How did our van pickup go at Noovo in Las Vegas? I’ll tell you everything. We arrived at 10:30 and were greeted by Sloan, who walked us out to our van. We had put a deposit down in late September,…

The day has come, at last. We picked up or Noovo Plus LB on a hot day in Las Vegas and spent the next five and a half hours getting the guided tour from Sloan, loading up all the stuff…

Most of the salsas sold in grocery stores are sort of bad. For a preservative, they use far more vinegar than you would normally put in a salsa, and it often ends up being the dominant taste. That’s not salsa……

Disclaimer: Nothing here is financial advice, and I am certainly not a financial advisor, except to my own kids. To everyone but my kids, do your own math, talk to your own advisor, make your own decisions, trust nothing written…

The other day, I wrote about journaling, about treating your journal as an extension of your brain, not only as storage but as a part of the processing of your thoughts. But I left out the answer to the most…

There’s something about traction boards that calls out to the inner man. Before Overlanding was a “thing,” before #vanlife filled our Instagram feeds, Sprinter owners fetishized their traction boards. There they were, right there on the van, the oranger the…

I have two daughters. When the second one left for college, I started keeping a journal. My journals (plural, as it would turn out) were small, bright orange, “Expedition” notebooks made by Field Notes. They are made of some sort…

As a photographer, I’m often asked the question, What’s the best camera? My answer almost always disappoints: Your cell phone! And I’m serious. If you have a late-model iPhone Pro (or one of the other brands), you have an incredible…

When a company brags about how well-made and how well-engineered their product is, you want to believe them, you want it to be true that their product is well-made and well-engineered. And for the most part, the Quikrstuff bike rack…

Noovo, as I’ve said before, does a great job of detailing what they add to the ProMaster, but not as good of a job in detailing what options are on the ProMaster chassis that they are building upon. They buy…