I went to the Maryland RV Show last winter by myself, but this year, I took Alexis with me. We spent hours this past Saturday walking through all sorts of fifth wheels, travel trailers, and motorhomes. We saw the full range of models, from top-of-the-line luxury motorhomes to bare bones pop-up campers. In the end, [...]
A few months ago, I bought some LED bulbs to install in a couple of my existing incandescent fixtures. They work well and run cool. So when I went into the RV parts store yesterday and saw that they are now carrying the entire fixture complete with bulbs for no more than it would just [...]
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The weatherman said that this was it; no more warm weather after today. So I headed over to the Home Depot, got some fiberglass insulation, face masks, duct tape, and a new length of heat tape, came home, and commenced to winterizing. I put down a tarp under the rig, climbed underneath, and trimmed the [...]
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We’ve been back in Maryland for more than a week, but I still haven’t wrapped my head around the idea just yet. Been in a little bit of a fog, despite the fact that I had to return to work last Monday. It’s that odd time right before the start of the semester when classes [...]
Today was our last full day in Louisiana, and after a week of cloud cover and rain, the skies cleared and the sun came out. Of course, this means it heated up quickly and once again became a steambath, but at least it was a pretty steambath. I spent the day taking Ivy and Otis [...]
After reading up on the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit guidelines, I felt I could safely claim the credit since we purchased our fifth wheel during the appropriate time frame and it is our sole residence. It is not motorized (motorhomes do not qualify), and we do have a permanent homebase and only travel a couple [...]
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We traveled about seven hours today from Evergreen to New Orleans, stopping along the way for fuel in Alabama and Mississipi. The trip was mostly uneventful except for the last few miles of I10 coming into New Orleans. It was like a washboard! Rattled several things loose inside the RV and rattled our nerves. Like [...]
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You know that scene in the movie RV where Robin Williams’ motorhome spews raw sewage into the sky? Well, just so you know, that is quite possible, as I managed to prove this evening. I emptied the holding tanks, and then turned on the black tank flush. This forces clean water into the holding tank [...]
We pulled up stakes and headed out of American Heritage RV Park in Williamsburg around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Our goal for the day was to make it to Charlotte, North Carolina, where our plan was to boondock at the Pilot there. We arrived in Charlotte much earlier than we thought we would, around [...]
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There are a lot of things that need to be done to the RV before we hit the road next month. I’d like to have new slideout toppers installed, the tension on the awning adjusted,the underbelly cover tightened up, and a valve on the fresh water holding tank fixed. We also need to give the [...]
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