dhackney
02-25-2008, 08:29 PM
Karla & Heiko Weber
Interview date: 21 Feb 2008
Location: Ushuaia, Argentina
Extensive world travel. Decided to move from Germany to Colorado Springs 13 years ago after spending time in CO.
Current Trip:
Departed 1 July 2006 from Co Springs, CO to Alaska. Arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina 2/2008.
Shipping back 4/2008 from Buenos Aires
Plan to work a while to buy an updated pickup camper and then keep traveling. Currently planning on a Bigfoot, so they appreciated the opportunity to check ours out.
Rig:
1996 Ford F250
Diesel 7.3
5 speed manual
117,000 miles / 188,293 kilometers
1989 SC100 Six Pac pickup camper
5 times to Alaska
4 pickups under it
sealed all windows and main longtudinal seams with silicon when new
no leaks
original refrigerator - no problems
replaced toilet with porta-potty
added catalytic LP heater
very clean interior
stock fridge - no problems
Range: 500 miles on normal roads; 200 in Bolivia and Peru on bad roads; 1st and 2nd gear
Use their camper jacks regularly, has bent them a few times banging into things or getting bumped into.
Carry two standard camper sized LP bottles. Use an adapter hose with POL fittings in countries where that is the standard.
Route comments:
They shipped from Panama to Cartejena, Columbia.
Had good things to say about Columbia. Just need to be security concious and find secure places to camp at night.
Vehicle storage resources:
Buenos Aires - www.andeanroads.com
Cordoba:
Villa General Belgrano
Camping La Florida
31 51' 21.0"
64 32 42.3"
Ruta 5 @ KM 78
General:
A very delightful and enjoyable couple.
This interview is so sparce because we spent almost all of our time talking about things that really matter in life. Only when we ran into them at the grocery store on our way out of town did I think to gather some of the hard data for this and then forgot to get the dimensions and weights.
Interview date: 21 Feb 2008
Location: Ushuaia, Argentina
Extensive world travel. Decided to move from Germany to Colorado Springs 13 years ago after spending time in CO.
Current Trip:
Departed 1 July 2006 from Co Springs, CO to Alaska. Arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina 2/2008.
Shipping back 4/2008 from Buenos Aires
Plan to work a while to buy an updated pickup camper and then keep traveling. Currently planning on a Bigfoot, so they appreciated the opportunity to check ours out.
Rig:
1996 Ford F250
Diesel 7.3
5 speed manual
117,000 miles / 188,293 kilometers
1989 SC100 Six Pac pickup camper
5 times to Alaska
4 pickups under it
sealed all windows and main longtudinal seams with silicon when new
no leaks
original refrigerator - no problems
replaced toilet with porta-potty
added catalytic LP heater
very clean interior
stock fridge - no problems
Range: 500 miles on normal roads; 200 in Bolivia and Peru on bad roads; 1st and 2nd gear
Use their camper jacks regularly, has bent them a few times banging into things or getting bumped into.
Carry two standard camper sized LP bottles. Use an adapter hose with POL fittings in countries where that is the standard.
Route comments:
They shipped from Panama to Cartejena, Columbia.
Had good things to say about Columbia. Just need to be security concious and find secure places to camp at night.
Vehicle storage resources:
Buenos Aires - www.andeanroads.com
Cordoba:
Villa General Belgrano
Camping La Florida
31 51' 21.0"
64 32 42.3"
Ruta 5 @ KM 78
General:
A very delightful and enjoyable couple.
This interview is so sparce because we spent almost all of our time talking about things that really matter in life. Only when we ran into them at the grocery store on our way out of town did I think to gather some of the hard data for this and then forgot to get the dimensions and weights.