We’ve all been camping somewhere where it is just bugs, bugs, bugs everywhere. If there’s a pot luck gathering with other RVers, keeping bugs off the picnic table can be a never-ending task. But at a recent RV show, we found a product called Picnic Pal that solves that problem. They are small little food […]
While at the California RV Show earlier this month, we came across a great food accessory perfect for those RV pot lucks where we bring a dish to share to a central location, usually in one of those aluminum serving pans. Those aluminum pans are hot, hard to handle, easily spill and allow the food […]Read More
At our recent Roadtreking gathering in Kansas, we all wanted to gather around a big campfire. But it had rained for several days just before we arrived and the supply of wood was soaked. Not to worry, though, Yan Seiner had a trick up his sleeve. Using some dry kindling, he started a small fire […]Read More
Do you hate having to scrub and scrape all the mess from your grill? Check out these handy grill mats, made with coated fiberglass and safe to cook on! There is nothing in the mat that seeps into the food. It makes grilling that much easier. We saw this product at the California RV Show […]Read More
Our latest Sunday night Ask Us Anything on the YouTube RV Lifestyle Channel came to you from Kansas, where we've been spending the last several days at one of the regular Roadtreking gatherings that we attend all over North America. We share some photos and share some of our adventures with our fellow RVers on […]Read More
We love shopping the vendor areas at RV Shows and at the California RV Show in Pomona, we found a great way to keep things in your cooler cold – really cold – for long periods of time. They are called Herolily Ice Packs and you can get them on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2QC4cEU but the show […]Read More
Sometimes a long drive can feel stale or monotonous. We like to break up the pace with a good read…or a listen in this case. We listen to audio books when we are driving. We joined the Audible service and this past year, have been working our way through biographies like one on Winston Churchill's […]Read More
On our Ask Us Anything show last night on the RV Lifestyle Channel on YouTube, we talked aboiut our planned visit to the huge California RV Show in Pomona next weekend. We'll be holding meet-ups from 11AM-1PM, PT, at the Roadtrek display at the show, whoch is held in the LA Fairplex. We also answered […]Read More
We have traveled in our Class B motorhome with 2 to 5 dogs. They are all ~50 lb. Standard Poodles, so shedding was not a problem, but dirty paws were. And the seats in our Roadtrek were in perfect condition when we bought it. The carpet was in not so perfect condition. We started with […]Read More
Nearly every motorhome owner will at sometime experience a charging problem with their house battery. Note that even if you have two (or more) house batteries we will use the single term battery in this article. It is important to be able to do some basic troubleshooting yourself to fix the problem. Your will need […]Read More
I love coffee at camp. Love to start my day with a couple of cups and watch the world wake up. Love to end it with a cup around the campfire. Over the years, we’ve tried three different coffee makers. Because of the constant jarring and bumps in RV travel, they all eventually broke. Plus, […]Read More
Having trouble getting water to flow with your water pump? Or does the pump run all the time? Follow this RV Quick Tio to learn how to clean the water filter, the main cause for most water pump issues. Thanks to Sean Heintz from the Erwin Hymer Group of North America and Roadtrek Motorhomes for […]Read More
We've talked many times before about using Reflectex in RV windows for insulation and privacy. Today we talk to Sharon McCarragher, who made her Reflectix insulation into panels that not only provide maximum heat insulation and privacy at night but they also look good! Read More
Whether our home is big or small, it's always good to remove our shoes before going inside. But where do you keep those dirty shoes? Jennifer found a great quick tip from our Roadtreking pal Chris Schuhle… Read More
Our weekly Ask Us Anything LIVE YouTube broadcast comes to you from the Emerald Coast along the Florida panhandle, where we will be spending the next few weeks. This week, we tackle questions about: Finding an RV Inspector to check out a used RV before buying – Check out https://nrvia.org/locate/ Our favorite boondocking spots for overnight […]Read More
RVers with diesel powered motorhomes know all too well that the unwritten rule that says whenever you are far from anywhere, in the middle of nowhere, that is when your warning light pops on saying your engine is low on Diesel Exhaust Fluid. There seems to be, at least from our experience with several diesel […]Read More
It can be a pain finding a level spot when parking your Class B RV for the night. You stop, look at the angle front to back, side to side. Maybe walk back and use a level of a smartphone app. Then back to the front to put the RV in gear and repeat the […]Read More
We start a new series today that will appear every Tuesday called RV Quick Tips. These will be very sort, practical little tips we pick up as we travel, perhaps abut a useful product or service that will be useful to RVers or perhaps, like today, it is an idea that will enhance your RV […]Read More
It's that time of year again. The return of warm weather brings out the return of the ticks. When our dog picked up his first tick of the year some years back, we learned from our vet how to remove them. You want to get the entire tick out, in one piece. “Most people just […]Read More
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