Timely information in free RV Travel newsletter

Timely information in free RV Travel newsletter

| RV books/DVDs/Websites, RV Life, RV News, RV Products
This week's RV Travel Newsletter again offers a digest of timely information for people seeking knowledge about the RV lifestyle. Including these interesting items: - RV tires: How old is too old? A man goes into an RV dealership, interested in a seven-year-old m
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Spring in foothills of Sierra Nevada Mountains

Spring in foothills of Sierra Nevada Mountains

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life, wildlife
After a cold and fairly damp winter at SKP Park of the Sierras, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, there has been a splendid series of warmer spring-like days. During this time of the year, snow is beginning to melt at the higher levels of nearby Yose
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Back at Casa Grande with longtime & new RV friends, wild winds, beautiful desert sunsets

Back at Casa Grande with longtime & new RV friends, wild winds, beautiful desert sunsets

| Lite / Green RVing, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life, RV People
After just one night at Patagonia Lake State Park we headed north and east back to the Escapees' RoVers Roost RV Park near Casa Grande, Arizona. We spent the first night in boondocking; and were blessed with a site with hookups on Monday. Blessed because night temp
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BLM Hot Spring LTVA perfect wayside stop

BLM Hot Spring LTVA perfect wayside stop

| Bureau of Land Management, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life, RV People
This is our third visit to the Hot Spring Long Term Visitor Area that sits on Bureau of Land Management property between El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Az. This natural spring is much more humble than the resort spa we visited in Desert Hot Springs ... it features onl
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Desert Hot Springs Spa worth the stop

Desert Hot Springs Spa worth the stop

| RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life, RV People, RV Short Stops
Wait, wait, wait, before you say: "I can't afford that posh hot springs spa," let me tell you it is only $3 for day use  on Tuesday, the first day we tested the waters. Admission to the Desert Hot Springs Spa the remainder of the week is $5 on Monday, Wednesday an
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First night: Tehachapi ... and RVer Jimmy Smith's thoughts

First night: Tehachapi … and RVer Jimmy Smith’s thoughts

| Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', Lite / Green RVing, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life
We had a late morning departure on Monday from SKP Park Sierra south of Yosemite National Park. We stopped for supplies and fuel in Fresno before heading south along Hwy 99 to Bakersfield and east on Hwy. 58, climbing out of the flog/smog of the San Joaquin Valley to
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RVer Jimmy Smith dreams of warmer weather, gardens, hot springs

RVer Jimmy Smith dreams of warmer weather, gardens, hot springs

| Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life, RV People, wildlife
Can a generic mole stand in for the infamous Punxsutawney Phil? (The answer is 'No' if one is to believe the official  Groundhog Day Web site.) "According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not
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Author Jaimie Hall Bruzenak's favorite RV holiday memory -- hiking Big Bend trails

Author Jaimie Hall Bruzenak’s favorite RV holiday memory — hiking Big Bend trails

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Life, RV People
RV author Jaimie Hall Bruzenak spent Christmas 2005 at the Big Bend National Park in Texas where her husband, George Bruzenak, was volunteering in the Castolon Visitor Center. On Christmas Day, Hall and another volunteer, Nancy Bauer of Petaluma, Calif., hiked the s
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RV Snowbird heaven - Catalina State Park, Tucson

RV Snowbird heaven – Catalina State Park, Tucson

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Life, RV News
RVing snowbirds from across the country flock to the Tucson (Arizona) area each winter. One place many check out is the Catalina State Park, near Tucson. Just about everyone who goes there, raves about the park's unique location--just a few miles north of Tucson, yet
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'Small towable RVs' part 4 -- One man's search for the perfect sized RV for his active retirement

‘Small towable RVs’ part 4 — One man’s search for the perfect sized RV for his active retirement

| Lite / Green RVing, national parks, RV Journey - Summer 2012, RV News, RV People, RV Types
This is the fourth and final posting on the trend toward small towable RVs. One of Bud Frankenburger's personal goals was to retire early enough to indulge his passion for hiking and exploring the backcountry of the U.S. For many years, as a college professor in s
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