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RV Tips -- Keep your Drinking water Safe

"Don't drink the water"
This is often a phase you will hear if you are traveling into Mexico. The water you put in your RV is really important every where, not just in Mexico. RV Parks get water from cities, private wells, and who knows where.  First you need to use a drinking water safe hose. They are usually white, and shouldn't be used for anything else. Common green garden hoses were not designed for drinking water and can transfer chemicals and contaminants to your tank or RV water system.

It is also recommended that you use a filter. There are many different kinds and are subject to personal preference. We use a 2 canister filter system on our white hose coming into our motorhome that filters all the water, and then we have a separate filter for our kitchen sink for the water we drink. We also carry bottled water for drinking, as some areas water just tastes bad to us. RV travel should be safe and fun. We got our filter system from Ken and Paula at K & P Enterprises. They are extremely knowledgeable and carry all the filters you need. Like, us, they are full time RVers, but call them, and they  can send you the right filters anywhere. Their number is 206 369-7724.

Dorothy Loll and Susan Cox
Maximizing Your RV Experience

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RV Tips -- Critters in your Coach

This is kind of a gross topic. Actually, it probably isn't common, but is something to be aware of. Yesterday, we discovered a dead dove in our awning arm. We have an automatic A&E awning, that works very well. The wind sensor brings it in when the winds get gusty. It is a really nice feature. Anyway, evidently a dove had built a nest inside the arm when the awning was out, and the wind came up and sent it in. I can't imagine that the bird didn't fly away when the awning started moving, but it didn't. I got squished in the arm, and what a mess to clean up. We didn't find it for several days, and it even had bugs in it. The smell was gross.

The day before, we were walking around the RV park where we are staying, and some people were trying to bring in their slide out. Another dove had built a nest on top of their slide, under the slide topper, and they had to get a ladder and a broom to get it out. While this poor man was trying to clean up the mess, the dove was dive bombing him on the ladder! Be careful!

On a similar subject, this is the time of year, when many people get their RVs ready to use for the summer. Be sure to check all the outside orfices for critters. We have seen many nests inside access doors. Hummingbirds like to build nests inside the exhaust vents for your furnace. Also mud daubers and wasps etc. can be  behind your refigerator or up by your propane tank. Be sure to inspect your rig carefully.

RV travel should be safe and fun.

Dorothy Loll and Susan Cox
Maximizing Your RV Experience

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RV Tips --- ICE

ICE = IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Have you got emergency information in your RV? The first thing to do, is to create a contact in your cell phones as ICE. Make the number a good emergency contact. Police and other emergency personel will know to look there.

Another idea that is valuable, is to keep a ziplock bag somewhere near the entry of your rig that has other information in it. It should have your name address and phone numbers. It should also list any medical conditions or medicines or allergies.

There are many other safety items you should be aware of, but these should be done, at the very minimum.

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Dorothy Loll and Susan Cox
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