Tag: tips and tricks


  • Illuminate Your Journey: Upgrading Your RV Lighting to LED

    Shedding Light on a Brighter Adventure Heading out in your RV is a thrilling experience filled with adventure and discovery. While many RV enthusiasts focus on the mechanics and amenities of their vehicles, one aspect that often goes overlooked is the lighting. The right lighting can transform your RV experience, providing functionality and enhancing the…

  • Unboxing the BLUETTI Portable Power Station AC200L and 420W Solar Panel

    The festive season is synonymous with lights, decorations, and joyous gatherings. This Christmas, we decided to gift ourselves the ultimate present—a BLUETTI Portable Power Station AC200L paired with aa high-capacity 420W solar panel. In this article, we’ll delve into the electrifying details of this innovative duo, exploring the technological wonders that promise to make our…

  • Adding solar and lithium-ion batteries to our truck camper

    When we decided to buy an RV we did a lot of research into the various types out there and eventually decided to buy a truck camper. Slide-in campers are as easy to drive and maneuver as the truck they rest in, are low maintenance, and hold their value. The compact size and off-road capability…

  • Travel photo hack for the easiest selfie ever

    Sometimes you just want to get a great photo of you and your travel partner with the awe-inspiring landscape behind you, but you’re limited by the length of your arms or your selfie stick. Or, you have to bother a stranger, and in our new pandemic world, that may no longer be ideal. I’m here…

  • Easy DIY yarn-wrapped wreath

    I have never really made it a point to decorate for the holidays outside of Halloween and Christmas. But I have a hard time being idle lately, so I made this easy yarn wrapped wreath to get a little festive for Valentine’s Day. I can take the wreath from our sticks and bricks to the…

  • DIY décor to make your RV or camper feel like home

    The entire time we were renovating our truck camper, I was also plotting out where I would hang art and envisioning how it would look. With the exception of the letter board in the kitchen and the succulents wall planter* by the door, I made all other artwork. I work in communications and have a…

  • Our Lance truck camper remodel

    This post was a long time coming. That’s because a year ago I floated the idea of buying a van and turning into a camper by my husband and he vetoed it. And then COVID-19 happened and life changed. We didn’t know how we would visit his family in the fall, clear across the country,…

  • Dreaming of a camper makeover

    Will is handy. If he is idle for too long he gets bored. In fact, the first month of quarantine during the pandemic he rearranged our garage at least three times. He also started brewing beer in our garage, built a gate for our front porch and then ran out of things to do while…

  • Want to buy an RV? Do this first.

    After renting a Class C motorhome we decided to buy an RV. But figuring out what we wanted and finding it proved difficult. For what seems like a year I had been floating past my husband, Will, the idea of building a camper van ourselves. He was not at all interested in taking on such…