We often get asked, “what is camp hosting?” The short of camp hosting is that generally, you are volunteering your time in exchange for your full hookup campsite with no monetary compensation. We have already found that responsibilities and schedule vary greatly park to park. So far we have camp hosted at two different parks …
Trippy, Propane Hose Chewing, Squirrels
A squirrel chewed our propane hose on The Tin Can! Why? And how am I going to keep them from chewing it again? I mean, I never thought of this being an issue. I’ve seen where squirrels have chewed on wires before, but I didn’t think they would chew on hoses. Anyway… As a note, …
Swapping Out An RV Oven – Part 2
With our old gas RV oven removed, we can now proceed with installing our Breville Smart Oven Air. In my previous post, Swapping Out An RV Oven – Part 1, I explained how I removed our old RV oven while keeping the stove-top. Now I will tell how I went about installing the new electric …
Swapping Out An RV Oven – Part 1
Swapping out a gas RV oven is not as difficult as you might think. Even though the stove top and oven appear as one piece, they can be separated by removing a couple of screws and detaching some gas lines. I know it sounds intimidating, messing with gas lines and such. Actually, it’s really simple, …
What’s Holding You Back?
In my last post, I shared our “Why?”. I guess the alternate title to this article could be “How?” Very often we hear people in our full-time circles, who often talk about things that are holding them back from living the full-time RV lifestyle. Typically these “restraints” are based around several key things that include: …
Creating A Dog Cage In Our RV
We are a full-time family of 4 humans, 2 cats, and 4 dogs. Three of our dogs are, not-so-well-behaved, bassets. Therefore we have to lock them up at night and when we are away and not able to take them with us. In this post, I will describe how I made a dog cage for …
Why?
Many times when you do something against “the grain”… something different, many people will ask the million dollar question. WHY? Why would you give up “The American Dream” to do something crazy, like live in an RV? Many people live this lifestyle for different reasons. Here is our “why” along with a couple of misconceptions. …
Our RV Internet Setup
Who doesn’t need good internet these days? I know we sure use a lot of it and living in sticks and bricks, in a metro area, gets you spoiled on fast internet speeds. In the past two years, we have gotten very dependent on reliable internet. We “cut the cord” and turned off our cable …
5 Favorite IKEA Organizational Products in our RV
Interested in the IKEA products we feature, sign up below to receive your free IKEA shopping list! TILLSLUTA Kitchen Canisters When organizing a small cabinet, square canisters are best to maximize space. IKEA makes some great square canisters with rubber gaskets. While the rubber gaskets make it a little difficult to get the lids off …
5 Things We’ve Learned During Our First Month of Full-Time Living
The nomadic life is a life filled with ups and downs just like “regular” sticks-and-brick life. Over the past month, we’ve had our share of ups and “OH CRAP!” moments. Here are the top 5 things we’ve learned during our first month of full-time living: 1) Sometimes you just need to ask. Are you looking …
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