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Don’t give up gardening to RV: Grow a “bumper garden”

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Does RVing mean you can't enjoy gardening? Absolutely not! An RV bumper garden is easy to build and keeps fresh greens practically at your...

Too many extras equals too many problems

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Dear RV Shrink: When my wife and I bought our motorhome the salesman was our best friend — now he doesn’t even know our name. Our...

Don’t be suckered in by RV resort advertising

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By Jim Twamley   It was late in the day and we had been driving since morning. We were looking for a place to spend the...

Male chauvinist husband won’t let wife dump septic

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Dear RV Shrink: My husband is a bit of a Male Chauvinist Pig. I want to be the total RV woman and he won’t...

When your toad is a motor scooter

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By Cheryl Probst   As the price of gas climbs, the popularity of motor scooters climbs, too, because it’s hard to beat their 90 to 100...

Laptop desks make RVing easier

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris   "Sizing down" for the RV lifestyle can be tough. Where do you put your laptop — other than on...

Budget woes: How can we afford to follow our RV dream?

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Dear RV Shrink:  We have been planning our retirement and mostly full-time RV travel for several years. Everything was on schedule until the bubble burst...

Making your RV grocery budget stretch

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris   Aside from fuel, one of the biggest expenses RVers cope with is that of groceries. Tight budget? Here are...

Full-time RVing husband driving wife crazy

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Dear RV Shrink: We have just started full-time RVing. There has been a lot more adjustment than I expected. My husband worked in an auto...

Keep your traveling laptop safe

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris   Laptop computers are some of the best friends an RVer can have. We have more or less instant communication...

Use bicycle water bottle racks for rattle-free holders

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By Greg Illes I've been using bike bottle racks for a variety of purposes for several years now. They're cheap, solid, rattle-free, easy to install,...

Save on three of RVers’ biggest expenses

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By Bob Difley Three of the biggest expenses for fulltime or near-fulltime RVers are fuel, campgrounds and eating out. But one of the great advantages...

“To sleep, perchance to dream …” — but not on the highway

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By Greg Illes (with apologies to Billy Shakespeare) Healthy sleep is one of the most talked-about subjects in many walks of medicine, and with good...

Use an engine monitor to drive safer and cheaper

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By Greg Illes In 1996, the U.S. auto manufacturers began adhering to (another) new standard. This time it was the Onboard Diagnostic Port, or OBD...

Try water-cruising by kayak

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By Greg Illes Everybody has seen the wild-ride, white-water kayaking adventure films, breathtaking and scary with what these world-class athletes put themselves through. But there...

What to do about bird feeder syndrome

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Dear RV Shrink: My husband and I have been feeding birds for 40 years in our backyard. When we sold our home and began living...

Be a pop-up, not a fifth wheel

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Dear RV Shrink: I am a single women new to traveling in a small Class B motorhome. It is not as easy as I had...

Husband stinks up RV every morning — what can wife do?

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Dear RV Stink (I mean Shrink): I have an ongoing (no pun intended) problem with my husband. We live full-time in a 28-foot 5th wheel...

Ironing out computer location problems

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By Jim Twamley If you find yourself in need of a computer desk for your RV but still haven't got the problem figured out, here's...

RV laundry room tips that could help you

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By Jim Twamley Many RVers find having a washer/dryer system in their rig to be the cat's meow. But they don't come without some drawbacks...

Looking for deals? Check out the visitors bureau

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By Bob Difley When you're traveling by RV, you cover a lot of ground — and you can spend a lot of money. Who doesn't...

Toilet can’t be disassembled to repair

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Dear RV Shrink: I guess we live in a throwaway society. My motorhome is only five years old and the toilet slide valve stopped closing...

Sleep better when it’s noisy outside

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris While most of us associate the RV lifestyle with "getting away from civilization" and back to nature, sometimes we...

Should RVers file complaint with shop for minor problem?

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Dear RV Shrink: We recently had some work done on our motorhome levelers. The service was quick and reasonably priced, the owner was a great...

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...

Save money – extend the life of your entry step covers

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by Fred Burns Carpet step covers are a great after-market item for your RV steps. They're less slippery than the metal steps, look nicer, and...

Easy photo techniques for on-the-road shooting

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By Greg Illes There are thousands of how-to books on photography. If you are really into improving your techniques, by all means find some...

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....

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...

How to maximize your RV storage with plastic totes

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By Curtis Carper A place for everything, and everything in its place. Sounds like the mantra for someone with a compulsive disorder, but in reality...

Fill-up time: regular or premium?

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris "If a little is good, a lot more must be better!" It's a common equation to a lot of...

Don’t let your GPS lead you astray

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By Greg Illes My first GPS was the size of a brick and took ten minutes to get a fix — then it gave me...

Dump station showers

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By Dave Helgeson My wife and I love boondocking.  We enjoy the solitude, freedom and unobstructed views— and the price is right, too. However, after days...

Yikes! What a hat!

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I spotted this mannequin in a New York City store window. How about that hat? Where do you suppose someone would wear it? Not when...

Motel offers free rooms. But maybe few takers?

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The Idle-A-While Motel in Twisp, Washington is cute as can be with its white, yellow-framed cottages. It advertises all the usual motel creature comforts...

Weird superstitions about death and dying

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Here are a few superstitions about death and dying that I learned about from a pamphlet at the Missoula Cemetery. PASSING A CEMETERY: Hold...

Wife questions hubby’s use of glue to attach solar panels

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Dear RV Shrink: I need your help. My husband decided we needed solar. He loves projects. He just told me he is gluing the solar...

Wife is ‘monster’ about camping in boondocks

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Dear Dr. R.V. Shrink: I think I created a monster. My wife has become obsessive with finding natural, remote camping sites that are between cheap...

Is too much togetherness in RV causing tension?

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Dear RV Shrink: My wife has been upset with me ever since we bought our 5th wheel and started traveling. I don't know if it's...

One-eyed driver and wife argue over backing up RV

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Dear RV Shrink: My wife and I travel in a small motorhome. It’s not like we are new at it, we have had this rig...

Take your entire library on the road

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By Greg Illes By now, most folks know about e-books (electronic books), those microscopic packets of electrons that blossom magically into entire books in full...

Shake, rattle, roll down the road — but the crystal stays put

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By Jim Twamley It's often been said that by driving or pulling our rigs down the road we expose them to earthquake-like conditions. It's a...

One-of-a-kind motorhome on display in Polson, Montana

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You won’t see another motorhome like this one, which I found at the wonderful Miracle of America Museum in Polson, Montana. The plan is...

Not boondocking? Here’s a way to save some money

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By Jim Twamley Liquid petroleum gas (LPG), or propane, is what we full-time RVers try to conserve. Lots of things can run off of propane...

More ammo than you ever imagined in rural Nevada

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No matter which direction you drive into Hawthorne, Nev., you will be fascinated with the miles of countless bunkers surrounding the small desert town. But if...

Do you take naps? I do

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  I like to take naps. I've taken naps for most of my life. But I have noticed lately that I now take them more...

Are RVers introverts or extroverts?

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Are most RVers introverts? Well, that is surely what an RVtravel.com reader survey suggests. In fact, it shows that RVers are overwhelmingly introverts —...

A visit with Sky King

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If you know what I am referring to when I mention "Sky King," then you are probably at least 60 years old. Sky King was...

Why is a water view so important?

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A "lake view" space just opened up at the RV park where I'm staying. I'm tempted to pull up and move there. But I...
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