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RV Tongue Jack Mystery

Admin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:41:14 +0000

It’s amazing how, sometimes, you don’t think of the obvious until it rears up and bites you!

We live in New Hampshire and snows here, sometimes heavily. Our travel trailer spends the winter out in the yard, so it’s exposed to whatever the weather brings. I take some of the weight off the tires and suspension by putting jack stands under the frame. We put a big, heavy duty tarp over the top and hold it [Continue reading...RV Tongue Jack Mystery]

Blowout!

Admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:59:47 +0000

In a scared voice, Deb said, “What was that?” Strangely, I didn't immediately hear or feel what she did, but about the time she spotted bits of rubber flying out from the side of the rig, I felt it in the steering – big time! One of the trailer tires had blown and we'd started to sway. Not good in traffic that was very heavy and moving at only slightly less than the speed of [Continue reading...Blowout!]

A Visit to Bull Run (Manassas)

Admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:58:18 +0000

Manassas, VA: the site of not one, but two Civil War Battles of Bull Run. As I’ve come to understand it, Union troops tended to name battles after natural features of the immediate area. Bull Run was, and is, the name of a stream in the midst of the battle area. Confederate troops, on the other hand, named battles after man-made objects such as towns, inns, taverns, and so forth. Manassas was, and is, a [Continue reading...A Visit to Bull Run (Manassas)]

Aquia Pines Camp Resort, Stafford, VA

Admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:53:16 +0000

We arrived at Aquia Pines Camp Resort, in Stafford, VA, on a Saturday afternoon a couple of weeks ago. It’s kind of an urban park in that it sits between Route 95 and Route 1 and is surrounded by businesses of all kinds, noise, and traffic. The campground, though, is surprisingly quiet and peaceful in the midst of all this. Yes, you can hear traffic, particularly that on I95, at all hours. The noise was [Continue reading...Aquia Pines Camp Resort, Stafford, VA]

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)]