Favorite RV campground resources

Favorite RV campground resources

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV books/DVDs/Websites, RV Journey 2010-11
Although we're going to be Winter Texans for another month, it's not too early to start lining out possible places to camp during the 3,000-mile journey between Rockport, Tex. and Spokane, Wash. While there are dozens of excellent online sites and campground directorie
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RV Travel out with weekly e-zine

RV Travel out with weekly e-zine

| Lite / Green RVing, RV Life, RV News
This week's edition of RV Travel newsletter highlights a number of articles about RV camping and other RV news including:- "Busy season at snowbird capital Quartzsite winding down" by Russ and Tina De Maris"The 'height of the busy season at Quartzsite, Ariz., is now pa
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Whooping Cranes also 'Winter Texans'

Whooping Cranes also ‘Winter Texans’

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
It was a magical moment when I first spotted a family of Whooping Cranes making their way across the south Texas sky. With a slow wingbeat, they gracefully circled, then glided ever-so-gently onto a marshy field just north of Goose Island State Park and south of the Ar
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Fulltime RVers Cheryl and Rich LeBrake volunteer as RV Care-a-Vanners

Fulltime RVers Cheryl and Rich LeBrake volunteer as RV Care-a-Vanners

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
RVers Cheryl and Richard LaBrake volunteer with Habitat for Humanity's RV Care-a-Vanner.They 'dropped in' to the Sebring, Fl., build in December; then returned in January for a full two-week Care-a-Vanner build.The LeBrakes have been fulltimer RVers for more than six ye
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'RV Short Stop' soaks in BLM Hot Spring

‘RV Short Stop’ soaks in BLM Hot Spring

| Lite / Green RVing, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Life, RV Short Stops
My post on RV Short Stops highlights the soaking pools at the BLM Hot Spring LTVA. This funky, and oh-so-relaxing, hot spring is right off I-8 between Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif. A great one-hour 'RV Short Stop' or longer stay. Read the full post by clickin
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Jimmy Smith reflects on 'next chapter' of life

Jimmy Smith reflects on ‘next chapter’ of life

| Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', RV Life
"I glance down at these hands that have gone soft in this chapter of my life and I can't help but think about the past and the future," writes Jimmy Smith in 'Another View.'Photo: Jimmy Smith pondering his life over a cup of coffee (Julianne Crane).
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'RV Short Stops' -- favorite places to visit along America's byways

‘RV Short Stops’ — favorite places to visit along America’s byways

| RV books/DVDs/Websites, RV Life, RV News, RV Short Stops
Earlier this week I started contributing regular posts on RV Short Stops -- an online site that features funky, quirky or just plain interesting places to visit on your travels.My first 'RV Short Stop' spotlights 'America's Oldest Brewery - D. G. Yuengling & Son in Pott
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Update: RV Q&A live Webcast Sat, 1/22/11, 10 a.m. PST

Update: RV Q&A live Webcast Sat, 1/22/11, 10 a.m. PST

| RV Life, RV News, RV People
Watch live Webcast with RVTravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury and Gary Bunzer, the RV DoctorDate: Sat., Jan. 22, 2011. Time: 10-11 a.m. (Pacific). 1-2 p.m. (Eastern)Send RV repair and maintenance questions to Gary at TalktoUs@RVtravel.comThe link of where to watch will
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RVers host old fashioned pot luck fish fry

RVers host old fashioned pot luck fish fry

| International RVing, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
Time and time again, one hears of community-style pot luck dinners at RV parks and campgrounds across the U.S.A. and Canada. One of those old fashioned, down-home gatherings happened earlier this week at our snowbird home at the Sandollar RV Park in Rockport, Texas.
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The joy of watching grass grow

The joy of watching grass grow

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
Why is it that sometimes the simplest things give such great pleasure? Like watching the grass grow.A little more than two weeks ago Jimmy scattered about 1-1/2 pounds of winter rye grass seed on the little patch of bare ground outside our camper here at the Sandollar
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