Making your RV personal

Written by on May 21, 2013 in Mods & Repairs, Videos with 0 Comments

At first glance, the 250-plus Roadtrek Class B motorhomes gathered at the 40th anniversary corporate rally in Branson, MO look alike. But when you start walking among them, you soon realize that these touring coaches are not as alike as you may have first thought. Each Roadtrek is tweaked, modified and personalized. To various degrees, of course. But all [...]

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Branson Roadtrek rally celebrates 40 years of adventure

Branson Roadtrek rally celebrates 40 years of adventure

Written by on May 20, 2013 in People & Places, Trips with 8 Comments

The 40th anniversary Roadtrek corporate rally is going on this week in Branson, MO, with more than 500 Roadtrek owners and 250 coaches gathered for a week’s worth of fun celebrating the four decades the very popular Class B motorhomes have been sold. Attenders from across the US and Canada were greeted with cloudy skies [...]

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Lambert’s Throwed Rolls: A Southern culinary icon

Written by on May 19, 2013 in People & Places, Videos with 0 Comments

Just north of the Missouri “boot heel” is the small community of Sikeston, right off Interstate 57. It’s a great place to overnight.  If you stay at the Hinton RV Park, they’ll arrange for a van to take you to dinner at a place you will not soon forget. On our visit, we were with [...]

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Apps for on the road RV travel

Written by on May 17, 2013 in Trips, Videos with 2 Comments

The RV season is in full swing now with folks traveling to rallies, vacations and long weekend getaways. To help make those trips more fun and travel more convenient, I thought I’d share three more fun apps and web tools that I’ve been having fun with lately. This report was put together for my other [...]

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How We Roll in our RV – Bath towels and outdoor chairs

Written by on May 14, 2013 in How We Roll, Videos with 3 Comments

In this edition of How We Roll, Jennifer and I tackle questions from readers asking about how we dry bath towels while we’re on the road. Jennifer shows some hooks I attached with stick-on tape and a very simple but effective bungee cord clothesline we have in the bathroom. She also recommends fast-drying micro fiber [...]

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Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail: A great RV tour

Written by on May 9, 2013 in People & Places, Trips, Videos with 5 Comments

In the heart of central Kentucky – not far from it’s famed bluegrass country – is an area known as the Bourbon Trail, a confluence of seven distilleries that produce the bulk of the world’s Bourbon. Formally designated by Congress as “America’s Official Native Spirit.”  The distilleries offer tours and tastings and offer a perfect [...]

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RVing to Canada? 15 things you should know about our cultural differences

RVing to Canada? 15 things you should know about our cultural differences

Written by on May 7, 2013 in People & Places with 10 Comments

Canada is a very popular destination for American RVers. And it’s home to several of the world’s best selling Class B motorhome makers. So a lot is us travel there. Canada feels very much at home. It’s people are open and welcoming. In the last year, I’ve made over a dozen visits to the Kitchener, [...]

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How We Roll in Our RV – e-Books and frozen meals

Written by on May 5, 2013 in How We Roll with 8 Comments

In this week’s edition of How We Roll in Our RV, readers want to know how we fight boredom while doing all that driving and what kind of meals we eat in our RV while traveling. I offer my suggestions on finding eBooks, something we both really enjoy listening to while making long drives. Jennifer [...]

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A heath and fitness spa that welcomes RVers

Written by on April 28, 2013 in People & Places, Trips, Videos with 5 Comments

It’s no secret that many of us RVers are, ah, shall I say, horizontally challenged?” With obesity already at epidemic levels and good, nutritious food hard enough to find, our laid back on-the-go nomadic travels can sure pack on the pounds. Sometimes, it’s time to get re-programmed, to find a way to jump start a [...]

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Driving an RV in heavy winds

Driving an RV in heavy winds

Written by on April 20, 2013 in People & Places with 4 Comments

I’ve never been one to worry much about the weather. If I have something planned and the blow-dryed weather guys on TV are breathlessly warning us that a snow storm or some weather situation is about to cause the sky to fall, I usually scoff and just go on with my plans. Weather forecasters like [...]

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