Sticky Steps.
Sometimes rust and road debris is all
it takes to make the entry step
sticky and difficult to open. A simple
way to clean them is to use a wire brush
and clean the truck and pin.
Wax the track with a bar of paraffin
wax. Dirt won’t stick to the wax and
it works like grease. A candle could
also be used if you have trouble
locating paraffin wax.

The U.S. is a vast nation with a wide network of national parks and historic landmarks that appeal to many travelers. What better way to see some of America’s most notable spots than with a motor home? Motor homes are, basically, homes away from homes in which travelers can pack their family and friends for a prolonged road trip in style.

Each motor home model varies in features and accessories, but can usually sleep up to eight passengers comfortably, making the motor home a cost-saving and efficient way to see America up close and personal. If you’re just getting into motor home travel or have been vacationing in motor homes for years, be sure to hit up these popular trips for motor home trekkers:

Yellowstone National Park

Perhaps more than anywhere else in the country, you’ll find a plethora of motor homes in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is home to some of the country’s most celebrated wonders, including wildlife, geysers and hot springs. No matter what time of year you head to this well-trafficked national park, you’re sure to find something to hold your interest.

One of the reasons that so many travelers choose to vacation in Yellowstone from motor homes is because of the scarcity of camping sites and hotels within the park itself. Campers often have to book their campsites months in advance, and even hotels can be hard to afford, if they are available. However, a motor home offers comfortable accommodations anywhere, anytime, facilitating a worry-free trip for all involved.

Route 66
Route 66 is the nation’s most celebrated cross-country roads, which connects the east coast to the west coast and back again. The route, which was made famous in the mid twentieth century through popular culture music and artifacts, winds through scenic towns, such as Flagstaff, Arizona, and takes travelers through mile after mile of America’s beautiful country side. Folks in motor homes can drive into one of the many motor home parks or they can pull into a parking lot for a few hours of sleep before taking in another day of this historical landmark highway.

Interstate 95

How can you get from Key West to Bangor, Maine without turning right? Find Interstate 95! I-95 is the one and only road that connects the east coast’s southern-most point to its northern-most point, making it one of the nation’s most travelled highways. Drivers will roll through countryside, wine country, sunny beaches, and steep mountains while taking their motor homes up and down I-95. Plus, with the copious truck stops along the way, motor home travelers will always have a safe place to pull over for a night’s rest.

No matter what you plan to do with your motor home vacation, be sure to take a full tank of gas, fridge full of snacks, and camera. You’ll love winding through the country’s back roads, speeding along the highways, and stopping for a comfortable night’s rest – even when a hotel isn’t in sight. Efficiency, comfort, and style are three attributes for which motor homes will always be known.

By: David Balmer

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For the first time in a long time, I pulled into the gas station and I realized diesel fuel was below 3 dollars a gallon. Hopefully these fuel prices will stay low ( if not lower ), and hopefully this will help out the diesel motor home market. We could all use lower gas prices except for the oil and gas companies, they say that in order to maintain their companies, they need fuel prices to stay high, for example: I read that OPEC said they need oil prices to stay around 90 dollars a barrel to keep their company profitable. My question is, how come they were making record profits years ago when oil was only 30 dollars a barrel?  Let me know what you think.

Keeping your RVs engine and house batteries charged can be difficult if the unit is not used a lot. A quick fix for this is a household timer to operate the units in house converter/ battery charger. Make sure no appliances are on, set timer to go on for an hour each day, and then plug the charger into the timer. Also check the batteries level periodically.

Do you have an older motor home that you cant keep
from over heating? It may be the radiator. I was talking to
a technician the other day about a older motor home
in the shop and he was telling me that one of the main
reasons it was over heating was because, some RVs have the
inlet and outlet of the radiator on the same side. This uses only
a fraction of the radiators potential because, the hot water entering
the radiator at the top only has to flow through the tubes downward to the outlet tube directly below. By moving the outlet to the other side causes more flow through all the tubes.

If you have a fifth wheel, then you probably have a small hole in the side of the unit to insert the crank to lower the landing gear. This is a perfect spot for bugs and critters to crawl inn. A quick solution for this is to, uncork a wine bottle and insert it into the hole. No more bugs.

Visitusa.com humbly presents its list for what we believe are the best beaches in California. Of all the beaches California has to offer, we think these are tops! If you can find better beaches in California, then we’ll eat out hat (metaphorically speaking)!

Malibu Lagoon Beach:
A beautiful lagoon beach with 22 acres of wetlands, gardens and sandy beach. It’s considered one of the worlds premiere surfing beaches. On the east side of the Malibu Creek Bridge is the Malibu Pier, which is excellent for saltwater fishing. On the west side is a nature area.

Venice Beach:
No trip to Los Angeles would be complete without a trip to this iconic beach. Street performers, artists and “the beautiful people” mingle and stroll all the way to Santa Monica along the famous boardwalk that runs through this inimitable California beach town.

El Capitan Beach:
This shady, sandy, Santa Barbara beach features rocky tide pools along El Capitan Creek. It’s perfect for swimming, fishing, surfing, picnicking and camping. A long stairway gives access from the bluffs to beach and a bike trail connects the park with Refugio State Beach.

Ocean Beach:
O.B. as the locals call it is a laid-back beach-community know for its surfers and liberal politics. It is an eclectic beach community with a leash free “dog beach”, a fishing pier, swimming, surfing and volleyball. It has separate swimming and surfing zones, which is definitely a good idea.

Rio Del Mar Beach:
This long, sandy beach is found in the town of Aptos, California, in Santa Cruz County. It features fire rings and a barbecue and picnic area and is a popular summer beach. It is also the home to the “cement boat” a long stranded freighter ship.

Muir Beach:
This beach is less than a half hour drive from San Francisco down scenic Hwy I. It’s one of the most glorious regions of Northern California in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Fishing, surfing and campfires are allowed, and there are many coastal trails above the beach for hikers to explore.

Black Sands Beach at Shelter Cove:
This splendid black sand beach is a great place for Whale watching. Located north of the small hamlet of Shelter Cove in a remote region of the “Lost Coast”, it’s the trailhead for the famous King Range hike. This is a day only beach, so campers will have to head for the mountains.

La Jolla’s Beaches:
La Jolla means “the jewel,” a fitting name for the precious beaches of La Jolla’s coast. Surfers prefer Windansea beach, harbor seals love the Children’s Pool, La Jolla Shores is popular for swimming and sunbathing, while the Cove is a favorite snorkeling spot.

Drake’s Beach:
This vast stretch of white sand can be found at the Point Reyes National Seashore. The areas strong winds and choppy seas make it at little too violent for most swimmers, but sun worshippers will be delighted by the opportunity to work on their tans in a beautiful California outdoor hotspot.

By: Dave Hoff
http://www.articlegeek.com/recreation/travel_articles/bestbeachesincalifornia.htm

Looking for a place to store your
cooking pans, use the inside of
your closet door. Use cup hooks
to hang the pans and some elastic
straps tacked down to one side.
Now attach the other side using
a hook and small eye screw.
The cooking pans don’t swing
around and it’s great for saving
space.

Have you ever had cabinet door or
drawers come open on the road?
Try this little trick.
Go to your local store that sells
child locks and install them on
your RV doors, drawers and pantry.
They will prevent things from popping
open on the road and they are very
cheap.

Does your RV have a pillow top mattress?
Pillow top mattresses always seem
to have a problem with fitted sheets.
Morning time comes and the sheets
are usually pulled out. A solution
is to buy a pair of men’s suspenders.
Cut the threads holding the straps
together and clip them to each edge
of the sheet, across the underside
of the mattress, at each end. In
the morning sheets are in place.