Suppose you had an extra couple of billion dollars in your bank account that you wanted to give back to your community. What would you do with it?
Here in the United States, you could just cut a check to each individual resident. It would be one hell of an automatic bill pay. Assuming we have 300 million people in the States, we’d each get a check for $6.66. Of course, the Satanic overtones of this gift would cause mass hysteria, civil unrest, and riots.
Okay, so what else would you do?
Kristy and I will be appearing on HGTV’s “RV 2009″ show on April 3. During the filming of “RV 2009,” a TV crew followed us as we toured “America’s Largest RV Show” in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The premise of the show had us shopping for a larger RV. Unfortunately, we had no Airstreams to tour at [...]
To tow or not to tow: that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to haul a travel trailer, pop-up camper, or fifth wheel… or to just say “fuhgettaboutit” and drive a motor home? Here are a few scattered thoughts on the towing experience as it relates to RVs.
Having traveled some 40,000 miles around the continental United States, I can draw a few conclusions about regional insect behavior. Overall, our Airstream cabin has remained blessedly free of multiple legged creatures. Sure, the occasional bloodthirsty mosquito manages to invade our inner sanctum. But mosquitoes are easy to spot against the white lining and wallpaper [...]
Camping in Los Angeles? It may seem slightly absurd, but we’ll all agree it’s much less absurd than camping in New York. When I think of LA, the word “urban sprawl” comes to mind. It’s just a ridiculously large and diverse landscape. Back in the roaring 1990s, I lived in LA for a couple of [...]