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The 1st Boondock!

Posted 06-04-2020 at 09:41 AM by Dasponto

Well after a short delay with some solar issues and realizing how slow RV service can be, we were off once again to the great Rockies for adventures in our little Tin Palace! This time heading for some crown land just north of Hinton, Alberta.

_MG_8907 by Ryan Ponto, on Flickr

Took a few attempts (washed out roads, gated roads etc.) But we finally found a spot!

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The Maiden Voyage

Posted 05-11-2020 at 12:22 PM by Dasponto

Well it happened! Private campsites were allowed to open back up here in Alberta. Thank goodness! Would be terrible to not be able to get our brand new Tin Palace out the year we buy it.

It was a shorter trip, 250km trek to the Upper Shunda Creek Campsite just outside of Nordegg and there was of course the first trip hiccups... like the local fill stations waterline being frozen, but we improvised and managed.

With the added Andersen weight distribution hitch I was...

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The beginning

Posted 01-02-2020 at 03:29 PM by Dasponto

Well I must say I am quite please to see there is a blog portion on the AS Forum! Been some time but I have always enjoyed writing.

My wife and I are just about finished our 2nd year of marriage, back last summer from our month long honeymoon to Africa and Europe. We decided leaving our dogs at home for a month (sister in law was a live in dog nanny for us) that we needed something better than a tent for our summer adventures so we could bring our two golden's along.
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