This is part 2 of the adventure film adventures at Ocean Shores, WA. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, you can read it here. Day 2 We awoke at about 9 am but didn’t want to get out of bed. The rain landed on the roof of the trailer and the Assistant to the […]
It is a very busy time for the jPod Overland Trailer. The first travels have started for the educational film that I am making with the help of the Library of Congress, National RV Museum and many other wonderful people (read more about it here). Here is a quick schedule for this first bit of
The jPod has easily become a part of our life. Senior Management enjoys the ease & comfort of camping but also the mobility. We are both happy with the size of the jPod teardrop trailer. For a time, there was a debate in the family about whether it should be an 8 foot or 10
Recently, Nathan & Erin and the jPod crew left for a quick weekend of camping. For convenience sake, we chose Heyburn State Park in the lovely state of Idaho. According to their website: “Heyburn State Park is the oldest park in the Pacific Northwest. Created in 1908, it is comprised of approximately 5,500 acres of
As a teacher, the bulk of my work on the jPod has to wait until summers. After classes got out for summer break, I’ve gone into overdrive mode to finish the jPod build. Any teardropper will tell you that their teardrop is never done. Yet, I want mine to reach a certain level of accomplishment
For about a year now, a film which documents teardrop camping in US History has been in the works. Finally, there is enough financial and informational support to start filming the aerial segments (see below for a short clip which documents this first segment of filming). This is a very exciting as a kick off
Recently, I was doing some spring cleaning (cleaning up some hard drives) when I found some forgotten film footage from last summer (2009). It is of the jPod’s second trip -but first off-road adventure- on the Lolo Motorway in the Nez Perce National Forest. If you have not read the adventures of the Lolo Motorway,
Two recent developments on the jPod: 1. More progress on the Galley 2. The jPod is now completely wired. Progress on the Galley Senior Management has done a lot of work helping me with the design for the Galley. Slowly, it is coming together. I’ve installed the lighting in the galley hatch & wired it
The Galley is the last big project for the jPod. I have started it 3 different times only to remove my work and start again. After camping in the jPod for a weekend, we have finally decided what we want from our galley. A new discovery is a 12V refrigerator which pulls very little on
As a high school history teacher, I regularly view educational films. This got me thinking one day so I started plans to make a film which would feature teardrops & tiny trailers. Recently, I received the Don Keele Award for Excellence in Education to create an educational film (in HD) which will feature teardrops and