SHOWERMI$ER is a product that can help RVer’s save freshwater and save gray tank capacity. When used, it bypasses the showerhead and sends water back to the freshwater tank while the water is warming up. This can save you a half to full gallon of water every time you shower. It also displays when the … Continue reading “Adding a SHOWERMI$ER”
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Winegard ConnecT V1
The Winegard ConnecT V1 (4G1) is a roof mounted 4G LTE/WiFi device for RV’s that provides WiFi and 4G connectivity. The roof mounted device has antennas for WiFi & 4G as well as the 4G modem. It connects through a CAT5 cable to a router/WiFi access point inside the RV. Many RV manufacturers offer this … Continue reading “Winegard ConnecT V1”
Florida to Michigan
Oct 10th to Oct 29th, 2019 Harvest Hosts Harvest Hosts is a camping program where you can stay overnight at a business and enjoy whatever their business provides. There is only a yearly fee to join the program and the camping is free. There are usually no hook ups, you are dry camping. It is … Continue reading “Florida to Michigan”
Back to Florida
Our first Walmart September 6th One of the rites of passage in RV life is to stay overnight at a Walmart. This is typically done as a one night stay on your way to somewhere else. Walmart has a general policy of allowing overnight parking. Some locations do not allow it due to local ordinances. … Continue reading “Back to Florida”
Radio Upgrade
In 2019, Tiffin had two options for in-dash radio. One was the in-dash navigation system ( Kenwood DNX571TR with Garmin GPS) or the Kenwood DPX502BT. After reading many negative reviews about the navigation model, we chose to just go with the basic radio. For trip planning, we have used Apple Maps, Google Maps, Rand McNally … Continue reading “Radio Upgrade”
Fleeing Dorian
Titusville KOA August 27th to August 29th Our original plans were to spend a week or so at the KOA in Titusville and visit Cocoa and the NASA Spacecenter. Unfortunately, Hurricane Dora materialized. Time to go… Dorian Hurricane Dorian took an interest in Florida from the very beginning. Living in an RV in Florida, you … Continue reading “Fleeing Dorian”
Lock in, Lock out
W.P Franklin August 7th to August 13th, 2019 After three months at the same campground, we needed to move and get some different views. First stop, the other side of the state. The W.P. Franklin campground is located on the Caloosahatchee River adjacent to the locks operated by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. We … Continue reading “Lock in, Lock out”
South Florida Living
May 8th to August 6th, 2019 After bringing our new motor home back to South Florida, we decided to stay in the same general area where we had lived for 20 years. We needed to continue to work locally for awhile and clean out our storage unit. We were already familiar with the Broward County … Continue reading “South Florida Living”
Solar Power
When we started looking at coaches and planning our full-time life, we knew we wanted to do a lot of boon-docking. Our coach, a 2019 Tiffin Phaeton 4oIH is an all-electric coach with residential fridge, induction cooktop, convection-microwave oven, Aquahot, and three A/C’s. We had our Phaeton prewired for solar with 4 gauge wire. We … Continue reading “Solar Power”
Maiden Voyage
We rented a Dodge Caravan to carry the stuff we knew we would need just to get the new coach back to South Florida. Driving to Memphis took 2 days, staying in Palm Coast and Pensacola. Driving into Memphis we just had to stop by the dealer to take a peak before our appointment the … Continue reading “Maiden Voyage”