Can My Truck/SUV Tow This RV Trailer?
You have your truck, SUV, or even car and you need to figure out if you can tow a specific trailer, be it a...
Inverters – when you don’t have shore or generator power
It's common for new RVers to to be confused as to whether or not they will have "power" when they aren't plugged...
Weighing Your RV at a Truck Stop
I have written a few times about weighing RVs at a truck stop's CAT scale. Previously, it had only been for travel...
Boondocking & CPAP/Bipap Machines
I'm a 10+ year user of my CPAP machine (well, now a BiPAP machine). I can honestly say that without it I'd...
How to use your TPMS
I've answered the question a few times on forums and recently fielded a set of questions on a Facebook group that essentially read, "I...
Better than a turd hearse- a sewer bladder
When camping without sewer your options are to either break camp and take your rig to the dump station or the alternative is that...
Dumping Tanks at a Dump Station
I have no shame in saying that we are RV park queens and often slaves to full hookups. But recently I bought a sewer...
Let’s go! Trip planning apps and websites
For me, planning the trip is a huge part of the fun of experiencing a trip. I get to look at the map, pick...
Hitching My Fifth Wheel – a pictorial
As a follow-on to my Hitching and Unhitching My Fifth Wheel post, I decided that a pictorial view of each step would be useful....
How to Weigh a Fifth Wheel Camper (at CAT Scales)
I already wrote about How to Weigh a Travel Trailer, so it seems like I should also write about how to weigh a fifth...
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A first look at the new Thousand Trails Escape membership
Thousand Trails has come out with a new Escape Membership. Let’s talk about what it is and what it isn’t. The Escape Membership serves as...
Where are Thousand Trails and Trails Collection Parks?
Here's a map of the locations for Thousand Trails RV parks and the Encore parks in the Trails Collection and Trails Collection Plus membership...
Myth: 55+ RV parks must allow people under the age of 55
I've had this discussion a few times now, and with Hurricane Ian hitting the southwestern Florida coast in the fall of 2022, it's coming...