On 3rd attempt, Jeff Brown’s ’84 VW Vanagon GL finally makes it to the beach
Before finally setting up camp at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, Loop C, spot 45, Jeff Brown of Eugene, Ore, had tried and failed twice…
RVers Connie & Dan Howard love their 13-foot Scamp
Scamp travel trailer owners Connie and Dan Howard of Oregon were camped a couple sites over from us at the Umpqua Lighthouse State Park,…
First night in new truck camper — Oregon’s Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
For the first night in our ‘new’ 2005 Northern Lite truck camper we drove all of two miles south of Winchester Bay (where we…
‘New’ (to us) 2005 10.2-foot Northern Lite Classic truck camper … yippee
This past week, Jimmy and I drove from Spokane in eastern Washington, down to the central Oregon coastal town of Winchester Bay, to pick…
Reminder — RV Owners Lifestyle Seminars June 21-24, 2013, in Kelowna BC
Still time to attend the 16th annual RV Owners Lifestyle Seminars on the Okanagan College campus in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia — Friday, June…
Class B RVs, Part 5 — Five suggestions to consider before buying a Class B
This is the last of a five-part series on Class B motor homes. Carol White, co-author of “Live Your Road Trip Dream,” offers five…
Class B RVs, Part 4 — Thom & Dar Hoch: Downsizing to smaller, more nimble RV
Class B motor homes are an excellent choice if most of your traveling will be on highways and paved roads. Fulltime RVers Thom and…
Class B RVs, Part 3 — Carol & Phil White: Lived their ‘road trip dream’ in 19-foot Pleasure-Way
When retirees Carol and Phil White of Portland, Ore., started planning their yearlong dream RV trip, they knew they wanted to see America up…
Class B RVs, Part 2 — Eileen & Fred Nickerson: ‘Easy to drive, even in downtown traffic’
A huge part of the Class B motor home’s appeal is that it drives like the family car and fits in most driveways. Longtime…
Class B RVs, Part 1– ‘Is it a family van or a recreation vehicle?’
Over the past decade, increased demand by consumers for more fuel-efficient recreation vehicles and technical innovations in the RV industry have led to a…