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When we bought our RV, we quickly realized that electricity is quite useful. Unless you like ice-cold coffee, blank TV screens, and sweltering summer heat, you?ll want the ability to camp with substantial amounts of the stuff on hand. But since one can?t purchase extension cords in mile-long lengths, we need portable options… What about solar? [...]

Electronic equipment can add a level of convenience to our travels. But sometimes these gadgets and gizmos can be difficult to handle. It helps to have a few tips on hand to help cope with the minor glitches that arise. Below are more of my favorite tips regarding electronic equipment: On bumpy roads, to keep your [...]

By Lynn Difley Hello, it?s the season of temptation and, often weight gain. In the winter months, like proper domestic pets, we acquire extra pounds, presumably to make it through the long cold time of famine. However, many of us are not particularly thrilled with putting on a winter flotation device, and want to hold the [...]

Decorating  your RV for Christmas? Get inspired with this video of an evening stroll at the Chula Vista RV Resort from the Christmas 2005 season. Most Commented Posts Overnight RV Parking ? a Privilege or a Right? Forget Oil! The Future is in Electricity Will Drilling ANWR Ease the Oil Crisis? Is Synthetic Engine Oil Worth The Buck$? Satellite TV on [...]

Full wall slides are a relatively new concept being offered on class A coaches today.  These offer a big visual increase to the size of the interior when they are deployed, as they would be at a camping site.  Some makes have floor plans that offer these extended slides opposed, one on the driver side [...]

The harvest is finished. Sheaves of corn and wheat fill the barn to feed the livestock and the larder is stocked with jars of preserves that will see the family through the long cold winter months. Days are at their shortest, the sun?s meager warmth never quite easing the biting chill that grips the air. [...]

As you collect more & more “Toys” to use with your camera, you will eventually need a bag (or two or three…) in which to store everything. Although owners of small point & shoot cameras can carry their cameras in a pocket, a camera bag still makes sense.  Even if you only carry extra batteries & [...]

I know, this doesn’t have anything to do with RVs, or techy stuff, but it is the holiday season so please give me a little room to digress.  My middle son, Larry Jr., recently moved to Florida which put him close to my wife’s mom and dad.  Jr. decided he wanted to have grandma and [...]

Deep cycle batteries are used for our coach; automotive batteries are used with our engines. The deep cycle battery is designed to give us better life, since we draw down the power more than we do with an engine battery. Use 6-volt batteries for your coach, replace in pairs, and maintain the distilled water level [...]

I have so much to be thankful for!  Today I’m giving thanks to Mother Ocean (and Jimmy Buffet’s song!)  I give thanks to my partner - my husband.  I give thanks for my good health and the beautiful weather in Fort Lauderdale, Florida today.  All of this is combining to allow me to do one of my [...]