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Avocado Mousse – Perfect After Creole Dessert
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 […]
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Tesla Coach – Our New Project – Grizzly ii aka Nikola
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. […]
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Two Nights and a Vette – Amelia Island Florida
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. […]
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Freeze the Beans & Meaning of Life
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 […]
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Sloppy Joe’s – Key West and Beyond
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 […]
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SeeLevel A Retrospective Technology – Back To The Future
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. […]
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Is Perception Reality? – Jasper’s Self Image
The great grandson of Westminster’s JR, our Jasper is really full of himself. Checkout this picture of his enlarged self-image. […]
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Coming Soon – The New World of Virtual & Augmented Reality
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 […]
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For Car Guys! Top American Race Cars! Spoiler Alert – Chaparral 2E #1
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… […]
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NOLA Arrives In Titusville Florida – Orleans By The River!
Chill Travelers now have Cajun & Creole in Titusville. Dark beer and Boudin Balls available without a trip to NOLA. Whooo Hoooo! […]
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Jasper Turns 5 Years Old – Many Chill Travelers Experiences
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! […]
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Chill Travelers Critical Road Warrior iPad Apps
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. […]
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Jory A Perfect 10 – A Chill Travelers Birthday
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. […]
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Luxury Diner – Chill Travelers Cheyenne Good Eats
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. […]
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Electrifying Light Show Cheyenne Style – Chill Travelers
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. […]
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Eat In The Bar – A Chill Travelers Tip
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. […]
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The Fort Collins Trifecta – Chill Travelers Review
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. […]
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Chill Travelers Eat At Nordy’s for BBQ
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. […]
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Das Essen Haus – Chill Travelers Going Amish
When in Middlebury Indiana, Das Essen Haus is a fine place for simple Amish food as the Chill Travelers discovered. […]
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On The Way To Homeless – BBQ in Wilson NC – Chill Travelers Review
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. […]
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Sandbar Grill – Cocoa Beach Fl. Fish Taco’s and More – Chill Travelers Review
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. […]
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Chill Travelers Drive at Odd Speeds
This is a Chill Travelers trick to drive defensively. Drive at odd speeds on highways. […]
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Time To Get Wise – May is Melanoma Month
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 […]
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Chill Travelers Looking Skyward.
The launch of CRS-6 by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as seen from our lagoon. Chill Travelers looking skyward […]
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Summer Clouds And Storms – Chill Travelers
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. […]
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Sometimes You Have To Make Left Turns To Chill
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 […]
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The Owls Have It – Chill Travelers Paying Attention!
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. […]
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Defining Moments – Rockets, Carlos Santana and Self-Actualization
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. […]
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch – January 10, 2015
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. […]
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Chile Roasting Time in New Mexico – Santa Fe Style
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. […]
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20 Years of Defining Moments
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. […]
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Jasper Turn 4 Years Old Today
Jasper turns four years old today […]
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Cooper’s BBQ in Llano Tx. The Best in America!
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 […]
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Married to a Car Guy? A Spa & Car Experience? $$$$
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. […]
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Chasing 70 and Some Politicians
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 […]
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Back to Vegas – Unilever
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 […]
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The Summer Tour Begins
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. […]
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Four Years On The Road at SeeLevel – 2014 for Chill Travelers
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 […]
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Jasper is Three Today
Just another adventure for this little dog. […]
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Bob & Wendy’s New Stand-Up Routine!
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. […]
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16 Years Full Of Defining Moments!
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. […]
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How We Spent Christmas & A Porsche In Our Future?
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. […]
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NOBO’s Nomadic Bohemians
We started a Google+ Community because we felt the need to find like-minded freaks. You can view it here and maybe join in. […]
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Disney’s Test Track – Opening Day & Ray Kurzweil
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. […]
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Hawaiian Monkey – Bright Smoothie
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. […]
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Plan B – Hurricane Sandy
A Day at Disney World for Chill Travelers. This is what happens when you have to deploy Plan B. […]
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Defining Moments – Living Life Our Way at See Level [Kindle Edition]
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. […]
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Union Pacific 844 – Cheyenne WY
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 […]
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The Assignment – At The Reagan Ranch
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 […]
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Applied Alchemy Wandering, Wondering & Happiness
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. […]
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A Fancy Bird House? Not Quite
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. […]
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Happy Birthday Megan & Mason!
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 […]
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CNN and Terrorists
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 […]
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Jasper Art
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 […]
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Jasper’s Beach Soccer….Texas Style
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 […]
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California State of Mind
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 […]
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Jasper Puppy! One Year Old Today!
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 […]
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Vintage Airplanes, Vintage Cars & Babes…Is this a great country or what?
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 […]
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A Day in the Life of Jasper and Isabel
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 […]
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Tina Patina Designs on Etsy
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 […]
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Tsunami Effects, Santa Cruz NorCal
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 […]
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John Deere!
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 […]
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OZZY and Friends
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 […]
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Let It Go! Our Past Life in San Diego Revisited
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 […]
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Lookout East Coast!
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 […]
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The Springs at Borrego RV Resort
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 […]
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California Overland Tours, Borrego Springs, California
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 […]
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Lunar Eclipse – Winter Solstice
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 […]
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Defining Moments & “Spaces”
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 […]
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Malibu Jasper
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 […]
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Jasper’s First Four Weeks…Chronicles
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 […]
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Bichon Bash, California Style
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 […]
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Foolish Pride…Santa Barbara
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 […]
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Jasper! Our New Family Member
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 […]
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Balloons and Space Ships
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 […]
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Another Summer In Newport…Oregon That Is!
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 […]
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Newport Oregon – Long Stay? And our schedule for the balance of 2010
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 […]
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Traci’s Seattle Fun – Food – Friends
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. […]
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Kitsilano Beach Vancouver BC Canada aka “Kits Beach”
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. […]
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Granville Island Near Vancouver Canada
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 […]
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Trans-Canada 1 – No Through Way?
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 […]
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Yellowstone at SeeLevel
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 […]
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Left Turn – Yellowstone National Park
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. […]
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Chasing 70 – Snow May 12 Rapid City SD
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 […]
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Official Storm Chasers?
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 […]
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The Benini Foundation – Galleries and Sculpture Ranch
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, […]
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No Bad Days
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 […]
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Happy Birthday Ronnie!
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 […]
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Grizzly In Sheepskins!
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 […]
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Defining Moments: Chapter 0
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 […]
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Up In The Air
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 […]
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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. […]
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Grizzly The Build and Beyond
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 […]