test drive, we’re all in: it’s time to drive the bus up to Michigan! Volkswagen bus road trip!
The day starts out great, blue skies and fun stops. Towards the end of the day, however, we start hearing a new rattle (or is it a squeak?!) as we enter the windy ups and downs of the mountains in Virginia. Unsure of what part is about to fail, and quickly losing daylight, we’re forced to make some tough choices about where we stay for the night. As the temps drop, we’ve got to make a call!
As soon as our parts come in, we get right to work assembling and installing the engine. Then, fine tuning, minor adjustments, and we’re up and running!
We’re in a crunch with our Volkswagen bus disassembly, we need to get the engine out and clean out the gas tank, then get everything put back together for a thousand mile drive!
We attended a VW Bus club wedding, helping out wherever we could on the big day. Plus, find out why I took a hacksaw to bed with me!