Like most adults, Chris and I are fans of caffeine. I am mainly a tea drinker, while he is more into americanos. In order to get proper (black) tea, you need to be able to boil water, not just make…
Dodge-y Power
A video showing how we’ve added a 12v power outlet to the trunk: After this was shot, we left the RoadPro 12v Cooler Bag (full of cider) and ran it overnight. We managed to not run the battery down meaning…
Minor Differences: Around the Home
Everything is slightly different. Had we moved to China, I think I would have been more prepared for everything to be different. But here in the U.S, the differences are unpredictable which adds small surprises to my daily life. Previously,…
Dodge-y Cooking
In preparation for being on the road for a long time, we have bought a series of car appliances. I believe most of them are intended for truckers. None were especially expensive, so we were skeptical of whether or not…
Dodge-y Language
The car doesn’t like me. Or at least the Uconnect voice recognition (VR) system is toying with me. I do speak the Queen’s English (or at least a dialect spoken by one of her humble servants) so why am I…
Chris Attempts to Talk Sport
Over the last few days, we have been getting ready to get on the road now that we have decided on a leaving day. We will leave on Monday since Chris has an appointment with the St. Paul immigration office…
Anniversary HiJenx
Chris and I had our first wedding anniversary outside of the UK on Monday. We had a few pressing things to sort out in the morning (car insurance and Chris getting Apple Pay to work on his phone), but decided to…
Social Security, Maybe.
Obtaining your SSN is a one-time event: you can’t get good at it. It has been awkward to not have one because you are asked for it whenever you do something financially significant. In the last video, we failed completely. Several…
Dodge-y Dealings
We need a car. I don’t know a lot about them and last week we tested out a 2013 Dodge Charger SXT AWD and I liked it a lot. Cars are cheaper in America and they have different brands. For…
Fancy Phones
Starting over in a new country entails buying a lot of big ticket items in a short amount of time if you want to function fairly normally in that country. This one happens to double as a blogging tool. We…