RV Information, Insurance, Maintenance, and Safety

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When you’ve been traveling and sightseeing, a good night’s sleep is necessary if you hope to come back and do it all over again the next day. But sleeping in an RV can often present challenges. Here are several tips to help you cope. 

1. Maximize Wall Space- Use tacks or putty on the inside of cabinet doors to create space for papers, maps and magazines to hang.  These items will be kept out of sight keeping your RV looking clean.    
2. Under the Bed- Create storage under your bed.  This is a great place to store extra linens, books or other items.
3. Add Shelves- Rubber-covered metal shelves can help you maximize your storage space.  Most RV cabinets are tall on the inside and leave wasted space above. By securing the legs of shelves to the cabinets, additional storage space is added.
4. Nest your Kitchen Ware- Nesting your kitchen items inside each other is a great way to save space.  Stack your pots and pans inside each other and stack all the lids on top.  Fitting your kitchen supplies together gives your more cabinet storage for other items. 

1. Rectangular Storage and Boxes-   It’s important to group like items together so you stay organized on the road.  Rectangular baskets and storage items help save space by fitting next to each other nicely.   
2. Roll your Clothing- Instead of folding or hanging your clothing which takes up space, roll up your T-shirts and pants into tight bundles to help stretch your wardrobe room!
3. Driver Side Storage- Adding a small rack that fits on the wall of the RV under the driver side window is a great way to house items the driver commonly needs.
4. Adding Rear Storage  - Platforms off the rear of your RV are another handy space to store any necessary items that don’t have a home inside your RV.

When it comes to your RV insurance choices, let Explorer RV help 'declutter' the process - we offer Specialty RV Insurance coverage for weekend warriors to full timers!

Volunteering at a Corps of Engineers Campground can be a rewarding experience, and provide a contribution toward caring for our country's natural resources.  Read about this, and other topics, in  the RVTravel.com Issue 539!

Colorado now has a ban on fires - including those that are in pits and grills - in 14 counties.  Read about this, and more issues pertinent to RVing, in Issue 538 of RV Travel Newsletter.

Read and enjoy the latest issue of RVTravel.com - issue 537.

As you dig out your summer wardrobe and buy sunscreen and swimwear, don’t forget to prepare your RV for the summer travel season, too! Winter can take a toll on us and on our RVs, so as you’re giving yourself a “summer tune-up,” you can apply the same concepts to your RV.

Issue 532 of RV Travel is now ready for your reading pleasure.  This issue is filled with tips, humor, recipes, stories ..... all geared to RVers.

Mapquest has launched a new web based guide pointing out the many wonders of our national parks.  It includes detailed descriptions of 58 of the major destinations, and includes tips on how to get the most out of the visit.  For details, read the article in its entirety.  I'm certain that many Explorer RV customers, and others living the RV Lifestyle,  will benefit from this new guide.

If you own an RV, live the RV lifestyle, or are ready for a new RV hobby - we have one word for you: Geocaching.  Geocaching is the ultimate scavenger hunt.  So pack up the cribbage board and the dominoes because your new focus will be: how do we get to the next "Global Positioning System (GPS) Location 'X,'" to log in our newest geocache?

If the idea of a techie-treasure hunt isn't enough to inspire you, how about the idea of your own secret code name? Once you have signed up with a geocache website, such as http://www.geocaching.com, and have chosen your code name, you can begin hunting for geocache treasures across the globe and share your experiences with other geocachers online.  You can even begin to plan geocaches of your own to hide along your travels. Geocaching is the perfect hobby for those who live the RV lifestyle.