
Chill Travelers at SeeLevel
Chill Traveling is a state of mind, lifestyle and philosophy. SeeLevel is a made up word that describes a chosen mode of transportation. They are mutually exclusive and inclusive. […]
Chill Traveling is a state of mind, lifestyle and philosophy. SeeLevel is a made up word that describes a chosen mode of transportation. They are mutually exclusive and inclusive. […]
Completely custom designed 2009 Showhauler 45′ Twin Drive. This corporately owned coach was industrial designed by Steelfish in the Netherlands as a mobile office and living quarters for its owners that operate a high technology manufacturing natural products company. The coach was designed for livability and state-of-the-art technology, permitting its owners to stay connected to the internet and providing gourmet features for easy living. The coach has been professionally maintained and kept up-to-date by Showhauler factory team. This coach is contemporary in every aspect, low mileage, and feature-rich. It is one of a kind.
The coach is being sold to make way for new build […]
SOLD! Chill Travelers East Coast Base for Sale – View of Nature & Rockets We have just listed our site in The Great Outdoors for sale. Our business expansion in the west has consumed us […]
Driving a “Monster-C” aka “The Grizzly” is fun and relaxing for me. The stability of our ShowHauler is impressive. It is like riding on rails. When we started with a 40′ Class A, the computer-assisted […]
Rejex – Great Product – Lousy Name
Finally the best end all search to beat all car polishes creates an unreal finish that last 6 months.
Rejex – Thanks to my friend Dick Hodges, I can stop experimenting with and searching for the perfect car polish. This is the end game and hands down the best copolymer polish I have ever used. Rejex is it! […]
We upgraded to new LED cabinet lights on our last trip to our motor coach manufacturer. It was an expensive project, so we did not do every cabinet and closet. What i later found was a remarkable LED strip light that is rechargeable and has a motion sensor. Let there be light. Even in the freezer. […]
Unlike Expert Systems (robotics) replaced blue collar factory workers, AI will strike at the heart of advanced professionals. Yes! And it will also obsolete many professions. Bob talks about what everyone else is talking about, but from 30 years experience in AI […]
NASA was built on the shoulders of Werner Von Braun and team. They were risk takers and put men on the moon in less than ten years. Since then, NASA has succeeded not on rocketry, but on the science of exploration. Today, building rockets should be left to the new age rocketeers. It is time to privatize NASA. […]
After talking about my experiences learning from the Creole master, Paul Prudhomme, it was time to put my money where my mouth is. A Creole dinner for Dick and Pam […]
Since we heard the rumors about a new Tesla Semi Truck coming, we have taunted our coach manufacturing friends with the concept of building a new coach. I guess we are at it again. […]
Being insiders in the medical and pharmaceutical industry, it is clear that there are many severe problems with our healthcare systems. Young greedy new doctors flock to rich suburbs to make their fortunes. Many 65+ year old’s bilking the healthcare insurance systems by treating their doctor visits as a new-age hobby. Healthcare, en-mass, using TV commercials creating FUD…Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt […]
It is the 2.4Ghz band which is especially problematic in RV communities. To cut to it, people often speculate that bandwidth issue are between wifi access point and the internet provider. “The cable isn’t the problem,” but a clogged 2.4Ghz wifi band is the cause. […]
Traveling west with a stop in Las Cruces New Mexico. A feeling of home, it was a nice few days reconnecting with our favorite State. […]
Two Nights and a Vette – Amelia Island is the first in a series of adventures that we will take in our new Corvette Grand Sport. […]
Imagine that your girlfriend wakes up one morning and says, ” we ought to trade in the Jeep before it starts costing us to much in repairs.” Okay I say. “What do you want to buy?” “How about a new Corvette Grand Sport!” Its true! Its true! […]
The closest we come to a religious experience is our coffee ritual every morning. This is about the equipment, the coffee and the method we use for our drug of choice…Coffee. Not cheap, but the best you can make. Read on! Bob & Wendy […]
This is a story of how my video copilot saved me a lot of grief and a $1000. The message is get one for yourself and use it. […]
Sloppy Joe’s! I will try to keep this as short as possible! Just about everyone grew up with a version of Sloppy Joe’s. For those that did not, it is a spaghetti sauce sandwich with […]
We went on a 10 day Windstar vacation wondering if we could escaper the surly bonds of the internet and cell phones to emerge with the outline of a new book Really! After 15 years, we finally took a real vacation form people, phones and the internet. …and we actually survived! Read about our exploits. […]
SeeLevel is a ten year old idea that my friend Guy and I had. See how it is being implemented by Google and Polarsteps, a new company in the Netherlands. […]
The great grandson of Westminster’s JR, our Jasper is really full of himself. Checkout this picture of his enlarged self-image. […]
Virtual & Augmented Reality Is Here! CES this year had so many announcements about virtual and augmented reality. Most were focused on goggles that can be worn to virtually walk into a CGI world. There […]
As the story goes, Wendy and I were passing through Midland Texas and I had heard that the Jim Hall Chaparral wing of the Petroleum Industry Museum was about to open. So we stopped by… […]
Chill Travelers now have Cajun & Creole in Titusville. Dark beer and Boudin Balls available without a trip to NOLA. Whooo Hoooo! […]
I have been accused of many things in my life and one requiring comment is how bizarre my mind works. Pushing the envelope of HDR photography, my interest includes time-lapse with augmented reality applied. The latest challenge is hyperzooming time-lapse. Take a look at what has become my latest challenge to learn and master. […]
In 1984, this is what my desk would have looked like. Well, the geniuses at Harvard Innovation Lab took my desktop and evolved it over the last 30 years. Watch this Harvard animation of how it changed […]
Please please Mr. Musk, make your Model X towable 4 wheels down. I know it will work and you will be happy that you listened to me. Your old friend, Bob! […]
Jasper turned five and celebrated Chill Travelers style with a walk on his favorite beach. After five years, he has many unique experiences and we tried to capture some of them here. It’s a dogs life! […]
When we built our Grizzly motorcoach, the one problem we could not solve was the multi-height and contoured dashboard on the Freightliner Cascadia. After all, when you are cruising down the road, you need a place to put your sippy cup and bowl of trail mix. A trip to Iowa 80 Truck Stop helped us with a solution by a company called V-Truck. […]
Chill Travelers operating at SeeLevel takes a real set of technology innovations to glide across country. This article reveals the apps we use to navigate, search, doppler radar to safety and to find a great burger or good eats. […]
Jory restaurant at the Allison Inn gets a perfect score from the Chill Travelers. Perfect food, perfect service, entertaining, imaginative and friendly. A perfect place to celebrate Wendy’s birthday in style and comfort. […]
When in Cheyenne Wyoming, Luxury Diner is a heartland cowboy railroader original masterpiece of Americana. Chill Travelers rediscovers this great establishment under new ownership. A treat to the palate, see why. […]
The night before last, one of the typical spring storms rolled south of us in Northern Colorado. I did not have time to setup my time-lapse camera but did grab the video below from the doorway of G2 using my iPhone 6 Plus. Pretty amazing considering the very black sky. […]
One of the best Chill Travelers tricks is to eat at bars when we pull into a new place. 90% of the time we eat out, we eat in the bar. Learn why. […]
Often there is no one place that fulfills our desires for a lunch. This time in Fort Collins Colorado, we made a three stop lunch that lasted most of the afternoon. Read on if your plans take you to Fort Collins. Join Chill Travelers as we grazed through the northern Colorado heartland. […]
For BBQ in Colorado, Nordy’s is one of the best places when in Loveland Northern Colorado. Chill Travelers make P.I.G.S of themselves. […]
T-Joes Saloon in Cheyenne is a place where you expect to see cowboys and roughneck drillers. You do, but you see bank VP’s, politicians and locals. For Chill Travelers, T-Joes is like an addiction to a bad habit! We keep on coming back… […]
When in Middlebury Indiana, Das Essen Haus is a fine place for simple Amish food as the Chill Travelers discovered. […]
We went into deep undercover to penetrate the inter-sanctum of a southern religion and now tell our story of a gathering of like-minded followers steeped in lore. Read our story and see it in pictures. […]
When you are in the Charlotte North Carolina are, Jim & Nick’s is by far one of the best BBQ places we have ever been to and that is saying a lot. We went back and back and back while attending the NASCAR All-Star Race. […]
If a BBQ place in North Carolina has been around for more than a week, the food is good. Parker’s is great! No wonder it has been around since 1946. Two thumbs up from two that have been in every top BBQ restaurant from Texas to east. When in Wilson NC run to Parker’s Original BBQ. […]
When on the Space Coast of Florida, there are many places specializing in good food and a friendly fun environment. Sandbar in Coco Beach has the best shrimp tacos on the planet, cold beer and an open air beach vibe. […]
This is a Chill Travelers trick to drive defensively. Drive at odd speeds on highways. […]
May is Melanoma month and it is not a celebration. Around the world, there is a celebration at the beginning of May. For me as a Melanoma survivor, it is a month where I give thanks for […]
The launch of CRS-6 by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as seen from our lagoon. Chill Travelers looking skyward […]
A Chill Travelers presuppositions is to look up and see what you are missing in life. Sometimes when you see something, you have to imagine what it would be like to speed things up or slow them down. Technology lets us do that if you are patient.
Spring warm weather clouds and thunderstorms make for a spectacular show. Even more spectacular when animated at one frame every three seconds. This was shot from our lagoon over a time of one hour. […]
Making left turns is part of our everyday life. And yes, three lefts make a right and you see a whole lot more. Eyes up and when it is right, everything falls into place. Read about a decision to avoid I-75 and what turned out to be a stellar weekend with new friends added […]
Two baby great horned owls make the entry into the world known and Chill Travelers were there. Here are a few photos of the new borns. […]
Bob Root and Wendy Steele are Chill Travelers who chase defining moments in their nomadic lifestyle. This episode is about rockets, Carlos Santana and self-actualization. […]
We are working on some very exciting new developments for Keys at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. This morning we had the opportunity to get up close and personal at the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch. At 4:55am, this is the picture I got. […]
Twenty years ago today I met a woman that changed my life forever. […]
Seeing the sun rise over the mountains, a fresh brewed cup of coffee in hand, the smell is intoxicating. So, next time you are cruising through Santa Fe from mid-August and through September, follow your nose. […]
20 Years of Defining Moments: It is coming up on the 20th anniversary of when we met at a team building event near Santa Fe at Larry Wilson’s ranch on the Pecos River. A chance meeting that changed our lives. Read our book, it might just change yours into a hunting expeditions for Defining Moments. […]
Jasper turns four years old today […]
As we travel around the country visiting our dealers and customers, we happen upon some really fine cooking. As Paleo types, this usually restricts us to more conventional restaurants. Sometimes, we will go out of […]
A Spa & Car Experience?. Nestled between Grand Junction Colorado and Moab Utah, this spa caters to car guys and the not so car guy. It could become an annual event. […]
We are lucky to be able to chase 70 degrees in our adventures. We have to stop once in a while to change locations for the better good and to take a stand. We […]
As usual our plans have been altered and we are headed back to Las Vegas. Good thing. Big meeting with the top dog of Unilever in regard to our research and development foundation. Film at […]
This has been a uniquely demanding and interesting beginning of our annual summer tour. The business is growing again after a year long battle to regain dealers and end user confidence. Strange times indeed. […]
It is hard to believe that 2014 marks four years on the road 100% full-time and a total of 14 years traveling the US and Canada at SeeLevel on the road. When we custom built […]
Just another adventure for this little dog. […]
Our simple rule for the motor coach is that anything that comes on board must be able to do at least two things and hopefully more. A fine chef’s knife wins over a food processor and a roll-around computer cart has to double as a dinner table, snack table or movable outside drink table. It is a good rule even if you do not live in a smaller space. […]
Yep, 16 years ago we were standing at sunrise looking out at Wheeler peak in Taos New Mexico. After all these years we can reveal that we were married by Shirley MacLaine in a quiet ceremony with a few friend and the deep sounds of native American flutist Alex Maldonado. […]
A great philosopher named Hen3ry (the three is silent) once said that you can tell an imminent purchase by the size of the smile. Well, if Wendy’s smile is an indicator, there is a Porsche racing track car in our near future. […]
We started a Google+ Community because we felt the need to find like-minded freaks. You can view it here and maybe join in. […]
This has been an interesting few days with the end of the world coming on the 21st (;-]) and Ray Kurzweil being named Director of Engineering at Google. Since leaving the corporate world more than 15 years ago, I cannot imagine Ray tolerating employism. […]
Hot Smoothies by Bob! We are beginning to construct the book recipe by recipe. Learn how Bob makes his morning smoothies and learn to make them Hot as well. […]
A Day at Disney World for Chill Travelers. This is what happens when you have to deploy Plan B. […]
It has been 12 years since we published Defining Moments; A Brand New Day. Now 2012, we have realized that much of what was cut from the original addition needs to be seen and read. […]
We have been in Cheyenne, Wyoming establishing our new corporate entity here. While we were visiting our bankers and the economic development people, we heard that the UP steam shop was based here. A little further investigation and […]
This is a story of how a birthday present turned into a historical photo assignment to document the Reagan Rancho del Cielo using HDR for the Presidential archives […]
So, it is Christmas day, edging 70 degrees and sunny in California’s Anza Borrego Desert. We are not much for the commercial aspects of the holiday. In fact, we mostly enjoy the peace and quiet that the day brings. There is not much in Borrego Springs to begin with and what normally is open here is not today. […]
Scratch the surface a bit in Borrego Springs and you are likely to find a Nobel Prize winner, a former James Bond actor learning to paint landscapes, the sculpture of a serpent on the Avery (label company) ranch, a former New York advertising agency executive now doing off-road desert adventures and at least five or six authors. […]
Megan and Mason you are now 11 and it is time to think about your future. Your birthday message? Grab the ball and run, run, run! The best gift that we can give you is some advice […]
I have come to believe that CNN is a terrorist conspiracy to depress America and send us into eternal negativity. Well, maybe FOX News as well. Okay, NBC, ABC and CBS as well. Not Dianne […]
Well, our dear friend Tina Carlson created a birthday image of Jasper in one of her art forms. Tina is a wonderfully sincere photographer whose attention to detail is amazing. Recently Tina has been […]
Well, ever since the realization that Jasper is a true Texan, we decided to see how this horse chasing head strong critter would deal with the Pacific Ocean. In true fashion, the score is […]
Our accountant Jim reminds us to never never offer any positive comments about California because of the California State of Mind tax rules that make our income taxable if we even infer any kinship to […]
From Pop! Happy First Birthday Jasper. One year not without unique diverse experiences. When I used to travel on airplanes, it was a lot. Rather then telling people where I went, how long I […]
HOT AIR by Bob Root Just started reading Richard Branson’s new book “Reach For The Skies.” What impresses me so far is that he honors the heroes that succeeded in changing the world of flight with an equal emphasis on those […]
Our life is certainly eclectic and never boring. When people visit us on the coach, they see a bit of our lifestyle at SeeLevel. Jasper has been a wonderful new addition to our family filling […]
We love to feature the work and art of our friends. Tina Carlson is one of our best friends and is quite the artist from many aspects. A wonderful provocative visionary photographer, Tina recently began exploring […]
We were just finishing up our NorCal tour visiting Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay for dealer visits, demos and book tour. You just never know what you will see or experience unless you take […]
We travel to the San Francisco Bay Area about two or three times a year for business. Finding a place to park the hulk Grizzly is challenging in this area because there are so many […]
Being a car guy is somewhat difficult to explain given my treehugger work life. Growing up as a car guy in the 60’s was an extraordinary experience. My dad and I customized cars, built them, rebuilt them […]
Let It Go! by Bob Root Many people say that we live an idyllic lifestyle. What we know for sure is that it is by design and has to be a work in process to […]
Lookout East Coast, this rain looks like snow! Even here in the Anza Borrego Desert the rain for the past few days has been huge. If you have been watching the weather out west, you […]
We travel North America on business 365 days a year. During parts of the year we like to find a place to rest and work at a little slower pace. The Springs at Borrego in […]
Our time in Borrego Spring was a wonderful experience. We had the opportunity to meet some wonderful warm people. We always love to explore the areas we visit and this one particular area is new […]
Borrego Springs has been full of adventure for us and we plan more excursions into the desert and mountains. Bob used to off-road race in the are and made the trek over the mountains when […]
If you have been following us, you know that the second half of 2010 has been hectic for us. So, when Wendy had the idea of spending the holidays and the end of 2010 in […]
There is no question that our normal is on the move. Jasper is learning to discover, explore and enjoy all the things that we experience. Jasper went from a whirlwind first month traveling over 2000 […]
Jasper’s first four weeks with us was an adventure for even an adventurer. Can you imagine being a young puppy of just 11 weeks and being whisked away from you family, loaded onto an RV […]
Jasper is now growing like a weed, shedding his baby teeth and starting to discover all that this world has to offer him. We had been in Malibu for a short while and were invited […]
We have been in the process of creating a video depicting Jasper’s first month with us. We have planned all along to create a series of videos that capture his life and growth. Camera on […]
Introducing Jasper! Affectionately known as Jasper, Jibby, Buckwheat, Zydeco. Its a long story! Okay, let’s try and capture this in an understandable way! When we lost Disney, friends in the Bichon community rallied. Most specifically our friend Myrna. The […]
October is quickly becoming a month of exploration for us. Early in each October is the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was our second year and we park on the balloon fiesta […]
There are few places in the US that you can chase 70 degrees during the summer months. The far southwest coast of Oregon is one of them. It is our choice for the summer months […]
We have been in Newport since June 16th. The weather here has been perfect for us mostly sunny and in the 60’s. So, we are chasing 70’s still and plan to stay here until toward […]
On our trip south from Canada we stopped in Seattle to visit our dear friend Traci. We arrived on a weekend that was forecast as sunny and warm….we thought Seattle Washington…Sunny and Warm? It was. […]
Kitsilano Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Vancouver, BC. You can sit around and people watch, or you can join the rest of the adrenaline junkies for a game of beach volleyball. […]
Video is becoming an interesting medium for us. So, we headed into Vancouver Canada for the weekend. Friends have told us that Grandville Island is a great place to visit, so we headed there with […]
We decided to head to Calgary on our way to Kelowna for our business meetings. A few days in Cochrane just west of Calgary was our jumping off point for the 300ish mile journey to […]
Wendy has always wanted to see Yellowstone National Park and I have wanted to go back and spend time just exploring it rather than a quick auto tour. So we made that left turn on […]
We left Rapid City with hopes of punching through the rain and the snow with a weather forecast predicting the 70’s in Coeur d’Alene Idaho. A conversation while heading for Billings caused some left turns. […]
Well, it is snowing in Rapid City on May 12, 2010 We are heading to Canada for business. History and our plans should find 60’s to 70’s. We left Topeka being chased by Tornado’s and […]
Official Storm Trackers? Yes! We recently made a quick run back to the factory after visiting our newest sale team member in Texas. A quick stop in Knoxville to vist old friends and then onto […]
Dateline: Johnson City Texas The Chrome Bull! Seems appropriate for the place Lyndon B Johnson called home. On a hard run from Kerrville Texas, where we were staying, to Austin Texas for a Saturday meeting, […]
What can you say when you have lost your best friend of 16+ years. Disney ,our ball of energy Bichon who traveled throughout the country with us, died on Valentine’s Day 2010. He was […]
Happy 99th Birthday Ronnie! By Bob Root They say you can tell a lot about a person based on their birthday. Wendy’s mom, the Gypsy, introduced us to a Dutch book titled apply, “The Birthday […]
When we built the Grizzly, we had the option of adding some special RV style driver and passenger seats. We opted to stay with the standard Freightliner Cascadia seats because, they came with the truck […]
This lost chapter was written in the mid 90’s about life in the air in the late 80’s and early 90’s. At the time we were about to publish Defining Moments, we dropped this first […]
Up in the Air…Movie Review For all of our friends that emailed, called and contacted us wondering if the new George Clooney movie “Up in the Air.” was written by or about our lives prior […]
Happy Holiday from Mesilla New Mexico Wendy and I are the least likely people to follow tradition. As close as we get is to be in Mesilla New Mexico for the Christmas Eve celebration. How […]
Bob & Wendy’s Galactic Adventures at Spaceport America Near Las Cruces New Mexico by Bob Root New Mexico, The Land of Enchantment the license plates and signs say! As the Christmas Holiday approaches […]
Interesting People: Along the Way in El Capitan California We like to say that “You Have To Go First” to me interesting people. It is true for us! We are just off of a grueling […]
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta 2009 It was 1995 that we had our chance meeting in New Mexico along the Pecos River near Santa Fe. Since then, we have returned to New Mexico. First a year later […]
Utah Rocks! Really, this is about Utah’s Rocks and there are damned big! Note! You can click the images to see stand alone views. You can also click here to go to our gallery to see […]
Chill Travelers – HDR Photography A new look to our images. In the pursuit of our SeeLevel business travels, we stop frequently to view events, nature and things just plain worth seeing. Many of them […]
By Bob There is nothing ordinary about us. In fact, we have gotten use to being 180° from ordinary. We just seem to stumble on things in life. Situations, things and unusual people are just the norm […]
West Coast Ozzy and new foster parents! from Bob Well, it was always difficult to think about selling Ozzy. When you have built a car that you dreamed of from the first day you saw […]
The title of this article is significant for a number of reasons. Defining Moments: A Brand New Day, was is the title of our first book. It is about how we met and described in […]
Truly one of our favorite places, Pacific Shore at Newport Oregon is beutiful this time of year. We made this video to try and capture some of the feelings, sights and sounds. [flashvideo file=videos/new.flv image=videos/new.jpg […]
Our day began in Coeur d’ Alene Idaho early. We are headed to the Portland area en-route to Newport Oregon tomorrow to stay at Pacific Shores. We made a quick run into Spokane and then […]
Switzerland? France? Austria? No the US Northwest! This place is amazing. About 40 miles due east of Spokane Washington, Coeur d’ Alene Idaho is a picturesque, clean, friendly and old world city in the pan […]
This is our first time traveling on I-90 and the views are spectacular. We are headed to the Pacific Northwest to visit dealers, get some quiet time and to wind down a bit before the […]
We are headed to the Pacific Northwest in search of 70 degrees and to have a working vacation. We are now in Bozeman taking a few days to explore the town. Yes, it was […]
The expansion of our business in 2009 created the need for a bigger, more reliable and powerful coach. We began our quest in earnest to replace our Monaco with a coach that could climb the […]
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