Think RVing is something new under the sun? Guess again! This year marks the 100th anniversary of RV manufacturing in the US, so 27 years before this film, folks had been hitting the road in their homes on wheels. Take a gander at all those vintage canned hams! I wish I had one of my [...]
Before we even took possession of the fifth wheel, I’d been considering moving the sofa into the rear of the RV where the recliners and end table used to be. We discarded the remaining recliner when we moved in because it was broken, and I turned the back part of the RV into my little [...]
This has been a very wet fall. I don’t know exactly how many inches we’ve gotten, but I do know that we’ve had many more wet, gray days than not this month. Our RV is not sited on a concrete pad. Instead, we’re parked on grass. Admittedly, there is a thin layer of gravel under [...]
You’ve seen the commercial from Apple by now, “There’s an app for that.” Yep, there sure is. There’s an app for just about everything. In fact, there are even apps for RVers. Recently, I downloaded two. The first is called RV Checklist. It’s just what it says it is, a series of customizable checklists to [...]
A silent cartoon from 1937 about Farmer Al Falfa and his dog hitting the road with their travel trailer. Cute stuff.
We thought the Saga of the Awning was over, but it’s not. Turns out the RV dealership replaced the cheapo awning they initially tried to pawn off on us with HALF a new Dometic awning. They bought new fabric and hardware and strung it all up on our old roller, all without telling us! Problem [...]
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Tonight’s the first freeze of the season. Of course, I hadn’t bothered to put the heat tape on the drinking water hose, so I found myself outside after dark in the cold with a lantern, electrical tape, pipe insulation, a pair of scissors and the heat cable. Half an hour later, voila, toasty-warm water line! [...]
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