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Blacktop boondocking etiquette

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By Rene Agredano From WalMart parking lots to visitor centers, asphalt camping is still allowed in most towns across America. However, property owners are increasingly...

How to choose a campsite

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By Jose and Jill Ferrer When you are lucky enough to pull into a campground or RV park where you can choose your site, here...

Communication tips for backing up your RV

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By Rene Agredano Learning how to back up an RV is one of the biggest challenges that every RVer encounters. The following tips can make...

How to “reserve” your newly occupied campsite

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by Greg Illes Everyone's been there, perhaps many times. You found a good campsite, but you need to leave for a while. Whether it's getting...

Tricks for camping in National Parks without a reservation

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By Bob Difley   When campground usage is up, reservations become harder to nail down. It's a real problem for those who procrastinate, make last-minute travel...

Shovel your way out of trouble

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By Greg Illes Sure, the best way to get unstuck: "Don't get stuck in the first place." Ah, but despite the most honorable of intentions,...

Need water? Get an extra bladder

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris No, this isn't some kind of new prescription medication. RV water bladders are devices that allow you to fill...

Husband thinks wife expects too much from campground host

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Dear RV Shrink: My wife and I just had a big argument because I told her she was short with the campground host. We came...

Watch out for tree branches at the campsite

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By Jim Twamley   RVers have a love/hate relationship with trees. We love them because they provide shade on hot days, and loathe them when they...

“Beam me up, Scotty.” Those handy walkie-talkies

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By Greg Illes Everybody knows about walkie-talkies — we've seen them ever since Kirk and Spock showed us how they work. But in the last...

Tools and techniques for a great campfire

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By Greg Illes Everyone loves a crackling fire. The Africans of the 13th century had a Swahili phrase for "dreaming the fire," an exquisite encapsulation...

Keep your RV cool while dry camping

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris Summertime, and the livin' may be easy. But if you're dry camping, it isn't always easy to stay cool....

Busy summer weekends are coming — Here’s a survival technique

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By Bob Difley Summer RVing can be one of the more pleasant aspects of the RV lifestyle, and also one of the more stressful. Full-timers...

How can we reserve a good campground site?

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Dear RV Shrink: I know life is not fair, but some of these campground reservation sites need improvement. People have figured out how to game...

Get into the RV parking “routine”

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By Jim Twamley A novice RVer with a 5th wheel pulled in next to us one day with a sparkling new $60,000 unit. Pulling in,...

Why don’t campgrounds show pictures of sites available?

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By Steve Savage, Mobility RV Service One of the things that drives me nuts is lack of transparency — and when it comes to searching for...

Truck campers, do you “dismount” your camper while camping?

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris Call it the truck camper dilemma: Do you, or do you not, dismount the camper from the truck when...

How to full-time RV on a small budget by conserving fuel

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By Curtis Carper Very clearly the cost of fuel is the largest expense when it comes to living the RV lifestyle. Many would love to...

Keep safe while RVing: Unfounded mosquito rumors repelled

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by Russ and Tina DeMaris When this post was originally written, West Nile virus was the bugaboo of the day. Later on, it was Zika....

Endless hot showers brings luxury to your boondocking experience

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By Curtis Carper Camped away from the masses, alongside a gentle brook. That’s about the ideal setting every RVer hopes to find when they head...

Be kind to your back with a lumbar support camp chair

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By Greg Illes For anyone not familiar with the term, "lumbar" refers to that portion of your back just above your waist. The spinal vertebra...

Awning in danger of high winds? Milk to the rescue!

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By Bob Difley Blasting winds can come up unexpectedly and blow with strong gusts, then fade away. Trouble is, they can leave a trail of...

RV campfire manners

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By Jim Twamley Let me state this clearly: RVers who leave campfires unattended are thoughtless. Besides the fact that an unattended fire has the potential...

Spring’s coming — got your checklist ready?

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By Bob Difley Up above the Lower 48, when spring comes and the ice starts to melt, the daytime temperatures become tolerable and those who...

Stroll around your campsite for multiple benefits

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By Greg Illes There are a lot of good reasons to hunker down in your RV and stay put. Darkness, bad weather, a really good...

Segregate the campgrounds?

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By Bob Difley All campers are not created equal — at least in the opinion of Jeremy Klaszus, published some time back in the Calgary...

Stay longer with supplemental heat when RV boondocking

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By Curtis Carper Setting the thermostat at a comfortable level on your RV's furnace is the simplest way to bring your rig up to a...

Keep some essentials — and more — in your toad

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By Greg Illes Statistics tell us that 80 percent of the motorhome population tows a car behind their rig. Add to this the number of...

Tips for the snowbirding boondocker

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By Bob Difley Snowbird season is on us. If you are planning to spend a few months boondocking in the deserts, you may find the...

Coffee-can your sewer odor away

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris If your RV is connected to a sewer drain most of the time, you probably keep your gray water...

RVing? Camping? What’s the difference?

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By Chuck Woodbury I believe I am finally able to define the lifestyle called RVing, which some people criticize because it's not really "camping." What...

Late night campground arrival courtesy

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By Bob Difley When pulling into a campground during quiet hours, it seems that some forget they may be the only ones awake. A few...

Use the right tools for a cheery (and safe) campfire

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By Greg Illes Just about everyone loves a campfire. There's even a word in Swahili that means "dreaming the fire," it's such a compelling experience....

Water accessories every RV needs

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by Russ and Tiña De Maris If you'll be camping in a park with "city water," that is, water from a faucet, there are some...

Uncle Sam suggests: Five camping spots you’ve never heard of

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Every RVer has a little file in his or her head, listing some of their favorite haunts. Well, Uncle Sam has a file too,...

Top five southern Oregon parks listed

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Looking for that perfect camp site while traveling through Southern Oregon? The Associated Press recently ran a story by Statesman Journal writer, Zach Urness,...

Free camping on Washington’s Columbia River

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Where you gonna find views like this -- and free camping? (R&T DeMaris photo) Looking for a free place to camp, maybe drop a line...

Get out of Vegas and cool down in Pioche’s free RV park

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Hot and tired out from the heat of southern Nevada? Las Vegas lost its sparkle? RV air conditioning given up the ghost? Here's a...

Top ranking “family friendly” RV parks list

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Looking for a family-friendly RV park? RV industry Goliath, Good Sam, has released their big list of what they rate as tops for family...

Free RV camping with Arizona caving adventure

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Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts kept a secret for 14 years. It was a long and deep secret--two and a half miles long, and...

Manito Park is a Spokane treasure

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The Duck Pond is a central feature at Spokane's Manito Park. (Julianne G. Crane) Manito Park and Botanical Gardens in Spokane, Wash., is a 90-acre...

Great RV camping minutes from San Diego

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wikimedia commons San Diego. Renowned for its year-around mild climate, it's wonder one and a third-million people call this big dot on the map home....

Dramatic desert cliffs, buttes, and rock formations at Red Rock Canyon SP

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The 50-site campground at Red Rock Canyon State Park is tucked into the base of colorful desert cliffs where once the Kawaiisu Indians hunted...
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