RV & Offroad with Rubirose and Wingman

09/09/2026

When I was waxing Big Mo a few days ago, I heard Sandhill Cranes coming closer. When I saw they were low and close enough to film I started filming. These might be the only snowbirds heading south this winter.

Sound up

09/06/2026

It's that time of year. I get some well needed exercise, and sore muscles, while Big Mo gets all spified up.

Also while I'm doing this I check all the caulking and verify that all is good.

09/03/2026

08/20/2026

Scrubbing the desert dust and Alberta mud off our chariot while Big Mo watches.

Big Mo did get some attention yesterday. Wingman greased the wet bolts, bearings and checked the brakes. Sometime in September I'll be giving him a good wax job.

08/11/2026

What is your first impression of what animal this is? I won't tell you which critters we have in the area. Wingman and I disagree.
I'm curious to see how many see what I think it is, so I won't say what I think it is for a day or so.

07/31/2026

Officially not full time rvers anymore. Big Mo will have the summers off.

On the still to do list: -more gravel by the water cistern and lower deck and front stairs
-Change out the blue rain barrels for black
-add some solar lighting

Wingman has worked hard for the last week and a bit to get the stairs built, skirting done, lower deck put back and a ramp for my dad and those of us older folks with sore knees.

Now if only the almost constant rain would stop so the lawn can recover, all the better.

07/16/2026

16 years ago, we have ridden in some awesome places with great friends. As a group we called ourselves the Muddy Milers back then.

Alberta, Canada

07/14/2026

Well it's time to have the big reveal.

Last fall, after we sold our RV resort place in the North Shuswap, Wingman said let's either build a cabin or have one built. So we went to the local mobile home sales centre and picked out a unit, in case we decided not to build our own. While we were snowbirding in AZ , due to some physical limitations, which cancelled our plans to be our own contractor, we decided to order the home we picked out.

After many delays, some of it due to the salesman, not really with it at times, and a very rainy June and 2 more delays our home has arrived.

It's slightly larger than the park model(536 sq.ft) that we had in BC.

This one is 616 sq.ft. plus another 112 sq.ft of deck for a total of 728 sq.ft.

It's 14 wide by 52 long in total.

The only real hiccup was we had to remove both gates and one gate post as the driver didn't make his corner wide enough. So much for being professional. Anyway they got it done and by noon they left.