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RV Cooking
Pasta Fagioli
Pasta e Fagioli is a hearty Italian soup composed of pasta and beans with a thick tomato base. This is a perfect weeknight RV version made from pantry staples. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese and drizzle with extra-virgin oil. We love to have a loaf of good Italian crusty bread to sop up the remaining soup.
Healthy Mini Meatloaf
This healthy mini meatloaf bakes in a muffin pan for an easy dinner. Ginny and I like to make this recipe ahead at home and seal-a-meal 4 muffins in a package. We freeze them and stock the freezer prior to leaving. Check the notes for reheat instructions.
Gnocchi with Squash & Sweet Corn
This recipe is a staple for Ginny and I. We love the fresh taste and ingredients that we can always find on road. It's quick and easy and your eating in about 35 mins.From the Author - This recipe for sweet corn and squash gnocchi came to me on a whim. As much as I...
RV Park Reviews
Cherry Hill Park
Camping in a large metro area always seems like a crape shoot. You are either in a small cramped space with very little green space or the entire park is concrete or blacktop it seems. Typically the rates are high for this precious space. We were not sure what to expect when we arrived at this RV Park. The rates were high, running a little over $105 a night for a premium pull-through. We were pleasantly surprised when we pulled into this location
Land Of Waterfalls RV Park
This might not be the campground for everyone. If you’re looking for all the amenities of the larger resorts, they’re not here. However, if you are looking for a great location close to the mountains this might be it.
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.
Cities
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PAW PERFECT
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National Parks
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Attractions
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RV Upgrades
Vortex Fan
Great little fan. Sucks so much air it creates a vacumm on our bathroom door. Looks good, overall good quality, fit as easy as claimed, and took all of 40 minutes to install seamlessly. My guess is i could have cut this down with another set of hands.
Mr. Beam
Interior lighting at night on the RV has always been an issue for us. We struggled with solutions, from flashlights to battery operated led lights. Each had their draw backs, fumbling with switches in the dead of night the main one.
Get A Grip
Ginny and I were not big fans of your factory entrance door handle. With our set up, the interior shade would partially block the interior grip. Additionally there was very little room to grab the handle to close the door.
Gear Recommendations
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Tips
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
Tire Pressure Monitor
We have heard hundreds of stories from RVers relating to tire failure. Some of the tire failure issues an RVer may encounter can be a minor nuisance and some failures can be catastrophic.
Truck Lane Fueling
You have finally decided that the RV and Car fill up lanes are not for you when it comes to filling your RV fuel tanks. Highway driving takes you past numerous Travel Centers and you have seen your fellow RVer’s in the Truck Fuel Lanes. Why not give it a go, can’t be that much different from what we are doing now. They say it’s much faster to fuel that way and there is DEF at the pumps.
Memorably Trips
Maiden Trip – First Leg
As newbies we where told that the average RVer places about 2,000 lbs of stuff on their rig to get started. We hit the scales for a quick how much do we weigh. The envelope please, 12,000 flat, which meant we put about 2,000 lbs. The rig weighed in at 10,640 empty.
You Think Your Ready
We get a call from our Daughter the night before, she could use our help. I foolishly suggest we load up the rig and go in the morning. That, of course, comes from overconfidence.
And So It Begins
So, we are about to commit to a very big life style change. I did not sleep well last night. I had a ton of anxiety about driving the rig home for the first time.
Itineraries
DC Move In
The primary reason we purchased the RV was to visit with family. The secondary reason is to be on call when we are needed. We were needed in Ft. Belvoir, VA to help with a move to a new Military assignment for our Son-In-Law, Daughter, and grandson. It had been some time since we visited the east coast. We lived in NYC for several years during our working days. We knew this was not going to be a budget visit, nor would it be a pleasure to drive in our 35″ Grand Design Solitude 310GK-R in that traffic.
Carolina On My Mind
There is nothing like a ride through the Carolina pines in the spring. We love the Smokie Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, and the shores of North Myrtle Beach. Our good friends in Atlanta have been wanting for us to join them in the North Georgia mountains near Ellijay. The pandemic slowed that to a halt as of last March. Now that we are all fully vaccinated we are looking forward to getting together in the coming weeks.
The itinerary will take us down to Ellijay, GA then south to Augusta. We will then head northeast to North Myrtle Beach, spend the week and then head back to the Smokie Mountains near Pisgah, NC. We can’t wait to get back on the road and off to some of our favorite places to visit. Here is a rundown of the parks we will be visiting. Some of them have been old standby’s, others will offer a new adventure.
Vegas Slow Go
It was an all hands on deck moment. We had to get to Vegas. Ginny’s mon was in the hospital there and was not doing well. After a week and a half of tests, prods, and pokes, they were going to release her. It was going to be imperative for us to be there to help with home care. We both had concerns about COVID and travel. We have been living in QPI, quiet, peaceful, isolation. I will do my best to give you a snapshot of precautions and COVID protocols at each RV Park.
Repair, Fixes & Faux pas
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