Issue 1888
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Today’s thought
“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” ―
Need an excuse to celebrate? Today is National Kissing Day! Pucker up!
On this day in history: 1942: The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by the U.S. Congress.
Tip of the Day
Using ketchup to clean your RV’s BBQ grill, plus other tips to keep it like new
By Gail Marsh
Everyone loves to use it, but very few of us like to clean it. What is it? A BBQ grill. This trusty workhorse helps RVers enjoy yummy burgers, steaks, and hot dogs all season long. And that’s exactly why we all need some tips, tricks, and hacks to easily clean our RV’s BBQ grill.
(And, yes, Gail really does use ketchup to clean her grill—and it works!)
Today’s RV review…
2022 Lance 1995 Travel Trailer—worth it
Tony writes, “These aren’t cheap, but the people who have them seem to really like them. Plus, I see a lot of Lance trailers that are older that still look to be in great shape. Further, the voices I hear on social media seem to reflect that these are better built than most trailers.”
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Ask Dave
Dave Solberg is a leading expert in the RV industry and author of the “RV Handbook.”
Should vinyl plank flooring in RV be glued down?
Dear Dave,
We’re wishing to refloor the RV and intend to use LVP (luxury vinyl plank). The design seems to be snap planks. Is it better to glue them down, or just rely on the snap system to hold it all in place? —Tom, 2012 Phoenix Cruiser 2552
RV jacks won’t retract? Try this
By Kate Doherty
It’s time to pick up and move to a new adventure! The weather is perfect, it’s mid-week, there’s little traffic. Time to bring the slides in and raise the leveling jacks. The panel lights keep blinking and not switching to “travel mode.” I go outside. “Hey, the @#$& jacks aren’t coming up! They started, but stopped short.” Continue reading for a solution, in case this happens to you.
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Helpful resources
• CURRENT WILDFIRE REPORT
• CURRENT SMOKE AND FIRE REPORT
• NATIONAL TRAFFIC AND ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION
• ROAD AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NATION
• WEATHER ALERTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
• LATEST RV RECALLS
• DIRECTORY OF RV PARKS WITH STORM SHELTERS
• THE BEST RV TRIP PLANNER APPS AND TOOLS
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Quick Tip
Towing capacity and axle ratios
Whenever you are determining the towing capacity of a vehicle make sure you know the rear axle ratio. It is quite possible to have the same type and size of vehicle with the same engine and tow ratings vary by several thousand pounds. The axle ratio is a comparison of how many times the drive shaft rotates versus the rear wheels. A 4.10:1 axle ratio means the drive shaft rotates 4.10 times for each rotation of the rear wheels. The higher the numeric value the better the vehicle will tow. Tip from Mark Polk, RV Education 101.
On this day last year…
- RV Review: 2021 Jayco Seismic 4113 Fifth Wheel Toy Hauler
- Featured article: We do not want to own this RV. Nope.
- Recipe: Watermelon Lime Frosty/Margarita
Website of the day
Travel Montana Now
If you suddenly found your Yellowstone plans canceled, check out this website for other things to do in beautiful Montana.
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Recipe of the Day
Stuffed Green Peppers
by Natalie Loop from Hudson, MI
A fantastic old-fashioned stuffed bell pepper recipe how grandma would make it. The combination of beef and pork gives these peppers a slightly different flavor profile. This is a satisfying dish. The combination of cheese inside the pepper and on top is perfect. Easy enough to cook any time, but they could easily be served for a special dinner.
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Trivia
The cost of living in the United States is more expensive than in 89% of countries in the World (11 out of 92), according to the website Expatistan.com.
*Yesterday we debunked a popular trivia myth (that we fell for!). Read it here.
Readers’ Pet of the Day
“Willow is our 5-year-old Havanese. She loves all the trips we take in our trailer. In the picture, she is relaxing in her travel bed as we move along to our next camping adventure. Willow especially loves to be outside on good weather days, going for walks, and getting treats from anyone who is willing to give her one.” —Pauline Brookover
Send us a photo of your pet with a short description. We publish one each weekday in RV Daily Tips and in our Saturday RV Travel newsletter. No blurry photos, please! Please do not submit your photo more than once. Thanks!
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Wait… Does the RV industry do the same thing? So is that the problem?!
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Website of the Day: Travel Montana Now. I clicked on the link to see what they had to show and say about my state. One of the pictures beside the topic, Where To Stay In Montana shows the lobby of the Yellowstone Inn at Old Faithful in the Park which is in Wyoming. Yikes, several layers of folks were not paying attention to the finished product whether it was Montana or whoever Montana contracted. Don’t know how they missed that, it was glaring to me.
They didn’t “miss” it. In reality there is nothing of tourism-industry significance in the parts of the park that are actually in Montana. For tourism purposes, we claim all of it. Wyoming? Sure, check it out on your way home. 😀
I too have had the slow levers in my RV. I cleaned and lubed with dry silicone. I’ve pride and flush the system,I would start driving before they were up.The last resort before replacing cylinders was to crack the the lines loose and relieve the hydraulic pressure.
The “Trivia” item would have been more useful–and less of an invitation to political trolling–had it also included our relative ranking in per-capita income, in which we are about 13th of almost 200.
Politics creeping in again. Let’s not go there, please, folks.
Unfortunately certain political policies and ideals greatly effect the RV, camping, traveling, and etc industries. In fact Camping World, the National RV Dealers, RV Manufactures, and others employ lobbyists to represent them in Washington. If we end users which some of us are retirees and on some sort of a fixed income are not calling and writing our representatives (I do) and communicate amongst ourselves about issue’s effecting us then we can kiss our lifestyle away due to being priced out especially now with the the price of fuel and the price going forward.
We love the photo of Willow AND she is a twin for our Bailey! When my husband showed me the photo I asked him when did he take that photo of Bailey???😁 then I realized she is in a grey seat and ours is black!
“Leave here with a laugh” is a crackup!
Isn’t it the truth!!
That modern employees today.
Not my job to cut the hole, I only put on the vent.
I’m a retired carpenter and I can’t tell you how many repairs I’ve done that were sh*t workmanship…..sad….and cost too much to go after the person who did it…..grrrrrrr..
They just told me to put vent on the roof using these screws.
I noticed mine covered up a few months after the job [summer]. Got into attic [which was really hot] and cut it out with my razor knife. Checked another and it was “only” half covered and cut it out too. Short job but sweated off a lot of poundage getting it right.