With March comes the vernal equinox, the return of Daylight Saving Time, and beautiful flowering plants. The beginning of spring is a great time to hit the road and make…
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FAIRFAX, Va. – Are you ready for the June 9 deadline for compliance with revisions to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Safeguards Rule? If not, the compliance window is quickly closing. Join experts from RVDA’s endorsed compliance program provider Accerate2Compliance for an informational webinar at 2 p.m. ET March 22 . Learn the requirements of the […]
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It is impossible to overstate the importance of good tire maintenance for an RV. Something as simple as keeping the tires properly inflated can prevent premature wear and tear and ensure a safe, smooth, and comfortable ride. But changes in temperature and elevation can dramatically impact tire pressure, resulting in a stressful situation while traveling….
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The Wasatch and Salt Lake City are quite unique landscapes. City streets and tall buildings push right up to the edge of mountains. Trees, rivers, and creeks run between concrete mazes, and ski slopes rip through forests. Sometimes, it’s exciting when the natural and unnatural mingle together, like when a deer skips across the road…
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10,000-foot peaks are not easy to summit by any stretch of the imagination. In high altitudes, with the sun beating down on your neck, climbing two miles in vertical elevation is not a casual, relaxing way to spend summer vacation. However, for some people, casual and relaxing is no way to live; in the words…
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“I travel in wild country a great deal, often alone, and my friends find this to be fatally eccentric, although they use the more polite term ‘stupid.’ They feel sorry for me because I miss the fun of camping in groups, same-sex or mixed. Perhaps I am too cranky to know any better. I go…
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Utah’s Bee Diversity The state of Utah is home to 4 different biomes: alpine, wetland, forest, and desert. Each distinct biome supports a host of unique animals and over 3,000 different native plants, to be exact. That’s a lot of plants that need pollination, which is why Utah is also home to 1,100 different species…
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Thursday, November 24th I felt nervous, nauseous, and in too deep. I still had half a mile till the summit, and my progress had dwindled to an embarrassingly low speed. There was no more solid ground, just polished ice and several inches of snow. With no boots, no crampons, and not nearly enough food, I…
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Save That Sofa! Camping can be fun, but there are times when you want to protect your RV’s interior from the dust and dirt that comes with the great outdoors. The SofaSaver from Covercraft is the ideal solution – with three sizes to fit most full-size sofas, and seven colours, the covers are washable and […]
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Air goes in and out, blood goes round and round, and if any of that changes, it’s an emergency. This is the introduction to several abbreviated first-aid lectures I’ve heard. What follows is something about how if the red stuff starts leaking out we put the fluffy stuff on it to keep it in, if…
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Outdoor equipment is constantly evolving and improving. It is one of my favorite aspects of outdoor recreation. New and innovative strategies to make gear lighter, stronger, safer, and more durable are constantly being developed and released every year. For me, it’s exciting to walk around a local gear shop and admire how technology has improved…
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SHIPSHEWANA, ind. – Sunset Park RV, an independent manufacturer located in Shipshewana, has announced Top Dealers for 2022. Awards are based on overall sales for the year. “At Sunset, we take pride in our dealer partners, they are the faces and voices for our shared customers,” said Bob Fish, VP of Sales and Marketing. “It’s […]
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Life is inherently risky, from rolling out of bed in the morning, to dawning shoes and a shirt, we cycle through (unlikely), but possible risks in our everyday existence. Death is a possibility that we face each time we sit in our cars and drive through bustling roadways and traffic. It is a guaranteed fact…
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In college we live day to day, week to week, moving through the world with minds full of algorithms, due dates, and weekend plans. By the time a break rolls around, we have no plans. What to do, what to do … binge Netflix? Start that looming craft project we claimed was going to be…
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On November 19, I navigated my old Rav4 (Delilah) across the bumpy, half-frozen mud that led to Meadow Hot Springs in central Utah. Steam rose into the early winter air, framed by the ridgeline of the Pahvant Mountains to the east. My partner and I stripped down to our swimsuits, shrieking in the cold before…
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If you only look at a map of Western Utah, you would be hard-pressed to come away with any other conclusion than it is a land of essentially nothing. If you were talking about human development, the thought would be correct. But where there is a lack of humans, wildlife is allowed to thrive. Traveling…
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Knowing what knots to use, and when to use them, is what keeps us where we want to be, instead of broken on the ground. With a strong knowledge of these knots and hitches, one can do pretty much anything they’d need to, including building and operating rescue systems. There’s a certain cult of people…
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What a better way to experience Zion National Park than on a bike? On this U-Explore course, a group of students including myself signed up to spend the weekend biking in this southern Utah desert paradise. U-Explore courses offered by the University allow students to earn two untraditional credits through a weekend in the outdoors….
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The US Forest Service has launched a pilot program to test the use of electric vehicles in the field. The organization recently added three Ford F-150 Lighting pickups to its existing fleet to evaluate their performance in remote and rugged locations. The goal is to eventually replace all USFS-owned cars and trucks with EVs in…
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When you start preparing for your next adventure, ensuring you have the right gear can become overwhelming. That likely begins with the “roof” over your head or the travel trailer you haul with you. Travel trailers come in all shapes, sizes, weights, designs, options, and …
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