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Escape Winter! You Deserve It!
As Neil Young once sang, “the summer ends and the winter winds begin to holler all around the bend…” The entire history of the human race is largely a search for comfort. Warm southern winters certainly rate high on my … Continue reading
California to Restrict Fifth Wheel Length
Please Note: Following is a letter from the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) Government Affairs Department updating members on the California Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) restrictions on the length of fifth-wheel trailers. We wanted to give you a quick … Continue reading
Posted in RV Dealers, RV Lifestyle, RV Manufactures
Tagged California, fifth-wheel trailers, recreational vehicle, RV Industry, RVIA, travel trailers
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Why Snowbirds Should Go West This Winter
Earlier this year, weather forecasts suggested an early formation of El Niño would result in a slightly warmer and wetter weather for the United States. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center there’s a catch … Continue reading
Posted in RV Lifestyle, Snowbird
Tagged Arctic Oscillation, Arizona, California, Climate Prediction Center, El Niño, Florida, full time RVing, La Nina, Midwest, NOAA, Snowbird, Southwest, Texas, weather system
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The Top Five Best Adventure Travel Tours in North America
Please note that the following post is written by guest author, Peter Smith. There’s no need to travel abroad to see dense rainforests, explore lava fields, or kayak with orcas. North America is full of amazing sights waiting for adventure … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, National Parks, Road Trips
Tagged Alaska, biking, Blue Ridge Mountains, British Columbia, California, fishing, Grand American Adventures, hiking, tours
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The Iceman Cometh! Are YOU Ready to Flock South?
We have chosen to be reasonably warm year-round, so we are snowbirds. Every year when I hear the honks of the Canada geese overhead at our home in the Great White North, something in my genes starts pulling my inner-compass … Continue reading
Posted in RV Lifestyle, RV Tips, Snowbird
Tagged Arizona, California, Escapees, FMCA, full time RVing, Good Sam Club, outdoor recreation, RV checklist, Snowbird, winerize, Winter Texans
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Flocking South for the Winter? A Home Checklist for Snowbirds
It seems like a bad dream, those thirty-four years when I trudged to work each day. Winter was the worst: Get up with the sky still black; hastily don my suit or sports jacket; struggle into my Parka; pull on … Continue reading
Posted in RV Lifestyle, RV Tips, Snowbird
Tagged Arizona, California, Florida, full time RVing, home insurance, outdoor recreation, RV checklist, Snowbird, Texas, winterize
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Ten RV Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Australian Max Anderson, traveling courtesy of Flight Centre and Apollo Motorhomes, gets his kicks on an all-American motorhome tour with his family from Los Angeles to Las Vegas via San Francisco. “American horror has many faces,” Anderson writes in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo Motorhomes, California, camping, Los Angeles, motorhome rentals, Orange Crush, recreational vehicle, RV Industry, RV rentals, RVing
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Hantavirus Endangers 10,000 Yosemite Campers
In a recent article I reported that the National Park Service Office of Public Health confirmed that two people had died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and a third and probably fourth case was discovered in individuals who camped at … Continue reading
Hantavirus Claims Two Yosemite Campers
A second person has died of a rare, rodent-borne disease after visiting one of the most popular parts of Yosemite National Park earlier this summer. Park officials are warning past visitors to be aware of flu-like aches and symptoms and … Continue reading