Posts By: James

The Vineyards Campground, Grapevine (Dallas), TX – RV Park Review

The Vineyards Campground, Grapevine (Dallas), TX – RV Park Review

  The first time we stayed at The Vineyards Campground on Lake Grapevine, we checked in in the middle of the night and left just after first light.  But we saw enough of the place that we...
Leisure Travel Vans Test Drive!

Leisure Travel Vans Test Drive!

We’ve got a fair amount of info on the site about various Leisure Travel Vans models.  We’ve toured the factory.  And I get frequent questions on LTV’s products, which I can...
First Look at the New Dynamax REV 24RB

First Look at the New Dynamax REV 24RB

  I’ve reviewed some inexpensive RVs before.  (OK.  Not usually, but there was that one.)  But it’s rare that I’d say I was genuinely confused about how a motorhome could be...
Interview with Pleasure-Way CEO Dean Rumpel

Interview with Pleasure-Way CEO Dean Rumpel

  I’ve written before that one of the good things about going to RV shows is that you get to interact with the RV manufacturers.  Usually, this will be a manufacturer’s rep at the...
How NOT to visit Texas.  Part 1

How NOT to visit Texas. Part 1

I’m sure Texas has a lot to offer RVers. Really, I am. And I’m certainly not crossing it off our list of RV destinations yet. But our recent trip through the Lone Star State turned into one of...
How NOT to visit Texas.  Part 2

How NOT to visit Texas. Part 2

So let’s set the scene back up. It’s after midnight; there’s a Texas-sized storm; and we’ve just arrived at a very remote and eerily abandoned Sea Rim State Park to find that...
Detailed Review of Pleasure-Way Plateau XL

Detailed Review of Pleasure-Way Plateau XL

  While we were at the Southwest RV Supershow recently, we got a chance to get up close and personal with one of the new models from Pleasure-Way:  The Plateau XL Wide body.  I have to tell...
Highlights of the Southwest RV Supershow

Highlights of the Southwest RV Supershow

Stef and I love RV shows.  It’s a chance to see lots of RVs, and mingle with other like-minded RV enthusiasts.  There are plenty of other reasons you should check out an RV show, but the “kid...
Thetford SmartTote – How to use it and Why you want one

Thetford SmartTote – How to use it and Why you want one

Some of you may have seen me in this video over on Chuck Woodbury’s RVTravel channel.  I’m posting it here too, in case you haven’t seen it yet.  It shows how you can use the...
Leisure Travel Vans Factory Tour!

Leisure Travel Vans Factory Tour!

  Hello.  I’m James, and I’m an RV nerd. It’s true.  On any given Saturday, while the rest of the clan is out taking the grandchildren to the “interactive farm”, I’m probably...