“House Brand (Private Label) RV’s”: An ALERT to ALL potential RV buyers and owners

House Brand RV’s: A CLEARLY deceptive practice in the RV Industry… How to avoid purchasing a camper that exists for ONE reason: To make MASSIVE PROFITS for the dealer who is selling it As I travel and share places I’ve stayed and things I’ve learned… Many of my posts here on RV Across America detail …

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EXTREME RV LIFE: From SUMMER to SNOW in 36 hours

A return to camping at Starvation State Park in Duchesne, Utah On Wednesday 10/16 I left Vernal, about 60 miles east of Duchesne. I’ve been staying in Vernal for the past couple of weeks. As with past stays, I paddled, biked and swam. Pelican Lake and the Brough Reservoir were my water bodies of choice …

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Core tips to successful RV Camper Boondocking (dry camping)

Boondocking with your RV camper (of any type) is WORTH THE EFFORT! Considering how things are heading in our nation, the ability to survive (and thrive) in remote areas is definitely something I’ve spent lots of time thinking about (and taking steps towards.) This post ties in with an earlier one titled “Should your RV …

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RV Travel… Crime Reaches me in Two Ways

AND… Budget RV Camping Tips Our society is clearly becoming less safe, even in the remote and lightly populated regions I travel through. Since leaving a GREAT boondocking area in Clark Canyon Reservoir last week, I traveled to Idaho Falls (Shelley), Pinedale, Rock Springs and now Saratoga. All these spots are in Wyoming, except for …

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Three spectacular Boondocking RV Camping nights at Clark Canyon Reservoir

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and it could have been up to 14 nights – all for FREE… After 10 months of Full hookup RV camping at Anaconda’s Copper Court, I was ready to return to “primitive” camping in Clark Canyon Reservoir. I NEEDED this! Dry camping on my own for a few nights – just me and my resources …

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Preparing to travel with my fifth wheel – last days in Anaconda

AND… A truly inspiring drive at the end of a patriotic day I’m starting to write this post on August 29th. This past week in SW Montana saw our FIRST FREEZE (yep, in AUGUST), and many mountain tops saw their first accumulating snowfalls (yep, TWO of them!) They were light accumulations, however it definitely whitened …

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I just had a conversation with a REAL RV sales dirtbag! He’s the General Manager for an RV sales lot…

OR… what you CAN and CAN NOT add when using JD Power to establish the value of an RV Camper… I was trying to learn for one of my clients the REAL condition of a camper and whether the selling dealer was prepared to sell at a realistic price. What he told me both floored …

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Summer RV Life in Montana and a brief RV industry update…

It’s August 8th. It was 49F this morning. Not an unusual early morning temperature for Summer in the RV Park here in Anaconda, Montana. That’s one thing I love about Summer in the intermountain west. Low humidity allows for significant cooling overnight. That’s a big contrast from my “former life” in New Jersey where you …

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RV Loans are more expensive than they’ve been in a long time – What you MUST KNOW before you buy a RV Camper…

First a bit about me… I created this website to chronicle my travels since hitting the road in December 2011. Living in my camper as a full timer now for nearly 13 years. From 2014 through 2018, I worked part of each year for an RV dealer in Casper, Wyoming. During my “stay”, I worked …

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