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Quoting myself as I can no longer edit the post. It was actually summer 2018 when we took the RV to Alaska. We did a cruise to Alaska in 2016. We took the route up through Montana, Calgary, Edmonton and the Yukon and then came back along the west coast into Washington. Vicki

We had narrowed our search to Newmar and Tiffin. But once we drove the Newmar with the Comfort Drive and found one with a floor plan we liked a bit better than the Tiffin, we were sold! Vicki

You don’t say what type of RV you will be traveling to Alaska in (nor have you set up a signature line with that information yet - highly recommend you do) but if you can set yourself up to be able to boondock with good batteries and either solar and/or a generator, your camping options will...

You might check out hipcamp.com. I haven’t used the site myself but understand landowners can list their property there for rent to campers. Vicki

And another great thing about PPL, you can look at their inventory at all 3 Texas locations online to see if there is anything you might be interested in before you even drive to the lot. Vicki

You’ll find as a sort of general guideline, private campgrounds don’t usually have much of a maximum stay limit depending upon location or state/local regulations. They can set their own limits and you will often find long term residents in private GCs. Rates are often discounted for...

They are supposed to be adding gasoline to their program sometime this spring. Vicki

Definitely check with your own insurance company. We had an ebike and regular bike locked on a carrier on the back of our RV stored in a well lit lot with patrolled security for a week while we took a trip overseas. Thieves cut the locks and stole the bikes. And even though we have Fulltimers...

We’ve had other wildlife visitors in our campground and sometimes had to wait for them to leave before we could leave the RV. You don’t argue with a herd of these fellows.

When the kids were little and we first started camping in tents, we had a tent that had a screen house like enclosure without a floor in front of the sleeping part of the tent. This is where we kept all of our food and the cooler. Kids and I were camping at a State Park in Michigan while hubby...

Brown, dusty and WINDY!! We stayed one winter in a park about 8 miles north of Brownsville. Never could put our awning out. The wind was just a constant thing down there. Temperature was great and the people were nice and friendly in the park with lots of activities. But we really got tired of...

Have you ever watched the show “Flippin RVs” where the company Flight Camp restores vintage campers for other people and/or ones they find themselves sitting abandoned in a field or barn? I think it was broadcast on GAC and maybe the Travel channels. They sold those for a pretty penny after they...

I disagree on the boondocking. There are several Water Management Areas and National Forests in Florida that allow boondocking. Some require reservations, some don’t. Some require a permit, some not. It just takes a little bit of online research. We spent most of December, January and half of...

We loved the dual pane windows on our fifth wheel! I think the reflective tint on the outside also helped. We could see out but during the day, people could not see in. But we had no condensation whatsoever inside on the windows, (or walls) even when staying in weather down in the teens at...

Do you tether your phone to the router using a USB cable or Ethernet cable? And what router are you using? We need to tether an iPhone by cable and are having a hard time finding a router that allows tethering. TIA Vicki