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RV Carpentry Skills
The only cabinet in the kitchen at a lower level is the one next to the oven, it’s where we keep the pots, pans, toaster, coffee maker and the like.Originally it was made with rather flimsy materials that while did the job, didn’t hold up to the riggers of the road. Oddly enough there is…
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Road Trip from Heck
So yesterday (Veterans day) I had a few things to attend to at noon and then we got the great idea to go camping. The state park site has a great feature called ‘camping this weekend’ that shows you what parks have availability for the weekend, it’s not perfect because sometimes it doesn’t actually Friday/Saturday…
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Sunday – Black Tank Maintenance
I did tank maintenance today on the black tank of the RV. This isn’t a fun, pretty or pleasant smelling chore and not for the faint of heart but if you own an RV you don’t have much of a choice. It didn’t feel that the black tank was emptying completely and it seemed to…
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Rain Day to Catch up
Goodness it’s been busy. Despite my best intentions I’ve had trouble updating every day so now that we’re hunkered down in MA, I took the day off so Sandy can hang out with her mom and I can just vegetate. It’s pouring rain anyways and it’s amazing to hang out in the RV and listen…
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Starting Our Stay in MA
We were looking for something closer to Brockton that Wampatuck state park that we camped at last year and we found Canoe River Campground that’s just 22 miles away and is $20 dollars a night cheaper than the state park, also has water and sewer at the site. But (sigh) there are always tradeoffs. This…
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Fire Starters
I ran across this on Pinterest I believe and I got a chance to try it and I’m super impressed. You takes these ‘cotton rounds’ and dip them in wax and let them harden. You can stick them in the kindling and light them and boom, fire!