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RV Today Archive - Quick Tips - Vice, Bed Support and Mat

RV Today Archive — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:57:10 +0000

See how to create and adapt a traveling vice and working bench into your RV hitch receiver. You can also learn a way to strengthen the storage compartment support beneath the bed by using closet rod hangers and pvc pipe, cut to size. Finally, for those occasions where you need to get under the [...]

Getting Along - Part 3 - Tips from Bernice

Bernice Beard — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:20 +0000

Today I am completing my top tips for making RV travel more enjoyable when traveling in groups. My hope is that by following the tips listed here, as well as those in Part 1 and 2, you’ll be able to confidently RV for extended trips with your loved ones. It seems obvious, but tell your [...]

The Bear Facts on Electric Fences

Roy Scribner — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:30:59 +0000

You have a better chance of being struck by lightning than ever having a close encounter with a hungry bear, but recent events; including an aggressive black bear having to be put down in Yellowstone National Park on July 11, a grizzly attack on a camper just outside the park on July 18, and an [...]

North to Alaska…sunset near Dawson Creek

Ron Dalby — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:09:15 +0000

We only got about 15 miles up the Alaska Highway before we were stopped by Farmington Fairways, a combination golf course and RV park about 15 miles outside of Dawson Creek, British Columbia. We checked in, got set up, and then signed up to play nine holes late in the evening. Sunsets that can last for [...]

Canada’s Lake Louise - An Elaborate Hoax?

Sean Michael — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:15:10 +0000

A few years ago, a couple of employees at Yellowstone National Park played a classic joke on the tourists. They placed a large hand crank apparatus on top of a wooden box. Next they set the whole contraption in the vicinity of the world famous Old Faithful geyser, which always naturally erupts once per hour. [...]

Diet Debate Standoff: Low Fat, Low Carb, or Mediterranean

Lynn Difley — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:07:21 +0000

Lynn Difley The latest news on the diet quandary filled the headlines this week. A 2-year study compared low fat, low carbohydrate, and Mediterranean diets. The study involved 322 people in Israel, more male than female, most of them obese. The group was unique in that they all worked together so it was easy for a [...]

Best Pet-Friendly RV Parks in North America

Tom James — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:30 +0000

I thought it would be fun to compile a list of your favorite pet-friendly RV parks in North America. There is no right or wrong answer here, and the list will represent places you’ve visited and whether you think they are especially “pet friendly.” Now, as we all know, pet friendly can mean different things [...]

The Age Old Question, How Many Pounds Of Air Shall I Put In My Tires?

Brad Sears — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:11:55 +0000

Well sir, I have never been accused of being terribly smart and politicaly astue, so here I go jumping from the frying pan into the fire on a subject that some have said in the forums is a dead horse and beaten to death. But there is more to the tire pressure story than just [...]

Stainless Steel Coach Upgrades

Lug_Nut — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:00:24 +0000

Personalizing, or customizing a motor home, is a relatively popular thing today. While for many this consists of choosing color schemes and interior swatches if ordering a new coach from the factory, or perhaps locating a unique color graphic on one in the market place, new or used. Add-ons like chrome exhaust tips, fancy mud flaps and [...]

Top States for RV Friendly Casinos - Part 6

Mac McClellan — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:29:47 +0000

Every few weeks I’ve been featuring a state that I consider to be one of the top states or RV-Friendly casinos. This week we’re still in the Midwest and looking at a state that may be best known for its many lakes, most of which freeze over solid in the winter - was that a [...]