The Roaming Allwines

Ah... in a mere 24hrs, the crazy Allwine family will trek out of good 'ol central PA and head for the coast!  Only 8 work hours separates me from the open road, camp fires, the smell of ocean air and the sound of....."are we there yet?". But of course, there are a few more things to handle with the family Jeepster.  What's a road trip without last minute work on the car right?  I'm just glad the list is short!  Just need to make a simple modification the the parking lights and finish wiring the DC/AC inverter, and check the fluids.  Maybe I'll even give it a quick wash... The only major preparation to be done now is to pack the clothes and load the food.  The fridge this morning was a cool 37°.  Ready for food and some cool drinks for the beach! And of course our little one is overflowing with excitement!  She is MORE than ready to hit the road to the beach and to Disney!  "Can I give Donald Duck a hug daddy"?  That's ...

We are very quickly coming to the departure date of July 31st! There is a great deal of excitement building in the Allwine house right now. Alexis can't wait to dig here little toes into the cool sands of the Atlantic coast! In fact, every time I tell her we are going to the beach soon in the Jeep, she screams in excitement to the point I can't hear anymore! The Jeep itself it getting very close to completion. All the custom built (by me) storage system is ready and installed. The slider mechanism for the refridgerator is done and installed. I also just finished installed my custom built switch panel in the dash and the propane storage for the roof rack. Check out the pictures below! I'll be posting more pictures of our progress soon!

Wow! How time flies! The Allwine clan has been busy the past few weeks and have completely forgotten to update the 'ol blog! We are now within 3 weeks of venturing out into the world in the Jeep. Preparations on the Wrangler with quite a few projects done. One of the most important things was getting the Jeep inspected. It turns out I had a leaky rear shock and had to make a quick swap to pass PA inspection. So with the help of my handy father, we replaced both rear shocks and the rear brake pads (for good measure) in about an hour! I think that may be a personal record for both of us! I have also changed the oil, rotated the tires and checked all the mechanical systems. So now I just need to get the cargo portion of the preparation ready. Since the last post on here, I have made some headway on a few projects: - Wiring for the fridge - Installation and wiring of the air compressor - Wiring for the roof rack lights - Added some additional LEDs inside for night visio...