RV Travel Newsletter Issue 932
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Learn about RV camping, RV travel, RV news and much more. This...
News for RVers #932, Sunday edition
Welcome to RVtravel.com, the newsletter that cares. Please tell your friends about us!
Here's the latest news about RVing and more from the editors of...
RV Daily Tips Newsletter Issue 1264
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros,...
RV Daily Tips Newsletter Issue 1263
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros,...
RV Daily Tips Newsletter Issue 1264
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros,...
RVers fight insurance company over damaged RV and get $85,000
We received this note from Billy Walkowiak, the owner of Collision Safety Consultants. The company offers independent vehicle damage appraisals and inspections in the...
Expo, classes set for RV technicians and inspectors
From a press release
ATHENS, Texas – The National RV Training Academy will host an educational event and supplier showcase here in April to train RV...
When in Arizona, keep your eyes open for “skunk pigs”
If you're lucky when visiting Arizona you'll see a javelina, sometimes called a "skunk pig." They are commonly spotted in some Arizona State Parks.
But,...
You will never see another 5th wheel trailer like this!
A reader sent us this photo of a home-built fifth wheel setup. It originally appeared on the Facebook page of Camden Trending.
One thing nearly...
RV Daily Tips Newsletter Issue 1263
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros,...
Electric power: You pay for it – learn to read the meter
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Spend any amount of time at all in a commercial RV park and you’re apt to get a power...
RV Daily Tips Newsletter Issue 1262
Monday, January 27, 2020
Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros,...
RVers fight insurance company over damaged RV and get $85,000
We received this note from Billy Walkowiak, the owner of Collision Safety Consultants. The company offers independent vehicle damage appraisals and inspections in the...
RV Tire Safety: Do not unnecessarily bleed off high air pressure
with RV tire expert Roger Marble
"I bleed off the high air pressure so I don't exceed the 'Max Pressure'."
The above statement or a variation...
RV Doctor: How to adjust a Lippert slideout
Dear Gary,
Can you explain the adjustment sequence on how far the slides go in and out with my Lippert slideout? The manual just says...
What you didn’t know about RV tire pressure
By Eric Johnson
TechnoRV
In the past 5 years there's been a large increase in RVers who monitor their tire pressure with a tire pressure monitoring...
RV Tire Safety: LT versus ST tires for RV trailers
with RV tire expert Roger Marble
It's no longer 1970 with a national 55 mph speed limit and with ST tires being introduced, i.e., "pushed,"...
When in Arizona, keep your eyes open for “skunk pigs”
If you're lucky when visiting Arizona you'll see a javelina, sometimes called a "skunk pig." They are commonly spotted in some Arizona State Parks.
But,...
See wild burros, gunfights and a historic stretch of Route 66
By Chuck Woodbury
Do this: Drive the 22 miles or so from Oatman, Arizona, on old Route 66 east toward Kingman. It's beautiful and has...
How to fit a dog backpack
About half of RVtravel.com readers bring along one or more dogs on their trips. And for many of those readers a big part of...
The strangest road sign we’ve ever seen…
Sometimes when you're driving down the highway in your RV you get real hungry. You might get an urge for a special food...like cottage...
“Hike” Arizona state parks without leaving your RV
Imagine hiking an Arizona state park trail or visiting your campsite before you head out, giving you the chance to perfectly plan your hike...
How important was the exterior of your RV (color/graphics) when you bought it?
Was how your RV looked on the outside a significant factor in why you bought that particular RV? Or did it even matter at...
What we learned about you last week (January 18-24)
By Emily Woodbury
Hola! I'm on day two of no caffeine, so forgive me if my writing is a bit...depresso. This is rough though! Oy. Anyway,...
Forest River motorhome recall: Wrong propane line routing could cause fire
Forest River, Inc. is recalling certain 2019-2020 Georgetown GTA34H5F motorhomes. The rubber liquid propane (LP) gas line may have been improperly routed against the...
Winnebago recalls some Adventurer motorhomes for fire risk
Winnebago Industries, Inc., is recalling certain 2020 Adventurer motorhomes. When using 30 AMP service, the heat coil may not disengage when the Power Control...
Riverside RV recalls some Intrepid trailers for fire risk
Riverside RV is recalling 189 model year 2020 Intrepid travel trailers. The stove top flame may invert to below the stove top when the...
Airstream’s far-out (wacky?) ideas of the future
By Chuck Woodbury
There is a principle in business: Always make enough improvement in your products each year so you can sell your customers the...
RVer takes pride in cheating campground reservation system
We found this on the Facebook group Florida RV Camping. It made us mad. Why do some people think they do not need to...
“RV park of the future” misses the mark
By Chuck Woodbury
EDITOR
Our story in last Sunday's newsletter titled "Is new self-service RV park the wave of the future" has already been read 102,000...
Never buy an RV this way!
By Chuck Woodbury
EDITOR
The following is right from the website of Gander RV & Outdoors, which is essentially the same company as Camping World.
Our advice:...
Electric power: You pay for it – learn to read the meter
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Spend any amount of time at all in a commercial RV park and you’re apt to get a power...
Free and cheap places to stay in an RV, Issue 932
Free and inexpensive places to stay with your RV in the U.S. and Canada!
Updated weekly
When it comes to free places to stay a night...
Campground Chatter with Janet Groene, January 25, 2020
The latest news about camping and developments in North American campgrounds and RV parks from Janet Groene and sometimes the staff of RVtravel.com
DISCLAIMER: Information...
Do you have a favorite campground or RV park?
Do you have a favorite campground or RV park? Or a favorite unique place you've stayed in your RV?
Leave a comment below, or email...
A campground in the clouds and a slice of pie. Paradise!
By Emily Schneider
Note from the RVtravel.com staff: Emily wrote in telling us about her favorite campground, Campfire Lodgings, outside her favorite place, Asheville, NC....
The back side of Mount Rushmore most never knew about
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADISIDE JOURNAL
Everybody knows Mount Rushmore, the most famous tourist attraction in South Dakota. The heads of presidents Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and...
This is not the America I have known
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
This picture originally ran in The Denver Post. It's a homeless camp right across a park from the Colorado state capitol....
My very own missile silo!
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
Two Titan II missile silos are for sale, both in Arizona – one in Oracle and one in Benson. They are...
Editor update for Sunday newsletter
Saturday around noon, January 11, 2020
By Chuck Woodbury
Gail and I are still in Needles, California. We dined last evening at the Wagon Wheel, a...
Football helmets. Hard to believe this one!
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
If you watch football in person or on TV, you know there's a lot of concern these days about preventing concussions....