2015-01-01 – Happy New Year!

Posted by on Jan 01 2015

Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone – take two¹!

As always, the best place to follow my journey is at the website: http://www.YarrVee.com YouTube just gets videos, while the website gets the Videos, plus Instagram (CAT PICTURES), Twitter, Foursquare checkins, and Blog Posts!

–==2015 Cost of RV Life==–
1 Free nights
0 Paid nights
1 Total nights

2015 Total Spent: $0
2015 Average Daily Cost: $0/day
2014 Average Daily Cost: $43.49/day

–==CONTACT==–
http://www.YarrVee.com

https://plus.google.com/+Yarrvee
https://www.facebook.com/YarrVee
http://amzn.com/w/3KYCQFHECT0OR

–==*WE LOVE SNAIL MAIL!==–
YarrVee.com
411 Walnut Street #9806
Green Cove Springs, FL 32043-3443

–==2015 Itinerary==–
January 10, 2015 – Amarillo, TX
January 11-12, 2015 – DFW, TX
January 13-14, 2015 – Houston, TX
January 15-16, 2015 – New Orleans, LA
January 17-18, 2015 – Pensacola, FL
January 19-?, 2015 – Jacksonville, FL

March 13-22, 2015 – Austin, TX
SXSW – http://sxsw.com/

April 19-24, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
ServiceNow Knowledge15 – http://knowledge.servicenow.com/

September 4-7. 2015 – Atlanta, GA
Dragoncon – http://www.dragoncon.org/

New videos published 8am Mountain Time.

¹ I forgot to trim this in Lightworks, so the first version was 25 minutes of absolutely nothing… wups.

Happy New Year!

Posted by on Dec 31 2014

Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone – take two¹!

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*2014 Cost of RV Life:*
63 days paid camping in 2 location
25 days free camping in 2 locations
88 days total

Total spent on RV life this year: $1163.70
Average Daily Cost of RV Life: $13.22/day
Average Daily Cost of Apartment Life (2014): $39.45/day

*CONTACT*
http://www.YarrVee.com
http://ift.tt/1tq1gcm
http://ift.tt/1zSV182
http://ift.tt/1tq1ikc
http://ift.tt/1zSV188

YarrVee.com
411 Walnut Street #9806
Green Cove Springs

*Tentative 2015 Itinerary*
January 10, 2015 – Amarillo, TX
January 11-12, 2015 – DFW, TX
January 13-14, 2015 – Houston, TX
January 15-16, 2015 – New Orleans, LA
January 17-18, 2015 – Pensacola, FL
January 19-?, 2015 – Jacksonville, FL

March 13-22, 2015 – Austin, TX
SXSW – http://sxsw.com/

April 19-24, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
ServiceNow Knowledge15 – http://ift.tt/1lRzxkC

September 4-7. 2015 – Atlanta, GA
Dragoncon – http://ift.tt/PrbWE3

New videos published 8am Mountain Time.

¹ I forgot to trim this in Lightworks, so the first version was 25 minutes of absolutely nothing… wups

Ten More Days…

Posted by on Dec 31 2014

…with a little luck, maybe even less…

2014 Cost of RV Life:
63 days paid camping in 2 location
25 days free camping in 2 locations
88 days total

Total spent on RV life this year: $1163.70
Average Daily Cost of RV Life: $13.22/day
Average Daily Cost of Apartment Life (2014): $39.45/day

*Music Credits*
1. Barton Springs by Bird Creek, from the YouTube Audio Library
2. Yard Sale by Silent Partner, also from the YouTube Audio Library

*CONTACT*
http://www.YarrVee.com

https://plus.google.com/+Yarrvee
https://www.facebook.com/YarrVee
http://amzn.com/w/3KYCQFHECT0OR

YarrVee.com
411 Walnut Street #9806
Green Cove Springs

*Tentative 2015 Itinerary*
January 10, 2015 – Amarillo, TX
January 11-12, 2015 – DFW, TX
January 13-14, 2015 – Houston, TX
January 15-16, 2015 – New Orleans, LA
January 17-18, 2015 – Fort Walton Beach, FL
January 19-?, 2015 – Jacksonville, FL

April 19-24, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
ServiceNow Knowledge15 – http://knowledge.servicenow.com/

September 4-7. 2015 – Atlanta, GA
Dragoncon – http://www.dragoncon.org/

New videos published 8am Mountain Time.

Merry Christmas from YarrVee!

Posted by on Dec 25 2014

For Christmas, I got a busted water heater, and some power seat parts that have been backordered from Thor Motor Coach since the first week of October…
Oh, and some ribeye, and the opportunity to eyeball a Polaris Slingshot…

13 days left in the Apartment…

2014 Cost of RV Life:
63 days paid camping in 2 location
25 days free camping in 2 locations
88 days total

Total spent on RV life this year: $1163.70
Average Daily Cost of RV Life: $13.22/day
Average Daily Cost of Apartment Life (2014): $39.45/day

*Music Credits*
1. Barton Springs by Bird Creek, from the YouTube Audio Library
2. Yard Sale by Silent Partner, also from the YouTube Audio Library

*CONTACT*
http://www.YarrVee.com

https://plus.google.com/+Yarrvee
https://www.facebook.com/YarrVee
http://amzn.com/w/3KYCQFHECT0OR

YarrVee.com
411 Walnut Street #9806
Green Cove Springs

*Tentative 2015 Itinerary*
January 10, 2015 – Amarillo, TX
January 11-12, 2015 – DFW, TX
January 13-14, 2015 – Houston, TX
January 15-16, 2015 – New Orleans, LA
January 17-18, 2015 – Fort Walton Beach, FL
January 19-?, 2015 – Jacksonville, FL

April 19-24, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
ServiceNow Knowledge15 – http://knowledge.servicenow.com/

September 4-7. 2015 – Atlanta, GA
Dragoncon – http://www.dragoncon.org/

New videos published 8am Mountain Time.

2015-12-20 – Story Time and Learning Lightworks

Posted by on Dec 21 2014

Talking about my plans for the next few weeks – editing this took way longer than I thought it would…

Updated frequently starting soon!
New videos published 8am Mountain Time.

2014 Cost of RV Life:
63 days paid camping in 2 location
25 days free camping in 2 locations
88 days total

Total spent on RV life this year: $1163.70
Daily average cost of RV Life: $13.22
Daily average cost of Apartment Life: $39.45

http://www.YarrVee.com

https://plus.google.com/+Yarrvee
https://www.facebook.com/YarrVee
http://amzn.com/w/3KYCQFHECT0OR

YarrVee.com
411 Walnut Street #9806
Green Cove Springs

*Tentative 2015 Itinerary*
January 10, 2015 – Amarillo, TX
January 11-12, 2015 – DFW, TX
January 13-14, 2015 – Houston, TX
January 15-16, 2015 – New Orleans, LA
January 17-18, 2015 – Pensacola, FL
January 19-?, 2015 – Jacksonville, FL

April 19-24, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
ServiceNow Knowledge15 – http://knowledge.servicenow.com/

September 4-7. 2015 – Atlanta, GA
Dragoncon – http://www.dragoncon.org/

GoPro Hero 3 vs. Hero 4

Posted by on Dec 20 2014

Mike,

Glad to see you got a new GoPro! There is a little detail that you missed though… =)

For more GoPro tips than you can shake a GoPro Extension Stick Mount at, I recommend Mitch Bergsma – https://www.youtube.com/user/micbergsma – and his 420+ GoPro tip videos.
For plain old video making tips, I love these guys…
The Frugal Filmmaker: https://www.youtube.com/user/thefrugalfilmmaker
Film Riot: https://www.youtube.com/user/filmriot

Updated frequently starting soon!
New videos published 8am Mountain Time.

YarrVee.com
411 Walnut Street #9806
Green Cove Springs

http://www.YarrVee.com

https://plus.google.com/+Yarrvee
https://www.facebook.com/YarrVee
http://amzn.com/w/3KYCQFHECT0OR

Tentative 2015 Itinerary
January 10, 2015 – Amarillo, TX
January 11-12, 2015 – DFW, TX
January 13-14, 2015 – Houston, TX
January 15-16, 2015 – New Orleans, LA
January 17-18, 2015 – Pensacola, FL
January 19-?, 2015 – Jacksonville, FL

April 19-24, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
ServiceNow Knowledge15 – http://knowledge.servicenow.com/

September 4-7. 2015 – Atlanta, GA
Dragoncon – http://www.dragoncon.org/

Thanksgiving Shenannigans…

Posted by on Nov 27 2014

For Thanksgiving, we had breakfast at the local Waffle House. The one that has the TouchTunes internet-connected jukebox – which, naturally, I trolled… For my $5, I played:

  • Temple of the Dog – Hunger Strike
  • Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
  • Muse – Follow Me
  • Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
  • Blind Melon – No Rain
  • Weezer – We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  • Creed – My Own Prison
  • Creed – Torn

And then I got inspired…

  • Bing Crosby – White Christmas
  • Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas
  • Wham! – Last Christmas
  • Taylor Swift – Last Christmas
  • Donnie Hathaway – This Christmas
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks – All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks – White Christmas
  • John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War is Over)
  • Jose Feliciano – Feliz Navidad

Then I ran out of Christmas songs, and reverted to some old standbys…

  • Tom Jones – It’s Not Unusual
  • Tom Jones – She’s a Lady
  • Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
  • Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls
  • Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Nickelback – What Are You Waiting For?

Not that I got to hear any of the songs (someone had a ton of songs in front of us), but I’m happy in the knowledge that I queued up a couple hours of pretty terrible music as the best sort of holiday gift to the staff and customers.

Surviving the Record-Breaking Cold…

Posted by on Nov 13 2014

Before the record breaking cold...

The YarrVee crew has been very, very lucky with this massive, 98 year record breaking cold snap here in Denver. We’re still packing up our apartment, and while the YarrVee is in it’s new home, it’s been unoccupied.

The last 3 days have been bitter cold. The highs for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were 17, 6, and 10. Fahrenheit. (-8/-14/-12 C, with lows of -14/-22/-24 C!). The high of 6 on Wednesday was a record breaking cold – the lowest high for November 12th in 98 years. The low broke a 130 year old record. Fortunately, between our new $50 oil-filled radiator, and setting the propane furnace to 55, the interior has remained between 40*F/4.5*C and 48*F/9*C, and we’ve got around a 1/2 tank of propane left.

Thanks to the RVGeeks Winter RVing suggestions, the water bay has a 40 watt utility light hanging in it. It’s remained below freezing, but we made sure that our water hose is empty, insulated, and has 15′ of heat tape inside the insulation. To keep the bay itself warmed up, we need a bigger bulb in there, for sure.

I crawled under there on Sunday (when it was almost 70*/23), and it looks like our black and grey tanks are mounted across the whole width of the coach, just below the floor in the bathroom, and are very flat and wide. This is good, since they’ll suck up a lot of heat from the flooring.

Even if we’d already moved out of the apartment, living the last several days in the YarrVee would have sucked (especially the showering part!), but the RV would have remained reasonably livable, if rather uncomfortable, with our current level of preparation, and that’s encouraging. We’ll probably purchase a second radiator for the 110 outlet at the front of the coach to take some slack off the propane furnace in preparation for January and February.

Once it’s not “We’re all going to die!” cold out, we’ll shoot some video of our winter preparations, including what’s worked, and what still needs work!