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Boondocking Part 6
August 17, 2015Boondocking Part 6 Fresh water / Black water handling techniques Use of gravity to transfer fluids under boondocking conditions is not practical in many campsites. A couple of transfer pumps can make moving fresh...
Boondocking Part 5
August 3, 2015Boondocking Part 5 Extended stays and support methods When you are in your favorite primitive campsite and the ranger comes around to say that your twenty eight day stay will be up tomorrow, and you immediately...
Boondocking Part 4
July 20, 2015Boondocking Part 4 USFS / BLM / USCOE and some differences therein Boondocking in these areas is a very cool thing that allows us to enjoy Mother nature’s splendor in a up close and personal way. However each of those...
7 Updates for Making Your Travel Trailer Efficient
July 16, 20157 Updates for Making Your Travel Trailer Efficient Living the free life and communing with Mother Nature all seem delectable until you are swarmed with mosquitoes, run out of fuel or fresh drinking water in the...
Solar Battery Charging Part 1
July 12, 2015Solar Battery Charging Part 1 After reading Larry Harmon’s preliminary announcement of this upcoming entry on solar, I only hope I can come close to delivering what he deemed it to be worth. As I stated in my...
Boondocking Part 3
July 6, 2015Boondocking Part 3 Stretching your resources Just suppose that it is a holiday weekend, one of those cool three day holiday’s. You are used to boondocking for Friday night, Saturday and leaving back to...
Boondocking Part 2
June 21, 2015Boondocking Part 2 Boondocking in it’s strictest form, without support. Many RVer’s perceive that this means staying camped in their chosen location as long as the stuff that they bring with them lasts....
Boondocking Part 1
June 8, 2015Boondocking Part 1 WHAT IT IS AND SOME OF IT’S FORMS Boondocking comes in many forms, so it’s not likely that we will be able to cover them all in this brief writing. So, let’s talk about the most common types...
My American Dream Trailer: It’s No Longer an Airstream, It’s the Oliver
June 2, 2015My American Dream Trailer It’s No Longer an Airstream, It’s the Oliver For those who don’t know me, I am ScubaRx on most of the travel trailer forums including Oliver’s. Over on the FGRV forum I am Steve...
Digitally Speaking
May 23, 2015Digitally Speaking Sometimes we can get a surprise from the Oliver’s ability to do cool stuff on it’s own ! Well, maybe at first it is a bit disconcerting, enough that we think, what, why did it do that ! It’s...
Oliver Owner Review
March 16, 2015Oliver Owner Review A proud new owner has a GREAT REVIEW of their new Oliver Travel Trailer they picked up in February. Check out their review and other post on their Wincrasher’s Travels blog....
Winter 2015 Oliver Tour draws to a close
March 10, 2015Winter 2015 Oliver Tour DRAWS TO A CLOSE Lots of miles and lots of weather ! Little did we realize that as we ran ahead of the ice storm when we left Edmond Oklahoma, that wave after wave of winter freezing...
Ice Storm Winter 2015
February 16, 2015Ice Storm Winter 2015 As Betty and I ran ahead of the ice storm to hole up in our docking port, I thought about how such a serious weather event was handled in different parts of the United States. This week the New...
Island Camping with Ollie
January 30, 2015Island Camping with Ollie Absent With Out Leave! As our last appointment of the day was over, at Mathis Texas, and we took measure of what we needed to do next, we came to a startling discovery ! We were ever...
Sacrificial
December 14, 2014Sacrificial Today’s fuel efficient design’s for RV’s and indeed trailer’s in general, are prompting the use of aluminum frames for strength, rigidity and weight reduction, that will result in the owner reaping...
Decision Making 101
December 7, 2014Decision Making 101 Years ago, while back in the “work a day” world, on a day off, I was working my way through a chore list, on the farm. One of those chores was to worm the small herd of Brangus cattle, that...
Are You a Nomad
December 1, 2014Are You a Nomad If you have a strong and compelling desire to see what is over there on the other side of the mountain, or maybe, hike to the mountain top in the pre dawn chill, just to see the first rays of sunshine...
Which Is Better – Recreational Vehicle Or Travel Trailer? (Pros and Cons Style)
November 24, 2014Which is Better? Recreation Vehicle or Travel Trailer When going on a road trip, it’s not always fun to take a small car and stay in motels. No, to see the countryside and cities alike, one should consider...
A Travel Trailer Or A Motor Home – Which Is More Cost Effective?
November 21, 2014A Travel Trailer Or A Motor Home Which Is More Cost Effective? A Travel Trailer Or A Motor Home – Which Is More Cost Effective? If you are considering new travel trailers for sale, you may wonder about RVs....
Oliver Travel Trailers versus The Competition
November 16, 2014Oliver Travel Trailers Versus the Competition Camping excursions and visits to relations should be done in comfort. Oliver travel Trailers serve people to meet their most common, essential needs when they leave...
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
