Going on a weekend trip to Wisconsin Dells. Where is a good place to stay for 20-somethings?

I am 26 and going with a group of mid to late 20-somethings in July. We are looking to camp one night and maybe do a hotel with a water park the next day. Are there any hotels and/or campgrounds that are geared more towards people in their 20′s? Maybe something with a tiki bar by the pool and a cool bar in the hotel.

family rv campground in maine?

is there anyone that knows of campground without bees and clean facilities in maine have a pop up and no luck yet can anyone have recommendations have 1 teenager girl14 and boy and girl 6 and 8 HELP like lake swims fishing or a pool and lake with some things to keep kids happy

What do you recommend for a campground in New England?

Don’t have an RV so it needs to be one that offers cottages, a lake of course. A pool would be great.
website/links if possible
No tent. The airconditioner tips the tent over. Very uncomfortable to sleep like that. electricity please. with a pottie and a coffee maker.

RV Camping – Slide Out Water Pooling

by Laura Weaver

We have a large living room/dining area slide-out in our motorhome.  Though we love the extra space it offers on the inside of our coach, we have found a problem with it on the outside.  The awning covering the slide-out seems to collect a large amount of water when it rains or from heavy dew, which eventually runs down our windows, streaking them, and occasionally leaking through the slide-out seam, getting our carpet and couch wet. The weight of the water has also caused the awning to stretch out and flap in the wind.  We’re fearful that if left this way, the awning will eventually tear away from the motorhome frame, leaving the entire top of the slide-out exposed to the elements, causing even worse leakage problems.

We tried several ways to alleviate this problem.  We would often climb to the top rung of our step ladder, use a pole or broom between the top of the slide-out and under the awning and raise up, forcing the water to roll off.  Standing on the top rung is not only dangerous, but inconvenient having to keep setting up the ladder and putting it away.  The process was also very uncomfortable, often causing us to get soaking wet in the process.  The chore of doing this proved to be never-ending…ultimately, not a good solution.

We also tried using a squeegee on a daily basis to try to absorb the moisture.  We still had the issue of ladder-climbing to deal with.  Using a squeegee proved to be time consuming and not effective enough because we couldn’t reach the entire surface.

Friends suggested putting a large piece of foam between the surfaces, but this became saturated, smelly, and posed a mold threat.  Yuck!


After much thought and discussion, we finally came up with a solution.  We decided to build a contraption to fit snugly between the top of the slide-out and the awning; giving support to the awning so it doesn’t sag in the center.  Using 1/2-inch PVC pipe, we designed a 3-D framework structure to not only support the awning, but to hold it at an angle where the water drains off naturally with no collection pools.  The different lengths of PVC pipe fit together snugly and are connected to each other with PVC joint sleeves.  It took several attempts of trial and error, as well as several re-measurements for cutting and splicing, but we finally succeeded.

After our project was successfully put together and tested to our satisfaction, we climbed the ladder one final time, and slid the framework between the slide-out and awning.  What a relief to not have to worry about checking the water collection on top of the awning…there is none!

When we’re ready to leave, we simply pull the framework out, and take it apart.  It stores easily in our basement compartment.  Labeling the joints makes it easy to reassemble; otherwise, it would be like a puzzle to put back together again.

We’re so pleased with our PVC framework design that when we shared this idea with our neighbor, she stated “Hmmm…That’s an interesting concept.  We just use the cheap blow-up swimming pool floats and stuff them under our slide-out awning.”

WHY DIDN’T WE THINK OF THAT?!?!      Regardless, we’re extremely pleased and satisfied with our slide-out awning frame which has proven to be the solution to our water pooling problem.  It should last us the lifetime of our motorhome.  Besides, we wouldn’t trade this cooperative building experience for anything…motorhome living is a continuous cycle of learning lessons.