David Risley
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I'm not a full-timer. Call me... a half-timer. I'm an avid lover of going camping and traveling in our Holiday Rambler Vacationer motorhome. We can do that due to my work at Blog Marketing Academy.
David Risley
Using The RV As A Mobile Office (Even When You’re Not A Full-Timer)
If you go out and search Google for using the RV as a mobile office, you’ll find a lot of different setups. But, one thing is most common… Most of them are full-timers. Obviously, when you LIVE in your RV, you’re going to have a mobile office. And certainly, there are some very creative RV […]
Continue readingRemoving And Installing An RV Washer And Dryer (Splendide 2100)
When we bought our HR Vacationer motorhome, it came with a washer/dryer combo machine. The old model was a Splendide 2000 WD802. The machine worked, but I could tell that the previous owner of our motorhome bought the machine secondhand. It was a bit dinged up, had some rust marks on it. When I had […]
Continue readingWhy We’re Changing From RVFamilyTravel to HappilyRV (Domain Change)
After some deliberation and brainstorming, I have decided to change our domain name (and brand) from RV Family Travel to Happily RV. From… to… I thought I would quickly explain why I made this change. RV Family Travel was a domain that my wife (Malika) registered one day without me being involved. It is actually […]
Continue readingWhat In The World Happened To Happily RV?
I have to admit… this is a wee bit embarrassing. The last post to this blog was back in August of 2018. About 8 months ago. In the middle of a pretty epic summer trip in the RV. I posted from Monument Valley. Then… nothing. It isn’t as if nothing happened after that. 🙂 Monument […]
Continue readingEpic Campground Scenery In Monument Valley
We couldn’t come out west and not stop into Monument Valley. So, after Mesa Verde, that was our next stop. I had only scheduled 2 nights (one full day) to stay here, however. While the scenery is epic, truth is there isn’t a lot to do. There are some commercial tours if you like that […]
Continue readingTouring The Cliff Dwellings in Mesa Verde
After a short hop from Durango, we planted the RV into the Mesa Verde RV Resort right outside the main entrance to Mesa Verde National Park. The RV park itself was pretty nice. It had a nice pool, 2 hot tubs. Even though I only used them once (since we had full hookups), but bathroom […]
Continue readingSome Beautiful Mountain Greenery Before The Desert (In Durango, CO)
As I write this post, we’re actually much further down the road in our trip. We got some catch-up to do. Blogging while you’re traveling is a tad harder than I thought. 🙂 Plus, I’ve got a business to run. Our first main stop was Durango, Colorado. After 10 straight days of driving, Durango was […]
Continue reading2,068 Travel Miles Later…
Last I checked in here on the blog, we were in Little Rock, Arkansas and weathering some insanely hot temperatures. From there, we continued west through Oklahoma, the Texas panhandle, New Mexico… to where we sit now in Durango, Colorado. And yes, it is MUCH nicer here. Currently 86 degrees, low humidity. The wife is […]
Continue readingHeading West. And Our Hottest Day In The Motorhome In Little Rock
We left on our big summer trip out west on Wednesday. I decided not to take I-10 this time, but instead to head up to Atlanta, then catch I-20 and, ultimately, I-40 west. We were grabbing one-nighters the whole way. Not driving particularly far each day. I’ve never been a fan of driving very long […]
Continue readingReplacing Our Furniture – Shop4Seats Review
It is a rare motorhome owner, most likely, that seeks to replace their furniture. After all, it isn’t a cheap thing to do and the financial ROI simply isn’t there. When it comes to used motorhomes and trailers, almost all of them have the exact same furniture they were built with. But, the ones built […]
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