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228. Advice for New RVers and a Tip for Measuring the Size of a Campsite

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🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this episode, we share advice from the RV Miles community to those new to RVing. Plus, a tip that will help you figure out on Google Maps if you can fit into a campsite. All this, plus our fresh tank/black tank pics.   Save 10% on your Hugest Autoformers purchase with code RVMILES Save even more on Solo Stove at https://rvmiles.com/solostove Visit L.L. Bean to find your next great piece of gear: https://llbean.com Learn more about Coach-Net memberships at https:welcome.coach-net.com/RVMiles Get your RV Miles Merchandise here: https://merch.rvmiles.com For more info on topics discussed visit RVMiles.com/228 Join the RV Miles Mailing List: https://rvmiles.com/mailinglist/ Let's go shopping! Support RV Miles every time you shop Amazon, no matter what you buy when you start at https://Amazon.com/shop/RVMiles. Join the RV Miles Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rvmiles

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0:00.0

This week, we have a fantastic tip for measuring the length of a campsite to decide if you can fit into it or not.

0:08.5

Plus, if you're a new RVer, we have some tips and some advice from seasoned RVers all across the RV miles community.

0:16.5

This is RV Miles.

0:19.5

This podcast is sponsored by LLB, who makes it easy and fun to simply step outside.

0:26.0

That might be breaking a speed record and a rugged built for fun sonic snow tube, walking an extra block in a warm weather resistant down jacket.

0:34.5

We're just taking a breath on your doorstep before cozying up in a quilted sweatshirt.

0:40.0

For however you experience the outdoors, shop clothing and gear at llb.com. Be an outsider.

0:56.0

Welcome to episode number 228 of the RV Miles podcast. I'm Jason.

1:12.0

And I'm Abby and we are two full time travelers who along with our three boys have been crisp passing North America on one epic road trip since 2016.

1:22.0

Here at RV Miles, we talk all things RV and outdoors from industry news, travel destinations, our national parks and a whole lot more.

1:30.0

We are coming to you from Northern Florida. We are in a fantastic very large campsite.

1:36.0

However, it is near all of the mechanical storage and tractors and stuff so there's a little bit of activity happening.

1:45.0

I think what happened was somebody said, ooh, those campers just put a camera out their campsite.

1:54.0

We need you to go over there and get on that heavy machinery and start moving random pieces of metal.

1:59.0

It actually just poured incredible rain for a very short period of time as it often does in Florida, but we're expecting some real serious rain this weekend.

2:09.0

Yeah, this weekend does not look good. I know a lot of people across the country have been dealing with bad weather among other things, but the seven people I think died in Iowa in a tornado and big storm hit yesterday across much of the east.

2:23.0

So stay safe out there. Yeah, it's that time of year again.

2:27.0

We wanted to kick off the show with an awesome listener tip that came in from Jerry. He actually formatted it in an article so we can actually publish it as an article on the website so you can find it there.

2:36.0

But Jerry's tip was about figuring out if you can fit into a campsite before you get to it.

2:43.0

And he discovered really how you can measure in the satellite view on Google Maps.

2:50.0

They actually have a tool for being able to measure with some degree of accuracy the length between any two points.

2:59.0

Jerry says that you can actually set two points on a campsite in satellite view on Google Maps or Google Earth and know the difference between them.

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