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Quick moving, photo-snapping tourists

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury A lot of vacationers and other travelers move fast, not stopping to see much, or if they do slow down they don't...

Funny small town crime reports

Chuck Woodbury -
  I was going through my old issues of my "on the road newspaper" Out West. I found these actual crime reports from the Feb....

RV insurance — Never leave home without it!

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: We just bought a new Montana 5th wheel last month. We are in a great park in Bradenton Beach, Florida, and...

Adidas stylish Sport sunglasses prevent eye damage

Bob Difley -
  By Bob Difley We RVers spend a lot of time in – or looking into – bright sunny landscapes, like campgrounds, when boondocking, hiking and...

Early-bird discount available for July FMCA rally

Chuck Woodbury -
    Plans are taking shape for Family Motor Coach Association’s 96th International Convention and RV Expo, scheduled for July 12 through 15, 2017, at the...

Hikers: Do your feet hurt? Try this solution

Bob Difley -
  By Bob Difley I suppose you could say there are two types of RVers, one that sits in front of the TV most of the...

RV size segregation in campgrounds

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: I am seeking help with a problem I have had ever since I started full-time RVing. I am single and I...

One click on a photo can take you to the map

Chris Guld -
  This is where we had dinner last night. Why? Because our motorhome broke down while traveling I-40 thru Arizona and we had to be...

Boondock for the love of RV sunsets

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Dave Helgeson RVers boondock for a variety of reasons. Some for the cost savings, others for the solitude, some for the...

RV Travel Reader RVs, Apr. 15, 2017

RV Staff -
  Send a photo of your RV and a 150- to 200-word description of it, how and where you use it, and what you like...

Advice for dealing with noisy campground neighbors

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: Can you tell me what my attitude should be about noisy campground neighbors? I seem passive in situations because I do...

RV quick tricks: Substitute GPS mounting “hardware”

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris My, how the times have changed – stacks of those infernally-hard-to-refold road maps have given way...

Would you dare drink the water at these RV parks?

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR Would you drink the water from either of these water faucets? Both are currently at hookup sites in American RV parks....

She doesn’t look like a virgin

Chuck Woodbury -
  This beer is brewed in southern Utah, right near the entrance to Zion National Park. The Virgin River runs through town.  When I saw...

Dogs, dogs. . . wherever you look

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury Dogs are a part of RV life, even if you don't have one of your own. And when you travel full-time...

The bug that lives, poops and has sex on your face

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury Some friends and I were discussing reincarnation. I said I did not believe in it. But I said if I were...

So many weather apps — Pick one and learn it

Chris Guld -
by Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.com A while back I wrote an article about weather apps. I recently reviewed it and updated some of the information. All...

Wife is a pack rat; husband is at wit’s end

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: My wife has a terrible weight problem. I am trying to change her lifestyle in an effort to reduce her weight....

Don’t let summer (or spring) storms blast your RV

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
  By Russ and Tiña De Maris Summer is a great time for the RVer to get out on the road. There are plenty of places...

Stupid RVer trick: Or is this just plain sad?

Chuck Woodbury -
This has to be high on the list of Stupid RVer tricks. In this case, it's not just a trick, but a misguided attempt...

RVer Horoscopes for April 2017

RV Staff -
BY SWAMI HAL Swami Hal is a retired psychic who travels full-time in a 37-foot Pace Arrow motorhome with his considerably younger, full-figured...

The RV road trip is near death

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR, RVTRAVEL.COM I have learned more about RVing in the last six months of full-timing than in the last ten years of RVing...

Secret alien spy post in my backyard?

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury I was poking around on Google Maps this morning when I saw this oval shaped object. My RV park is...

Geritol posse rides again — as parking lot enforcement

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: My wife and I spent a wonderful few days in one of Arizona’s most beautiful “Sky Islands” high above Green Valley,...

RV Travel Reader RVs, April 1, 2017

RV Staff -
  Send a photo of your RV and a 150- to 200-word description of it, how and where you use it, and what you like...

How do you perceive your RV driving safety?

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris How do you as an RVer perceive yourself as a driver? If you're anything like respondents to a 2015...

Tips on traveling RV pets

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury Most American campgrounds welcome pets. Most often there is no additional charge beyond the regular campsite fee, but many commercial RV parks...

Sun gone. Now lightning, rain, hail, freezing temps

Chuck Woodbury -
  It's Thursday evening. We're holed up in Seligman, Arizona. Two days ago in Camp Verde, the afternoon high was about 80. Today, it never reached...

Mike the dog remembered in Prescott

Chuck Woodbury -
  Mike the dog is legendary in Prescott, Arizona. He lived from about 1946 to 1960. Nobody owned him, but everybody loved him. And he...

Ghostly burgers at Haunted Hamburger

Chuck Woodbury -
  In the ghost town of Jerome, Arizona, on the side of steep hill overlooking the town and far into the distance, is Haunted Hamburger, a...

Wife is sleepless thanks to hubby’s “stealth camping”

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: We have just started living the RV lifestyle and immediately the price of camping caused sticker shock. My husband now wants...

My two recent encounters with Space aliens

Chuck Woodbury -
  Of all the salt and pepper shakers I have owned in my life these are the best. I bought them a few weeks ago...

Dogs that are cats, or is it the other way around?

Chuck Woodbury -
  I saw this local publication in a news rack in Prescott, Arizona. At first glance it appeared something was terribly wrong. Those are very unusual...

Measuring distance with Google Maps

RV Staff -
  I’m always planning my travels and asking, I wonder how far it is from ___ to ___? Or, if we want to drive about...

RV Travel Reader RVs, Mar. 18, 2017

RV Staff -
  Send a photo of your RV and a 150- to 200-word description of it, how and where you use it, and what you like...

Lizard hunting at Camp Verde, Arizona

Chuck Woodbury -
  I've been hunting lizards this afternoon. There's a bunch of them in a tree by my campsite. I watched them scurry about for awhile...

When you can’t agree on a destination — try RV Roulette

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: My husband and I have been traveling for two years. We have now seen a lot of the country and have...

The mail I get

Chuck Woodbury -
  I received this unsolicited email this morning: Dear Sales Manager, I would like to know if your company offers Crane Stops for sale. I would...

Gail gets silly at a rest area

Chuck Woodbury -
  Gail gets silly at a rest area along i-17 near Camp Verde, Arizona. Beautiful Sedona is on the itinerary later this week.  Also,...

Get an accurate travel diary with Google’s location history

RV Staff -
  By Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour If you turn on Location Services and allow Google Maps to save location history, it records everywhere you go...

Wife wanted dog; hubby now resents “giving in” and the puppy

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: My wife and I have been full-time traveling for three years in our 35-foot fifth wheel. We’ve had a dog our...

Find that RV dump station!

Dave Helgeson -
By Dave Helgeson Freedom is the name of the game for boondockers: freedom to go where you want, when you want, no reservations and no...

Airplane on steroids? It looks like it!

Chuck Woodbury -
  That's Gail in the bottom right of the photo. She's standing next to a NASA "Super Guppy" now mothballed and on display at the Pima...

Wife blames hubby for trailer’s “embarrassing” leaks

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: My husband has been experiencing leakage problems. It seems that wherever we park our trailer he creates wet spots and puddles....

RV Travel Reader RVs, Mar. 4, 2017

RV Staff -
  Send a photo of your RV and a 150- to 200-word description of it, how and where you use it, and what you like...

RVer Horoscopes for March 2017

Chuck Woodbury -
BY SWAMI HAL Swami Hal is a retired psychic who travels full-time in a 37-foot Pace Arrow motorhome with his considerably younger German...

Time to switch RV pilot/co-pilot? Maybe downsize RV?

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: My husband is blind in his right eye and has no depth perception. We have a new 40-foot motorhome and he...

Do you dream of your parents after they’re gone?

Chuck Woodbury -
  My father died just a little over nine years ago. My mother died five months later. I was thinking about them last night, and I realized...

How to take panorama photos with your smartphone

Chris Guld -
  by Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.com Trinidad de Cuba, Photo by Jim Guld with a Nexus 6 Android phone. Lake Santa Fe, Florida: Photo by...

Are RVers introverts? Our survey says “yes!”

Chuck Woodbury -
By Chuck Woodbury EDITOR, RVTRAVEL.COM Are most RVers introverts? Well, that is surely what one of our reader surveys suggests. In fact, it shows that RVers are...
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