Thanksgiving Dinner on The Barbeque
Summer is the time to cook outdoors. The heat this past year has had me testing and expanding the use of the barbeque to include baking bread and pies. Why not continue the trend and roast a turkey on the barbecue? Fire up that BBQ to cook Thanksgiving dinner and...
Fire Roasted Vegetables
Why let a good fall fire go to waste? Why not cook some vegetables right in the fire? It seems caveman-like to cook food on the coals, but this project was fun and delicious. You may be surprised to find squash, beets, yams, carrots, and corn deliciously sweet...
Trailside Plumbing: How to Replace an RV Water Heater Yourself
It was the middle of February; we were enjoying a month of luxury camping at Retama Village, in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. At the end of March, we would head back to Canada. After fourteen years of faithful service, our RV water heater sprung a leak. “What!”...
Chargrill For A Perfect Steak
“Salt meat as soon as you get home from the butcher.” This is advice from Michael Ruhlman, prodigious chef, cookbook author, and someone who knows what he’s talking about when it comes to making food delicious. The second chapter of Ruhlman’s Twenty (20 Techniques,...
Weather Apps for RVers
Planning for that epic road trip this year? In addition to checking we’ve the right insurance coverage, it’s becoming increasingly more important to also plan for the possibilities of extreme weather and wildfires on our journey. Last year (2023) more people were...
How to Keep Your Portable Electric Generator Running Smoothly: A Practical Guide for RVers
Imagine this: You’re camping in the Arizona wilderness in your RV, enjoying the peace and quiet of nature under a star-studded clear January sky. You have a portable electric generator for emergencies. You think you are prepared for anything until one night when...
Gas or Charcoal? Choose your grill and up your game
Charcoal or gas? We have been cooking over fire for a very long time. It's not just that our ancestors wanted to avoid raw meat, fire when correctly managed makes things deliciously tender. A suitable fire for the correct amount of time at the right intensity adds...
Top tips for planning a successful RV trip
Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.- Attributed to Gloria SteinemBefore there’s a plan, there’s a dream. That’s the first step in any plan. Start your planning early by...
What’s New in Motorized RVs
In the fleet of motorized RVs, new designs are following a trend towards the wants of younger buyers. Class B motorhomes, in particular, are increasing in popularity – hence why more versions are available. The younger demographic spends more time on the road and...
Grilling steak indoors
Grilling outdoors in winter has long been our house's badge of honour and stubbornness. There is a particular Canadian pride that comes with winter grilling. That said, I usually face blowing snow and howling winds with BBQ tongs in hand while expectant diners...
RV Food Storage
One of the best things about RVing is taking our kitchen with us and making our RV home away from home. This means we have greater control over what, when, and how we eat - and our travel budget, too! That said, how we store food in an RV differs from how we store...
What’s new in RVs for 2024
There is always something new in RVs – each year. This is a constant, but what isn't are the sales. Sales have declined for the first time since the start of the pandemic (an event that shot RV sales through the roof). RV shipment numbers for Elkhart County's...
