More Custom Cushion Covers A few months ago I made custom cushion covers for the bench seat cushions in our 2015 Roadtrek E-trek (see my custom cushion covers page). What I had failed to do was to make covers for the small, oddly-shaped armrest cushions. I decided to get out of the heat this week and work… Continue reading ROADTREK E-TREK ARMREST CUSHION COVERS
Navigation as featured in our post The Long Cold Winter Part II The first step was figuring out how to mount the iPad in our E-trek. There are endless DIY suggestions found on YouTube, but what worked best for us was the seat-bolt mount made by The Joy Factory. We also tried the MagConnect cup-holder… Continue reading Using an iPad for navigation and more…
Finally it was time to pick up Ryan from Boston University for the summer. Originally Karl had planned to drive up and back in the same day, but since Ryan had to be out of the dorm by noon on Sunday, we thought he might be cutting it too close, and I convinced him that… Continue reading TRIP #6—PART I
The next project was to improve the navigation situation. Recall from our trip to Boston that the factory-installed navigation system in the eTrek offered little help when we needed it most. Furthermore, we had always found the navigation in our Honda Ridgeline deficient (i.e., “make a u-turn if possible” was the only re-routing the system… Continue reading The Long, Cold Winter Part 2
After our trip to Boston, our RV dreams were put on hold due to snow, snow, and more snow. It was hard to stay enthusiastic when it seemed like we would never be able to go anywhere in our new Roadtrek. In the meantime, we tackled a few interior issues. Instead of using blankets to… Continue reading The Long, Cold Winter Part 1
