The RVing pop up recycle bin provides a much needed solution for the RV lifestyle. We have all trained ourselves to recycle at home. Bins designed for home kitchen or garage use provide the necessary room for sorting glass, plastic and paper. However, it can be challenging to bring our good recycling habits along on the road. 

We want to sort items and eventually deposit them at a recycle depot or the RV park's recycle facility, but where does one keep them in the meantime? Space inside the RV is at a premium, and open bins outside the RV look untidy and can attract flies.

                                

Clickfree Automatic Backup is a lightweight and economical RVing computer backup solution.  Backing up your laptop computer while RVing and away from home for weeks or months is a chore which is often neglected. 

Files are stored in folders with other similar files.  Your photos, music, etc., can easily be viewed on the Clickfree, in one place with the single click of your mouse.  You can also set up reminders on your computer to tell you when it is time to do your next backup so that you don't forget.  We set ours up for a weekly reminder.

This screen is displayed while it searches your entire computer for over 400 different known file types.

This screen displays the progress of the actual backup.

Once the backup is completed this screen displays all the files that are new or have changed since the last time a backup was performed.

Unplug the Clickfree Backup device from the computer and you are done. You can setup reminder at regular intervals to ensure that you do actually perform backups once a week, for example.

We hope all of our friends, family and fellow RVers will take advantage of such a simple and inexpensive solution to protect those valuable photos.

View the User Manual for the Clickfree Backup  (It will take a few seconds to download)

 Clickfree Automatic Backup: RVing Computer Solution

RVing Teacapan.  This little-known location provides a tranquil small town experience when visiting Mexico by RV.  Teacapan, in the state of Sinaloa, is a coastal Mexican fishing village located an hour-and-a-half drive south of Mazatlan.  The entry arches to the town say it all:  "Teacapan - Pueblo de Pescadores" (town of fishermen).  This is not a tourist-saturated area at all, but even so, it is a popular destination for those who visit Mexico by RV.  The whole Teacapan peninsula is rural with field after field of peppers and tomatoes.  The pueblo itself is a look into the work-a-day life of a Mexican community.  Shop here, and you will be shopping shoulder-to-shoulder with locals.  English is spoken moderately here and there, but don't count on it.  

Mexico by RV to hectic places like Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan, with their street hucksters and the same tourist wares from one shop to the next, makes RVing Teacapan and its casual way of life, a welcome change.  The Mexican shopkeepers are polite and unobtrusive while you casually browse for what you wish.  Children in their school uniforms lounge at a local outdoor restaurant enjoying the shade of a tree after the morning's classes.  Young mothers and elderly grandmas cradle babies outside the doors of their humble homes.

As we travel down the dusty main street there are many varying restaurants, if you feel like a break from RV cooking.  For shopping, there is the fruteria (fruit and vegetable stand) which has an impressive offering of produce which is refreshed each day.  The panaderia (bakery) is a small shop off the main square run by a father and son.  They bake their breads and sweet rolls in an ancient cavernous brick and mud oven using a long paddle to remove the many pans that can bake at one time.  As one learns the rhythm here it becomes evident which abbarotes (corner store) carries the best selection of dairy products and which has the best eggs.  When shopping for canned goods, be sure to check the expiration dates as some products have been housed on shelves long past their due dates!  RVing Teacapan for a length of time means RVers will find most of their needs met with the shops here, or in the larger town of Escuinapa which is a 40 minute drive away.

Because the area is mostly rural, the incredible expanse of beach along the coastline is virtually unpopulated.  The water is comfortably warm to enjoy some boogie boarding or swimming in a quiet cove.  Dolphins are often seen in the waters along the shoreline at the wave break.  RVing Teacapan is a truly unique experience.  If travelling Mexico by RV, there are several RV parks and nearly-free camping areas along the beach, some with full service hookups and some dry camping.  If you would rather drive down by car, there are also hotel properties which have rooms, or separate casitas (cottages). 

 Mexico by RV is a diverse and varied experience depending on how and where one travels. If you are searching for your Mexico-state-of-mind, try RVing Teacapan, for a few days or a season!

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Las Vegas by RV is more than just "Bright Lights, Big City".  When you need a break from the shows and casinos, you can be cruising through tranquil desert vistas in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area in less than 30 minutes! 

 

 

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