Four Wacky RV Space Savers

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 4 Wacky RV Hacks That Save Space

MAKE A PET CUBBYHOLE 

Instead of storage drawers under the bed or sofa, could the same space be turned into a pet cottage or feeding station? Bonus points if you add a  door that turns the cubbyhole into a crate. 

ADD A SHEET PAN OR TWO

Think of a good quality stainless steel or aluminum sheet pan (usually about 13 X 18 X 1  inches)  as a sturdy, portable work surface that cleans easily, goes from oven to table and stores in a skinny space. 

I can open a drawer in the galley or bath, place the sheet pan across it,  and close the drawer enough to secure it tightly. It’s now temporary space where I can spread cosmetics in the bathroom, sandwich makings in the galley or sort socks in the bedroom. 

Use it as a tray to tote picnic items to the picnic outdoors.  Place it over cold stove burners and it’s a work surface. Line it with nonstick foil and cook sheet pan meals. Wrap it in foil to serve as a work bench for greasy tools, spare parts, hobby supplies.  

Use these pans too to contain messes. Try one as a boot tray, another as a feeding tray for pets.

ADD A WALL CLOCK

Buy a Blank and Make a Custom Clock

Add a custom clock anywhere in the RV where you can access the back of a thin cupboard or closet door. Buy inexpensive, battery clock works.  Use your art talent to design the clock face. 

Buy an inexpensive clock kit to mount YOUR CUSTOM CLOCK on a door or wall. 

CORK IT

Put up the largest cork bulletin board you have room for on an unused wall. Get a supply of attractive thumb tacks or pins and use the board for  lightweight items such as a calendar, coupons, oven mitts, baseball caps, checklists, keys. As a bonus, cork is also a great noise absorber. 

                CAMPGROUNDS GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS

According to the Orange Observer, the Rex Groves RV Park will be allowed to go ahead in Winter Garden, Florida. No permanent residents will be allowed in the park, which will have a fenced dog park and a hoped-for 249 RV sites. We couldn’t find a website for the new RV park yet, so stay tuned.

Where to go next in your RV? See travel teasers for upcoming places and dates here and there, sooner and later, near and far.  (Hint: new exhibit at Country Music Hall of Fame; Nutcracker Ballet in Miami.) https://janetgroene.blogspot.com

Will the Gauley Tailwaters Campground in Glen Jean, West Virginia get a much needed rehab? A  hub during the Gauley River rafting season, the campground attracts whitewater fans from around the world. Proposed are better highway access to the park, 11 RV sites, picnic tables, fire rings, campsite markers, lantern poles, two miles of new trails and accessible restrooms. For now the NPS is accepting public comments. 

Proposed for Denali State Park, Alaska is an 85-acre  RV park near Trapper Creek with 40 RV sites, a convenience store and a helipad for a tour operator. Keep your fingers crossed.

The Mountain Times reports a a new manager at Mt. Hood Village RV Resort, Welches, Oregon.  The resort has 382 RV sites and frequent special events that will be increased under the new management  Call (503) 622-4011. 

* Seven state parks in West Virginia are closed or partially closed, through 2025 for improvements. It’s complicated because some facilities in each park may stay open when others close. Also, some  campground closures apply only to cabins, not campsites. Check ahead.  The proposed reopening date for all is May 1, 2026.  Parks affected are Bear Creek Lake, Westermoreland, First Landng, Claytor Lake, Fairy Stone, Grayson Highlands, Hickory Ride and Douthat. 

* Save the dates for an old-fashioned family Memorial Day Weekend  camp-out in May, 2025  at Prince Gilletzin State Park, Patton, Pennsylvania.   During the Red White and Blue Weekend at the park’s  Crooked Run Campground,  campers will decorate their sites. There will be a 21-gun salute at the amphitheater, music, and a program honoring local veterans by name, branch of service, dates of service and a picture. Then there will be a Children’s Decorated Bicycle Parade. The park has 398 campsites, some with full hook-ups. This park has boating, a camp store, laundry, dump stations, showers, flush toilets and Wi-Fi for a fee.  (814) 674-1000

* Benzonia, Michigan may get a new casino community operated by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians . The complex will include an RV campground.