Posts Tagged rv camping sites
A Trip to the Pinnacles National Monument
Posted by Family RV in California camping, Family RV Fun, National Parks on November 14th, 2009
With a couple of days off in the middle of the week for Veterans Day, we decided to take a short trip to the Pinnacles National Monument for some hiking, cave exploration and family fun time.
Pinnacles is a funny place. Driving up highway 25, the area seems unremarkable with a lot of farm and ranch land. Even when [...]
RV Accessories: Why You Should Use a Surge Protector
Posted by Family RV in RV Accessories, RV Camping on July 22nd, 2009
The below video is an example of what happens to your RV when you get bad (too high or too low voltage) power from the RV park. It isn’t pretty and it cost us $300 to fix it.
Get the surge protector mentioned in this video:Portable Surge Guard
Camping at New Brighton State Beach
Posted by Family RV in California camping, Family RV Fun, RV Camping, RV Travel, Western USA RV Parks on June 18th, 2009
We had a really good time at the New Brighton State Beach park. The state park is located off of Highway 1 just outside of Capitola, CA.
It is a state park (though its not threatened of closing with the Cal budget crisis) sitting on the bluffs above the beach. We had power and water, but [...]
Getting Internet Access in Your RV
Posted by Family RV in RV Accessories, RV Camping on June 8th, 2009
Besides all the other comforts your RV provides, you probably want Internet access in your RV where ever you may be.
The below video gives a good basic overview of the options.
Cellular Internet access equipment mentioned in the above video.
California Camping in Danger by State Budget
Posted by Family RV in California camping, Family Camping, RV Camping, Western USA RV Parks on June 3rd, 2009
You may have heard of the budget problems with the state of California (my home-sweet-home). It seems we are $20 billion in the red.
Well the governor is proposing some prettry draconian measures with the State Park system. He wants to close up to 220 state parks with over 50 in Northern California alone.
This could mean [...]
Beach RV Camping
Posted by Family RV in RV Camping on April 24th, 2009
Every Thanksgiving holiday we go to Pismo Beach to spend the long weekend in the sun and fun of the beach.
Pismo is a great place for beach rv camping and November is their summer so there is always great weather.
They allow beach camping so there is always an armada of travel trailers and toy haulers [...]
