February 2010

Many motorhome owners choose to tow another vehicle to use as transportation once they reach their destination. This makes for a convenient way to see the local sights. For an even more intimate look at the local environs, and time to appreciate the outdoors, taking along two-wheeled transportation is a great option.

Keeping Critters Away

We spent this past summer in the mountains of Utah, which is just loaded with chipmunks and ground squirrels that would love nothing more than to make a nest inside or under our motorhome. To solve this problem, my husband, George, took the old moth-ball-in-the-storage-compartments trick one step further.

On August 1, 1984, a group of 35 motorhomers who were single met and formed the Singles International (SI) chapter of FMCA. …Through the years the chapter has continued to serve the needs of motorhoming singles throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Gloves

Mechanix Wear Inc. Cold Weather Gloves are designed to make working during the cold winter months easier and more comfortable.

Heritage Motor Coach Resort Announces Grand Opening

Developers of Heritage Motor Coach Resort and Marina in Orange Beach, Alabama, celebrated the grand opening of the new resort on November 13, 2009.

When we think of artists, it’s usually for the work they produced. Imagine how much more you could appreciate their work if you had a better understanding of the person who created it. And what better way than to visit the artist’s working studio/home? Here are 13 places where you can see fine art and the environment that brought it about.

As the RV industry celebrates its centennial in 2010, one of the industry’s leading historians provides a glimpse into the innovation and ingenuity that have propelled the development of recreation vehicles of all types.

Barely Moving

Dear RV Doctor:
We just purchased a 2005 motorhome with three slideouts that have rack-and-pinion electric mechanisms. The large living room slideout lifted up awkwardly, went out less than halfway, and made loud noises. We retracted it and tried extending it again, but it would only go out halfway and made both clunking and clicking noises.

The Bounder Classic 30T that I had the opportunity to review reflects the qualities of the original Bounder: simple, affordable, and functional.  John Crean would be very proud of this motorhome!

Following the purchase in July 2009, the new company, Fleetwood RV Inc., set out to reclaim Fleetwood Enterprises’ former commitment to motorhome manufacturing. John Draheim, Fleetwood RV president and COO, recently shared some thoughts about this process with writer Bob Zagami.

Industry pioneer Bob Lee, who in 1973 founded the company that would become Country Coach Inc., one of the RV manufacturers that spurred a booming RV industry to life in Oregon’s Lane County through the next several decades, recently returned to the RV business. This time, however, he operates in a slightly different capacity.

On the Rail Runner Express, the “beep-beep” sound that signifies that the doors are closing brings to mind the Warner Brothers cartoon “Roadrunner.” The train accelerates, and in a matter of minutes the houses and commerce of Albuquerque disappear. … Eighty minutes later, the train pulls into the historic depot in Santa Fe.

There’s not much excitement about a four-story high-rise condo (with a view) unless it’s called Pueblo Bonito and is one of the several that are found in Chaco Canyon. Here, massive stone buildings with hundreds of rooms — called “great houses” — are bound to keep fascinating visitors for years.

Following are a few crafts that you can create by using old puzzle pieces. You can make some just for yourself and a few friends, or you can produce a whole batch and sell them at the next rally craft boutique.