With summer coming along soon, the snowbirds have flown their winter “coop” in Quartzsite. Yes, the weather is actually warming up, and for those who can’t stand much above 80 degrees, it is time to flee northward. But what about those who are a bit more heat tolerant? Not far west from Quartzsite, the line of demarcation between Arizona and California is the Colorado River. But that’s not all that’s marked there – there’s a bit of free boondocking available, and even some spots of shade for the cagey boondockers
Along the Arizona side, just below the booming Interstate 10, there’s a little stretch of gravelroad managed by the Bureau of Land Management called the Ox Bow Road (or variously, Oxbox depending on your maps). It doesn’t offer much but an escape from the noise of civilization, and a good place to cool off with a quick dip, or a chance at a fish or two if you’re so inclined. For several miles the Ox Bow runs with various places just to pull out and set up camp. On weekends when the weather is cool, you may run into a few noisy partiers, so be prepared.
The variety of sites is wide — you can find some to give you wide views of the surrounding countryside, stuck up on a bank above the Colorado; others are close enough to the wet to practically fish out your back door. Take your choice.
From I-10, jump off at the Ehrenberg exit, and take the frontage road on the south side of the interstate. Drive west pass the Flying J truck stop and keep your eyes peeled for a dimly visible, and equally dimly readable BLM sign. Or follow your GPS to the beginning of the road at 33.603125N by 114.525405W. The road runs several miles south along the river, and allows for an eventual cross on the Cibola Farmer’s bridge into California.
Blythe used to boast a free dump station at Miller Park. Alas, the city dads decided that was too much of a good thing. Still, you can dump your tanks in town for a $7 fee at the new (and improved?) dump station. You’ll find it at the waste treatment facility at 15901 S. Broadway, Blythe, 92225.
Sad to say, RVs are a lot like cars: As they bounce down the road of life, they wear and tear, and sooner or later you’ve got to replace something. And like cars, parts aren’t usually cheap. But here’s a little secret that many don’t know about RVs: Like cars, you don’t always have to “buy new” when you need parts.
We don’t suppose you’ve lain awake at night wondering where RV heaven is. Most folks never give a thought to where RVs go “at the end of the hunt.” Like automobiles, there really are RV wrecking yards — okay, excuse us! RV recycling yards. They’re scattered across the country, and they carry a fascinating array of parts: From roof vents to holding tanks, siding to windows, dinettes to dump valves, if you’re looking for an RV part, there’s probably an RV recycler that has what you need. But how do you find such an outfit?
You just need to point your Internet browser to the database of “RV Salvage, Used RV Parts Surplus RV Parts Suppliers.” It’s a neat little database of RV salvage yards and other surplus parts suppliers where you can search to locate a yard within reach. Or depending on your part, for a part within reach of the post office or UPS, as many yards will ship your part to you. We prefer to visit the yard when looking for parts. In our searches, we’ve discovered it’s best to check out the part we need to ensure it really fits, looks like what we want, and will do what we need.
How much will you pay? The law of supply and demand seems to dictate: Popular parts like air conditioning units and refrigerators may run 70 percent or more of “new” prices. Lesser in demand stuff can run pennies on the dollar. And like “Uncle Bulgie’s Wrecking Yard” of my youth, it can also depend on the mood of the yard owner at the time you stop in. Pay attention — it pays.
And one more thing: When you visit the website, don’t just “jump” to the state-by-state listings. If you have an “orphan” RV, where the manufacturer has gone out of business, look down toward the bottom of the page. You’ll find a whole list of outfits that may have parts for your orphan.
To be sure your RV’s refrigerator’s freezer is working properly, put an ice cube in a small cup in the freezer and look at it whenever you open the freezer door.
If all is well, the cube will stay in its original form, but if the freezer has quit for a period or is not working properly, the cube will have melted and you will have a frozen puddle instead of a cube.
It’s especially wise to check after you have been away for more than a day or two. The power could have gone off for many hours, enough time for the food in the freezer to thaw. By the time you return it could be frozen again with no evidence that anything had happened. A melted ice cube in the cup will reveal otherwise!
It’s not a good idea to re-freeze once frozen food. Besides compromising its taste and texture, there is an increased risk of spoilage due to microorganisms. And you don’t want to eat spoiled food: ask anyone who has experienced food poisoning! Nasty!
When on the road and looking for an overnight stop don’t drive by campgrounds with “Campground Full” signs at their entrance. Often, rangers and campground hosts are too busy to update their campsite status. They may wait to post “open” signs only after a number of sites are available, not just one or two.
Even if the campground is packed, the ranger or camp host may know of one coming up later in the day. And if not, they may know of nearby campgrounds that have vacancies. Some campgrounds — especially public campgrounds like state parks — have overflow parking good for a night or two.
Rangers and camp hosts might seem annoyed when you ask if there’s a site available when a sign plainly says there is not. Still, it always pays to ask before moving on. You’ll often get lucky!
Certified RV technician Chris Dougherty received this question from an RVtravel.com reader when he was our technical editor.
Dear Chris, The awning over my slide out is sagging on one end, the other end is tight as both ends should be. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the end of the awning? -Jim Wiles
Dear Jim, Well, Jim, it depends on the size and make of your slide topper. Many, if not most, slide toppers have only one spring, which is probably the side that is tight. Really long toppers will have two. The first thing is to determine which topper you have and how many springs you have.
It is not uncommon for the fabric to become stretched out over time, especially on the ends. Sometimes the fabrics will stretch in the middle if they are exposed, for example, to snow and ice. On occasion, the roller tube can become slightly bent allowing the middle to sag. Lastly, another possibility, although a bit remote, is that the room is out of square, and one side is extending further than the other.
If the fabric is stretched, the best fix is to replace the fabric. If there is a spring problem, is it an tension issue, or is a spring broken? If it is a tension issue, the best thing to do is to re torque BOTH sides to factory specs. If you have to change a spring, then I would still do this on both sides.
If the room is out of square, the room needs to be fixed… an easy way to see if this is a possibility is to feel the room seal on the inside of the coach when the room is completely deployed. Are the seals equally tight on both sides? Measuring the flange of the room to the outside wall is another way of determining this.
I snapped this photo at Glimmerglass State Park on Lake Otsego near Cooperstown, NY. The bass had washed up on shore, dead as a dead bass can be. The fish made a big mistake when it tried to swallow a sunfish in one big gulp. It was either very greedy or just plain lazy, and it paid the supreme price. The sunfish didn’t fare any better.
The moral to this story, of course, is don’t bite off more than you can chew. Or don’t try to swallow a big fish whole.
I took this photo as I was leaving a picnic. Two guys were showing off the fishes to passersby. About an hour later as I drove away from Cooperstown I wished I had offered them $50 for the fish, packed them in ice, shipped them home and sold them to Ripley’s Believe it or Not. I think I could have fetched a good price.
You can post this photo on your own website or email it to your friends. As you can see, I put an ad for my website on the pic. So go ahead make the bass and the sunfish famous. And my website, too.
Nature is amazing. The other morning on our local NPR radio station, on a program called Bird Notes, I learned about a sparrow that can sing one day and then not the next. Actually, in the spring, this particular sparrow can sing its little heart out. The idea is to attract a mate. But as the summer ends and the bird has presumably found its partner, a part of its brain shrinks — the place where the sparrow stores up its songs.
The result is that the sparrow cannot remember its tunes. With its smaller brain, the bird is slightly lighter and thus more easily able to escape danger. The next spring when the bird again needs a mate, the section of the brain grows back. If the sparrow were a “thinking bird” it might say to itself, “Oh, now I remember.”
For on-the-road RVers, that dreaded feeling of nausea is now a thing of the past with the introduction of ReliefBand, a wearable, clinically proven device that is FDA cleared for the drug-free treatment of nausea associated with morning and motion sickness.
ReliefBand relieves nausea from motion sickness
It works in minutes, helping people to have stress free travel not only in their RVs, but on planes, trains, automobiles, boats, rollercoasters or any form of transport known to man.
Reliefband uses accurately programmed pulses with highly specific waveform, frequency, and intensity to stimulate the median nerve on the underside of the wrist. This activity, known as neuromodulation, uses the body’s natural neural pathways to block the waves of nausea produced by the stomach. Signals generated by the device travel to the body’s central nervous system and the higher emetic center of the brain.
As ReliefBand is a drug-free solution, it has none of the side effects or safety concerns of medications such as drowsiness, dry mouth, or adverse drug interactions. All a user needs to do is slip Reliefband onto their wrist, adjust the intensity to suit their individual needs and within minutes, feel like themselves again.
The technology behind Reliefband has been doctor recommended for the treatment of nausea for nearly 20 years in clinical and hospital settings and has now been made available over the counter in this smart wearable device.
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Issue 743 • Week of May 21-27, 2016
Editor’s corner
With Chuck Woodbury Chuck (at) RVtravel.com
RVer David Bott and his friend Jay Miller took this photo on a dark night in Cortez, Colorado.
What you cannot see very well in this small photo is the amazing night sky! The “cloud” over the motorhome is not a cloud at all, but the Milky Way! If I am at home and see a photo like this, I go crazy. I want to drop everything, load up my motorhome and GO!
Most Americans seldom see the Milky Way. Some never see it. When I am home just north of Seattle, the lights of the city drown out 99.9 percent of the stars. You need to go into the country, far from lights, to see the Milky Way.
On July 13-14, 1977, New York City experienced a total electricity blackout. People were stuck on elevators. Others, at home, had nothing to do so they lit candles, got chummy and nine months later a lot of kids were born.
I remember hearing a radio interview back then with a young woman who lived in Harlem. The reporter asked her what she would remember most about that evening. “The stars,” she said, not even hesitating. She went on to say that she had spent her entire life in New York City, where lights drown out all but a few stars. On that night, with the city black, the heavens were ablaze with pinpoints of light. For the first time in this young woman’s life she saw the “cloud” — the Milky Way. It must have been an amazing sight.
Once, years ago, my then-wife and I were in a remote campground near Parachute, Colorado, which is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The Perseid meteor showers were expected that evening. And so, as darkness descended, with a blanket and pillows in hand, we climbed to our motorhome’s roof. We laid down on our backs and peered into the night sky. Oh my! It was incredible! The Milky Way was in its glory. And all the while, shooting stars blazed across the sky. It was better than any fireworks show!
The sky on a dark, moonless night is a sight to behold. Those of us who travel by RV, who get to spend time in remote areas, are sometimes fortunate enough to witness such a visual treat — one of nature’s most glorious gifts, a peak into the beautiful, spectacular, infinite heavens above.
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RV industry targeting new breed of young RVers
Forty-four percent of the 1.2 million households in North America that started camping last year were millennials ages 19 to 35, according to the 2016 North American Camping Report by Kampgrounds of America. The study found 18 percent were African-American, 11 percent Hispanic and 10 percent Asian. Millennials of those races outnumbered all other generations in each group. The RV industry sees this group as the future and is tweaking its marketing efforts accordingly. Read more.
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This Week’s Spin and Win Contest
It’s time for another edition of Spin and Win — the only game show for RVers! It’s short, just two minutes. You don’t need to answer at a specific time of day. Answer anytime, and then again once a day through Tuesday if you want to increase your chances of winning. GREAT PRIZES!
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LAST WEEK’S WINNER, Ray Mayfieldof Mills, Wyo., who won a $25 Shell gift card. ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: Richard Nixon was vice president during Ike’s presidency.
Year-over-year comparisons for towable RV registrations show more growth in March. Statistical Surveys Inc. reports the overall growth at more than 14 percent compared to 2015. Travel trailers led with a near 19 percent increase, followed by fifth wheels up 4 percent. Bucking the growth spurt – “pop ups” and park models both fell more than 7 percent.
A survey of locals in every state has revealed the satisfaction ratings for roads and highways across the country. Top three states for satisfaction? North Dakota, Wyoming and Utah. And the bottom three? Rhode Island, Michigan and Hawaii. For the record, Hawaii was the only western state in below-average satisfaction rate – all others were rated as average or above average. Source: Gallup.
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, residents evacuated by the devastating wildfire have yet another place to park their RVs. The Alberta town of Okotoks is making evacuees feel welcome. The local Lions Club is providing 15 RV sites, free of charge, in their park. Folks who had prior reservations on the sites were phoned and asked to give them up – all graciously did so. Town officials are allowing refugees to camp in local driveways and at the town’s recreation center.
Campground hosts are needed in Ohio at Lake Loramie in Auglaize County. Get an RV site in exchange for 20 hours of volunteer work per week. Hosts are needed for 30- to 90-day gigs. Call Jason Whitman at 937-295-2011 or email Jason.whitman (at) dnr.state.oh.us.
Increasing pressure on British Columbia’s provincial parks’ reservation system is creating headaches – and unethical and illegal conduct. When the reservation system opened in March, many complained of not being able to reserve a site on a desirable date, even when logging on at the opening minute. Turns out some folks are getting all their friends and relatives to log on or phone to reserve a desired site and time. Some complain “site scalpers” are offering to sell reserved sites for up to ten times the original price. Source: CBC News.
Hernando County, Fla., county commissioners just can’t seem to get enough in terms of RV park controversy. Commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of allowing a 151-site park to be shoehorned in between two residential developments, much to the dismay of many locals. Two weeks later, one of the “aye” voting commissioners tried to back out and asked for a new hearing. Last week the commission decided to not take up a new hearing after the developer’s attorney said to do so would violate due process.
A Walbridge, Ohio, council committee charged with recommending a new RV parking ordinance found the job too tough. Last November the city council voted 4-1 against a new law that would have stopped RV owners from parking in their front yard. Even with new council members on board, they reported they just can’t come to a consensus. Now the city says it will simply cite ugly RVs for “blight.”
Headed north, eh? Well, fine spring weather has opened Yukon’s territorial campgrounds early this year. By today, all of them are open for business, and if you’re a Yukon resident, you can camp for free through the month. Get the time in while you can – the gates swing closed come September 12.
Discover the RV Warranty Taking the Community by Storm!
Yellowstone National Park rangers are constantly reminding visitors, “Stay back away from the wildlife.” One can only imagine the facial expressions when rangers there found a bison calf in a visitor’s SUV. The foreign visitors found the calf alone, thought it was freezing and dying, loaded it up in their rig and drove it off to rangers. After determining where the calf was found, rangers released the beast there, and cited/fined the “rescuers.” Sadly, the calf’s mother would not accept the returned baby, and it later had to be put down.
“Fools’ names, like fools’ faces, Are often seen in public places,” wrote English historian, Thomas Fuller. Bring in the Internet and it can cost you. Actress Vanessa Hudgens and her boyfriend, Austin Butler, carved their names on Bell Rock in Sedona, Ariz. – on public lands. She might have remained just “Vanessa” but after she posted a picture of the defacement on social media, the authorities closed in. Hudgens was cited for damaging a natural feature and fined $1,000.
Photo: National Park Service
Three men have been arrested in a case out of Death Valley National Park (Nevada). As we reported last week, video surveillance revealed the men had shot the lock off a gate preventing entry to an environmentally sensitive area, strewn trash and vomit, and possibly killed an endangered Pupfish. Officials have filed felony charges for “conspiracy to commit a crime, killing of an endangered species, destruction of property, trespassing, destruction of habitat [and] ex-felon possession of firearm.”
When a full-timer’s RV catches fire, at times the Red Cross steps in to render aid. This time an RV fire caused the Red Cross in Springfield, Mass., to evacuate its own center. Last Saturday at about 10:00 p.m., firefighters responded to a call of a Class A motorhome afire behind the center. Center workers cleared out as the motorhome burned to the pavement.
Photo: kuku camper by KúKú Campers on Facebook
An Icelandic camper van rental outfit called KúKú Campers has found itself in hot water. The company, known for its rigs’ outlandish paint jobs, offered what it called “tongue in cheek” advice like this: “As a me[a]sure to keep travelers alive in Iceland, there is a law here that allows anyone to eat anything of[f] any gover[n]ment land property. You can’t take anything with you but you can eat as you want.” Some customers have taken this literally, and many have been caught fishing without permits.
Big truck drivers on Washington, D.C.’s Capital Beltway got a big surprise May 9. Maryland State Police held a surprise trucking inspection, stopping 438 big rigs for equipment checks. A whopping 25 percent of the trucks were ordered out of service for violations – one of them was 12 tons overweight. Police wrote 115 tickets and issued 251 more warnings. The biggest problem? Bad tires.
Want to combine a hike with your pooch with the beauty of a national park venue? Here’s grindtv.com’s list of parks where it can legally happen: Yosemite (California): Wawona Meadow Loop offers a 3.5 to 5 mile dog-friendly loop, or stick to park roads and sidewalks. North Cascades (Washington): The entire Pacific Crest Trail is OK for dog walking. Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio): The entire park is dog-friendly. Grand Canyon (Arizona): All hiking trails above the rim are pooch OK.
An Epsom, N.H., RV park manager is breathing easier – Muskrat has moved out. Muskrat, aka Rick Panzieri, moved onto the Circle 9 Ranch Campground more than a decade ago, and he says the owner gave him permission to stay permanently. So he built a log cabin attachment for his travel trailer, and after the campground was foreclosed on for back taxes, defied the new owner’s orders to move. So did 31 other tenants and it took a year and $20,000 in legal fees to get them all to move along. Muskrat, who wears animal skins and a coonskin cap, towed his trailer out of the Circle 9 a couple of weeks ago – and moved into another RV park just down the road. He left his cabin behind.
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Test the dual-power systems before your trip
Getting the rig ready after a winter lay-up? Test systems that operate on dual power. Run the refrigerator a day on electric, then a day on gas. Do the same for the water heater. That way, if there’s a problem, you’ll know about it before you hit the road.
Keep bottles neatly in place in the cupboard
“To keep bottles in their place, cut a 2- to 3-inch thick piece of dense Styrofoam to fit the cupboard, trace the shape of the bottles you want to store in the cupboard on the styro, cut out and put styro in the cupboard and put bottles in their proper hole. I mark each hole so I will always know what goes where.” Thanks to Mary Theresa and Danny Rodgers for this great tip!
Clean the wiper blades before a trip to prevent scratching windshield
Keep your windshield from getting scratched up. If you store your motorhome between trips, put “clean wiper blades” on your preflight checklist. A little soapy water, a little glass cleaner and a soft rag run up and down the length of the blades can keep scratch-producing dirt off those blades.
Light up your RV with Boogey Lights! RV accent lighting is all the rage! Just look around the RV park! Enter Boogey Lights®! These robust, super-bright, state-of-the-art LED lights with hi-tech controller technology represent the next generation in LED lighting for RVs. The AWNING & UNDER-GLOW LIGHT KITS are specifically designed to withstand harsh operating environments. Don’t waste your money on junk! Get Boogey Lights! You can even control them with your Smart Phone! Learn more or click the video for a demonstration.
Tire “dry rot” is a misnomer
Our RV tire blogger, Roger Marble, sees the term “dry rot” used by many in the RV community when describing old tires that have visible external cracks. Roger explains some reasons for sidewall cracking, what to watch for and what to do about it. Learn more.
How to keep your RV fridge running smoothly
Before driving off on their adventures this summer, RVers can help avoid problems on the road by properly servicing and maintaining their recreational vehicles’ refrigerators. Read more.
Even the simple things: small, watertight organizing boxes Even though Rich “The Wanderman” doesn’t do much fishing anymore, he still looks through the fishing aisles when he shops. Recently he spotted a couple of watertight folding fishing tackle boxes on the clearance shelf. They were perfect for storing a bunch of auto fuses — they’re small, lightweight, watertight, and they float. And he has come up with a bunch of other uses for them. Read more.
Getting along — Pointers for a great RV partnership
It is said that wherever your relationship is going, traveling together in an RV will take it there sooner. Here from long-time RVer Greg Illes are some thoughts and pointers for traveling (and living) in close quarters with your loved one. Learn more.
No more roof leaks, for life, guaranteed! Now with locations in TX, FL, MI, AZ and NC! RV FlexArmor® is a sprayed RV roof that is 187 mils thick, has no more caulking joints and is the proven RV roof alternative for over a decade. Guaranteed not to leak for your RV’s lifetime! “Your company gets an A+.” —Marsha G., customer.
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Why use an RVDA/RVIA
certified RV technician for repair work
This article from Chris Dougherty, certified RV technician, explains the importance of using an RVDA/RVIA certified RV technician to make sure that your RV is cared for in the best way possible, and that a job will likely be done correctly the first time. Learn more.
How to repair an RV roof on the cheap
Gary Bunzer, the RV Doctor, shows how to repair an RV roof with EternaBond, and we offer a suggestion to save money on supplies. (Hint: It starts with an “A”.) Learn more and watch the video.
What’s a good HDTV antenna for an RV?
An RVtravel.com reader wants to know what’s the best HDTV antenna for his class B motorhome. Chris Dougherty offers advice.
How to care for your RV slideout
Russ and Tiña De Maris, veteran RVers, explain how a little bit of maintenance and forethought will go a long way to making sure your RV experience doesn’t get unhappy when your slideout room won’t slide like it should. Read more.
This week in history Week of May 21-27 Compiled by Dell Bert
1864 Montana Territory created.
1881 American Red Cross founded.
1883 Brooklyn Bridge opens.
1901 Connecticut enacts first speed limit law.
1907 John Wayne is born.
1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens.
1961 President Kennedy asks Congress to support the space program.
Reduce air drag and boost fuel efficiency — Airtab® your RV! Just peel and stick Airtabs™ to the rear sides and the rear roof of your RV coach or trailer to create swirls of air that reduce aerodynamic drag, save fuel and improve stability. Airtabs™ dramatically reduce trailer ‘fish tailing’ and crosswinds pressure to RVs from passing trucks, while improving fuel efficiency 2% – 5%! Click on the video.
RV Clubs Here are a couple of RV clubs from our extensive directory which you may be interested in:
Foretravel Motorcade Club. The Foretravel Motorcade Club, sponsored by Foretravel, Inc. and exclusively for Foretravel owners, is one of the largest and most active owners clubs with chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Club hosts, plans and directs grandventions, rallies, motorcades and special events.
Vintage Airstream Club. Is your recreational vehicle made by Airstream and 25 years or older? Are you a member of the WBCCI (Wally Byam Caravan Club International)? Then you qualify for membership in the VAC.
Unique RV overnight stops at wineries and farms With membership in Harvest Hosts® you can stay overnight at 500 wineries, farms and attractions across North America. Harvest Hosts offers an exciting alternative to traditional overnight stops where you can meet interesting people and learn about their lifestyle. Learn more at the Harvest Hosts website, or watch an interview with the founders by RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury.
Bumper sticker of the week
Increase your face value — smile!
Funny/clever business slogan Thanks to Greg I. for sending in this sign seen in a shoe repair store in Vancouver:
We will heel you.
We will save your sole.
We will even dye for you.
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Secret phrase for Spin and Win contest: Berta told Ernie to zip his lips.
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Get relief from the heat with a cooling towel Summer heat is on the way. A Frogg Toggs Chilly Pad Evaporative Cooling Towel will cool you for hours. It can absorb 8 times its weight in water to provide longer evaporation times than regular towels. An internal polyester mesh reinforcing material allows it to dry you off while it cools you down. Simply moisten the towel, wring out excess, wrap it around your neck & it starts working. Available in multiple colors. Learn more or order.
Ask the RV Shrink
What to do about slow-moving leveling jacks? I know you are not a mechanic, but we have a mechanical and mental problem combined. Our motorhome is only two years old and already we are noticing a repetitive problem with our hydraulic leveling jacks. They take forever to retract right when we are ready to leave camp. It seems one goes out every season. It doesn’t fail completely, it’s just slow to respond. We end up having a whole pot of coffee while we wait for a single jack to retract. … —Tilted in Trenton
Get rid of bugsand road grime. Easy! Here’s the final solution for removing dead bugs from your windshield or the front of your RV. Bug Off works! Just spray on and wipe or rinse off. Removes bugs, tree sap and road grime with just a spray and a wipe. You’ll be amazed! Highly rated at Amazon.com. Learn more or order.
RV Tech Tips from Mark Polk
How to prevent storm damage to your awning
Never leave your RV awning out for any period of time when you are away from the campsite. A quick windstorm or thunderstorm can result in expensive repair costs to the awning and the RV. If your awning is out and it begins to rain, lower one end to allow the water to run off. Water can quickly pool in the center of the awning fabric and the weight can damage the awning. If the wind begins to pick up at the campground, put your awning in its stored position. Better safe than sorry.
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Latest fuel prices
Here are the latest U.S. average prices per gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel: Regular unleaded gasoline: $2.24 (on May 16). Change from week before: Up 2 cents; Change from year before: Down 50 cents Diesel: $2.30 (on May 16). Change from week before: Up 3 cents; Change from year before: Down 61 cents
Locate services at Interstate exits The 2016 Next Exit is the most complete USA Interstate highway exit directory ever published for every exit of major and most minor routes. Find what’s located at upcoming exits on your route — gas, food, lodging, camping, shopping, hospitals, Wal-Marts and much more. A best-seller year after year. Learn more or order.
RV Travel Reader Pets
Do you travel with a pet? We’d love to introduce your pet(s) to fellow readers. Here’s what we need: a photo or two of Fido or Boots (or you with your pet) and a 150-200 word description of your furry friend(s) — name, breed, age, how long you have traveled together, what makes them special? Go ahead and brag about them if you wish! Do you have any tips for other RVing pet lovers about traveling with pets that you’ve learned along the way? Don’t forget to give us your name(s) and hometown. Send to Diane(at)RVtravel.com . Click here to see this week’s pets.
Keep your food cool with this RV fridge fan Every RV refrigerator should have one of these! This small refrigerator fan from Valterra Products will help keep the food in your RV fridge cool and from spoiling. It cuts down initial cool-down time by 50 percent. Runs for more than 30 days on 2 D batteries. Don’t leave home without this! Learn more or order from Amazon.com.
The RV Kitchen with Janet Groene
Hot Chicken Salad Warm up a cold supper.
It’s your first night out so you plan to serve a simple supper of crackers and the chicken salad you picked up at the deli. Then a cold front snaps through the campground. You’re tired and cold, in need of a hot meal instead of the cold quickie you’d planned. This is a delicious answer. Get the recipe.
OXO Good Grips No-Spill Silicone Ice Cube Tray The innovative silicone lid seals water into the tray and keeps it from leaking out — at any angle! Simply fill the tray with water, press the silicone lid over the tray and smooth the lid while pouring out any excess water — the silicone lid forms a seal. Now you can store the ice cube tray in any position, even on an angle. The lid allows for stacking multiple ice cube trays or other items on top and prevents freezer odor from permeating your cubes. Learn more or order.
Beginners’ guide to RVing
Coyote Camping near Lake Havasu, Arizona
QUESTION: What does the term “boondocking” mean? How about “dry camping”?
ANSWER: “Boondocking” means camping outside a campground, usually for free, and relying on on-board water supplies and 12-volt DC power systems. Many RVers boondock for weeks and even months on end during the winter on public lands in the Southwest. They charge their rigs’ deep cycle batteries with solar panels or by cranking up the generator now and then. By conserving water and liquid waste, they can minimize trips to the dump stations. In some popular desert boondocking spots, a “Honey Wagon” will come by to empty the waste tanks for a reasonable fee. Sometimes it’s referred to as “coyote camping.”
“Dry camping” is used interchangeably with “boondocking” by some RVers, while others distinguish dry camping as any time you spend the night without hookups, and boondocking as dry camping in the “boonies,” i.e., away from campgrounds, parking lots and rest areas.
Sanitize your fresh water tank in 60 seconds! Fresh Water Tank Sanitizer from Thetford kills 99% of harmful bacteria within 60 seconds — Staph, E-coli, Listeria and other micro-organisms! Non-additive — sanitizes inside of tank and plumbing, not the water. Free of bleach and chlorine. Leaves no smell or taste. EPA registered in all 50 states! This was the first registered sanitizer for fresh water tanks and hoses. Learn more or order.
RV Fire Safety Tip Testing do’s and don’ts Do not pull the pin and expel the contents to test your powder extinguisher. If you use a portion of the powder extinguisher, have it refilled or replaced immediately. When you have a fire extinguisher refilled, ask to shoot off the charge first (most refill stations have a special place where this can be done safely). This lets you see how far it shoots and how long a charge lasts. Courtesy:MacTheFireGuy.com
Editor’s note: Choose from a wide selection of fire extinguishers at Amazon.
Endorsed by Roger Marble of RVtireSafety.com! An excellent tire pressure gauge The Accutire MS-4021B digital tire pressure gauge has an easy-to-read LCD display that provides pressure readings from 5-150 PSI. It’s ergonomically designed with an angled head and a rubber-coated easy-grip handle. If you forget to turn off the gauge, don’t worry, it will automatically shut off. The included lithium battery never needs to be recharged or replaced. And all this for less than $10! Learn more or order.
RV Short Stop Shore Acres State Park blooms year-round Near Coos Bay, Oregon
Aerial view of Shore Acres State Park. (Oregon State Parks)
Shore Acres State Park is a jewel in the crown of the Oregon State Park system. Each year more than a quarter-million visitors drive 13 miles southwest of Coos Bay to visit the former palatial estate of timber baron Louis J. Simpson. The 745-acre park features five acres of formal gardens, including a rose-testing plot and Japanese Lily Pond.
Lily Pond, Shore Acres Garden. (Julianne G. Crane)
“During autumn, winter and spring, visitors gather on the tall sandstone cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean for storm watching and observation of the gray whale migration,” say park officials. Shore Acres is also an amazing place for kids because it includes a small beach on a secluded cove where they can watch elephant seals haul out to molt.
Split your 12-volt plug . . . and get two USB chargers! This incredibly handy device is specially made for power-hungry devices. Convert and increase your car cigarette lighter or RV 12 volt plug from 1 to 2 sockets plus get 2 USB ports, too! Wow, will this ever come in handy! Learn more or order at a discount.
Ask the RV Doctor The RV Doctor, Gary Bunzer, answers your questions
How to fix a broken RV window
Dear RV Doctor:
My living room window was broken when our deck table fell through it during a storm. Do you have to take the whole window out to fix it? It was the bottom window portion that broke. —Gail, Sebring, Fla.
2016 The Milepost This is THE mile-by-mile guidebook for RV or auto travelers headed to Alaska, the Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. First published in 1949 as a guide about traveling along the Alaska Highway, today’s Milepost includes more than 600 pictures, more than 100 maps and details every place travelers might eat, sleep or pull off the road for scenic viewing. Learn more or order.
RV Gadgets and Gizmos
Protect your campsite from mosquitoes, other insects
Here is a portable, lightweight, propane-powered fogger which kills mosquitoes, biting flies and other flying insects in minutes. The fog floats and penetrates deep into landscaped and brushy areas where mosquitoes hide – killing them on contact and creating a “mosquito-free” zone for up to six hours. This is the same effective system used by professionals to kill mosquitoes that may carry the Zika virus or West Nile virus. Learn more.
Clean up messy oil spills with SpillFix organic absorbent
Do you carry kitty litter in your motorhome to clean up spills from changing the oil, engine coolant or any other difficult-to-clean-up spill? Now there’s SpillFix Organic Absorbent. It absorbs much more than an equal amount of kitty litter and cleans right down to the floor. It is non-hazardous, can be disposed of in the trash, and is good for Mother Earth. Read more.
Quick-Dry Hanging Toiletry and Bath Organizer Keep all of your toiletries organized! The Carry All is perfect for the RV! It features 8 pockets to hold your accessories with a comfy handle and is made of durable mesh. Also great for the gym and school dorm. Learn more or order.
The Dying Art of Proofreading
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Protect your RV’s slideout with this rubber seal lubricant If you don’t take care of your slideout you’re asking for problems including dangerous, costly water damage. This rubber seal lubricant from Thetford prevents fading, cracking and deterioration. It cleans, conditions and shines, keeping seals flexible and protected from sunlight destruction. It is also useful on door seals and window seals. It’s a mineral oil product and also acts as a lubricant. Learn more or order.
Random RV Thought Always be extra sensitive to the moods of your RV traveling partner. It’s good to count to 10 to calm yourself before responding to a remark that might make you angry. Living quarters are usually tight in an RV, so there is often no place to escape to when emotions flare … so be nice.
Easily brew a single cup of coffee This is great for RVers! Brew a single cup of coffee without the high cost of an expensive coffee maker with the MyJo Single Cup Coffee Maker! Just fill reservoir with hot water from tea kettle, or heat water in a microwave. Assemble, place K-Cup pack in base, attach the water reservoir and pump. Watch the video for a short demonstration or learn more or order at a big discount.
Trivia
Libra is the only zodiac sign represented by an inanimate object.
Protect yourself and others from sharp edges of RV slideouts! Cut your head just once on the corner of a sharp RV slideout and you’ll race out to buy a set of these so it never happens again! Camco’s Black RV Slide-Out Corner Guards offer a simple solution to the danger posed by sharp corners on RV slideouts. Simply place them on each exterior corner of the slide to provide a cushion zone. They’re made of advanced UV-stabilized resin for long life. Easy to install and no tools are required. Learn more or order.
Worth Pondering
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” —Mark Twain
Trunk Organizer Keep your car, SUV or RV organized with this handy organizer. Multiple compartments allow you to separate food, drinks, sports objects, tools, gadgets and work-related stuff, all stored in the same trunk yet separated. Four mesh pockets allow you to see through and easily access the frequently needed objects by making them quick to find. Folds flat to only a few inches, occupying very little space. Learn more or order.
Readers’ Birthday and Anniversary Greetings
Happy Birthday! •May 21: To Cindy from Joe. Thanks for helping make our “dream” come true. Can’t wait to get to RVing with you. Love you!
•May 22: To Erin La Grassa from Ron La Grassa. Best wishes on this very special day. Happy Birthday, Erin. Love, Ron & Sue
•May 27: To Ann from Tucker. Happy Birthday, Ma! Love ya! Let’s go camping.
Happy (belated) Birthday
•May 14: To Katlin Grapentine from Ellio. Happy birthday, sweetheart. Have a great, wonderful day and enjoy.
•May 20: To Sharon from Donald. Happy birthday with all my love.
•May 20: To Debra Murphy from Rob Murphy. Happy Birthday to my lovely RVing wife Deb. May we have many more years of great camping and fun.
Happy Anniversary! •May 22: To my sweetie Carol from your hubby Roy. Here we are 45 years later, I couldn’t be with anyone greater!
Happy (belated)Anniversary •May 7: To Arthur from Diane. Happy Anniversary!!
•May 19: To Ana from Scott. Happy anniversary to my beautiful wife. Life with you is a great adventure.
•May 19: To Cathy from Mel. Honey, what a great ride for 54 years. Love you.
RV Travel staff Editor and Publisher: Chuck Woodbury. Assistant editor: Diane McGovern. Contributing editor: Russ De Maris. Contributing writers: Greg Illes, Bob Difley, Richard Miller, Richard Mallery, Janet Groene, Roger Marble and Julianne Crane. Office manager: Jody Allcott.
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About the RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury has explored America by RV for nearly three decades. In the ’90s he published the quirky travel newspaper Out West, and was an “on the road” writer for the New York Times Syndicate. His book, “The Best from Out West” is available at Amazon.com. Woodbury’s RVing adventures have been profiled on ABC News, CNN, NBC’s Today Show, and in People Magazine, USA Today and in hundreds of newspapers. Nowadays, he lives near Seattle, where he drinks massive amounts of coffee and travels often in his motorhome and sometimes by plane when vast expanses of saltwater would turn his RV into a leaky submarine. He is the host of the Better Business Bureau DVD “Buying a Recreational Vehicle,” the definitive guide to purchasing an RV the right way.
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An old friend of ours who’d recently bought a big motorhome detailed a “tale of woe” he’d experienced while trying to get ready for a road trip. Somehow things went gunnybag with his “pre-owned” rig’s inverter. Aside from having to replace the inverter, he also learned he’d need to have a big, 250 amp fuse to protect it, and some new heavy gauge cables, too.
In an e-mail our friend writes: “I called Magnum, the manufacturer of the inverter, and they asked me my first name and Zip code and gave me the address of [a marine supply dealer] and they fixed me up with a 250 Amp fuse and holder to the tune of $47.75!”
Regarding two new cables (a six footer, another a foot long) needed for the installation: “Just go down to your friendly Interstate Battery dealer and have a new set made up …$65.00 later…one lesson learned.”
Sad to say, our friend mentions this in the past tense. Over a hundred bucks spent. These were lessons we as RVers had already learned. That fuse? We found one for less than $5.00. The cables? Nothing more than welding cable, which runs about $3 a foot. Our buddy could have done the work himself, and with fuse, “holder” (another do-it-yourself trick), cables and connectors, probably would have spent no more than $45.
The lesson? Before you undertake to spend money on RV fix-ups, ask an experienced RVer. Don’t know one? There are many great places on the Internet to get information and share ideas. A variety of RV forums are where thousands of RVers gather to share advice, and in the end, save one another lots of dough.
And like your Grandad always said, “The only dumb question is the one that you don’t ask.” So don’t be afraid to let folks know that you’re new to the RV scene and you need a little help. Many old-timers in the RV world are not only a wealth of helpful advice, they’re plenty generous with it, too.
As state park managers continue to find themselves caught in the middle of trying to keep the parks up and running and ever-shrinking budgets, two states in the Northwest are trying to get creative.
Back in 2007, Washington park managers were handed nearly $95 million from the state’s general fund to keep their parks going for a two-year period. This biennium, they were handed just $21 million – less than a quarter of the amount those few years back. Part of this loss was to be filled by sales of park passes, and the rest of the loss? Perhaps lawmakers figured the parks could conduct bake sales.
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But bake sales aren’t the most practical approach to fundraising, particularly when big dollars are required. A little out-of-the-box thinking is what Evergreen State park managers are now trying – and some of the approaches might benefit RVers. One big thing that just might help is filling up otherwise empty RV slots and rental cabins by offering discounts when park visitation is low. Under the park agency’s current reservation system, if a cabin or RV space is empty, it still goes for the same rate. State officials say that once they get a new reservation system in place, that won’t be the case. If a space is open, park managers can offer it for less money.
Another approach being mulled over is something that outfits like Flying J and other fuel sellers have used to their advantage for ages: Customer loyalty programs. Consider it a “frequent camper discount,” wherein the more you camp in the system, the more likely you are to get a discount to bring you back the next time for less. No word on whether the chiefs in Olympia will adopt it, but it’s another thought.
Next door in Idaho, when park officials were putting together a wish-list for their budget makers, they decided not to ask for a budget increase. That’s probably a good thing, because they would have been more than disappointed: Idaho’s governor chopped the park budget by more than 2 percent. Still, park officials aren’t huddled up, figuring out how to cut back services – they actually plan on making more improvements.
How so? More creative thinking to the fore in the big potato state. Park prodigies have found that there’s actually money to be made in having a campground – so they’re planning on building another loop at the already existing Farragut State Park on the southern tip of Lake Pend Oreille, up on the panhandle. Officials declare that overnight stays are “our bread and butter.” Entice more overnighters with campgrounds and cabins, and watch the dollars come along.
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Other creative thinking that Idaho has found useful involves sandboard rentals. Sandboards? Yeah, think of snowboarding, only instead of the white stuff users hurl themselves downhill on sand dunes. If you think this sounds like something interesting (other than terrifying), stop by Bruneau Dunes State Park, but beware, the program is so popular that at times you may not be able to rent a board because the enthusiastic downdune boarders have already rented the stock of boards out.
Creative thinking goes a long way. For Idaho state parks, these days only about 10 percent of parks’ funding comes from the state budget. That’s thinking that far exceeds your average Mr. Potatohead.
Bracketron’s new TekGrip Power Dock includes a unique hands-free mounting option for drivers as well as device charging capabilities. Perfect for summer road trips, the TekGrip Power Dock has two USB outputs for you and your passenger to plug in and power up, all while using voice commands and GPS from your mounted device.
Hands–free TekGrip Power Dock with device charging
Simply plug TekGrip Power Dock into your vehicle’s 12V port and adjust its unique 360° rotating gooseneck to any viewing angle. Its arms will expand up to four inches with the simple push of a button, to hold most smartphones or GPS devices.
Folding legs offer additional support when needed and foam pads provide ample protection. With TekGrip Power Dock, there’s no need for a separate charger for your phone, you can place your phone in the mount when you get in your car or truck, and charge on-the-go, all from one place.
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Along the Arizona side, just below the booming Interstate 10, there’s a little stretch of gravelroad managed by the Bureau of Land Management called the Ox Bow Road (or variously, Oxbox depending on your maps). It doesn’t offer much but an escape from the noise of civilization, and a good place to cool off with a quick dip, or a chance at a fish or two if you’re so inclined. For several miles the Ox Bow runs with various places just to pull out and set up camp. On weekends when the weather is cool, you may run into a few noisy partiers, so be prepared.
rom I-10, jump off at the Ehrenberg exit, and take the frontage road on the south side of the interstate. Drive west pass the Flying J truck stop and keep your eyes peeled for a dimly visible, and equally dimly readable BLM sign. Or follow your GPS to the beginning of the road at 33.603125N by 114.525405W. The road runs several miles south along the river, and allows for an eventual cross on the Cibola Farmer’s bridge into California.
We don’t suppose you’ve lain awake at night wondering where RV heaven is. Most folks never give a thought to where RVs go “at the end of the hunt.” Like automobiles, there really are RV wrecking yards — okay, excuse us! RV recycling yards. They’re scattered across the country, and they carry a fascinating array of parts: From roof vents to holding tanks, siding to windows, dinettes to dump valves, if you’re looking for an RV part, there’s probably an RV recycler that has what you need. But how do you find such an outfit?
If all is well, the cube will stay in its original form, but if the freezer has quit for a period or is not working properly, the cube will have melted and you will have a frozen puddle instead of a cube.
When on the road and looking for an overnight stop don’t drive by campgrounds with “Campground Full” signs at their entrance. Often, rangers and campground hosts are too busy to update their campsite status. They may wait to post “open” signs only after a number of sites are available, not just one or two.
Nature is amazing. The other morning on our local NPR radio station, on a program called Bird Notes, I learned about a sparrow that can sing one day and then not the next. Actually, in the spring, this particular sparrow can sing its little heart out. The idea is to attract a mate. But as the summer ends and the bird has presumably found its partner, a part of its brain shrinks — the place where the sparrow stores up its songs.
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Year-over-year comparisons for towable RV registrations show more growth in March. Statistical Surveys Inc. reports the overall growth at more than 14 percent compared to 2015. Travel trailers led with a near 19 percent increase, followed by fifth wheels up 4 percent. Bucking the growth spurt – “pop ups” and park models both fell more than 7 percent. 
Want to combine a hike with your pooch with the beauty of a national park venue? Here’s grindtv.com’s list of parks where it can legally happen: Yosemite (California): Wawona Meadow Loop offers a 3.5 to 5 mile dog-friendly loop, or stick to park roads and sidewalks. North Cascades (Washington): The entire Pacific Crest Trail is OK for dog walking. Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio): The entire park is dog-friendly. Grand Canyon (Arizona): All hiking trails above the rim are pooch OK.
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