by Howard J. Elmer | May 20, 2024 | Product Reviews, RV
Wilderness camping, when I was a kid, was done with a leaky pup tent, a pack of soggy wieners and a lot of bug spray. Not anymore. Trailers capable of traversing really rough trails to out of the way camping spots are becoming more common. And is it any wonder? In...
by Howard J. Elmer | Apr 11, 2024 | Product Reviews, RV
A known after-effect of the pandemic is a rise in the number of younger families getting into RVing. They came because they wanted to get out of the house or apartment with the kids – but now, post pandemic, they are staying because they discovered what most of us...
by Howard J. Elmer | Mar 7, 2024 | Product Reviews, RV
It’s late winter, and the itch to get out camping is coming on. Whether you have an RV or are contemplating getting into one, this is when summer plans are born, even with the snow still on the ground. For my RV preview this month, I started by brushing up on what the...
by Howard J. Elmer | Dec 4, 2023 | Product Reviews
GMC has been calling itself “professional grade” for over a decade – that message was crafted to convince buyers that GMC trucks were serious work machines and differentiate themselves from Chevrolet. It was somewhat successful. During this campaign, though, an...
by Howard J. Elmer | Nov 15, 2023 | Product Reviews
The 2024 Ford F-150 debuted at the Detroit International Auto Show in September. We saw a re-fresh on stage (as the last generational update was made in 2021) that offered some thoughtful fine-tuning on an already good truck. Talking to the engineers during the...
by Howard J. Elmer | Oct 13, 2023 | Product Reviews, RV
Airstream builds a variety of RVs. The most iconic, of course, is the shiny, rounded travel trailer. This is something they have been doing since 1931. A little less known fact is that they also build motorized units. While this is a smaller portion of their business,...
