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RV set up with a chair in front and two horses in the nearby pasture.
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7 tips for setting up your RV for a long-term visit

How to set up your RV campsite for practicality and comfort during a long-term resort stay.
The first trip and trial run of the year was to a location less than 30 minutes from home.
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One couple’s story of the first year in their new trailer

Peter and Annie Hornett from Canmore, Alberta, have camped in a tent for decades, but this year they upgraded to a trailer.
Picture of tablet and cell phone sitting on counter.
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Travelling South? Here are the best options for cell phone coverage

Long-distance relationships can be hard. Here’s how to stay in touch with friends and family while you travel.
Border crossing between Canada and the US at Hill Island, Ontario. Photo credit: CanStock photo
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Know Before You Go: Border-crossing advice for Canadian travellers with RVs

Crossing the border south is about more than maintaining a friendly disposition and being patient, but these help in the process. 
A couple posing in front of ocean scene.
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Medical insurance advice for travelling Canadians

Canadians enjoy world class medical coverage, protect yourself with appropriate insurance when you leave the country.
A white carbon monoxide detector sitting on a ledge
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Heading out on fall adventures? Stay carbon monoxide safe

If you are heading out on any RV adventures this fall, take note of these safety tips.

by Technical Safety BC
Freshly manufactured trailers await new owners.
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Why you might need an RV factory tour

Walking an RV factory floor—from rolling frame to decal installation—fully answers the question: “What’s inside?” Come with us to Outdoors RV in LaGrande, Oregon.
These safety chains need to be re-attached in a crisscross.
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Pilots use pre-flight checklists — RVers should too

Missing a key step in hooking up your RV trailer or fifth wheel can be disastrous—a checklist will help.

Herd of Pronghorn antelope.
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Pronghorn Xing: Making prairie highways safer for wildlife and RVers

RVers can help make our highways safer by using the Pronghorn Xing app. 

Bruce Hunt found a great multi-year rental on Longbow Lake near Kenora, Ontario.
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Is a permanent RV lot right for you? Breaking down the options

If you know your preferred site numbers at your favourite campgrounds but can never reserve them, you might need a permanent RV lot.  

 
A man and a woman setting up a golf shot.
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Drive for show and putt for dough: How to shave 15 strokes off your game

In the drive for par, remember putting counts for half of the course’s 72 par strokes.

The Pineridge Clubhouse.
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12-hole golf? Why not?

Having trouble carving out time for 18 holes? Here’s your ticket to a shorter round.

Shown is a campground in Fintry Provincial Park with a truck and fifth wheel parked.
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Reserving a campsite with BC Parks

If you want to make camping reservations with BC Parks, here are some things you need to know.

Foursomes can be fun.
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Why you should never try to teach your wife or significant other how to golf

Foursomes should be fun. A retired teaching professional’s top advice: Be careful golfing with your spouse.  

 

 
Golf and RV living are a great combination at a permanent RV lot, such as this one at Pineridge Golf Resort near Wabamun Lake, Alberta.
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Love the game? Move to the course

Whether a residential neighbourhood with a golf course or a golf resort with spaces for RV and park model homes, get closer to the game.

 

 
Pair of hands holding iphone with Venice canals in background.
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Leave the camera bag at home

Brock Kryton, a professional photographer in Alberta, gives advice on smartphone photography.