By Bob Difley The sudden shaking of my office, pens and paperclips skittering across the desk, and the rental motorhomes outside on the RV  lot dancing like it was a Saturday night beach party. As any Californian instantly comprehends–another earthquake! Even after the worst of  Hurricane Katrina had passed over, when the levees broke, every
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Last week we looked at driving in adverse weather, that most have encountered at one time or another.  Today we will discuss the chance encounter of coming face to face with a real severe weather event, a tornado.  (Link to last week’s part 1: http://blog.rv.net/2009/11/rv-driving-in-adverse-weather-conditions-part-1-of-2/ ) Tornados, as we know them today, are one of the
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I have written many times about the dangers of bad weather when on the road in your RV, but as the pictures with this blog show, you can get into trouble even when parked in a campground. A tornado tore through the NACO Natchez Trace campground near Hohenwald, Tennessee a few days ago, destroying several
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First, I want to say I hope everyone had a wonderful and joyous Easter (or other spring holiday).  If your family is anything like mine, Easter is the start of the year’s camping preparation and planning season.   Now planning for us is deciding where and when we can take time to enjoy the summer.  Most
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