RV turkey cooking — thanksgiving on the go. Preparing a traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner in an RV is easier than you might imagine . Most will find that a little planning ahead for needed cooking requirements, proper scheduling of preparation and selective shopping will ensure the perfect meal. First, evaluate what you have to work
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RV Holiday Traditions — find a jolly spot anywhere in North America and start a seasonal celebration. Annual traditions provide a comfort in life wherever, and whenever, you create them. As the holidays approach, why not create a few within your RV travels? An RV holiday tradition may be a type of meal prepared, people
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Cascade Loop RV adventures — 440 miles of stellar views in Washington. Known as “Washington’s Ultimate Road Trip,” the Cascade Loop leads travelers through nine “must-see” regions in the northwest corner of the Evergreen State. Diverse attractions include natural beauty, camping and hiking, photographic opportunities, unique regional heritage and friendly rural communities found all along
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Stanley Park, in Vancouver, British Columbia, is remarkable for its size (1,001 acres), its foliage, and its extensive walking/jogging trails. It beats New York City’s Central Park in size, and the views are equally spectacular. Situated on a peninsula, the park is nearly surrounded by English Bay and Vancouver Harbor. A circular drive along its waterfront allows
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Where might you hear a “thunder” unlike any other you’ve ever experienced? Come to Bar Harbor, Maine, and plan a visit to Acadia National Park. If you time your visit during mid-tide on a rising sea, and you may hear and feel thunder caused by waves rolling into Thunder Hole. Located on the Atlantic Coast
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Discover the easternmost part of the U.S.
West Quoddy Head Light still shines on America’s easternmost coast. Just east of Lubec, Maine, make a trip to Quoddy Head State Park to reach the most easterly point of land in the United States. Here, you’ll find a striking red-and-white striped lighthouse known as the West Quoddy Head Light standing 83 feet above sea
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Take a trip up a dramatic mountain — in your vehicle
Mt. Baker soars in Washington. Mountains have a mystical draw, and few can deny the urge to reach their summit. For those disinclined to physically climb one, there is a solution in northwest Washington State: take the drive to Mt. Baker’s Artist Point. Open only from July until the first significant snowfall occurs, usually in
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Make a pilgrimage by RV to Stonehenge (the Washington state version). High on a hill overlooking the Columbia River in Klickitat County, Washington, sits a replica of Great Britain’s Stonehenge. Unlike the stone remnants of Britain’s prehistoric site (dated as far back as 3000 BC), Washington’s century-old monument reveals the tiniest traces of wear, with
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Make Oregon’s Multnomah Falls your next RV destination. Multnomah Falls is a spectacular two-tier waterfall east of Portland, Oregon, and the most visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest. More than two million visitors a year travel to the site located in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Created by floods occurring
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RV travel blogger Christine Mays celebrates the freedom of RV travel from coast to coast. I’ve traveled throughout the United States with my husband, Jim, and our cat, Snoopy, while living as full-timers in our Class A motorhome. As a traveler, writer and explorer, I love my life on the road. Over the past few years, we’ve visited 44
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Take an RV Trip to Texas and its larger-than-life past. Considering an RV trip to Texas? A good place to start is the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, the state capital. “Telling the Story of Texas” is the museum’s stated mission, and it does a fine job. You will come away mesmerized by
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Remember the Alamo on a San Antonio RV trip along the river. Take a stroll along San Antonio’s River Walk and you will likely find your own personal nirvana, whether you’re interested in history, shopping, dining, theater, museums, golfing, nightclubs or a zoo experience. For a more relaxing trip, take a seat on a tour boat
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RV to Sabino Canyon for wild Arizona adventure. A short drive north of Tucson, Sabino Canyon offers visitors of all abilities an opportunity to experience a close-up view of the natural side of Arizona. Here, visitors can view massive boulders (dislodged during an earthquake in 1887) that have tumbled down from the canyon’s walls into
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RV travel encourages a self-sustaining lifestyle — but nothing compares to Biosphere 2. Biosphere 2, in Oracle, Arizona, is one of the most remarkable structures ever built. One of the largest greenhouses in the world, the 3.14-acre complex houses living organisms from five environments, also called biomes. These enclosed environments include a rain forest, ocean, wetlands, savannah and desert. More
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Take an RV trip to Kartchner Caverns in southwest Arizona. Located in southeast Arizona, Kartchner Caverns State Park is a phenomenal example of a “living” limestone cavern. The state park offers 2.4 miles of underground passages, many of which can be accessed via tours. Some of its rock formations have been growing for more than 50,000
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RV in Bisbee, Arizona, for an adventure into Arizona’s past. For 95 years, starting in the late 1870’s, copper mining was the life blood of Bisbee, Arizona. Considered then to be “the liveliest spot between El Paso and San Francisco,” by 1908 Bisbee had become the largest town in Arizona, with a population of 20,000.
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Discover delicious snowbird recipes. RV Snowbirding in Texas brings to mind BBQ! What food could be better while sitting out on a patio by your RV visiting with other like-minded, sun-seeking friends or while watching a football playoff? Here’s a recipe sure to please a crowd for adventures such as these: Slow Cooker Pulled Pork
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Fantastic Fudge makes a great addition to any Snowbird dessert menu. What speaks to this time of the year, and childhood memories, better than homemade fudge? Well, you can create this delectable treat right in your RV easily using the following recipe: Fantastic Fudge 3 cups Sugar ¾ cup unsalted Butter 5 ounces of canned
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Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee, is maintained impeccably. Tours are managed in such a way that the crowds don’t feel overwhelming while you walk through the mansion and grounds. A visit here feels personal, as if you are a guest in his home—not a curious fan. Interacting With Graceland and Elvis
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Balboa Park in San Diego, California, is a “must-do” destination, whether you’re interested in a fascinating museum experience, historic architecture, fabulous photographic opportunities, fine dining or merely time by a fountain to enjoy a gorgeous view of nature while sipping a latte. Seventeen museums are located within Balboa Park, covering such diverse subjects as culture,
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On the lookout for giants in the Pacific Northwest
Whale watching, or an “excursion to see marine wildlife,” as guides more often describe it, is at the top of the list of “must-dos” for anyone visiting Puget Sound or, more precisely, the Salish Sea near Seattle. Whether you see one of the many whale species that inhabit this area year-round, or a wide variety of
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Originally envisioned to function as a movie set, South Dakota’s “1880 Town” recreates life in a turn-of-the-century community. The town is comprised of an accumulation of authentic artifacts and buildings that were abandoned when the production of the intended film folded. After entrepreneur Richard Hullinger received the abandoned movie set in 1969, he began gathering additional original buildings from
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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument on the Crow Reservation southeast of Billings, Montana, preserves the site of Lt. Colonel George Custer’s infamous last stand. Located just off Interstate 90 with good RV parking, this site memorializes the last armed attempt of the area’s Native American tribes to preserve their way of life against the U.S. Army. On June 25,
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Snoqualmie Falls and the Northwest Railway Museum in the town of Snoqualmie sit only 29 miles east of downtown Seattle. Both stops qualify as a worthy day trip. More than 1.5 million travelers visit the 270-foot-high Snoqualmie Falls each year. The two-acre park overlooking the falls offers two observation decks, including one that is wheelchair-accessible. The adjacent Salish Lodge, with its gift shop and
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The world’s only Corn Palace is located in Mitchell, South Dakota. The building was first constructed in 1892 when the town was only twelve years old. The Palace has been a tourist attraction ever since. Originally, it was erected in an attempt to attract enough attention to the city to make Mitchell become the state’s capital.
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Of the over 11 million households that own an RV, approximately 3.7 million also own a cat. Potentially, that’s a lot of traveling cats! Here are some interesting cat facts to consider: Cats use their whiskers to detect whether or not they can fit through an opening. If the opening is greater than the width of
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View the dwellings of prehistoric hunters and gatherers from 9,000 years ago at Pictograph Cave State Park, a short drive from Billings, Montana. This site has yielded more than 30,000 artifacts that show how these prehistoric people hunted and lived eons before European colonization of the United States. The site provides a glimpse into the far-flung trade routes and customs of
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Butchart Gardens, 30 miles north of Victoria, British Columbia, is known for having one of the world’s premier floral garden displays. In 2004, the gardens earned the designation of “National Historic Site of Canada,” and they annually attract more than one million visitors. The 55-acre sanctuary was conceived in 1904 by Jennie Butchart to transform a defunct limestone
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At South Dakota’s Petrified Forest of the Black Hills, a museum open since 1929 near Rapid City, the earth has preserved a cypress swamp 120 million years old. This was the time of dinosaurs—when the Black Hills didn’t exist and the entire area was a flat, tropical swamp (similar to the cypress swamps found now
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South Dakota’s Crazy Horse Sculpture can’t be missed. A visit to the Black Hills of South Dakota provides an excellent opportunity to see a work in progress to commemorate Crazy Horse—one of the great heroes of Native American history. Situated between Custer and Hill City, South Dakota, a granite stone sculpture is being created that will
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Travel through the Pine Tree State in the summer and you will discover two Maine summer staples—lobster and ice cream. It is an absolute tradition to visit an ice cream vendor after dinner to wait in line with numerous other vacationers for a huge scoop or two of the flavor of your choice. Rich, creamy and divinely
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Ode to pork—don’t miss this unique Minnesota museum. Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev once said, “Without Spam, we wouldn’t have been able to feed our army.” This year, the Hormel Foods Corporation opened a new museum in Austin, Minnesota, on April 22 showcasing Spam, their pork product (not the annoying items that show up in your email).
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Craters of the Moon, located near Arco, Idaho, is one of the most interesting geological sites in North America. Here, it is possible to climb to an elevation of 6,181-feet to reach the summit of Inferno Cone. From Loop Drive, the steep trail leading to the cinder cone’s summit is a 0.4-mile round trip hike
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When it comes to RV travel, a cat will adapt to its new “home” far easier than you might imagine. Our cat, “Snoopy,” was four months old when we became full-time RVers. He’s been on the road now for years without a problem. Motion sickness has never been an issue, possibly because we don’t confine
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Sixty miles north of Seattle, Washington, tulips have been cultivated every spring since the early 1900s, with their vibrant colors spreading across hundreds of acres of the Skagit Valley. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival has celebrated this fabulous floral display for the past 33 years. This celebration of the “blooming of the fields” spans the
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Think “square” to yield improved storage results in your RV. Use stackable, square containers with the same size base to organize, store and stabilize items of all descriptions. In the process, you will gain more storage than you might have imagined possible in often-limited RV storage spaces. Here’s how: Let’s start with food storage: Restaurant owners
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Improving WiFi functionality within an RV is a continual challenge. A TechnoRV Desktop WiFi booster may help to improve your WiFi signal strength. The addition of repeater, will also help create an internal network that will boost the signal strength to each of those devices. In the past, boosters were not as user-friendly for multiple devices,
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If you rely upon a GPS system while driving, updating its software on a regular basis is one of the most important routines you should adopt. Whether you are computer savvy or technically challenged, updating your GPS unit is relatively easy to accomplish. When you purchased your GPS system, it came with instructions for updating.
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Considering the replacement of your RV driver or passenger seat? The decision requires some advance research based upon your specific recreational vehicle before making a purchase. Recently, we replaced both in our 2004 Alpine Class A motor home. We purchased ours through Camping World, choosing both driver and passenger seats manufactured by Flexsteel. We have been
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lStaying in good physical shape while on the road is easier than you might imagine. Is a gym or at least some exercise equipment going to be available in the park you are visiting? The answer is as simple as asking the RV park’s staff what is available for exercise while making your reservation or
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Slide Out Awnings, sometimes called Toppers, are an important component in protecting the structural integrity of your RV slide out—especially with their ability to prevent environmental damage to the seals that surround your slide out. When extended, toppers protect the roof of a slide out from rain, dirt, debris (leaves and small branches) or snow.
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Emptying the “dreaded tanks” is something all adults traveling in a Recreational Vehicle should know how to complete. While my husband is happy to take on that responsibility, I felt I should know the process in the event he is not available to do the job if it becomes necessary. So how do I know when
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Pork Loin with Apple Sauce and Sweet Potatoes—a quick and easy meal using the Fagor Pressure Cooker: Apple Sauce Ingredients: 8 Apples, cored and halved (do not peel) ½ cup Light Brown Sugar ½ teaspoon Cinnamon ½ cup Water Directions Place all the ingredients into the inner pot. Set to Pressure Cook on Low Setting
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What could be more comforting on a cool and hectic evening than an easy Chicken Enchilada recipe? Pull this together quickly and then enjoy some fun with family and friends. Recipe: 2 – boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts ½ medium diced Onion 1 – 4 oz. can Diced Green Chiles 1-teaspoon olive oil 1
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What speaks to a festive holiday celebration better than a Cheese Cake dessert? The following hints will provide a foolproof result every time: The convection/microwave oven provides the ultimate cooking combination. The convection oven allows for browning and crisping, while the microwave keeps foods moist and juicy – bringing out their natural flavors. Your convection
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Risotto with Butternut Squash and Shrimp—try this scrumptious Gluten Free Snowbird Recipe featuring two abundant Fall vegetables on a cool Southern night. This is an easy recipe adapted from Publix.com/Aprons that works well with the Fagor Automatic Pressure Cooker, that I recently described for you in the Good Sam Blog. Recipe: 1 Tablespoon olive oil
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Do you know the weight and height of your RV? How about the weight of your tow vehicle? Have you considered the problems that could be associated with overweight driving? Here are some weight concerns to consider: Weight limits on your RV are legally enforceable. Your personal safety may be jeopardized if your RV is overloaded.
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With 11 functions, the 4-Quart Fagor Lux Multi-Cooker is the perfect compact electric appliance for longer RV travels. Imagine one appliance that offers settings for preparing white rice, brown rice, risotto or yogurt—at the touch of a button. Then add pressure-cook, slow-cook, brown, sauté, simmer and keep-warm settings! I recently found this gem of an appliance
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Are you in quest of a new and different Thanksgiving tradition? Many RV parks host Thanksgiving events that can be as endearing as a holiday spent at home. From traditional Thanksgiving dinners to early Christmas celebrations, here are a few samples of the possibilities available at RV parks during Thanksgiving: In Boerne, Texas, Top of the
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As “snowbirds” travel south, Southern culinary creations comes to mind, as these foods begin to appear on restaurant menus. If you wish to create one of these popular entrees yourself, checkout the Millcreek Ranch Resort in Canton, Texas—an RV resort with a“perfect” Good Samrating of 10/10*/10. Follow the Good Sam link to their website and
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