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Spam

Admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:58:53 +0000

Funny, I used to think that Spam was a processed meat product with which you could make sandwiches, fried slices to go with your breakfast eggs, and so on. Remember the little blue can that said SPAM, with the attached “key” that you used to roll open the top? Then, when you got it open, there was that clear jelly goo surrounding the Spam luncheon meat. You’d have to stick a knife in along the [Continue reading...Spam]

Wild Thing

Admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:55:05 +0000

The Great New Hampshire Wind Storm of 2010 struck Thursday night, February 25th-26th. Friday morning, there were around 400,000 power company customers without electricity! We were among them. The power lines that run from the transformer on the telephone pole to our house were ripped loose by a falling tree. We were fortunate to have a generator to power our furnace, water pump, and refrigerator. As a matter of fact, I started writing this post under [Continue reading...Wild Thing]

Review of Artillery Ridge Campground

Admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:56:09 +0000

We’ve been to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania a couple of times. Most of you know that Gettysburg is the site of one of the most decisive battles of the Civil War, and certainly one of the bloodiest! General Robert E. Lee played a huge role at Gettysburg, along with his key subordinates General James Longstreet and General George Pickett of “Pickett’s Charge” fame. On the Union side, General George Meade was in command and played a key [Continue reading...Review of Artillery Ridge Campground]

Review of Gettysburg Campground

Admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:10:37 +0000

We made our second trip to Gettysburg, PA in September. Last time we were there, we parked our rig at the Artilary Ridge Campground, out on Taneytown Road to the south of town, and enjoyed our stay there. This time we stayed at Gettysburg Campground on Fairfield Road to the west of town. This was a great place to stay, too. It was after Labor Day, so during the week, the campground was definately not crowded. [Continue reading...Review of Gettysburg Campground]

RV Window Makeover II (Part 2)

Admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:57:23 +0000

Continuing from yesterday’s post, we’ll finish installing a new pleated shade on one of our travel trailer windows.

Measure 2½ inches in from each shade-end mark and put light marks on the wall where the centers of the mounting brackets will go [Figure 6]. Now that you’ve got everything marked out, it’s time to actually mount your new shade.

The shades are mounted to the wall using brackets that come with them. Narrower shades take only two [Continue reading...RV Window Makeover II (Part 2)]

RV Window Makeover II (Part 1)

Admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:40:03 +0000

Over a year ago, we replaced the mini-blinds in our travel trailer with pleated shades and wrote a blog post about the project. Well, we recently bought another travel trailer and replaced its mini-blinds with the same type of pleated shades. Why another post on the same topic? This time we took a few pictures showing some of the installation steps and thought they made it worth another post.

I guess there are many possibilities when it [Continue reading...RV Window Makeover II (Part 1)]

9 Steps to Winterize Your RV

Admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:29:01 +0000

While you can do this yourself so long as you’re NOT using a manual pump from outside the rig, take my advice and recruit a helper. My wife and I usually tackle the winterization process together and it goes very smoothly.

Disconnect from any fresh water supply, if applicable. Be sure all tanks are drained, including the fresh-water, gray-water, and black-water (body waste) tanks. The water heater:

— Most RV water heaters now come installed with a bypass valve [Continue reading...9 Steps to Winterize Your RV]

Cops – Our first line of defense!

Admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:32:01 +0000

You know, I’ve not been a very faithful blogger to date. The day job and all the other “stuff” going on seem to get in the way of regular posts. However, something bad happened in Washington state today that just makes my blood boil!

Four police officers were sitting in a coffee shop outside of Tacoma, WA prior to starting their work shift. Someone walked into the coffee shop and shot and killed all four officers.

I [Continue reading...Cops – Our first line of defense!]

Farewell Faithful RV!

Admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:12:55 +0000

For the last few years, we’ve really enjoyed our 27 ft. Citation travel trailer. We spent quite a few years as tent campers, then bought a pop-up camper when we got older and our bones got tired of sleeping on the ground – even with ground pads or air mattresses. Finally, we sold the pop-up and bought the Citation. It wasn’t new, and it wasn’t huge, but it was nicely appointed with a lot of real [Continue reading...Farewell Faithful RV!]

Deals? Maybe – we’re still looking…

Admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:56:29 +0000

I've read many articles about the "great RV deals" to be found as a result of economic conditions. The problem is, I haven't found any of them! [Continue reading...Deals? Maybe – we’re still looking…]