RV Today Archive- Estes Park CO

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Looking for a destination high in the Rocky Mountains where you can ride horses, hike and get in tune with nature? Than Estes Park, Colorado, featured in this RV Today Video, is the place for you, with many people saying it is “quintessential Colorado”.

With its close proximity to The Rocky Mountain National Park, the village of Estes Park has been a fan favorite for years. In addition to all the shopping downtown you can also do a little rock climbing next to Mary’s Lake. While you are in the area, you can park your RV at Mary’s Lake Campground and RV Park. A favorite activity in the area is a horseback ride into the beautiful back country at the Aspen Park. Estes Park, Colorado is truly the best place to get away from it all and get in tune with nature.

RV Today Archive - Extended Day Kit

This video provides a demonstration on how to install an extended stay kit, which will allow you to extend your stay without running out of propane. It is a step by step guide, and illustrates checking for no leaks.

This kit runs a barbecue and other plants right off your motorhome tank, but it also allows you to use a cilinder, so you don’t have to use the propane in your motorhome,

RV Today Archive - Quick Tips - Vice, Bed Support and Mat

See how to create and adapt a traveling vice and working bench into your RV hitch receiver. You can also learn a way to strengthen the storage compartment support beneath the bed by using closet rod hangers and pvc pipe, cut to size. Finally, for those occasions where you need to get under the rig, the video recommends to carry a lightweight camping pad which can double for exercising.

Watch the video for a visual step by step demonstration on these quick tips. For more RV Today Quick Tips, click here.

RV Today Archive - Toronto

Visit Toronto, a vibrant and cosmopolitan city, the fifth largest in North America. Rich in cultural diversity, there are more than 100 languages and dialects spoken in Toronto, and a great variety of food choices as well. It sounds hard to believe, but one third of the Canadian population lives within a 100 miles radius of Toronto. While there, you can enjoy the lakefront, visit Ontario Place -96 acres of man made attractions including a great waterpark downtown-, and take a bird’s eye view from the CN tower, the tallest building in the Americas (at the time of this footage, it was still the tallest building in the world but has since been surpassed in height by the Burj Dubai). Toronto West KOA Kampground is a common selection for RVers, with large leveled sites and friendly staff to assist travelers beyond the norm.

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In this video you can also catch a glimpse of a rare RV -a Rotel- which seems to have more than 20 bunk beds. These are used on tours around the world, organized by a German company, Rotel Tours. Before you sign up, take into account that travelers probably have more limited space than most of us RVers are used to …

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RV Today Archive - African Lion Safari - Toronto

Join Stew Oleson while he visits African Lion Safari, just an hour outside of Toronto, and an hour and 15 minutes from Niagara Falls. You will see lions, baboons, giraffes, rhinos, monkeys, zebras and many other animals roaming freely. Great entertainment and quite an educational experience with this close up view of animals from more than 132 species. This is a wonderful destination for families or anyone who will enjoy this close exposure to wild animals, in a much more natural setting that a traditional zoo can allow - as you can see in the video below.

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Since the time of this footage, there have been many additions to African Lion Safari, including elephants, cheetahs and flamingos.

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Unstuffed Cabbage Skillet Recipe

For those of you who watched Joanna Lund’s video from the RV Today Archives and requested the written recipe, here you have it:

Unstuffed Cabbage Skillet Recipe - Serves 4

8 ounces extra lean ground sirloin
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cups chopped cabbage
1 1/3 cups of uncooked instant minute rice
1 1/3 cups of water
1 10 3/4 oz. can of reduced sodium reduced fat Tomato Soup
1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
Butter-flavored cooking spray

In a large saucepan sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, brown onion and meat. Add cabbage and stir. Add rice and water and stir. Add in the tomato soup, and turn heat up as needed. Add parsley flakes, Worcestershire sauce and yellow mustard, mix well to combine. Let simmer for about 5 minutes stirring occasionally.

Enjoy!

RV Today Archive - Unstuffed Cabbage Skillet

In memory of best selling cooking author JoAnna Lund (30 Minutes to Mealtime and Cooking for Two among many others), enjoy her wonderful legacy of healthy recipes.

Watch the video below to see how she cooks this delicious dish: unstuffed cabbage skillet. It has all the flavor of stuffed cabbage rolls, but without the work! With so much flavor, being easy to make and on top of it knowing it is a healthy recipe, this is a must cook!

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Want the recipe? Click here.

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RV Today Archive - Product Showcase - Portable Power

Follow Stew Oleson on his presentation of a Xantrex Power Pack 400. Versatile and very useful on the road, this unit is an inverter and a battery source for jumpstarting your car; its 400 watt inverter will allow you to run your computer, small power tools and fans among other appliances. It will power your camcorder and videogames and can charge your cellular phone. This compact system has additional functionalities: use as an emergency light or a flashlight, to inflate a ball (or even a tire in an emergency), as a radio, etc. Watch the video below for a detailed description:

Note: The price mentioned in the video may have changed. Check with Xantrex for an updated price and newer products.

More episodes of the RV Today show archives -product showcase, quick tips and destinations episodes- to be added soon.

RV Today Archive - Quick Tips - Jack Platform

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RV Today Archive - San Francisco - Part 2

As shown in Part 1, San Francisco is full of beautiful and interesting sights. However, driving an RV through San Francisco, with its crooked streets, is not always a good idea. But, do not despair. In this video, popular TV host Stew Oleson shows us the great San Francisco RV Resort next to the ocean to set up camp if you are planning to visit the San Francisco area with your RV. You can sometimes even arrange to be picked up at the RV Park for a tour of San Francisco, the wine country, or the Redwoods. It is conveniently located just 20 minutes south of San Francisco. Watch the video below:

This RV park is pretty popular, you may want to reserve in advance…

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