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Labor Day found us in Colorado with our Daughter's family. Many firsts for granddaughter including her first fish. Also note that we are using wife's GC Trailhawk as the tow vehicle on this trip. Results are similar to the JLUR but more comfy for more people. Off road, it handles the trailer...

Fully loaded axle weight. It is probably around 3k lbs with tongue weight. Fully Loaded = 37g of water, full fridge, full freezer, load out for staying away from home indefinitely. Unloaded weight came out to within 50lbs of my estimate.

I guess it's time to go camping. Playing play dough with my grand daughter and this happened.

Yep. There's no one way. In fact, I do travel with an 11 pound bottle now. When we are in the US, I have a fire pit, a stove, and a heater. In Mexico we are 100% electric.

I've been decorating. We spend so much time in this thing, I wanted it to feel like home.

Yes, specifically for the beach... and my steep driveway.

I put some removable jacks on receivers. They reverse and go inside the side rails. The jacks are big enough to lift the trailer so they work for stabilizers, tire changes or recovery.

Prepping for fall/winter adventure season. Sadly, I am not a craftsman. However, the shelf unit needed to be more like a cabinet. Second problem... I only needed a little bit of wood and I wanted to use what I have on hand. The finish sucks, admittedly, but the function is there and there is...

Overkill. Yes. 2x3 is a good dimension. 1/8 works. Mine is all 1/8 except the lounge which is 3x3x3/16. It is much larger and has held up perfectly for over 3 years with no signs of failure.

Please don't. The fewer the better. Europe and the US are no brainers. Heck, most borders are just a sign by the road. I've pulled my trailer all over NA and have been all over Europe and have seen the "Caravans" everwhere. Central America, South America, Africa and Asia are far more...

Have you done it? I am having trouble finding actual humans that have done things like Mexico/Honduras or Colombia/Peru.

Making future plans. We have gone from the US to Canada and Mexico with ours, but who has done border crossings and travel with their trailer outside of North America? What was your experience? Trouble? Revelations?

Since this trailer is also my mobile office, power is the PRIMARY concern. The Redarc Manager 30 taking care of charging and working properly to prioritize inputs means that I can be off grid for as long as the food and water hold out and still give my clients great service.

This week's camp sites.

...and memorial day. This was a pressure test of all systems because there was damage to my daughter's camper water system. I had to support 5 people for 4 days and myself for an extra 2 days. Previous to this trip, the trailer hadn't seen shore power in 10 days. Still hasn't. So, I ran the...