Our Story

Welcome to our site! We are Joanne & Steve. After 20+ years working for a city school department and police department, we sold almost everything, bought an RV, and started living on the road with our three children. Joanne homeschooled and worked online. Over the years we worked for Jellystone Parks as well as volunteered. We stopped traveling after 7 years and bought a house. Steve continued police work with the National Park Service and Joanne taught Kindergarten. Now that our three kids are adults, we have decided to travel more and explore.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

New Shelves. New Day! Newoo hoo hoo hoo!!!!

We have lived in Eagle for two years and almost two months.  We are still rearranging to make it organized.  No different than a house. I was constantly reorganizing that as well.  A big burr in my side was the large space above the fridge and pantry closet.  Vast.  Open.  Huge.  Plenty of space for plenty of stuff, but, still disorganized all the same.  So, for some reason, at about the 86th time I mentioned it, hubby finally went out and purchased something to help organize the space!  It took a few adjustments, but, I am very, overly, weirdly, thrilled by the results.


before, one of many arrangements 

empty, liking that

New Shelves…metal…sturdy…ooooooh, liking it.

SO MANY THINGS FIT!

I emptied the drawer below the dinette bench...

and the cabinet below the oven, not to
mention what was already in this cabinet!
More space!

Here's what we used.  It is made to be a three-tier shelf, but, obviously, that wouldn't fit.  Steve hack-sawed the pole used for the bottom two shelves (chopped off 5 sections) so it would fit vertically in our space.  The extra poles created, I screwed onto the top shelf (to the right) and that gave that shelf a little hook to keep it from sliding out of the space during travel.  I can't explain how happy I am about this.
 It's a sign I may need a little more excitement in my life.




Go for it people!  Take the plunge!  Buy shelving!  It may just make your day!

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Greetings.  

As of Febuary 15th, 2014, 
we will no longer be posting under the domain name www.rvingnorthamerica.com.  

We will still post photos on the 
Facebook page, 
and will still keep our active 
hallsontheroad.blogspot.com.

So, if you access our site at rvingnorthamerica.com, please be sure to bookmark 


in order to continue to follow us!

Why?
Too pricey.  We'll possibly lose the domain name, but, oh well.

:) Thanks


Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Take The Winterizing Pains Away with The Original Quick-Connect Blow Out Plug!

It's about that time!  Summer is over and cold temperatures are upon us.  If you are among the unlucky few that need to put the camper to bed for the season, then you will be winterizing your rig.

If you do not want to use chemicals, such as glycol,
here is the one thing you will need to make it easier for you to prep your RV for its winter nap.



This patented, beautiful, blue, shiny aluminum quick-connect RV blow out plug is made for ease of use allowing one person to handle the winterizing.


Expelling every drop of water from your camper's lines and hoses is extremely important, especially if your rig will rest the winter in an area where temperatures will be at or below freezing.  There is nothing worse than opening the door in the Spring to find water damage from cracked water lines.  Not the way to start the camping season.  


So what do you need to do to get that water out?  Well, start with an air compressor.




Locate your city water connection input valve.


Attach your Winterize Manufacturing Blow Out Plug by screwing the male end into the city connection valve's female end.



Now your Winterize Manufacturing Blow Out Plug's quick connect is ready for your air compressor.



A quick snap of the air compressor hose onto the Winterize Manufacturing Blow Out Plug's quick connect, and you are ready to go.
Compressed air will replace the water in your lines.



A great fit.

To expel water from lines, just open all faucets until the water is purged by the compressed air.
You will ned to bypass your hot water tank. See your owner's manual for instructions.  


Turn on the air compressor and allow the air to run through the lines, expelling the water...


until the lines are empty and dry.

Don't forget, water will remain in your showers' and sinks' fixtures, and in your toilets if you do not replace it with air.  This water can freeze and crack your fixtures.

Prevent these problems with the 


Come spring, just hook up your water, and turn on your faucet.


Ready to get started?  

You can purchase the 
Original Quick Connect Blow Out Plug 
from Winterize Manufacturing 
through their website:



Or through AMAZON.COM.


Only $11.95 with shipping.