Issue 2357
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Today’s thought
“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.” ―
Need an excuse to celebrate? Today is National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.
On this day in history: 1860 – On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
Tip of the Day
7 tips for keeping a happy marriage while RVing
Imagine that you and your partner just got married. You dated for three years, got married, and have now decided to buy an RV and travel the country. Wonderful, right? Absolutely! Until you’re three months in and 300 square feet suddenly seems small… very small.
Do most marriages survive RV living? Well, it depends on the couple. But once couples learn how to maneuver around the small space, and the country, together, married RV life is a wonderful life!
Here are seven things to do for a happy marriage in an RV…
Ask Dave
I am replacing RV’s absorption fridge with a Dutchaire. Is 120-volt DC or 12-volt AC better?
By Dave Solberg
Dear Dave,
I am looking for guidance. I am going to replace the Norcold 1210 fridge in my RV with a Dutchaire 2317 fridge. Still deciding on the 12-volt or 120-volt model.
We do not boondock but do like to have the fridge running as we drive from place to place. We live in the RV full time and are usually set up for 1 to 6 months in the same place. I feel that my 12-volt system that runs on my house batteries is already pushing the limits…
Continue reading Ron’s question and Dave’s answer
RV Tours
2024 Forest River Georgetown 5 Series GT5 31L5 Class A motorhome
By Cheri Sicard
In [this video] we join the “Honey Badger” [called that because he “gives it to you straight and transparent about the RV business”] from HBRV Lifestyle for a tour of the 2024 Forest River Georgetown Series 5 GT5 31L5 Class A motorhome.
Walking inside, this Class A looks huge! That is because there is a HUGE slide room that contains the living area sofa and the dinette. It really opens up the space, but I do worry about maintenance on a slide room that large. It does appear that you can use all areas of the RV with the slide in.
Video of the day
5 essential tips and gadgets for RVing with pets
By Cheri Sicard
Today’s video from the Grateful Glamper contains five essential tips for RVing with pets, whether those pets are dogs or cats. Our hostess travels with both!
When our hosts first started RVing they often left the pets at home with sitters, not knowing how they would make RVing with pets work. Now that they are full-time RVers, bringing the pets along has become second nature. Of course, from the experience, they came up with some tips and strategies concerning RVing with pets.
Slow cooker to Instant Pot conversion: Recipe adaptation
By Cheri Sicard
One of the comments that came in on our RV kitchen gadgets questionnaire asked for us to PLEASE run more pressure cooker or Instant Pot® recipes instead of slow cooker/Crock Pot recipes. But, did you know that you can convert slow cooker to Instant Pot recipes easily? I’ll teach you how so you can convert any slow cooker recipe to a pressure cooker recipe! Continue reading.
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Reader poll
How often do you go out to dinner?
Quick Tip
It wasn’t me; I have proof!
“When arriving at an RV park, you should consider taking a cell phone photo of your site before you pull in. Take another cell phone photo when you leave the site. This will prevent unscrupulous RV park owners and managers from trying to say you damaged something on the site and they want you to pay for it! Believe me, they are out there!” —Thanks for the tip, Jeffrey T.!
Website of the day
40 Shopping Tricks to Know Before You Go To Costco
We know RVers don’t always buy in bulk or shop at places like Costco, but there are some things it’s just hard to resist at the big box store. Check out these 40 tricks and you’ll shop like a pro.
?? MYSTERY PRODUCT OF THE DAY ??
Wow! This is exactly what we’ve been looking for our whole lives! How did we ever survive so long without it? You can’t survive another day without it! It’s extraordinary!
And the Survey Says…
We’ve polled RVtravel.com readers more than 2,500 times in recent years. Here are a few things we’ve learned about them:
• 52 percent believe that scientists will find evidence of life on Mars (either previously or currently) within the next five years.
• 47 percent prefer dark chocolate, while 29 percent prefer milk chocolate. Only 5 percent prefer white, and 18 percent can’t choose—they like them all equally.
• 50 percent say they were 15 or younger when they got their first romantic kiss.
Recent poll: How willing are you to get on your RV’s roof?
Recipe of the Day
Easy Chicken Fried Rice
by Hope Adcox from Monroe, GA
A fast and easy homemade fried rice that’s also easy on your wallet. Using leftover rice makes putting this dish together super simple. This fried rice has wonderful flavor from the sesame oil, garlic, and soy sauce. Tossed with a mixture of veggies, chicken, and eggs, this chicken fried rice is super hearty.
Trivia
Which of these prolific authors is actually composed of a group of ghostwriters? Ursula Bloom? Nora Roberts? R.L. Stine? Carolyn Keene? If you guessed Carolyn Keene, the name behind the Nancy Drew mysteries, you’re right! Nancy Drew is not the work of a single author. In fact, it’s simply the name given to a cast of ghostwriters. Go back and reread a few Nancy Drew mysteries and you’ll probably be able to see a difference in writing styles.
Readers’ Pet of the Day
“Oreo aka ‘Goofy-Dog’ (‘North American Pet Hound’😉) showed up in the middle of a thunderstorm eight years ago. Loves everything and everyone. Tries to catch and keep as pets birds, chipmunks, etc. Unfortunately, he has been diagnosed with three different forms of cancer.” —Cliff Chambliss
Thanks for sharing your “goofy dog”, Cliff. He’s a cutie. We’re rooting for you, Oreo! You got this!
Send us a photo of your pet with a short description. We publish one each weekday in RV Daily Tips and in our Sunday RV Travel newsletter. No blurry photos, please! Please do not submit your photo more than once. Thanks!
• RVing with Dogs group on Facebook. You’ll love it.
Leave here with a laugh
She just wants waffles!
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“Leave Here With A Laugh”…cute but commonly referred to as a Temper Tantrum. Next one, (and there will be a next one) won’t be so cute.
I don’t consider that a temper tantrum. A little soft spoken comfort and hug and all will be well.
A tantrum is when they start screaming at the top of their lungs and rolling around on floor or throwing things vying for attention.
I had a niece that used to do that. Best way to resolve it was to just walk away.
Nobody paying attention and it stops quickly.
I could tell from the picture EXACTLY what that video was going to be, so didn’t even bother clicking on it. I have never found the correlation between “funny” and “child tantrum.”
You’re funny!
Hi, Mikal. I thought it was kinda funny that the poor, distraught kid was having a meltdown because she didn’t know why she kept dreaming about waffles.🤣 (That, to me, was the funny part–that it was regarding dreams about waffles that set her off.) And mom (I assume) handled it very calmly. Then I think I heard something about naptime. Have a great day. 😀 –Diane
Another use for your cell phone and taking pictures – if you’re staying at a campground where you pay for electricity, take a picture of your power box when you arrive before hooking up or you’ll end up paying for someone else’s use of electricity like we did. An after pic when you unhook to leave is not such a bad idea either!
Had it happen…so it does happen more than one thinks.
Add Tom Swift, Hardy Boys to your collective writers group. Read every one of their books.
Oreo – you keep your folks smiling and enjoying life! I know you are a blessing…don
I hate to admit it, but I have a pic of me wearing that “Mystery Product of the Day”. Luckily, no one knows it’s me!
at a campground in SW TX we took a picture of the damage when we arrived. The owner/ manager tried to tell me that we must have done it as we were pulling in, I didn’t pull in when I saw that damage.. I showed him the picture, he still argued with me till I showed him the time stamp on the picture and the timestamp on my cc.
Thank you, Emily and Diane! 🙂 That is one weird, yet authentic, looking mask. Yikes! Left over from a 1950s B-movie, horror movie?!? Have a great afternoon and safe travels! 🙂
In honor of today :
Thank you, and this country thanks you, to all of the former POW’s! May God bless you all !!
And never forget all our MIA’s. Let’s never give up on bringing them all home…
And treat current living Vietnam vets better than Americans did 50 years ago.
I since the tent camping days never left a pet at home. I brought them along and just kept an eye on when I started with one and then ended up with bringing 4 at one time making sure I kept count of where they all where. Now I am down to three and I hate to say it each one in the past 30 years have given off a lot of laughs when they are first exposed to camping. Especially the rescues who were older. One always had to explore and crash parties. Especially wedding parties. Yeah that did happen. So funny. Then another who could not find me and panicked when I was in the shower. So for the dogs that have gone and not gone over the bridge? Thanks for the memories.