Mechanical aside…
Last weekend, I went to Charlotte to see a 500 miles NASCAR race on Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was the only night 500 miles race of NASCAR Sprint championship this year with almost 180’000 people coming ! The speedway about 1:30 before start. People start to arrive. Read More…
Black Balsam Knob & waterfalls
Still waiting on insurance for VivaLaVida, I enjoyed the nice and cool weather to discover other spots of Appalachian. Some nice waterfalls first. Looking Glass Falls, easy access Under the Blue Ridge Parkway… The evening coming, I started looking for a place to spend the nightRead More…
North Mills River and Max Patch
Three day getaway before returning to Fletcher to finally try to achieve insure VivalaVida in my name. Nearly four weeks of endless steps and still nothing! So to change my mind, I started with two days to North Mills River in a “primitive campground” spread along a “dirt road” forestRead More…
Blue Ridge Parkway
Last week-end I discovered the Blue Ridge Parkway North of Asheville, still in North Carolina. Here are some pictures… Start of the day at Powhadan Lake where I slept Friday evening Nice forest river on the trail The “Blue Ridge Parkway” is a beautifulRead More…
VivaLaVida: interior
Here is a presentation of my “Wheel house”. 😀 The space where I usually live is in the middle. There is a large sofa transforming in bed for the night. Uper bed is in three elements which fold during the day to let space above the sofa. Day config: Read More…
VivaLaVida: outside equipments
Here are some information and detailed images from the outside: At the front, the OEM bumper was replaced by an aluminum bumper with protection bars. I did it modified to be able to move the winch back if needed. It features two long-beam Xenon (HID) lights. I also changed theRead More…
Offroad weekend
Chris asked me if I would participate in a report of a journalist from a Californian offroad magazine about his business. Of course, I accepted because it was a great opportunity to test the capabilities of VivalaVida. The bad weather has somewhat changed the program. while we were riding onRead More…
Introducing VivaLaVida!
Well, the day of the baptism arrived: it is time for me to introduce VivalaVida! Almost completed on Friday around 22:30, I have driven it this weekend on an offroad terrain during a photo shoot for an offroad magazine. Here is my home for the next few years in principle!Read More…
Recovery stuff…
… which will likely serve on some trails : 1) Hi Lift Jack with 48 inches capacity 2) the 12’000 lbs winch which I will be able to move form front (normal position) to rear if necessary. The reassembly of the engine is stillRead More…
Roof rack on work
While the replacement of the 4 injectors of right cylinders bench is in progress, the roof rack is ready to be welded. It will provide a framework on hinges allowing three solar panels to flip for a better performance in the countries at high latitudes and also a roller forRead More…
D5 Creation