Welcome to the Southeastern side of Colorado in a June that turned hot quickly. John Martin Reservoir is a HUGE body of water with tons of birds and tons of sun. I really did enjoy hearing all of the calls of the birds that I was not familiar with and the reservoir is extremely popular with birders due to the diversity of species. There were lots of people with jet skis and boats. This is clearly an area for water toys! It hovered in the high 90’s, low 100’s while…
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The Trip of Firsts: First RV Camping Trip
There always has to be a First RV Camping Trip…… Here’s the story of ours. We bought her in a snow storm and Mother Nature, being the bitch that she is, is determined to make us test her in a snow storm. We booked out April 15th and April 22nd to be our two, close to home with full hook up, test runs. And Mother Nature just laughed and laughed. The weekend of April 8th was lovely with the entire weekend in the mid 70’s, bright Colorado sunshine. The weekend…
Cast Iron Cookware Clean Up
Cast Iron — To Use or Not to Use A long time ago, we accidentally discovered a way to effectively clean old cast iron cookware. And when I say clean — I mean — remove ALL seasoning, back to the beginning kind of clean. You see, John was in the habit of storing things in the oven. I never store anything in the oven. I knew we had a long day out of errands and thought it would be a great idea to run the Clean Oven cycle on the self…
Installing LED Headlights
Removing and Replacing your Headlights Upgrading our tow vehicle to LED headlights was crazy easy. You can read more about why we chose these particular LED headlights in our post on the topic here. Our two vehicle is a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500, so the steps for your vehicle may vary, but the idea will be pretty much the same across most vehicles. Once the lights arrived from Amazon it was time to get busy. The first step was to remove the existing headlamp assemblies. These headlights have two torx…
Headlight Upgrade to LED
Installing the LED Headlight Upgrade was easy Setting up and enjoying that perfect spot is the goal, but first we have to get there safely. After buying our tow vehicle – a Dodge Ram 2500 Cummings Diesel, our first night-time drive revealed the need to upgrade the headlights. Melissa’s daily driver came factory equipped with LED (Light Emitting Diode) headlights. They are bright, crisp and provide amazing detail. One drive in the pickup with it’s incandescents and we were struggling to see better in the dark. The lights weren’t dim…