We are back in Washington state now, having done a full loop 9 month, 11,000 miles from the west coast to the east coast, sailing in the Atlantic and the gulf on the 17 foot sailboat we tow behind the camper.
Everything has really done great on the trip. The pods don't move or shift on bumps, all of the seams and roof are still tight, no leaks at all.
We had a tiny bit more trouble with the truck it self in LA (lower Alabama). Seems a squirrel in Georgia ate through the turbo boost pressure sensor and the truck went into weak mode and threw a code. Instead of taking the pods off and taking it to a repair center, we just raised the front pod up about 15 inches with the jacks and tilted the cab forward. Worked like a treat and allowed me access to the engine to solder and heat shrink the wires back together. Pic of that below, looks funny with the cab tilted and the camper still on the truck.
Solar is still working well even though I have not cleaned the panels in months. They still give about 700 to 900 watts in the south west and about 200 watts when raining here in Seattle. I think we used the generator twice in the 9 months of travel, although we did sometimes stay at army corp parks with electric hookups.
States we camped in on this trip were: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon.
Not sure where to next...flipping a coin on Alaska or Maine.
