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10 RV AREAS YOU FORGOT TO CLEAN
*Light Bulbs are dust magnets. Built-up dust attracts more dust, then bugs, and it also holds odors from cooking, smoke and room sprays. Clean(cool) bulbs occasionally with a damp cloth. Don't forget unseen bulbs inside light fixtures.
* Filters. Some filters can be cleaned.Others must be replaced periodically. It begins with knowing where all the filters in your RV are. Don’t forget the microwave, vaacuum cleaner, icemaker, and the exhaust fans over the stove and in the bath.
* Deep Clean Door Mats/ Floor Mats. I like door mats that hose clean on both sides, then dry fast. Indoor-outdoor rugs can be laid on the concrete pad, hosed clean and put away dry. Don’t forget the floor mats in the cockpit.
* Stained dishes. Hand dish washing can’t always remove some stains, such as tomato stains in plastic storage containers. Occasionally give stubborn stains a very hot soak with dishwasher detergent. Wear rubber gloves and rinse well.
* Use a brush or vacuum crevice tool to coax crumbs and dust out of deep corners and between the keyboard keys. Get deep into corners and cracks. Mice and roaches are attracted by crumbs. Flea eggs can live forever in the tiniest cracks in flooring. Remotes, phones and keyboards deserve regular attention with antibacterial wipes.
* RV toilets come in many different designs. Don’t neglect spots that aren’t reached by the toilet brush, such as hinges on the lid.
* Have you checked the vacuum cleaner roller? It may be so matted with hair that it lost its pickup power.
* No matter how careful we are to line trash containers with new plastic bags, icky debris builds up over time. Wash, dry and sprinkle with a little powdered borax.
*Wood and plastic clothes hangers and plasticized closet shelving can develop clingy, scummy film that holds dust and odors. They can use an occasional antibacterial wipe. Watch metal hangers for rust spots, which claw at clothes.
* Pet bowls. Fido may lick the bowl clean but it’s still sticky with saliva that attracts bugs and breeds germs. Scrub bowls regularly.
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CAMPGROUNDS; GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS FOR 9/6/24
Gathered from local sources, this news may be incomplete or premature. It’s presented here as a heads-up for your future RV travel plans. Listed by state or province, locations are in boldface; hot dates in red.
* The annual Withlacoochee Bluegrass Festival, scheduled for November 21-23 in Dunnellon, Florida, opens for early camping on Monday and festival gates open on Wednesday. There are no hookups but generators are allowed. Dogs are allowed in the camping area only. See camping and ticketing packages at https://www.withlacoocheebluegrass.com/camping-policy/ For questions contact mandolindan2005@yahoo.com/ The long list of bluegrass performers includes Joe Mullins and The Radio Ramblers, the Tennessee Bluegrass Band and Danny and the Southern Grass. Rainbow Springs State Park and many commercial campgrounds are nearby. If you're not registered in the camping area you must be out of the area each night at midnight.
* If you can’t make it to Munich, celebrate Oktoberfest in Vero Beach, Florida,
where 24 full hook-up sites at the festival site keep you on the scene
all weekend. Cost for camping is $80 nightly, minimum two nights. A
Sunday night option is available. Festival dates are October 19-20.
There will be a 15,000 square foot beer tent, nonstop live music, tons
of German and American food, lots of vendors and a Kids Zone. The Car
& Truck Show is Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ida Mann and die Haus
Band will play polka music and Alex Meixner and Band are coming from
Texas with accordions. Music will also be provided by a local polka
group and “The Wüust Brand in Music City” will arrive from Nashville.
See full details at https://www.verobeachoktoberfest.com/
* Red Alert! Some U.S. Army Corps of Engineers campgrounds are closed for the season at Strom Thurmond Lake Recreation Area, in the Savannah District, Georgia. They include Modoc. Winfield, Hawe Creek and Ridge Road campgrounds. Petersburg Campground will be partially open until March 28, 2025, when the entire campground will reopen. Leroys Ferry and Bussey Point campgrounds, all boat ramps and most picnic areas and day use sites will stay open all year. To check ahead on individual camps throughout the Area, call the Project Office at at (800) 533-3478 or 864-333-1100, or visit www.sas.usace.army.mil/lakes/thurmond/
* Point of Rocks Campground, Prescott, Arizona will host a “Cruise In for the Veterans Car Show “ on November 1. At press time, details aren’t complete, so call (928) 445-9018. Located in the scenic Granite Dells, the big-rig-friend RV park has 96 sites with full hook-ups. The park is dog friendly and has a mobile RV wash service, e-bike and watercraft rentals and a camp store. Wi-Fi is available and 20 RV channels are said to be available through the air. Reservations are available only online and only to accepted, self-contained RV’s at https://pointofrocksrvcampground.com/ The park has many special events, many of them for auto buffs, so go to the website to sign up for monthly newsletter.
* Last spring, flooding closed the city-owned Miller Riverview Park and Campground in Dubuque, Iowa. Now it’s open again, weather conditions permitting, until it closes for the season on October 27. The 20-acre park on the Mississippi River has a barbecue grill, a hiking and biking trail, picnic tables, restrooms and fishing area. Phone: (563) 599-2852 or https://www.cityofdubuque.org/1133/Miller-Riverview-Park-Campground/
* The Reflector newspaper reports that the the nine-acre Columbia Riverfront RV Park in Woodland, Washington is now owned by the Port of Woodland. The RV sites, clubhouse, parking areas and pool will get facelifts in a $6.3 million project that’s expected to be complete by next year. Current campsite rates start at $60 nightly. Extended stay rates available. https://www.columbiariverfrontrvpark.com/ (360) 225-2227.
* According to the state DNR, Ludington State Park, Michigan is closed now for upgrades and won’t reopen until July, 2025. Work will be done on day use areas and campgrounds. The 5,300-acre park lies between the shores of Lake Michigan and Hamlin Lake. Phone (231) 843-2423.
* The dates are October 18-20 for the annual Dripping Springs (Texas) Songwriter Festival. It opens with a rousing reception, then spreads to multiple venues. (All but two stage are outdoors, so bring sunscreen and hats.) Food will be available at all venues and Mercer Street will be filled with food trucks. Headliners include Anthony Garcia from Austin, Charlie Argo from Alabama and Chicago-born Claire Kelly. Composers, lyricists and listeners come here for days packed with free performances, jams, workshops and networking plus special events such as the Gospel breakfast. For information contact Destination Dripping Springs, (512) 858.4740. For details on RV parking at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park and Event Center call (512) 894-2390. Sites are $45 nightly.
* Bad news for RV-ers? According to KHNS in Skagway, Alaska, a plan has been approved to change the Garden City RV Park into permanent residential housing. For now, Garden City, which closes for October 15, offers RV sites for $50 nightly, a dump station for $10 to overnight guests and Wi-Fi at added cost. The other city-owned campground park, Pullen Creek RV Park, will remain available for RV traveler. Check with https://skagwayrvparks.com/
* Plans are to upgrade the RV park at the Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics in Colfax, Washington. Meanwhile it continues to provide a miracle cure for hospital employees, patients and patients’ families who need a place to stay. Open only to authorized guests, the free RV sites have full hook-ups. Reservations are required. Stays are limited to 16 weeks and applications must be submitted. Contact (www.) Whmc.org, Telephone (509) 397-5733.
* Red Alert! At the state’s newest state park, Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, Soudan, Minnesota, underground tours are suspended because of flooding but Surface Tours, which don’t require a reservation, are on schedule. If you have a reservation for an underground tour, request a refund at (866)-857-2757. The planned park water shutdown for September has been moved up to October 7. All water including campsites, the dump station and showers will be shut off until spring.
* According to KTIC-FM, new tent and RV campsites with water and 50-amp electric are now open in the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District (Papio NRD). The District is in Sarpy County, Nebraska in the Chalco Hills Recreation Area. There is no dump station. The boat ramp at Elkhorn Crossing is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Reservations have a seven-day stay limit. The site will close for the season on November 1. Telephone (402) 444-6222
* Professional storyteller Raelene Croster will present a family-friendly Halloween Storytelllng Program on October 19 at Onondaga Cave State Park, Leasburg, Missouri. Meet at the amphitheater at 6:30 p.m. for the free, 1 ½ hour show. For information about the program call (573) 522-3760.. The park’s campground has single and family size campsites with water and electric hook-ups, a playground, basketball court and camp store. For camping reservations call (877) or go to MOstateparks.com/ For information about tours of the cave, a National Natural Landmark, call (573) 245-6576.
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