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RV industry goals ignore consumer interests

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  By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com The "internal reorganization" statement below is from the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), which represents the RV industry, mostly manufacturers of...

Cars of the future as predicted by Disney in 1958

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  Here's what cars of the future will look like as envisioned in 1958 by Walt Disney. Jet cars, electro suspension cars and atomic cars will speed across the USA and in underwater tubes...

The incredible shrinking keychain

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This is what happens when you sell your home to travel full-time in an RV. The image on the left is my key chain...

Share a hotel bed with a stranger? Don’t laugh!

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  Lucky you and me. We carry a bedroom with us in our RVs. If we share it, it's with our special someone. But back...

Camping is a new ballgame as a full-timer

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  By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com I wrote about my crowded RV park in today's (Dec. 10, 2016) RV Travel newsletter. I did not paint a...

More about poor RV quality

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  By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com A major topic with RVers these days and on RV forums, is the poor quality of RVs being produced of late....

Why RVing is not as much fun today

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  By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com For people like me, who have traveled by RV for decades, RVing today is not as much fun. I was reminded...

Golf club man and a “cow” motorhome

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  At the popular tourist attraction Hole in the Rock near Moab, Utah, keep your eyes open for this golfer — made almost entirely...

Pilot entombed in tiny plane’s cockpit

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  By Chuck Woodbury In the back room of The Glass Forge in downtown Grants Pass, Ore., on a table toward the back, sits a...

So much history, so many tears

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  By Chuck Woodbury How many tears were shed in the Jacksonville Historic Cemetery? When I walk through a historic cemetery like this one, I can't help imagining the scenes...

Deep blue Crater Lake a sight to behold

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  By Chuck Woodbury If you have never been to Crater Lake, you have not seen the bluest blue on Earth —  its water! It's amazing. It's...

Still alive after visit with meat-eating plants

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  By Chuck Woodbury I survived my visit to the meat-eating plants along the Oregon coast just north of Florence. It turns out, these...

Lava as far as the eye can see

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  By Chuck Woodbury The Earth threw up lava in the Cascades near present-day Sisters, Ore., and today, scenic Highway 242 passes through a swath of...

Visit the home of the Simpsons

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  By Chuck Woodbury Springfield, Ore., next door neighbor to Eugene, is the home of the TV cartoon series "The Simpsons." That's according...

Two story trailer is old news, not futuristic

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 By Chuck Woodbury, editorA week ago I wrote about how it wouldn't be long until a two-story RV debuted. I mean, it had to...

VIDEO: Buying an RV? Pay attention to its height!

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 All but the smallest RVs are nine to 12 feet high, some even higher. If you plan to spend any time on backroads, where...

How to deal with unwanted noise

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By Chuck Woodbury editor In this day and age of RV parks with tightly packed campsites, unwanted noise can be irritating, or worse keep you awake...

Buying an RV? Helpful Web resources

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By Chuck Woodbury, editorRVtravel.comExperienced RVers agree: Do your homework before buying an RV. By all means, do not buy the first RV you see...

Why cabins at RV parks are bad news to RVers

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By Chuck WoodburyEditor, RVtravel.comIf I owned an RV park I would likely replace some of my RV sites with cabins. I'd make more money that way:...

RV industry Presidents respond to RVtravel.com editorial

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  The responses below are from two RV industry leaders in response to RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury's editorial in issue 752 of the RV Travel Newsletter. From...

Why RVtravel.com ‘voluntary subscribers’ matter

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By Chuck WoodburyEditor, RVtravel.comI wrote in RV Travel newsletter issue 753 about how the voluntary subscriptions to the newsletter help my staff and me place the interests...

The ABCs of camping with pets

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By Chuck WoodburyMost American campgrounds welcome pets. Most often there is no additional charge beyond the regular campsite fee, but many commercial RV parks...

Get your Amazon deliveries on the road

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Amazon.com doesn't miss an opportunity. One of its newest is called Amazon Locker. Basically, the company has added lockers around the USA and even in...

Why a young boy died by simply touching the family RV

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By Chuck Woodbury, editorI wrote this article two years ago in response to the death of a 3-year-old boy, who was electrocuted by simply touching his...

Coffee, tea, and advertising in Small Town USA

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By Chuck Woodbury A guy, a stranger, walks into Kelcy's Cafe in Tehachapi, Calif., and asks, "How would you like 100 free ceramic coffee mugs?" ...

How to watch YouTube videos using little bandwidth

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By Chuck Woodbury, editor, RVtravel.com For many RVers who travel a lot or even full-time, Internet access is hit and miss. For RVers who want to...

My best business ever ended when I was 10

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By Chuck Woodbury I live and work in a complicated world. It wasn't always so. I once operated a Kool-Aid stand. At times it was...

What upset me at an RV show last weekend

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By Chuck Woodbury I'm upset about something I observed at an RV show I attended last weekend. After walking around, checking out all the RVs, I...

The good ol’ days? How about the good ol’ stinky days!

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By Chuck Woodbury It's easier, as one gets older, to reminisce fondly about "the good old days." The problem is, the good old days weren't...

Your new RV: Where will you store it?

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By Chuck WoodburyIf you are planning to buy a recreational vehicle but are unsure where you will store it when not using it, you...

Visit Mars without leaving America

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By Chuck Woodbury If you're like me and wish you could go to Mars, well, you're in for a disappointment. It's not going to happen...

The most famous RVer of all time

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I'd like to tell you a brief story about the most famous American to travel by RV. Yet most people never knew he did....

Do today. Don’t put off until tomorrow. It may not come

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com I met a woman the other day, early 70s, who told me that she and her husband had planned to be...

Full-timers: You never know where you’ll find them

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com People are not always what they appear to be. I'm referring here to full-time RVers. You think people are residents of...

Highway Hostesses: Cleaning America’s gas station restrooms

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Before we traveled with our RVs, most of us traveled in cars. If you are older than 60, you likely recall...

Buying a new RV? Be sure to check the tires!

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Last month while attending an RV show I met an RV industry veteran who told me a horrifying story. We were...

The good and the bad of attending an RV show

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com RV shows can be a good place to get a good deal on an RV. But most often, you can get...

RVers are not hoarders.

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Have you seen the TV program "Hoarders?" It's about people with a compulsion to hoard just about everything. Nothing gets...

Celebrating nearly 30 years of RVing. What’s next?

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Originally published in March, 2010 I'm 62 years old. Some people think I'm 100. The reason is that I was in my...

When people discovered the world through postcards

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  By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Go back 100 years. Just imagine: there were no RVs and only a few primitive cars with few roads to...

Why outside RV kitchens are a stupid idea

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Originally published in March, 2010 The new big thing in RVs is an outdoor kitchen. That's what the Edmonton Journal reported...

How fast can you get your RV ‘ready to go?’

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Every few years, it seems, America experiences a catastrophic natural disaster. The "Big Four" over the past couple of decades have...

A visit to George Washington, home of largest cherry pie

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com George is a little town in Washington. The proper way to write its name would be George, Washington. But some people...

Avoid this dangerous situation when hooking up to sewer

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Readers Don and Carol Callahan sent me this alarming photo and the message: "Many RV parks have sewer and water connects in...

Happy in my tiny house on wheels

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  I've been on the road now for more than two months with about two weeks and 1,700 miles to go. This is the longest...

The yin and yang of RVing

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Looking out the front window of my RV I see barren, brown hills of Wyoming. A month ago, out of that...

When an RVer is like a raw egg

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By Chuck Woodbury Editor, RVtravel.com Do you know how to tell the difference between a hard boiled egg and a raw egg without cracking it? It's...

How touching your RV could shock or even kill you

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 By Chuck Woodbury, editor, RVtravel.comPlease watch the short video below by Mike Sokol. Watching it could save your life one day! You may be...

Hibernating in your RV. Others ask ‘Is anyone in there?’

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By Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com My long time buddy Dave Williams wrote something in his blog this week that got me thinking. Dave wrote: "People in...

‘Live Rattlesnakes,’ read the sign by the lonely road. A vanishing America

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Chuck Woodbury editor, RVtravel.com I love this photo. I snapped it a long time ago somewhere in New Mexico. It was along a rural highway. Just...
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