Travel Trailer Blogs

On the menu today is a hardy chicken Black Bean Chili that will hit the spot on the coldest days. All of the ingredients can be found at most every grocery store. Did we go a little over the top to make this meal? Sure, but it was a lot of fun adding all the little touches.

COVID has brought significant changes to the world as we know it and it has clearly affected the travel industry. Much to our surprise, this has led to an increase in travel trailer sales. Bloomberg has noted the rise in sales attributed to COVID and calls them “COVID Campers”.

Modify Your Trip Itinerary to Include Your Pets One of your first steps should be to revise your travel itinerary to leave plenty of room to include your pets. First-time travelers make the mistake of assuming their plans will not be affected by their pets. You can save yourself the headache by making your pet […]

An Oliver Travel Trailers’ Journey To The Channeled Scablands By: Frank McMichael, Hull No.101 Dry Falls State Park The Dry Falls State Park and RV campground is in the coulee downstream from the Dry Falls that is a remnant of the Ice Age Flood. Mid-morning on Sunday, May 13, 2018 I pulled into the Park […]

An Oliver Travel Trailers’ Journey To The Channeled Scablands By: Frank McMichael, Hull No.101 Pothole Coulee Pothole Coulee, one of the more dramatic Channeled Scabland features that helps illustrate how massive this Ice Age Flood was and how terrifyingly destructive it became as it traveled to the Columbia River. What you see is the basalt […]

The eastern ice cap had descended further south than the western portion of the ice cap. As indicated in my first ‘part 1 of the series’, the eastern ice cap was as far south as Ohio. Likely the warming effect of the Pacific Ocean

For more than two years I have been receiving treatment for stage four prostate cancer which had metastasized to six other places in my body. A few months ago I was able to discontinue all medical treatment. The course of the medications over the past years seemed to have worked, I have no more pain and various tests indicate all is well. Future Doctor’s visit will be for monitoring only.

Brookings, Oregon is about 250 miles north on US 101 from my home in Ukiah, California. It is just north of the border between the two states. Driving this distance, one passes through mountains, across rivers, through redwoods, along extensive shorelines and beautiful beaches and at a few places Roosevelt Elk may be observed.

After my stay in the cold and wet of Ruby Valley, Cathedral Gorge State Campground near Caliente, Nevada was a wonderful place to relax in the sun and soak up some warmth. While relaxing with a book, a beer and some pine nuts, I contemplated my next destination.

After three days at Ruby Lake in my travel trailer, I reluctantly decided to leave as the cold weather was predicted to continue for a longer period then I wanted to wait. The weather was very cold on the morning I left, colder than the day before and colder than my little twinkle toes can tolerate. The sky was dark and rain seemed imminent, so I left before it imminence all over me. The electrically warmed steering wheel was much appreciated this morning. I told you that I was a wuss.

During the night the wind stopped and the awareness of that seeped into me with the early morning light. With the light also came the remembrance that I had forgotten to stop for groceries as I passed through some several towns on the way to my sagebrush campsite.

Getting your family in an RV and exploring various places is not just a one-time activity but a lifestyle. Once you are in this lifestyle, it’s hard to quit. More importantly, once you have chosen to live the life of an explorer and nature lover, you want to learn things quickly to make your RV Parks stay enjoyable. There are thousands of RV parks around the country but you won’t have the same experience everywhere. To have the best time of your life with your family, you need to know the factors that help you pick the best RV Park. Here are the top tips for doing so.