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Eggs Benedict with Spinach and Tomato
Eggs Benedict with Spinach and Tomato Sometimes you just want something more than eggs and toast for breakfast. It has to be easy to prepare and quick. We love Eggs Benedict, but all that hollandaise is a bit much. Besides regular hollandaise is a bear to put...
Grilled Pork Tenderloin w Hoppin John Salad
We love a good BBQ while we are traveling. This recipe combines some of our favorite southern flavors. Hoppin John Salad made with rice and blackeyed peas. Combine with cubed pork tenderloin, onions, apples, and a Carolina mustard sauce baste. Add some canned Margaret Homes seasoned Collard Greens and boom your in South Carolina for the night đ
Chicken Florentine
This is another go-to recipe for Ginny and I. No need for a ton of pots and pans, you can do this in one 12″ nonstick pan. The flavors are all very well balanced, and this recipe is a crowd pleaser. It can be easily thrown together with a side of rice or quinoa to soak up all the Florentine sauce. To make the side easy pick up a microwave bag of Seeds Of Change Quinoa.
RV Park Reviews
Anchor Down RV Park
How I managed to stumble onto an available site at this popular resort was pure luck. This might be the toughest reservation, besides Fort Wilderness I have ever experienced. The Signature sites I was interested in were booked solid through next year and beyond.
Houston East RV Resort
This Resort could have made our Gold List very easily if it was not for the road noise. We needed an overnight location with a full hookup during early July. This RV park seemed to fit the bill perfectly.
Diamond Lure Campground
This park is located about 1 hour north of Atlanta nestled in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. If you are looking for a quiet wooded campground with a 15-acre lake as the focal point this park is for you. As they say on their site, this might be the best-kept secret in North GA. You might have to wait to get a site that will accommodate a 35′ rig, but it’s worth the wait.
Cooking Road Tested
Eggs Benedict with Spinach and Tomato
Eggs Benedict with Spinach and Tomato Sometimes you just want something more than eggs and toast for breakfast. It has to be easy to prepare and quick. We love Eggs Benedict, but all that hollandaise is a bit much. Besides regular hollandaise is a bear to put...
Unstuffed Pepper Skillet
Weâve deconstructed stuffed peppers, so you can make this comfort food favorite in just 30 minutes. With our recipe for Unstuffed Pepper Skillet, all the traditional ingredients for stuffed peppers cook in one skillet which means easy cleanup. Simply sautĂ© turkey sausage, bell peppers and onions then stir in cooked rice and Campbell’s roasted red pepper soup. The roasted red pepper soup gives these Unstuffed peppers a deliciously unique flavor. Melted mozzarella gives them the perfect finish.
Turkey Dinner For One
Ginny and I spent Thanksgiving on the rig this year. Plans changed and we wanted a traditional dinner for the two of us. I altered this recipe to fit the needs of cooking on an RV. I think you will find this yummy and easy to prepare. Just double it and boom, its servers two.
CitiesÂ
Santa Fe NM
Now for Santa Fe proper. This would be a comeback and spend a weekkind of place. We took some time the first day we arrived to visit downtown and walk the shops at around 4pm. Very upscale, high fashion kind of place.
San Antonio
When we pulled into this location it was packed with RVâs in the waiting Q to check in at 1pm. As I looked around the facility it was tidy and spotless. The check in process went quick and we headed to your pull through site right next to the pool.
New Orleans
On our first day we toured the French Quarter. We stopped at Felixâs for lunch. They are known for their shrimp, oysters and reb Beans. Not bad food would go there again.
PAW PERFECT
North Myrtle Beach RV Resort
Updated – April 25, 2021 – New Construction – We have always loved the shoreline of South Carolina near the NC border. We spent many a summer at Holden Beach, NC renting an oceanside home. The crowds you find in Myrtle Beach are not there. It’s quiet, great beaches and there is plenty of fresh seafood. We wanted to find something similar in an RV park.
Oasis Amarillo RV Resort
We were looking for a new RV park near Amarillo, TX. Our go-to had always been The Big Texan. Nothing against the Big Texan, we liked the place and the staff but we needed a change. I try to pick locations based on our next destination. In other words, if we are heading west, get to the west side of a city for a less stressful drive out.
LazyDays KOA
I do not believe that we will ever find another KOA like this. We had our reservations about staying in this location. Reviews were mixed ranging from outstanding to concerns about its inner-city location. Rest assured from our perspective this is one of the finest KOA’s we have ever stayed at. Snowbirds take note, you could not ask for a better location to spend time away from the cold temps and snow of the north.
National Parks
Petrified/Painted/Meteor
Minutes away from Meteor RV park you will find the world’s best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. Â Located just minutes from Interstate 40 and the old Route 66 in Northern Arizona near Winslow. Â Meteor Crater is the spectacular result of a collision that rocked the American Southwest approximately 50,000 years ago with the energy of more than 20 million tons of TNT.
Monument Valley
The magnificent Monument Valley stretches to the northeast of Kayenta into Utah. At a base altitude of about 5,500 feet, the sprawling, arid expanse was once populated by Ancestral Puebloan people (more popularly known by the Navajo word “Anasazi,” which means both “ancient ones” and “ancient enemies”)
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from 550 to 1300. Today, the park protects nearly 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.
Attractions
2019 Memorable Sites
2019 is off to a roaring start with visits to some of the most scenic locations we have visited to date. We covered over 14,000 miles in the last 6 months with more to come. We will continue to update this list as the year rolls by.
The Stickley Museum
Ginny and I grew up in New York State, Gin not far from Syracuse in Canastota, NY me in Olean. Growing up in this part of the country we would without knowing, come into contact with Stickley furniture almost everywhere we went. Ginny has fond memories of...
Petrified/Painted/Meteor
Minutes away from Meteor RV park you will find the world’s best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. Â Located just minutes from Interstate 40 and the old Route 66 in Northern Arizona near Winslow. Â Meteor Crater is the spectacular result of a collision that rocked the American Southwest approximately 50,000 years ago with the energy of more than 20 million tons of TNT.
RV Upgrades
Truma AquaGO Comfort Water Heater
We decided to invest in our 310GK-R and upgrade the Hot Water Heater. We were tired of the rotten egg smell regardless of the aluminum or magnesium anode rods or what I did to clean the tank out. Our Suburban Water heater was working fine, but it was time for a change. Long hot showers on city water and conservation while boondocking was the priority to make this move.
Solitude 310GKR Tour
Embark on an extraordinary tour of our Solitude 310GK-R. Join us for an exclusive glimpse into our YouTube video, showcasing the remarkable upgrades and lifestyle offered by our Solitude 310. The path to finding our dream RV begins right here, with Deloris our Solitude 310GK-R. Over the past three years, we have worked diligently on upgrades that would enhance the RVing experience.
Power Make Over
The first order of business once we had decided on the Solutiude 310GK-R was the batteries. After researching battery types, solar compatibility, and recommendation from other RVers we landed on Battle Born Ion Lithium. Battle Born batteries can provide you with two to three times more power than a lead-acid battery which allows you to stay off the grid longer without having to hassle with a noisy generator. Battle Born Batteries are also capable of being charged up to five times faster than a standard lead-acid battery. Now we can put our battery anxieties to rest and finally focus on our next RV adventure.
Tips
Keeping A RV Cool In Extreme Heat
The easy fix would be to find that perfect site. The one that has plenty of shade with your nose facing west and your butt facing east. However, that is a fantasy in today’s world when it comes to finding a site. You do not always have the intel to understand what your getting into or the resort randomly places you on the property. Awnings are great and provide some needed shade.  If you plan to step away from the rig for any length of time you will not want to leave them extended.
SoftStart Install
I’ve joined the club, SoftStart club that is. We will be headed to Canada this summer and I knew we will be facing a number of 30amp sites on our journey. We wanted to be sure we had both our AC units available during our stay. After watching a number of YouTube videos describing the installation and how they worked, I was sold.
Traveling With Dogs
Traveling with your pets and in our case Zoey a 75 lb. Yellow Labrador was one of the primary reasons we wanted an RV. Boarding Zoey every time we wanted to take a vacation or just day trip or two was just not working. Once we committed to the RV lifestyle we learned rather quickly that this would call for some advance planning. Our new challenge would be preparing for a month or longer trips. We have put together a shortlist of some tips and suggestions we have for traveling with your dog, big or small. This certainly is not a definitive list and we would love to hear from you regarding your preparation. So let’s get started with some of the basics
Memorably Trips
LTW 2021 Year In Review
I think the “learning curve” best describes 2021 for LTW. We gave our new Solitude 310GK-R a good shakedown, nearly 14,000 miles, and became familiar with its idiosyncrasies. I went back to school and became an RV Registered Technician. I put my new education to work and supplemented the electrical system with solar. There was plenty more, which I will try to review.
Blow Out
After exiting the tunnel in Downtown Mobile an SUV came up beside us and the occupants were yelling and pointing at us. Ginny finally figured out what they were shouting, YOU HAVE A FLAT! We were now looking for a place to pull the rig safely off the side off the road. We where near exit 24 on I-10, so I eased Boris and Natasha off the side of the road.
Best Of Cajun Trip 2018
We choose some of our favorite stops during our Cajun country trip in 2018. I have listed our top stops for food, attractions, and just good fun. Leave us yours in the comment section, we would love to hear more about this part of the country.
Itineraries
Soaring Diesel Prices RV Travel
Soaring Diesel fuel prices have forced us to reevaluate our travel during the summer months. We had a rather ambitious itinerary that would take us from Nashville to Jasper, Canada. This featured numerous National Parks and sites along the way and covered almost 6,000 miles. We scraped that after a year of planning and focused on local short hops.
NRVTA Experience
I’m sure you have seen those National RV Training Academy posts in your Facebook feed. You may be following Todd Henson’s “Tech Tip Tuesdays” on YouTube. Are you wondering if these classes are a good fit for you?
Would you like a review from a Do-It-Yourselfer like yourself? I am a recent graduate and have been Certified as an RVTAA Registered Technician. I have put together an overview that I think you will find informative. I would highly recommend the Fundamentals course if you are a new RV owner or for that matter, a vet of sorts like me. Click on the read more tab for the complete story.
MORryde IS Upgrade
Five plus years of OEM suspension on our Open Range Roamer tested every inch of that RV. Many times described as an earthquake happening on wheels, we can attest to that. We took painstaking efforts to tie down, brace, or lock in items we thought would be displaced. Trip after trip we would find something ajar, broken, or lying on the floor. My first fix on the old rig was to replace the suspension with the MORryde SRE 4000 suspension system. That helped a bit but I knew there was another answer.
Repair, Fixes & Faux pas
Leaf Springs
Having gone through the suspension issue on our first rig it was imperative that I take a hard look under the rig prior to leaving the dealership. I did crawl under and took a good but frankly not through look at the suspension. I did not find anything out of place, broken, or leaking.
2020 Repairs, Fixes and Faux Pas
2020 started out to be what looked like a banner year for travel. The rig I felt was in good condition. There were a few issues I wanted to address prior to leaving for the season. This year I had plenty to time as I had injured myself and was in a walking cast for almost 6 weeks. Typically I am out west getting my ski on for a couple of months prior to heading out for the RV season. So let’s get to the early issues and upgrades prior to the COVID-19 lockdown.
2019 Repairs, Fixes And Faux Pas
We are going to try a little something different with this post. Rather than waiting to the end of the year, I will update this as we go this year. The reason, things happen, they happen fast and it’s worth writing down. I will keep this updated with anything new that pops up.Â