RV Cooking Show – Key Lime Pie & Key West, Florida

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Labor Day may have come and gone but we still have plenty of fabulous camping (and potluck) weather ahead. In my quest for an endless summer I’m delighted to share this episode of the RV Cooking Show – Key Lime Pie & Key West, Florida.

It’s unbelievable how much there is to see and do (or just to enjoy lazing about) on a 4×2 mile island but…there it is. I’ll take you to just a few of my favorites on the island, let you in on a little known National Park, and share much more – including links on my website – www.RVCookingShow.com. We’ll then take our taste buds on a magical tour with this easy and delicious Key Lime Pie recipe – direct from Nellie & Joe’s. I’ve found this to be a potluck winner – if it can make it out of the camper in one piece or at all!

Get the recipe.

Happy Travels,
Evanne

Casino Camping Location Report - Carson City Nevada

A few weeks ago I posted a report on the Reno/Tahoe area and I left out Carson City because we hadn’t finished exploring there.  Now I can tell you about the capital of Nevada, and it’s a great little city to visit. Read more

RV Today Archive- Estes Park CO

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.

Camping on Route 66

America is replete with family owned RV campgrounds. Some of these parks have been in operation for decades. The best deliver not only a pleasant camping environment, but also a sense of history. You get more than a good night’s rest. You get a cultural experience. Read more

Coastal Oregon’s Umpqua Discovery Center

By Bob Difley.
If you do your RVing in the West, sooner or later you will find yourself wandering the Oregon coast. When you pass through Reedsport, be sure to stop at the Unpqua Discovery Center, a fine interactive museum a few blocks off the highway depicting the history of the area where the Umpqua River empties into the Pacific Ocean. Read more

The Ultimate Travel Companion

What weighs 15 ounces; is the size of a deck of cards and could possibly save an RVers marriage? Let me give you a scenario. You’re driving your 35-foot RV on a congested four lane highway, during rush hour, somewhere you have never been before and your better half is your navigator. You miss your exit and now you need to go 25 miles out of your way to get back on the correct route, arguing about whose fault it was the whole time. Sound familiar?

Now, let’s see what we can do to fix this problem. You’re driving your RV on a congested four lane highway, during rush hour, somewhere you have never been before and your new Global Positioning System (GPS) is your navigator. The unique, turn-by-turn, voice prompt feature instructs you to turn right in eight tenths of a mile. You don’t miss your exit; you don’t need to go 25 miles out of your way and your marriage remains intact.

In the past, whenever we would take a trip in the RV, I would print the driving directions from a trip planning website. Then, as we traveled, my wife would inform me of when and where we would make any changes in our route. Needless to say we missed turns, took wrong exits and on more than one occasion there were those last second, white knuckle lane changes; if you’ve been RVing for a while you know what I’m talking about.

I finally decided to take advantage of modern day technology and purchase a GPS system. All I can say is I should kick myself for waiting so long to do it. The more I learned about these GPS systems the more fascinated I was with the capabilities they had to offer. Most come preprogrammed with detailed maps, automatic trip routing, voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions along your route, and easy to follow touch screen displays, which is exactly what you want when you’re traveling in an RV. If you get a text-to-speech feature the GPS actually calls out the turns you need to make, so you can keep your eyes where they need to be, on the road. If you miss a turn the GPS system automatically recalculates the quickest way to get back on the correct route.

Other features we liked about the GPS are the Points of Interest (POI) like, restaurants, shopping centers and tourist attractions.  In addition to all of these features the GPS model we purchased includes a built in MP3 player and a JPEG picture viewer too.

I don’t know about you but driving an RV in places you have never been before can be nerve-racking at times, especially if you are navigating the old school way, using a map. I am a little slow to change sometimes, when it comes to keeping up with the latest technology, but getting a GPS system to help navigate the RV is the best thing I’ve done since switching from dial-up to high speed internet service. This truly is a great way to make traveling in your RV less stressful and who knows, it just might result in a happier marriage too.

P.S. I still print the route from a trip planning website and keep my maps next to the drivers seat, just in case!

Happy Camping,

Mark Polk

RV Education 101

Casino Camping Location Report: Reno/Tahoe

As many of you know we’ve been in the Reno, Nevada area, and southern Lake Tahoe, since mid July.  We’ve visited many casinos and stayed at three of them; two old favorites and a new one (new to us).

In summer, the whole Reno / Tahoe area is packed with opportunities for outdoor activities; hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, kayaking, skiing, trout fishing, boating, even scuba diving, and more.  There’s also plenty of sight seeing and exploring to do, along with shopping, dining… the list goes on.  Read more

North to Alaska…Fort Nelson, BC

Once you leave Dawson Creek, Milepost 0 on the Alaska Highway and head north, Fort Nelson is an easy day’s drive away and a great place to spend the night. Once in Fort Nelson, be sure to allow enough time to visit the Fort Nelson Heritage Museum.

Right alongside the highway, the main museum building is made of logs and houses a splendid collection of artifacts, including much that was used in building the Alaska Highway. The best part of the museum, though, may not be readily apparent, though. Curator Marl Brown, shown here, lovingly restores antique automobiles, and a large metal building on the museum property houses dozens of them, all in running condition. Here Marl sits at the wheel of an automobile that first drove down a road in 1908–that’s right, this is a 100-year-old car.

Marl himself turned 75 this year, and to celebrate that milestone in his life he figured he’d take his century-old car for a spin. He drove up the Alaska Highway from Fort Nelson, across the Canadian Rockies, to Whitehorse, Yukon…and then drove back in early July. Total round-trip distance was about 1,200 miles.

When you visit the museum, you’ll probably have to ask to see the cars as the building is usually locked. If Marl is around, someone working in the museum will fetch him, and if he has time he will open the doors to one of the finest collections of antique automobiles in North America.

Contact Ron at rdcomm@gci.net to order a copy of his book, Guide to the Alaska Highway.

 

RV Marvels - I Madonnari Street Painting Festival

Prepare to be amazed as you tag along with me as I spend the day at the I Madonnari Street Painting Festival in Santa Barbara.

Happy Travels!

North to Alaska…in northern British Columbia

One of the prettiest wildflowers that grows along the Alaska Highway in both Canada and Alaska is the Indian paintbrush seen here. This bright red splash of color is usually about the diameter of a quarter or a little larger and slightly over an inch-and-a-half tall from where it perches at the top of the stem.

You can find these almost anywhere in roadside ditches, on hillsides or in creek bottoms. Blooms are generally not too close together.

Contact Ron at rdcomm@gci.net for a copy of his book, Guide to the Alaska Highway.

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