Issue 1594
Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice, a handy website of the day, tips on our favorite RVing-related products and, of course, a good laugh. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate you. Please tell your friends about us.
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Today’s thought
“Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.” ―
Need an excuse to celebrate? Today is National Nurses Day! Thank you, nurses!
On this day in history: 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
Tip of the Day
How to kill lingering RV refrigerator smells
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Full-timing friends of ours took off for a week away from their RV. On returning home to their hot Southern California RV, they were nearly bowled over by a scent that would cause CSI types to say, “Smell that decomp?” Yep, in their absence the refrigerator decided to take a vacation, too, and the odor of rotting meat and other foods was – to put it politely – simply overpowering. Get some tips on how to rid your fridge of stinky smells, and learn what an RV technician says is the most difficult smell to remove (can you guess?) here.
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Yesterday’s tip of the day: How to Increase the longevity of your tow vehicle
Today’s RV review…
In today’s column, industry insider Tony Barthel reviews the new Forest River Wildwood FSX 260RT. How does this toy hauler compare to the recently reviewed Northwood Desert Fox? Find out here.
Did you read Tony’s review yesterday of the Keystone Arcadia 370RL Travel Trailer? If you missed it, you can read it here.
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Your fifth wheel: Leave it hitched or not?
We got an anguished question from a reader: “My husband insists there is nothing wrong with leaving the truck hooked up to our fifth wheel for extended periods of time. And when I say extended, I mean two weeks. … If there are reasons why you should not, what are they?” Read more.
Yesterday’s featured article: Do you know your Cabela’s history?
Reader poll
How often do you do laundry?
Throw a load in, then respond here.
Quick Tip
RV refrigerator level enough? There’s an app for that
We’ve preached ourselves “blue in the face” about how critical it is to have your rig level to keep from damaging a running RV refrigerator. Here’s Roger M’s two bits: “LP refrigerators need to be within 3 degrees of level to work properly and to avoid problems with the coolant. But what is 3 degrees? Few bubble levels give you a number. I found this FREE one for Android phones. Easy to use and you can even recalibrate it yourself to a known level surface.” Thanks, Roger!
Website of the day
Most scenic National Park overlooks
If you’re planning a trip to any of the National Parks, make sure to check out this list first. Travel + Leisure tells you the 10 most scenic NP overlooks and, boy, they’re beautiful!
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This is the softest, fluffiest, cutest… Well, just see for yourself.
And the Survey Says…
We’ve polled RVtravel.com readers more than 1,500 times in recent years. Here are a few things we’ve learned about them:
• 58 percent of motorhome drivers say their passengers use the RV’s restroom while the RV is moving
• 69 percent never gamble at casinos
• When shopping online, 57 percent most often use a computer to do their buying
Recent poll: Do you envision yourself living full-time in an RV someday?
Recipe of the Day
Grilled Chicken Cordon Bleu
by Connie Gereffi from Lumberton, NJ
We love chicken cordon bleu and this is a delightful twist on the recipe. It’s a delicious summer dinner and a different way to prepare chicken breasts. The prosciutto ham and Swiss cheese give the chicken a nice salty kick. Brushing mustard on top and adding the ham helps keep the chicken moist and the flavors melt into the meat. A very delicious dinner recipe.
Sounds like a great dinner to us! Get the recipe here.
SEE YESTERDAY’S YUMMY RECIPE: Easy Healthy Inside-Out Burrito
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Trivia
Who’s the first person in all of the Earth’s history whose name we know? It’s “Kushim,” an accountant from Mesopotamia who lived around 3200 B.C.
*Why would you tell someone you have “Rhinorrhea?” Yesterday’s trivia tells you.
Readers’ Pet of the Day
“Tucker Bojangles. I am a 16-month-old Yellow Lab and I travel full time with my mom and dad in our 5th wheel. I love making new Tucker Buddies wherever we go!” —Dave Jacobson
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1st name known has to be Adam as the first man ever made.
I enjoy all the articles you post about many things and places to visit. However, I do not care for it when I click on the link and before I can view anything I must give up my email address etc. I simply move on as I do not want the barrage of emails associated with these sites. I’m sure others move on as well.
About the fridge being level-
the only useful thing an RV sales guy said to me was, “If it’s level enough for you to live in comfortably, it’s probably close enough for the fridge.”
Of course there is always a caveat. Some folks can live with a lot more slope.
I use the fridge door and the nearby bathroom door as indicators. Open them halfway. If they stay put, it’s pretty level.
Yes I can double check with my phone or bubble level.
Loved Ben Carson’s quote 🙂
I Phone already has a level app
It’s in ultilities and a compass
The IOS level is great
My new iPhone 12 didn’t have a level app, that I could find last night, so downloaded one. Then I noticed the iPhone’s lens protrude out the back, not a flat surface. Grr.
On my iPhone 11, the measure app has the level. You just have to touch the bottom right where it shows a small level and the world level is underneath. Hold the phone upright or spin it sideways.
Today’s Laugh: 😄😆🤣
Totally LOL!
And totally TRUE!
Leveling RV’s is such a pain. My popup has to have the nose lower so the A/C will drain, another guy it was nose high so his tanks would drain. Sometimes, a couple of ice chests would be so much easier !
There is an Android app named “Army Knife” that also has a bubble level, plus some other nice goodies like a flashlight, unit converter, timer, stopwatch, compass, calculator, magnifying glass, mirror and ruler.
yeah, that’s what I have. Use it all the time!
Regarding the question about leaving your 5 th wheel trailer connected to your truck for extended time periods; No one contacted the truck manufacturer to get their comments on things like springs /suspension settling.
That’s a good question. I think it was implied that even though he keeps it connected he levels the unit so that in turn would relieve some of the weight off the truck. But I would agree if you are not removing any weight off the truck that can’t be good on the suspension for long periods of time.
I would think that sitting still is a lot less stressful on a truck than cruising down the road bumping and ‘pot holing’ at highway speeds. I can almost hear my truck breathe a sigh of relief when we finally stop moving . . . . 😉
Seems like a constant static load would be worse for the springs than routine bouncing but I am not an engineer.
But now I am thinking of truck campers and I suppose they have a constant load on the suspension right?
I didn’t even think of that, but yeah, I’ll bet that’s true. I have a “Highway Products” Pickup Pac installed on my truck and that by itself is quite heavy even though it is made of aluminum.
Pet of the Day…………………….NEVER met a Lab I didn’t like!!