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Visitor regrets mouthing off to rude park ranger

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  Dear RV Shrink: During our recent travels to several national parks we have noticed a difference in Park Ranger attitude. Many of them seem...

Glove up for RV dumping

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Jim Twamley I used to empty my sewer tanks bare handed. I didn't like wearing the traditional type dish gloves...

Do RV campsites come with rights?

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  Dear RV Shrink: We love birding all over the country. The RV lifestyle has made it possible for our life list to grow substantially....

Cold and flu season — Keep the bugs at bay

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
  By Russ and Tiña De Maris Want to spoil the joy of the open road? Just get sick. Nothing slows down a good time like...

Make your Photos Pop!

Chris Guld -
  By Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour I use Google Photos to store all my pictures. It automatically grabs every photo taken with my iPhone or Android...

RVer’s tractor gets attention in RV park

Chuck Woodbury -
  Larry Dexter can't seem to get rid of this garden tractor no matter where he travels. The sign says, FOR SALE. Been sitting...

Stinky cow poop around Yuma

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL Gail and I were driving on old highway 80 east of Wellton, Arizona. It's a service road these days along I-8. Yuma...

A talking, RVing bird named Picaro

Chuck Woodbury -
  Two rows from me in the Copper Mountain RV Park in tiny, dusty Tacna, Arizona, a bird named Picaro is singing the theme to...

RVers dodge a bullet from generator exhaust

Chuck Woodbury -
By Greg Illes My generator is quiet, but never quiet enough. I usually run it on a long cord, away from "Howie," our motorhome. In...

In Arizona, men’s neckwear is different

Chuck Woodbury -
  In Arizona, when a guy wants to dress up, he should forget about a traditional (boring) tie. In Arizona, men wear bola ties.  Arizona, in fact, is the...

RV Travel Reader RVs, Feb. 4, 2017

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  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...

What if one RVing spouse retires but the other keeps stalling?

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  Dear RV Shrink: I was laid off from my auto parts manufacturing job a few years ago and decided to take an early retirement....

TV antenna not pulling in the signal? This may help

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
  By Russ and Tiña De Maris Bless the heart of old John Winegard. A "Depression Era" child, Winegard started his fortune in the 1950s when...

Re-tire with a used tire?

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris Keeping the rubber on the road can be tiresome, particularly for RVers. For example, our tow unit is a...

Quartzsite Internet woes — getting results!

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
  By Russ and Tiña De Maris When the snowbirds descend on Quartzsite every winter, capacity is put to the max. Long lines at the LP...

Where to go to find warm winter weather?

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: We have decided to spend our second winter on the road in Florida. We spent our first winter in Arizona and...

Full-time RVing: Self-storage insurance for peace of mind

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
  By Russ and Tiña De Maris A wannabe full-timer posted this query on an internet forum: "We are planning to RV full time for about a...

RV Travel Reader RVs, Jan. 21, 2017

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  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...

Enlightened way to keep rodents at bay

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: My wife thinks I should be an exterminator. We have a fifth-wheel and she is always hearing noises. She says she...

Free ‘pre-paid’ cremation? Huh?

Chuck Woodbury -
  I keep getting mail from the Neptune Society. That's the company that will cremate you after you die (but not before, of course) for...

RVtravel.com editor video message for Jan. 14, 2017

Chuck Woodbury -
  RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury has a short message for the readers of RVtravel.com. He spoke a little about why he wrote about traveling to...

Brutal rainstorm and flooding, but we’re okay

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury It's been raining cats and dogs here in San Juan Bautista for the last week, causing flooding, road closures and power outages....

Organizing and safely storing your photos

RV Staff -
  by Chris Guld I count on Google Photos to keep ALL my photos together, in one place with no effort on my part. Once I’ve...

When I went to the Moon

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury, Editor and astronaut Everyone knows that Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the Moon. Most of us know...

Okay to overnight in an RV at a truck stop?

Chuck Woodbury -
  Video from the RV Travel Channel. . . Many RVers routinely stay overnight in truck stops. Some do it only as a last resort...

Gun-shy about boondocking near Mexico border

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: This is our first year living in our RV. We are not looking for the next RV resort with a pickleball...

Airport “insecurity” underscores joy of RVing instead

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris If you need another reason to enjoy traveling by RV, here's another real-life adventure that underscores the point. An...

A bit of rambling on a Friday night

Chuck Woodbury -
  On the spur of the moment, Friday evening (Jan. 6, 2017), just before the newsletter was done, I sat down in my tiny office...

Automatic transfer switch warning

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris As RVs come out of the "dark ages" and flow with the use of modern technology, it gets easier...

RV Travel Reader RVs, Jan. 7, 2017

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  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...

Wife wants to go to Quartzsite; Hubby just “vants to be alone”

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: My wife wants to go to Quartzsite, Arizona, for the big gathering that takes place in January. It looks like way...

Really? Amazon warehouses in the sky?

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury I am continually amazed at Amazon.com. Sometimes I wonder how long other retailers will survive when Amazon is improving the customer experience...

RV Travel Reader RVs, Dec. 17, 2016

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  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...

RV driving on snow or ice

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Russ and Tiña De Maris Winter is decidedly upon us. If you're the typical RVer, your rig is probably tucked in, taking a deserved...

More than free camping from BLM — if you hurry!

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
  By Russ and Tiña De Maris The Bureau of Land Management provides plenty of free boondocking opportunities on public land throughout the West. But did...

Share a hotel bed with a stranger? Don’t laugh!

Chuck Woodbury -
  Lucky you and me. We carry a bedroom with us in our RVs. If we share it, it's with our special someone. But back...

Toy cocktail lounge for preschoolers?

Chuck Woodbury -
  Does this really exist? According to the package, the toy Happy Hour Playset includes a pretend bar, bar stools and beer bottles. It's obviously a gag....

Astor, the aspiring street dog celebrity

Chuck Woodbury -
  My daughter, Emily, lives in Brooklyn, New York. She's 25 and finding her way in the business world. A year ago she told me...

RV Travel Reader Pets, Dec. 10, 2016

RV Staff -
  The pets of RVtravel.com readers Do you travel with a pet? We'd love to introduce your pet(s) to fellow readers. Here's what we need:...

Why RVing is not as much fun today

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com For people like me, who have traveled by RV for decades, RVing today is not as much fun. I was reminded...

Golf club man and a “cow” motorhome

Chuck Woodbury -
  At the popular tourist attraction Hole in the Rock near Moab, Utah, keep your eyes open for this golfer — made almost entirely...

If you can send an email, you can write a blog post

RV Staff -
  By Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.com Lots of RVers keep Blogs. Lots more would do so if they knew how easy it is. Here at Geeks on...

Husband’s dream RV is wife’s “gas hog” nightmare

RV Staff -
Dear RV Shrink: We are looking at a 38-foot motorhome that is like a McMansion on wheels. It has all the creature comforts of home....

Save dollars with PennySavers

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
By Bob Difley In just about every large- or medium-sized urban area you can find locally printed giveaway publications called the PennySaver or something...

Not buying these girlie calendars

Chuck Woodbury -
  I found these calendars on a magazine rack in rural Oregon, in the mountains near Bend. You find a lot of hunting and fishing magazines (and...

When I was a bronze god, or thought I was

Chuck Woodbury -
  By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL Gail and I were just talking and she said something that jarred a memory. It was from high school. For...

Death by hot sauce

Chuck Woodbury -
  Here are a few brands of hot sauce I found at the Casa de Fruita near Hollister, California. As the old Brylcreem jingle used...

RV Travel Reader RVs, Dec. 3, 2016

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...

Are unattended possessions less safe when boondocking?

RV Staff -
  Dear RV Shrink: We have just started doing more remote camping or, as some of our friends call it, "boondocking." My husband is much more...

Does your insurance policy offer vacation liability coverage?

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  By rvtravel.com staff Does your RV insurance policy provide vacation liability coverage? Vacation liability coverage, sometimes called “campsite” liability coverage, protects you if someone (other...
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