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Axle Count
AXLE COUNT Just how many do you want to deal with? Over the years, as we came out of the work a day world and into retirement, our RVing style changed to suit our needs. And, usually, it simply came down to just how much “stuff” we...
Travel Trailers Preparation for the Season
PREPARATION FOR THE SEASON WITH YOUR TRAVEL TRAILERS 10 Steps to help get your travel trailers preparation ready. The days are getting longer and the temperature is rising, our thoughts are on spring and you know what that means for so...
Trip Planning with our Oliver Travel Trailer
TRIP PLANNING WITH OUR OLLIE It can start by browsing through a book, or maybe the internet, at any rate, our planning seems to usually start there. We identify places of interest and figure travel distance. Now, you might notice that...
Hohenwald, TN
HOHENWALD, TENNESSEE Over the years quite a lot has been written on the forums and the Facebook page, as well as Twitter, about things to see and do while in Hohenwald, TN. Folks tend to arrive a little early, maybe a full day or so,...
Ten Oliver Years Ago
TEN OLIVER YEARS Ten years have went by ever so fast! And, it seems just like yesterday. It was well after dark as we had left the Oliver Plant in Hohenwald. The factory crew had stayed over late to finish up a few...
Shopping Bags
SHOPPING BAGS Shopping bags galore! A quick way to store, use and dispose of those pesky plastic shopping bags by putting them in the trash right away. Out of sight, out of mind. Yet, they will be readily at hand come bag replacement...
Washers
RUBBER WASHERS There are washers, and then there are washers, and you don’t have to own an RV travel trailer for very long before you figure out just which ones work for you. And, you will always keep a few spares around for...
Freezeproof
FREEZEPROOF CAMPING Our first year that we work camped for Amazon, was in Coffeyville, Kansas. We had just finished the sugar beet harvest up in North Dakota and the winter weather there had been brutal. It was warmer, further south in...
Safety Detectors
TRAVEL TRAILER SAFETY DETECTORS It has been our tradition that just after the holidays, usually the first week in January, that we put new battery’s in our travel trailer detectors and test them. However a decision that Betty and I...
Winter Camping
WINTER CAMPING TIPS Propane is a very important part of our Winter camping experience, so we make sure that we are carrying enough along with us for the trip’s duration. Now, you might say, “just how do you measure that?” Actually, it...
Water Adapter Bandit
WATER 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 before the late...
Mudroom
CAMP MUDROOM Awning out and anchored down, screen room kit attached with a tarp and rug on the ground. We were at the sugar beet harvest in this photo. In this configuration our screen room was more of a “mud room”! When we came back...
Got Tarps – Part 3
GOT 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 difference between holing...
Got Tarps – Part 2
GOT 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 room. Talk about a...
Got Tarps – Part 1
GOT 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 and that covers a...
Elevation Camping Part 5
ELEVATION 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 OLLIE at 0430 hours...
Elevation Camping – Part 4
ELEVATION 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
ELEVATION 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
ELEVATION 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 ! What’s up...
Elevation Camping – Part 1
ELEVATION 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 off of the grid...
