Apps to keep track of everyone
One of the challenges about RVing and camping is keeping track of everyone, be it on a hike, at the campground or at an RV rally or gathering. Turns out…
Category Archives: DIY & Gadgets
Leveling Blocks and Campervans
Sometimes bigger IS better – a friend of mine has a 36 foot Foretravel Class A motorhome, and takes great pride in showing me his leveling system. It’s a button…
Identify plants, birds and animals with your smartphone camera
Warmer weather means we’ll be htting the road in our RVs and using the cameras on our smartphones to take plenty of pics of things like beaches, sunsets, parades, and…
Trail and Hiking apps for the RVer
We’ll all be out there RVing and spending more time soon with Mother Nature – hiking, biking, and running the warmer weather days away. The last thing anyone wants to…
Stop those annoying spam calls
Don’t you just hate it when you’re enjoying a getaway in your RV and your phone keeps ringing with calls from spammers? If it seems like we’re getting more and…
Free up space on your smartphone
More and more, we RVers are relying on ur smartphones for much more than making telephone calls. From photos and videos, to navigation to budgeting spreadsheets, our smartphones have many…
Add a small inverter and save the big inverter for the big jobs
Most new RVs come with a hefty inverter. The one in our 2017 Roadtrek CS Adventurous XL 4X4 puts out 2,500 watts! That’s great for the microwave and the air…
How to Remove Your Sprinter Galley Blind for Cleaning
It wasn’t on my list of things to do before we hit the road in the next week or so, but I have always wanted to clean the blind on…
Take a Break! Jennifer’s new camping chair
Jennifer has a new favorite camping chair. It’s a comfy rocker that folds up. Back at camp at the end of a long day of exploring, she thinks it’s the…
What’s in your RV?
It’s almost like a game we play every time we meet new people at one of our gatherings or in a campground somewhere. Tell us what’s in your RV, we’ll…
My Fun and Expensive Trip to the Tire Store
After four years and 56,000 miles, it was time to replace the tires my Roadtrek Sprinter came with. I have a long one-ton chassis in my CS Adventurous, which means…
Meet our new eBikes
After a lot of consideration, Jennifer and I finally got eBikes. For some time, Rad Power Bikes have been a sponsor on our RV podcast. We figured we really needed…
Replacing the Green Hose on a Sprinter
Well, I put it off as long as I could, but I need to hit the road for the season soon and I needed to replace my green wastewater hose….
Dewinterized in the Land of the Snowbirds
Now we’re talking. We’ve been down in Florida for a week now and over the weekend, the temperature hit 83 degrees Fahrenheit. It is definitely time to dewinterize. On Saturday,…
Sprinter Starter Repair
My Roadtrek CS Adventurous is over three years old, and I’m starting to get a few things that let be know it’s not showroom new anymore. A couple of weeks…
Roadtrek Sprinter Electric Step Repair
One annoying thing that happened while I was in Europe was that my electric step quit working. A quick peek underneath revealed that the actuator, the shock absorber shaped…
The PERFECT Snow Brush for Tall RV’s
Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow. Right. The problem with that is you have to clean it off. If you use your RV all year round like…
Swapping Out the City Water Connection on Your RV
Ever since I winterized my Roadtrek in Antwerp prior to putting it on the boat back to America, I have had an annoying slow leak at the city water connection,…