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  Today's publisher's pride is  Travels with Elly  by Larry MacDonald, which reached #220   in travel with pets books. Book description: This nonfiction book views Canada from a personal perspective, similar to John Steinbeck's view of America in his 1960 book  Travels with Charley . The author travels from coast to coast in a trailer with his wife and pets, including their Standard Poodle, Elly, in order to gain a better understanding of his adopted country. Interspersed between descriptions of history, cultures, places, and icons are the author's reflections on various things such as Elly's antics, signage, ferries, political injustice, environmental issues, and animal instincts. To provide a canine's perspective, Elly reflects on things of interest to her, including cats, cows, and other critters...but especially cats! Where was Canada's first settlement? What is its prettiest town? When and where was its most devastating shipwreck? And who was its greatest h...

excerpt from  Diary of an RVer during Quarantine  (MacDonald) -  Day 8 (Wednesday?) I climb up on the roof to see why my ceiling-vent fan is not working when the vent opens.    Being afraid of heights, standing on an RV roof is not my forte; I get a little queasy standing in the back of my pickup truck.    So I crawl to the vent.    Here’s some advice:    don’t crawl on a white roof in blue jeans … unless you’re trying to make a fashion statement with white-kneed jeans.   Finally, I reach the vent and Sandy opens it from the inside control panel.    I notice a switch designed to open when the lid goes up is rusty.    A shot of WD-40 and a slight tug on the switch and the fan begins working again.    I also clean a layer of soot off the topside of the clear plastic fan.    That brilliant piece of work warranted another Quarantini.    In all my 35 years of RVing, I don’t recall dr...

  Today's publisher's pride is  Travels with Elly  by Larry MacDonald, which reached #220   in travel with pets books. Book description: This nonfiction book views Canada from a personal perspective, similar to John Steinbeck's view of America in his 1960 book  Travels with Charley . The author travels from coast to coast in a trailer with his wife and pets, including their Standard Poodle, Elly, in order to gain a better understanding of his adopted country. Interspersed between descriptions of history, cultures, places, and icons are the author's reflections on various things such as Elly's antics, signage, ferries, political injustice, environmental issues, and animal instincts. To provide a canine's perspective, Elly reflects on things of interest to her, including cats, cows, and other critters...but especially cats! Where was Canada's first settlement? What is its prettiest town? When and where was its most devastating shipwreck? And who was its greatest h...

   Today's publisher's pride is  RV Oopsies   by Larry MacDonald, which reached #53 on Amazon's bestseller list for travel humor, #127 in travel, tourism, and hospitality, and #147 in business and professional humor. (This book has been in the Amazon top 100 nearly every month since its release.) Book Description: Every year thousands of RVers hit the road for fun and adventure, but RVing has built in misadventures-backing into a tree, bending a jack stand, and more-spoiling an otherwise perfect outing. For the past ten years, the author has asked RVers the same question: "What's the dumbest thing you've done while RVing?" Each year, he has given an award for the dumbest mishap. In this funny and helpful handbook, 101 of these mishaps come together so the reader can learn from other people's mistakes, saving them unnecessary grief and cash. - Always use a spotter when entering or departing a campsite. - Do a walk-around inspection before moving your ri...