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Water Adapter Bandit
December 24, 2016WATER ADAPTER BANDIT You have been camped for a week in your travel trailer up near the Continental Divide National Scenic hiking trail and it has been great. Taking early morning hikes, getting back into camp just...
Got Tarps – Part 3
November 26, 2016GOT TARPS PART 3 Oftentimes a campsite can be subject to high or gusting winds making the whole camping thing less fun. Now, Mother Nature always seems to rule, but, moderating that wind a little can make the...
Got Tarps – Part 2
November 12, 2016GOT TARPS PART 2 Putting a tarp on the ground under your travel trailer’s awning is a whole lot like adding a floor to a spare room. And if you add a screen room kit to the awning for walls you do indeed have a spare...
Got Tarps – Part 1
October 29, 2016GOT TARPS PART 1 TAR-PAU-LINS, TARPAULINS, TARPS Material, such as waterproofed canvas. Used to cover and protect things from moisture. Thanks, Wikipedia, For your definition ! RV’ers usually simply call them a tarp...
Elevation Camping Part 5
October 20, 2016ELEVATION CAMPING PART 5 This photo was taken just as the sun was beginning to rise upon Engineer Pass. We had set up our Oliver travel trailer, at an old ghost town above Silverton Colorado. Leaving our base camp...
Elevation Camping – Part 4
October 15, 2016ELEVATION CAMPING PART 4 Most of the built up campgrounds in the Rocky Mountains are along the water courses, as are the roads. Making access to them as the snow melts off better and better as the season...
Elevation Camping – Part 3
September 17, 2016ELEVATION CAMPING PART 3 Camping off the grid is a very satisfying thing for Betty and I. It fits into our out of doors campsite style quite well. Camping off the grid with total comfort does need a bit of thought...
Elevation Camping- Part 2
September 3, 2016ELEVATION CAMPING PART 2 You’ve just arrived at your campground in your camping trailer at the Rocky Mountains and as you drove the last few twisty road miles, you thought, “now this isn’t so bad !...
Elevation Camping – Part 1
August 20, 2016ELEVATION CAMPING PART 1 The higher we go up into the Rocky Mountains the thinner the air gets. So, just why would anyone want to camp above ten thousand feet for extended periods of time, especially when you will be...
Shark Bite Connector
August 6, 2016SHARK BITE CONNECTOR RVer’s are spare part carrying kind of folks, whether it’s a spare tire, fan belt, spark plug or other repair part, we usually got em’. We had arrived in the front range of the...
Cookshack Configuration
July 23, 2016COOKSHACK CONFIGURATION We have noted that some campers do not want to cook inside their Oliver, and, some do not want to cook outside. We do both. Our Southern mountain culture, kind of dictates how we set up our...
Cooking Oil Cleanup
June 25, 2016COOKING OIL CLEANUP Every one is raving about those beautiful fish fillets that you are turning out while camped out on the lake. Your special spices in the cornmeal, just really gets everyone’s attention....
Snow Camping
June 11, 2016SNOW CAMPING Our campground assignment for the summer was up high, at 10800 ft, and we were arriving early, so the likelihood of the road being still blocked by snow drifts was high. Because we would be passing...
Booted and Crated
May 28, 2016Booted and Crated When we retired from the work a day world we already knew where we wanted to work camp, as a way to off set expenses and camping fees, while we traveled. A land management company out of Utah was the...
Aerial View of the Oliver’s Roof
May 14, 2016Aerial View of the Ollie’s roof As the prospective owner is pondering the various add on’s and wondering just how they might look after being installed, it doesn’t take long for them to figure out,...
How to Get Sound From TV through Stereo
May 5, 2016How to get sound from TV through stereo Need help getting your sound from your TV through your stereo speakers? What the video below for help....
New Forum is Live!
May 4, 2016New Forum is Live We want to thank everyone for their patience while we migrated our Forums to olivertraveltrailers.com. The new Forum is now live. If you previously used oliverforums.com or want to register as...
Tire Flat Spots
April 23, 2016Tire Flat Spots When storing our Oliver’s for the Winter months, one concern is for the well being of our tires. You may have noticed that after sitting for an extended time that your trailer’s...
The Channeled Scablands – Part 4 of 4March 1, 2019
The Channeled Scablands – Part 3 of 4February 1, 2019
The Channeled Scablands – Part 2 of 4December 28, 2018
The Channeled Scablands – Part 1 of 4November 26, 2018
Redwoods, Golden Bears and ElksOctober 30, 2018
From Cathedral Gorge to Death Valley and BeyondSeptember 26, 2018
Special Incentives on Remaining 2018 Models and Newly Released 2019 ModelsAugust 24, 2018
Top 10 Places to Go Camping in FloridaJuly 31, 2018
USA Today Guide To National Parks Special EditionJune 14, 2018- From Ruby Lake to Cathedral GorgeJune 13, 2018
