- New Jeep-Branded Tent Camper for Off-Roaders
- Active Duty Military Offered Free National Parks Pass
- Minnesota Family Enjoys Summer Job at Nearby Jellystone Park
- Johnson Creek RV Resort wins “Small Park of the Year” Award
- Georgetown Motorhomes Recalled
- A few Texas campgrounds and RV parks may still have Memorial Day weekend availability
- By a Mid-Line Motorhome and Save Enough to Drive Around the World 5 Times.
- Redwood RV builds 1000th high-end recreational vehicle.
- RV/MH Hall of Fame Kicks Off Fund Raiser
- JAYCO IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 JAY FLIGHT BUNGALOW TRAVEL TRAILERS
- Free Wi-Fi at Select Alabama State Parks Campgrounds
- Virgin Media will throttle heavy users’ broadband
- Three New Technologies May Change How You Use Wi-Fi
- WiFi WPS security vulnerability found, major router makers affected
- Belkin Wi-Fi Range Extender Works Well
- HughesNet Will Decommission Horizon 2 Satellite
- Some Impressions of HP’s Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse
- RV Park & Campground Wi-Fi Pushed to the Limits
- Free Wi-Fi in all US Taco Bells by 2015
- Verizon Plans Wi-Fi “Hot Zones” To Ease Burden on Mobile Network
- Texas Artist Captures Spirit of RV Lifestyle on Canvas
- Movie Star Vin Diesel’s $1.1 million Fifth Wheel RV
- Easy way to get your Fifth Wheel out of tight spot.
- Custom Truck Camper RV Built on Old Cab Over Truck
- VW Doubleback T5 California Class B Camper has Rear Slide-Out
- Motorhome with Hydraulic Lift-up Garage Door and Smart Car
- Older Single Women Living On The Road
- Dicor TPO RV Flooring Experiment
- Dicor Corporation demonstrates a stronger composite wall panel
- Campground Host Lives the Good Life
Archive for April, 2010
Coleen Sykora, fulltime RVer and work camper offers the following Tip:
It’s good to have the perspectives of others — even if you don’t agree with them.
I’ve just posted a series of articles to the Workers On Wheels website that I don’t fully agree with. If you’ve been a subscriber for long, or if you’ve read my articles in other publications, you probably know that I am not a big proponent of detailed planning.
Countless spouses, partners, and adult children have written me with sad accounts of how their loved ones dreamed or planned themselves to death. They never made it full-time RVing because they were always preparing. They literally died getting ready, trying to have everything right before they embarked on their dreams.
Bob and I started out as working full-time RVers under what many would call less than ideal conditions. Our RV was 25 years old. We had very little RVing experience. We didn’t have jobs lined up. We didn’t have a lot of money. We didn’t have the blessing and encouragement of our family. We consider it fortunate that our research into it amounted to my skimming through a couple books and that we really didn’t know what we were doing. We didn’t have a concrete plan. When we decided we wanted to be full-time RVers so that we could travel and enjoy life together, we got after it and did it. That was back in 1991 and it’s one of the best decisions we’ve ever made.
Martin M. Shenkman, attorney and certified public accountant, has a different perspective than I do. He stresses the importance of planning and being ready. You can read Shenkman’s Articles on my website.
Coleen Sykora is the webmaster for work-for-rvers-and-campers.com
RVer Darlene Durham offers this tip:
I begin by turning on a light in each area of our motorhome, which for us is the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/living area. I start in the furthest corner of the bedroom and push on each overhead cabinet door and every drawer to ensure it is latched. Sometimes a cabinet door or drawer looks closed but it may not be latched and can fly open during the movement of travel. I also ensure the closet doors and the door to the bathroom are secure as I make my way around the room. When all is secure in the bedroom, I turn off the light as I move to the bathroom and repeat the process in each room until I get to the front of the motorhome.
If I am interrupted during the process, I look to see which room’s light is still on. If the light is off, I know I finished that room. If the light is on, I know I did not complete securing that room and will start over from the beginning in that room. I always double check that I secured our mirrored closet doors and glass shower door as a glass door banging open during travel could result in broken glass.
The contents inside the cabinets and drawers also need to be secured such as putting non-slip material between dishes and packing contents, including refrigerator contents, tightly to avoid movement. When first starting out RVing, we recommended you have a checklist for securing all areas of your RV for travel until you get a process in place that works for you. This “flight attendant” process only takes a few minutes and has worked well for us for years in ensuring all doors and drawers are latched and secure for travel.
As long time RVers with tens of thousands of miles traveling in our RVs, we like to think we have learned a thing or two about RVs and the RV lifestyle. We hope you will join us on the road and enjoy this wonderful way of traveling. Get more tips about RVs and RVing at our website http://www.lovetorv.com.