RVer Jimmy Smith reflects on blur of trip from Sierra Nevada foothills to Oregon Coast and into Spokane

RVer Jimmy Smith reflects on blur of trip from Sierra Nevada foothills to Oregon Coast and into Spokane

| Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', RV Journey Summer 2013, RV Life
After selling our Citation 5th wheel Monday morning, Jimmy and I headed north from Coarsegold, Calif., in the early afternoon with our pickup loaded with our possessions. We did not stop for the night until we reached the small railroad town of Dunsmuir at the foot of M
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Traveling on to our next RV adventure ... Citation has new owners

Traveling on to our next RV adventure … Citation has new owners

| RV Journey 2012-13, RV Journey Summer 2013, RV Life, RV People, RV Types
The RV lifestyle comes in many iterations and today we are closing the door on one and throwing a new door wide open to whatever comes next on our life's journey. We've sold our 2001 28.5-foot 5th Wheel Citation Supreme to Paul and April Smith (no relation to Jimmy)
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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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Truck campers, Part 2: Popular with young families

Truck campers, Part 2: Popular with young families

| Lite / Green RVing, RV Life, RV Types
Truck campers are also popular with young families, like the Bains of Colbert, Wash. (thetclife.wordpress.com). They purchased their 2010 ALP Adventurer 810ws because of its amenities. For their truck they selected a 1999 Chevy 3500 dually with a 12-foot flatbed. "A
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Buttercups, blue skies - spring in Eastern Washington

Buttercups, blue skies – spring in Eastern Washington

| Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', Pacific Northwest, RV Journey 2012-13, RV Life, RV People
The brilliant gurus at 2by2host.com found my uploading of images problem, fixed it and we're back to being able to post photographs. Thank you fellas and gals. In the past week, since the Internet glitch, we have traveled more than a thousand miles to and around the
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Organized RV tours, Part 2 -- Alaska is popular RV caravan destination ... 'Adventure of a Lifetime'

Organized RV tours, Part 2 — Alaska is popular RV caravan destination … ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’

| International RVing, national parks, Pacific Northwest, RV / Camping Destinations, RV books/DVDs/Websites, RV Life, RV People
While an "RV rally" is when a group of RVers gather at a predetermined location (typically an RV park) and the tour organizers take over from there -- an "RV caravan" is where members drive their own RVs over a pre-planned route. Caravans can range from a few days o
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RV paths of Whidbey Island painter & Spokane writer cross at small Arizona mission

RV paths of Whidbey Island painter & Spokane writer cross at small Arizona mission

| Pacific Northwest, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2012-13, RV People, Women RVers
Paula Pugh of Whidbey Island, Wash., was quietly painting watercolor sketches of the Tumacacori Mission when I approached her and asked if I could take a picture of her watercolor study. (Because I wrote about visual arts for more than seven years for The Spokesman-
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Steamboat Rock State Park, Eastern Washington

Steamboat Rock State Park, Eastern Washington

| Lite / Green RVing, Pacific Northwest, RV / Camping Destinations
There are still a lot of great camping days remaining this season in the Pacific Northwest and one of the most popular parks in eastern Washington is Steamboat Rock State Park. Located at the north end of Banks Lake, the park is about 100 miles west of Spokane, Wash., o
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Longtime RV friends Jim and Diana Garot stop by

Longtime RV friends Jim and Diana Garot stop by

| RV Journey - Summer 2012, RV Life, RV People, RV Types
Jim and Diana Garot retired "as soon as they could," picked up their 2001 Holiday Rambler Endeavor motor home and hit the road to "visit family and friends spread out across the country," said Diana. When they are not on the road in their 38-foot motor home, the Garo
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Spokane's Manito Park peaceful, cool RV Short Stop

Spokane’s Manito Park peaceful, cool RV Short Stop

| RV Journey - Summer 2012, RV Life, RV Short Stops
For more than a century, Spokane's Manito Park has been a year-round peaceful destination for more than 150,000 annual visitors. The 90-acre public park features five gardens (including a Japanese Garden pictured above), arboretum, duck pond, manicured lawns, playgrou
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