This Small Town Versus That Small Town

One of the reasons why I wanted to leave Humboldt County was because in the nearly 10 years that we lived there, many of the great ideas that people have about improving the area, never get off the ground. With the exception of the Redwood Technology Consortium who won the fight to connect Humboldt to the real world with fiber optic cable a few years …

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Staying hitched to the trailer

For the past couple nights we’ve been staying hitched to our fifth wheel trailer when spending just one night in RV resorts. We’ve researched this online and only found this one forum discussion about staying hitched that addressed the issue specifically. It confirmed my assumption that it will do no harm to the truck. I do, however, raise the trailer a bit more than the …

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Quartzsite Boondocking

About Digital Nomads @LiveWorkDream

Learn all about digital nomads Rene and Jim @LiveWorkDream. Have you ever considered taking a long sabbatical to really explore what you want to be when you grow up? In May of 2007, we did just that. You guys are the OGs of full-time RVing… – RV Miles podcast host Jason Watch Interview After escaping the San Francisco rat race in 1998, we grew a …

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Great People & Good Times with the RTC

Went to a networking mixer sponsored by the Redwood Technology Consortium at the Sea Grill Restaurant in Eureka last night. It was one of the funnest affairs the group’s ever put on. Mmmmm, good food. And someone made a great use of old floppy disk labels…we used them as name badges. How geeky is that?! We’ve been involved with the RTC since we moved here …

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This one goes out to Don.

Here’s a sad but interesting coincidence … as if all coincidences aren’t interesting enough: Last week we printed a 7′ Magic Pak banner display for the National Brain Tumor Foundation. They placed their order by phone after reviewing our website and approved the artwork I designed for them on Monday. As it turns out, just the day before my friend Don Wolski passed away after …

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The lights are always on.

This morning I awoke to a gnarly rain and wind storm. The lights flickered all morning, but nothing went out. Meanwhile all across the county, power lines were dropping like flies. One of the perks about living here is that despite our wild winter weather in Humboldt, the power always stays on in our building. What makes us special? Well, we are on the same …

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