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Keeping an Eye on the Temperature in Your RV

Keeping an Eye on the Temperature in Your RV

A good majority of people like to enjoy the RV Lifestyle with a fuzzy companion. We love taking our pooch with us on trips and the times we go without her, it feels like someone is missing. We do a lot of things to make sure our dog is well taken care of and feels right at home when we are camping. In another post, we talked about the zip line that we made her that gives her a bit…

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Killing the Phantom

Killing the Phantom

When we put our trailer to bed for the winter we pull the batteries off the rig and put them on a float charger in the garage.  During the season we leave the batteries installed and just make sure things are turned off.  Imagin our surprise when we came to get the rig one day and the tongue jack wouldn’t move.  In fact, nothing would work and after some quick troubleshooting, I found that we had a dead battery.  I was…

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Easy DIY Campground Flagpole

Easy DIY Campground Flagpole

As we approach Memorial Day, it is a great time to knock out a quick DIY flagpole to help you fly your countries colors while at the campground.  The flagpole can be used for any flag so if you are more partial to the Jolley Roger, so be it…  I came across this flagpole while traveling in South Dakota.  I spoke with the gentleman that had it and he explained how to make it.  His had an extra arm that…

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Shakedown of Our Minnie Plus

Shakedown of Our Minnie Plus

This last weekend we spent our first night in our Winnebago Minnie Plus 27BHSS.  It is highly advised that for your first adventure in a new RV that you driveway camp or head to a campground that is not very far from home.  This first adventure is known as a shakedown trip and it intended for you to find things that are not working properly.  For our Shakeout, we headed to Jordanelle State Park.  Its a campground that we are…

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How We De-Winterize and Sanitize Our Winnebago

How We De-Winterize and Sanitize Our Winnebago

Back in 2016, we wrote a post on the process we go through to Winterize our Keystone Hideout.  We figured it was probably time for us to also document our process of de-winterization.  While our RV has changed to a Winnebago Minnie Plus since the winterization post, the process is still the same.  The goal of our de-winterization process is to prepare the water system for the season by purging all the antifreeze that was put in at the end…

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