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First Road Trip With the Tucson and a Visit at the Doberman Ranch

By 5teve-0 | September 15, 2019 | Category 2019 Hyundai Tucson Limited, Road Trips

In exactly a month, we put in over 1,300 miles in our new 2019 Hyundai Tucson Limited.

Yakima SkyBox Carbonite 16 on 3rd gen Prius

Yakima SkyBox 16 Carbonite on a 3rd gen Prius

By 5teve-0 | March 27, 2017 | Category 2012 ZVW30 Toyota Prius Four, Road Trips

With the addition of a baby, we need to expand the Prius’ cargo space to accommodate for the new little member of the family when we hit the road for road trips. Since I was not able to discuss the Yakima SkyBox 16 Carbonite in as much detail as I would like to in a […]

First “Real” Road Trip With Our Infant in Our 3rd Gen Prius

By 5teve-0 | January 4, 2017 | Category Road Trips

Many parents we’ve conversed with said that once our newborn enters the world, our favorite pastimes and routines will all go out the window. Instead, sleepless nights and nonstop exhaustion will take their place. While I do not 100% dispute that statement at all, I don’t agree with it completely either. Sure, our daily routines will […]

Winter Road Trip to Vancouver, B.C. With Stops

By 5teve-0 | October 23, 2014 | Category Road Trips

Every year, we try to embark on one road trip. I’m not talking about a regular 400+ mile round trip road trip to the Central Coast (i.e. San Luis Obispo), I’m referring to a road trip that would last over 1,500 miles. For 2013, we drove from Los Angeles to Palm Desert, to Monterey, to Sonoma […]

Fourth of July road trip and plans for the Prius

By 5teve-0 | July 22, 2013 | Category Road Trips

Another road trip completed! Well, this road trip ended two weeks ago and I just gotten around to write about it. This road trip coincided with the July 4th holiday weekend, affording us extra days. We both got Thursday and Friday paid holiday off and used three paid vacation days to take advantage of taking […]

A well needed break!

By 5teve-0 | May 29, 2013 | Category Road Trips

After smashing through a record number of Prius projects this month, working long hours and finalizing all oversea trade show arrangements at my work (we’re exhibiting in Canada, Mexico and Brazil in addition to domestic shows), it’s finally time to slow down and take a well deserved break with the lady! Between designing a multitude […]

June Lake Loop and my first attempt at astrophotography

By 5teve-0 | January 22, 2013 | Category Road Trips

One area of photography that I want to dive into and ultimately improve upon is the area of astrophotography. More specifically, photographing the Milky Way. Ever since a child, I’ve heard stories from my pops describing a white band of light spanning across the dark summer desert nights along the sky above the Twentynine Palms […]

Targus TGT-SP travel tripod demo video

By 5teve-0 | December 13, 2011 | Category Road Trips

Here’s a short video demonstrating the Targus TGT-SP travel tripod. The camera used was a Flip Cam Mino HD.

Rain-X Latitude wipers are in!

By 5teve-0 | December 13, 2011 | Category Road Trips

My Latitude wipers by Rain-X has arrived and it couldn’t arrive at a better time! My previous set of Latitude wipers lasted me a good three years, but has finally succumbed to the harsh heat of summer and relatively wet winters, courtesy to southern California climate. I like these wipers because they are well made, […]

How to record / video log your road trips

By 5teve-0 | December 12, 2011 | Category Road Trips

If you like to take frequent road trips like I do, then you may have driven through certain section(s) of your trips that you wished you’d capture on video. It could be a scenic drive, an urban utopia, a coastal drive, a desert stretch or even simply within your city of residence. I’ve tried several […]

End of 2011 Sojourn for Two

By 5teve-0 | October 6, 2011 | Category Road Trips

I haven’t finish writing about my End of 2009 Sojourn and here I am preparing for part two of the Northern California escape! The trip will take place on the same week, last week of December, 12/24/11 through 1/2/11. The main difference this time around is I will be taking my girlfriend with me and […]

End of 2009 Sojourn: Shelter Cove – Part II

By 5teve-0 | January 15, 2011 | Category Road Trips

Shelter Cove California is a small remote fishing town situated at the edge of society where the coastal cliffs and the mighty Pacific Ocean meet coupled with an abundantly rich history. It is as remote from civilization as it can get – still with some civility left over. After a “slight” hiatus from my previous […]

How to prepare for a road trip

By 5teve-0 | June 7, 2010 | Category Road Trips

I like to take road trips (for leisure or business) on an occasional basis. Aside from having an ample amount of gas on hand at all time, in order to mitigate any headaches, you and your vehicle must be prepared to take the road trip. I’ve created a simple check list that you can use, based […]

End of 2009 Sojourn: Shelter Cove – Part I

By 5teve-0 | February 17, 2010 | Category Road Trips

Of the entire sojourn, the trip to Shelter Cove was the most challenging and grueling. However, a calm ocean-front community of undisputed respite awaits the wary traveler after enduring a 7+ hours drive through San Francisco, into the fog enveloped Sonoma County and racing through the dark and narrow roads amidst torrential rainfall of southern […]

End of 2009 Sojourn: Point Lobos State Reserve

By 5teve-0 | January 26, 2010 | Category Road Trips

It’s been a while since I wrote an update to my “End of 2009 Sojourn” series due to time constraint. Here’s an entry recapping the second day of my sojourn. Tuesday morning, December 29th, began with continental breakfast at the Green Lantern Inn in Carmel, then a two hour trek at the Point Lobos Nature […]