In the RV world, you hear the word boondocking a good bit. You may be asking yourself, “What exactly is boondocking?” Boondocking is spending the night in a spot with no electricity or water. It’s a great alternative to booking a campground spot just to briefly get a good night’s sleep while traveling. Where Can …
The Value of Attending Rallies
If you follow our Facebook page, you know that we recently returned from 2 week trip to Canada to attend the 2018 Fulltime Families Canada Rally. This is our second rally with Fulltime Families. We also attended the 2018 Fulltime Families Under the Sea Rally in March. To our family, rallies mean so much too …
How To Increase Your RV Closet Storage
Have you struggled for adequate closet space in your RV? I know RV closet space is minimal in our travel trailer anyway. So, what does one do when they need more closet space in their travel trailer? Well, to answer the question I left in my last post, A Better RV Storage Solution For Dirty …
Instant Pot Salisbury Steak
Our crazy Pineapple crew is constantly on the search for new recipes. We love to keep our available options fresh. Instant Pot Salisbury Steak is one of our new favorites! Our Instant Pot is essential to cooking in The Tin Can. We have very little counter space and hate to heat up The Tin Can …
A Better RV Storage Solution For Dirty Laundry
What do you do with dirty laundry in your RV? Do you have one of those mesh laundry bags stashed in the shower? A basket laying around that has to be constantly moved? Or is it just piled in a corner or on a bed? In the past, we used at least a couple of …
Top RV Accessories and Upgrades: Best RV Vent Fan
I want to share a series of articles on some of our favorite RV accessories we have added to The Tin Can. We have written a good many articles about modifications and other upgrades made during our renovation. Most of those were not about RV specific items and were mainly about how we did our …
What is Camp Hosting?
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, …