My youngest son has a dog that he and his wife treat like a child. The dog is treated like a little human. So one day my son decides to sign up for . He calls his dog Chocs (short for chocolate). When you love your dog, you give it nicknames. Usually more than one. […]
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eBook eReader Update for the RVer from RV52 – Kindle HD7 Review
Way back when I first started RV52.com, and RVing, I wrote an article about books and ereaders. You can find that old timer article here. In that article, I was a real advocate of the Nook. Every person in the family had one. At the same time, we were also very big advocates of Amazon […]
Learn the secret that has helped 1000’s of people fall in love with their cell phones again!
Use this wireless bluetooth headset in windy and noisy environments If you want to know the secret, check out the following videos which tell you about the extraordinary Blueparrott Wireless Bluetooth Headset B250-XT. I love this thing. I’ll never get rich pitching this thing but I believe in it so much I created this set […]
Amazon Prime – Free Trial Membership and Early Thoughts
What is Amazon Prime? Overview of Amazon Prime for RV52 uses Amazon Prime is like a membership club. You pay $80/year and in return you get the following three benefits: Free shipping on a BUNCH of items Free streaming video to a “modest” selection of movies LIMITED ability to read copies of Kindle eBooks Can […]
RV Site Picnic Table Cover
When passing through Concordia Kansas, we taped a “drive by review” of the Concordia Kansas Airport RV Park (posted AFTER this article – I’ll reedit to add the link). During the review we saw this really incredible picnic table cover that Concordia made for every RV slot in the park, or most of the them. […]
Space Saving and Convenience Tip : Electrical Outlets for the RV
Here is a simple way to get more outlets that doesn’t look too bad No – we are absolutely not drawing too much power… I think. But this story isn’t about drawing too much power, its about how you can get more convenience outlets for your RV (or anywhere else for that matter). How did […]
Space Saving Tip : Those pesky plastic shopping bags
When you live in an RV, you think about space – primarily – how do you get MORE out of the space you have. One area is those pesky little plastic shopping bags. These are extremely useful bags and by reusing them at least you are getting one more use out of them before passing […]
A Lady, her shoes, an RV : what to do?
It only takes about 10-15 pairs of shoes to create a space problem in an RV. I probably just talked about 47,000 women out of living in an RV didn’t I? Sheri has quite a few pairs of shoes. Storing them in the RV basement isn’t an option. But storing them in the closet uses […]
RV Basics : Saving space by using Closet Organizers
Article Update : (Note – Learn more about living life more fully, without STUFF in from the book The Spartan RV) Other space saving concepts we use in addition to one of our earliest space savings idea : Shoe Caddy to save space in an RV Plastic Shopping Bag Holder to save space in an RV […]
RV Basics : A simple towel rack
As we continue to try to make the limited space in an RV work better for us one area that can always be a bit larger is the bathroom. Earlier you saw our article about a tension shower caddy for the RV that has worked very well for us. Now we’re using a towel rack […]
RV Basics : RV Shower Caddy
If you live in an RV, like Sheri and I, you are always very sensitive to space. The shower in our RV (we can’t speak for other folks) does have some molded areas for soap, shampoo, but they are small and really do not work. Also, if you think about it, the corners of the […]
RV Basics : The Camco SideWinder Sewer Support
For a good while, Sheri and I did not have anything with our RV black water sewer hose to prop it up or help it drain. Partly because getting started in RV’ing is a little expensive, but partly because in the parks we had visited must have had exceptional drainage. We finally broke down and […]
RV Communications : Clear information
Update : This article is about RV Internet Communications or Mobile Internet for your RV. It might not have been clear when I originally wrote it. It does seem like whereever we are at, Clear isn’t there, while it seems to be everywhere else. But getting a good solution for your RV data communications is […]