And so it starts, our trip along Route 66 from California to Illinois, traveling 2,500 miles through 8 different states. State Number 1: California.

Modern cars have built-in GPS trackers and wireless connectivity. There is no reason why a 40 year old car couldn’t have the same technology. With the help of our Peplink cellular router, a Home Assistant Server, and the powerful Google Maps API, we’re able to retrieve live location updates and publish them to a webpage.…

So every Airstream needs a name. And when we bought her in May 2020, we spontaneously started calling her “The Beast”. After all, she was 34 ft. and huuuuge. But then, one day, we parked at a gas station for a break, and when we came back … this what we saw. This not a…