Went on a bike ride today. Had to install the bike rack on the car, so I took a time-lapse of it.
What would you rather do, see the park for yourself or see the park on Google Street View?
I just read that google has partnered with the NPS to bring 40 parks to its very popular Street View.
I think this is great. It should inspire some folks to go out and explore, see the beauty for themselves.
What do you think?
Have GoPro, will take video
I recently purchased a GoPro Hero 4 Silver to use on the trip. I have been playing around with taking and editing video. It is much harder than I realized. You truly do learn something every day!
Here is the link. It isn’t road trip related. It is practice in order to hone my skills as an editor.
Happy February,
David
Analysis Paralysis
I have the trip planned. I am writing posts to inform you folks how I went about planning the trip. I just listened to this podcast that featured one of my inspirations. It was great to hear of his travels and very inspirational. He talked about how he gets asked all the time about how to start and what people should do to begin. He said it is best to just have the idea and go. You don’t want to spend too much time planning or you will never get out.
I’ve heard it described as “analysis paralysis” It means you spend so much time planning and thinking that you are unable to do the thing it is you were planning to do.
I feel myself falling into this paralysis. I want to do this trip more than you can imagine. As I look at the road maps, trip guides and thing to do’s I want to do it all. I know I can’t do it all so, I spend hours narrowing down the things I really want to do.
May, the month I would like to set off, is rapidly approaching. I have no money, zero views on my website and no sponsors. I fear that I won’t be able to go on this amazing journey and that thought really scares me. I need to spend some time reaching out to a larger audience. My Facebook friends and family haven’t helped spread the word as much as I’d imagined.
Have a great day
-David
What Inspired Me?
I am glad you asked. Here are a few of the adventurers I’ve been inspired by:
Expedition Overland, Mountain State Overland, Kombi Life,
Who or what has inspired you to get out and explore?
Happy New Year!
We’d like to wish you all a safe and Happy New Year!
Wow, it is 2016! This is the year we plan on hitting the road. So much to plan and do. It will be a busy time and I hope to blog and keep you all up to date. Please share this with your friends and family. We need likes and favorites and clicks to get help from potential sponsors to get this trip down the road.
It is January, where and when are you planning your summer road trip?
Great Minds Think Alike
Someone sent me this link on our Facebook page.
My trip map looks very similar. Once I figure out how to get an interactive map onto the site, I will publish that info.
I am working hard during this “Off Season” on posts and getting followers and sponsors.
See you next year!
-David
Merry Christmas!
It’s Christmas Eve here in sunny Southern California (and 57*) I’d just like to wish you a very Merry Christmas from all of us here at National Park Road Trip. I hope you got what you wished for from Santa. We will be taking the rest of the year off to spend with the ones that mean the most. Hope you are able to do something similar.
See you in the new year!
We are back from the test run
Just wanted to let y’all know, we made it back alive. Working to get pictures and videos together to share with y’all.
Stay tuned, more exciting things to follow!
-David
Getting ready for a test run.
My mom, not too long ago, told me I could use her travel trailer for my test run if I could find a truck to tow it. I called and asked everyone with a truck and SUV I knew and couldn’t find anything. After coming up empty she then offered up her Nissan Xterra. The Xterra has been having trouble towing and I was tasked with fixing the problem. The check engine light comes on about two hours into a tow and the X looses power. You have to sit and wait for everything to cool off.
I was going to install an extra transmission cooler with a fan to help cool the transmission fluid. When I removed the grill guard and grill, I found the aux cooler was too large for the space available. After calling the client, we decided to return the cooler/fan combo and add an auxiliary fan to the existing factory transmission cooler.
I installed the aux fan and wired it up with a temperature activated switch. So, when the transmission cooler reaches 180 degrees the fan kicks on and cools it down and then switches off. This is the best solution so the driver doesn’t have to do anything except drive the X.
The hope is this will keep the transmission fluid from getting too hot and forcing the engine to run on reduced power. We will find out this Friday when we hook up and head out!
