by Explorer RV Club | Jul 17, 2024 | News, RV
Exciting news! Orbit Insurance Services and the Ontario Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (ORVDA) will continue their strategic collaboration for 2024-27, with Orbit as the exclusive RV insurance supplier for the association. “We are thrilled that we will...
by Gail Aller-Stead | Jul 12, 2024 | Galley Kitchen, RV Recipe
Small kitchen appliances have come a long way since the stovetop pressure cookers our mothers and grandmothers used in the 1940’s/1950’s and the slow cookers (“crockpots”) from the 1970’s. In addition to these tried-and-true standbys, we now have multicookers...
by Howard J. Elmer | Jul 5, 2024 | Product Reviews, RV
RVs are always evolving. Manufacturers make changes to draw in new customers, and over time, as those customers’ tastes change, so do the RVs. The other element of design changes concerns what is available to manufacturers – with motorized units in particular....
by Larry MacDonald | Jun 21, 2024 | Places to See
As full-time RVers who spend our summers on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, my wife Sandy and I have had numerous opportunities to explore various communities on both coasts of the island. Occasionally, fellow RVers will ask us about our favourite destinations...
by Malcolm Callister | Jun 14, 2024 | Maintenance, RV Living
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!”...
by Timothy Fowler | Jun 7, 2024 | RV Living, RV Recipe
“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,...
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 Josephine Matyas | May 16, 2024 | Places to See
There’s something incredibly satisfying about being able to pilot your “home on wheels” around a circle route. It makes for a nice, tidy itinerary. We find it’s also a way to absorb a destination, rather than feeling like we’ve just passed through. As far as circular...
by Gail Aller-Stead | May 3, 2024 | RV Living
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...
by Malcolm Callister | Apr 18, 2024 | Maintenance, RV Living
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 your...
