RV Journalling and Recordkeeping

I keep the three separately.
On my laptop I keep a running log of every excursion. It begins a day with time underway and runs as narrative including fuel stop time and mile until the end of the day. The EOD note has time, mile and location (sometimes this is lat/long because we really don't know the name for the location).
As I write the mile on every fuel slip, if I miss one, I still have it.
I keep a small spiral book that now has headings for Engine, Transmission, Chassis, APU (generator), Batteries and Coach. I use this to record both required repairs and scheduled services.
Also on the laptop is a file called "Coach Needs". This is a file of things that are coming up and may/will need attention or just upgrades I want to do. It is nice to have this check off list and slide things to the done part.

Important Note: Anything on a computer can be lost at any time. So, if you don't have a Dropbox account get one. Any time you have internet, it will update the files stored there. This is sometimes active and you may have to remember to do it, but then when the laptop or tablet crashes, you can still recover what you were try to keep safe.

Matt

New app RVNotepad claims to be able to import RVNotebook datafiles. Could try that.

It was actually called RV'ers Notebook, from IV Software (Mickey Ivey). It's a Microsoft Access application, and still runs well -- even on Windows 10.

Unfortunately, when Mickey passed away in ~2008, his family could no longer keep the application going.

If someone still has their disk and isn't using it anymore, you might be able to get them to send you the disk. (Sorry, I'm still using mine, and very happy with it!)

I am still using RV Notebook but have started to hedge my bets and look for another program. I have tried a few other programs but nothing I like as well as RV Notebook. I also keep an Excel spreadsheet with different tabs for campgrounds, fill-ups, maintenance, etc.

Excell does a really nice job keeping track of things.