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RVs parked too close together: Carbon monoxide fumes kill five

By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com Originally published in October, 2011 It's so sad what happened two weeks ago: five people died in a rented RV at a...

Want a good night’s sleep? Then don’t camp here!

By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com You want a peaceful night's rest? Then don't camp by railroad tracks. If you've been RVing for long, you know that's no...

Easily turn your photos and slides into digital images

By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Before the digital age of photography, we used film. Oh, how things have changed! If you're like me, you have countless...

Space heater does the job . . . using only 200 watts!

By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Can you imagine a space heater that uses a mere 200 watts? It seems like a crazy thought. But the fact...

I want to go to Mars

By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com I dream of going to Mars. When I see a photo (or illustration as below) about life on Mars I get...

Needed: a new kind of campground

By Chuck Woodbury, editor RVtravel.com I wrote this a couple of years ago after returning from a cross country trip in my motorhome. For whatever...

Free RV camping at Wal-Mart. How to do it.

RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury explains the "unofficial rules" for spending the night in an RV in a Wal-Mart parking lot. The price is...

A power inverter can save you on hookups

By Chuck Woodbury A small power inverter like the one pictured can provide some household power needs without the use of a generator or a...

The ABCs of “camping” at Wal-Mart

By Chuck Woodbury, editor RVtravel.com   For some reason, I have become a national authority on "camping at Wal-Mart." If you look around you'll find me...

Motel offers free rooms. But maybe few takers?

The Idle-A-While Motel in Twisp, Washington is cute as can be with its white, yellow-framed cottages. It advertises all the usual motel creature comforts...

Weird superstitions about death and dying

Here are a few superstitions about death and dying that I learned about from a pamphlet at the Missoula Cemetery. PASSING A CEMETERY: Hold...

RVing? Camping? What’s the difference?

By Chuck Woodbury I believe I am finally able to define the lifestyle called RVing, which some people criticize because it's not really "camping." What...