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Issue 2937 • New issue every weekday
Today’s thought
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” ―
Need an excuse to celebrate? Today is National Meteor Watch Day! (You need one of these! And this one is soooooo neat because it connects right to your phone’s camera! Imagine the photos you could take!)
On this day in history: 1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
Tip of the day
Stinky freshwater hose? Here’s the solution
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
We recently traveled out of the Arizona desert country looking for cool air. We found it in the Nevada high country. What a relief! But a couple of hours after setting up camp, we thought we had a weird gray water problem. It seemed like the sink drains smelled terrible!
But some logic set us straight. P-traps would prevent gray tank odors from coming into the coach. The outside tap water smelled fine. It hit us—we had “RV stink hose”! That’s RV scientific shorthand for bad odors emanating from the freshwater hose. Here’s what you can do about it.
Article and video
Top 5 RV propane oven tips
By Cheri Sicard
Kristy Michael from the Long Long Honeymoon is here to share her top five RV propane oven tips. This appliance, perhaps more than any other, is much maligned among RVers. Some people never bother to use their RV’s oven at all. But you are missing out on some great functionality by doing so. Here are some great tips for using your propane oven.
THE MORE YOU KNOW… According to AARP, while tall grasses and wooded areas are prime tick bite locations, in nearly 75 percent of reported Lyme disease cases, bites occurred in people’s own backyards. Make sure you have tick repellent for you (humans), tick repellent for your dog, and a tick remover for your first aid kit!
Featured article
Thanks for the memories, RVing. Goodbye!
By Brenda Odom
We are still healthy and able, but quickly tiring of changes that have come too quickly thanks to pandemics, road conditions, employment shortages, entitled behaviors, and more than a little bit of greed within the RV community. But if we were to name THE one thing that helped us make this final “Goodbye, RVing” decision, it would be the lack of knowledgeable, experienced, and available repair technicians. This is interesting and sad, but with a happy ending.
The best compression socks for summer
If you don’t believe us when we say these compression socks really work, look at the overwhelmingly positive reviews and maybe you’ll change your mind. These socks provide instant relief to your arches and heels and work to increase blood and oxygen circulation, which helps reduce lactic acid buildup and aids muscle recovery in ankles and feet. Plus, they’re not knee-high, so they’re perfect for summer. Click here to learn more.
Ask Dave
RV’s warning decals are peeling off. How can I replace them?
¯¯¯Song of the week from last Sunday’s issue
“To My Love, My RV Co-Pilot”
DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT
This new weekly musical series from the RV Travel Virtual Recording Studio features songs about RVing. These catchy tunes appear in every Sunday donor’s newsletter and occasionally in the RV Daily Tips Newsletter. Click below to play.
Reader poll
How interested are you in riding scenic/tourist railroads?
Quick tip
Nighttime blackout help
“Day and Night” shades not giving you enough “night”? One RVer sews up dark cloth panels with a pocket across the top, sized to fit the window. She attaches the panel, via the pocket, to a tension rod across the top, hidden under the valence.
? MYSTERY PRODUCT OF THE DAY ?
Now this is something that would be very cool to have. Think of all the ways you could use this! And in a few years, you’d be really glad you had this for your favorite memories.
Website of the day
78 Fourth of July Recipes to Celebrate Independence Day
Are you ready for the 4th? Get your grocery shopping done early by knowing what recipes you’ll make ahead of time. These 78 recipes from Country Living look delicious!
And the survey says…
We’ve polled RVtravel.com readers more than 5,000 times in recent years. Here are a few things we’ve learned about them:
• Most of our readers wear a size XL T-shirt.
• 74 percent never burn candles in their RV.
• 31 percent say that if they accidentally dropped their wallet in an outhouse toilet they’d absolutely try and retrieve it. 16 percent said they’d leave it there forever. (If you said you’d try to retrieve it, um, maybe read this first…)
Recent poll: Would you support stricter penalties for campers who don’t cancel reservations?
Trivia
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most popular national park. It attracted more than 11.5 million visitors in 2025, 2 1/2 times more than Zion National Park, the second most popular. The least visited park was the remote Kobuk Valley National Park in northwestern Alaska, which attracted just 7,786 visitors.
Readers’ pets of the day
“Tango (11-year-old Great Dane, center) lost his best friend last year and was deeply depressed. A veterinarian suggested that we adopt another dog companion for him. We adopted Zander (8-year-old Yorkie/Chihuahua, left) from a shelter after his owner passed away, and while the two dogs became friends, they didn’t play together. While in Texas this past winter, we adopted Finnegan (3-year-old ‘supermutt’, right). Finnegan brought Tango out of his depression and they are now good friends. All three travel with us in our motorhome.” —Kristine Steiner
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!
The best marshmallow (and more) roaster!
This is hilarious! Take your marshmallow or hot-dog-roasting to a whole new level with this roasting reel. Give it a crank at the perfect speed, and you’ll have the perfectly roasted or toasted… whatever… in no time! Makes a great and funny gift. Find it here.
GOOD DEAL! Take 20% off select All In Motion™ outdoor gear at Target through July 4. Includes camping chairs, canopy shelter tents, and more. Valid in stores and online.
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I wonder if size had something to do with Tango not playing with Zander. Now he has Finnegan to keep his spirits up. So kind of you to adopt the 2 dogs just to keep your fur baby mentally healthy.
For additional night time darkness, make and place 14″ squares of ironing board material to insert into overhead vents. Use cut-down pool noodles to hold in place. No more overhead park light intrusions.
Couldn’t agree more about the lack of good service techs. The lack of sales and people giving up camping is totally on the rv manufacturers. You can’t fix junk and you sure can’t fix any rv without qualified techs.