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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Tampa/Detroit Skoolie</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/</link><description>DIY School bus conversion project</description><item><title>Indio and on to LA</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/08/indio-and-on-to-la/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/08/indio-and-on-to-la/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 03:29:26 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Indio was a temporary stop for us before going to the coast. With the trailer hitch getting replaced it kind of fucked up our grey water waste valve. Basically it was now sticking straight up. We…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>To Glu’s we go.</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/08/to-glus-we-go/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/08/to-glus-we-go/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 03:01:56 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_20130514_201427.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First off. I want to plug our buddy Glu’s podcast. Lions Central Radio check it out for your Detroit Lions news ( their posts also go up on this site with the podcast you can listen to or download )!…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>More Grand Canyon and Phoenix</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/06/more-grand-canyon-and-phoenix/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/06/more-grand-canyon-and-phoenix/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:17:53 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_20130504_155342.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before Phoenix we ended up staying at the Grand Canyon. Everything is expensive. The food. The RV Park. Entrance to the canyon. Gas is marked up .40-.50c. I get it though. They’re charging that…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Goodbye NM. Hello AZ.</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/06/goodbye-nm-hello-az/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/06/goodbye-nm-hello-az/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:38:20 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_20130504_114359.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On our way out from Albuquerque I elected to drive (I prefer to drive.. it gives me something to do). I spied a sign that said FRYBREAD, which I just couldn’t pass up. Right off of the stop there was…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Albuquerque catch up</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/albuquerque-catch-up/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/albuquerque-catch-up/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:18:18 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_20130428_1445301.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Albuquerque felt like it had a lot of promise. Our friend John had been there for many years, it’s a fairly large city, it was our first time in desert country and a really beautiful landscape.…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Tattoo in Albuquerque</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/tattoo-in-albuquerque/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/tattoo-in-albuquerque/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:26:12 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_20130503_175308.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve got a new update on the Tattoo’s page . Cheers, -Matt&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>West Texas, and Roswell, NM</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/west-texas-and-roswell-nm/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/west-texas-and-roswell-nm/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:35:41 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_20130427_133127.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While driving through west Texas and in particular through New Mexico I was totally unprepared for how stark and spare that region of the United States is. When looking at a map there were dots and…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>1 Mile up in ABQ</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/1-mile-up-in-abq/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/1-mile-up-in-abq/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:56:18 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_20130430_165806.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don’t have much in the way of pictures from Albuquerque. Our week was pretty laid back. The RV Park had free continental breakfasts which was really nice. Being able to just wake up and go walk…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>On the road to Roswell and Albuquerque</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/on-the-road-to-roswell-and-albuquerque/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/on-the-road-to-roswell-and-albuquerque/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 23:18:30 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_20130427_180253.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We ended up leaving Dallas far later than we intended. A customer had created a ticket and was trying like crazy to get after hours support. I’m the on call guy, so I had to let them know that what…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Frisco pics</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/frisco-pics/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/05/frisco-pics/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:04:31 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_20130423_161305.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don’t have a ton to add. I was either sick or my allergies were reaming me. Cocktail of zyrtec and sudafed. I spent a lot of the time working and resting. Catching up on more reading. We went and…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dallas… erm, Frisco, TX</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/dallas-erm-frisco-tx/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/dallas-erm-frisco-tx/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:14:01 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130421_1327211.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We actually didn’t stay in Dallas ‘proper’, we were in a northern suburb of Dallas called ‘Frisco.’ From our perspective there wasn’t a lot for us to do as there wasn’t much in walking distance or…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Au revoir New Orleans</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/au-revoir-new-orleans/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/au-revoir-new-orleans/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:45:03 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130407_001738.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New Orleans, Louisiana. What can I say about the place? Wow, what a trip. This is a city that has a parade or festival for virtually everything. Oh it’s 12 days after Christmas? Time to start 12th…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dallas Tattoo</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/dallas-tattoo/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/dallas-tattoo/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:10:30 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_20130423_191001.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New tattoo from a rad dude in Dallas, go check it! Tattoo ‘s Thanks for the rad tattoo Adam! Adam Stewart at work&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Exploring New Orleans</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/exploring-new-orleans/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/exploring-new-orleans/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:35:16 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130415_112741.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One thing I forgot to mention in my previous post(s), there was a tornado watch one of the days and severe thunderstorm warnings when we were staying at the RV Park. It was an interesting experience.…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Trolley in Uptown New Orleans</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/trolley-in-uptown-new-orleans/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/trolley-in-uptown-new-orleans/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:22:24 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>NOLA Tattoo</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/nola-tattoo/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/nola-tattoo/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:20:51 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Matt has a new tattoo post up @ the tattoo page .&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>End of the week and moving into the city</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/end-of-the-week-and-moving-into-the-city/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/end-of-the-week-and-moving-into-the-city/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130408_135550.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We ended up getting into a rhythm in the RV Park. Wake up, go to the bathroom, login to the computers and start working. Make some eggs, and toast some bread on our griddle outside beneath the…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>First week in New Orleans</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/first-week-in-new-orleans/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/first-week-in-new-orleans/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:24:42 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130407_105403.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We pulled into the RV park late on Saturday. You can read about the rest of that night on my previous post. The next day, I woke up feeling significantly better. It was kinda weird waking up with a…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Timezones</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/timezones/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/timezones/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:04:19 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;We’re discovering that when we ask each other ‘What time is it?’, we need to reference Local or EST. From now on, we’re just going to answer each other in EST and reference local time as needed.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Matt’s Tallahassee wrap up</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/matts-tallahassee-wrap-up/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/matts-tallahassee-wrap-up/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:51:52 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130331_142754.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While in Tallahassee I definitely did not take enough photos. Frankly, Tallahassee while different, felt a lot like Tampa. The flora and fauna is virtually the same, see: Spanish Moss. As soon as we…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>End of the week and on</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/end-of-the-week-tallalalalalhaassseeeseee/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/end-of-the-week-tallalalalalhaassseeeseee/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:00:29 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130403_193634.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Earlier in the week Matt and I had biked out and bought a basketball because we forgot to bring any of ours along and there was a basketball hoop nearby. (Side note, drivers in Florida lived up to…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Early week pics and post (Tallahassee)</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/early-week-tallahassee/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/early-week-tallahassee/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:33:42 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130401_220947.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gaming was a part of our stay in Tallahassee. Magic , Dominion , Netrunner , Telestrations (pictionary + telephone mixed together), and some hot potato type game where you try to get your team to…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>FREEDOM</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/freedom/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/freedom/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:03:27 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>First two days in Tallahassee</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/first-day-in-tallahassee/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/first-day-in-tallahassee/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:21:31 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130331_151647.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m going to stop belaboring my lax writing schedule. Maybe this will all be retrospective. I got to sleep through Georgia while Jacob was driving which was amazing. Arriving in Tallahassee felt a…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Chattanooga for an evening!</title><link>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/chattanooga-for-an-evening/</link><guid>https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/2013/04/chattanooga-for-an-evening/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:46:39 +0000</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://skoolie.withbloodandthunder.com/_t/640/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_20130330_095853.webp" alt=""&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We weren’t relishing the idea of driving 12 hours from Kentucky to Florida so I contacted our friend Stephanie who lives in Chattanooga. She graciously opened up her home to us on short notice and we…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>
