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RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

Episode 148: On to the Next 30,000!

RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

Mike Wendland

Personal Journals, Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Automotive

4.7624 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Up in Kitchener Ontario at the factory where the Erwin Hymer Group of North America builds Roadtrek Motorhomes, they just celebrated a momentous event – the building of the 30,000th Roadtrek since the company’s founding more than 40 years ago. We were there, met the buyer and talked to officials who shared some what’s ahead for Roadtrek and the booming Class B RV market. All that is coming up in our interview section. Also this week, listener questions, some great TV tips, traveling tech and RV new and an off the beaten path report about an enchanted highway. Click the player below to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details. When you see a time code hyperlink, you can click it to jump directly to that segment of the podcast. [spp-player] Show Notes for Episode #148 July 10, 2017 of Roadtreking - The RV Podcast: Mike and Jennifer’s activities this week: [spp-timestamp time="2:12"] To Kitchener and Cambridge, Ontario to meet and tour Erwin Hymer facilities in Ontario Then to Indianapolis and the Family Motorcoach Association annual summer reunion rally… Mike and Jennifer will be doing seminars Wednesday and Thursday at the FMCA rally Mike confides he is coping with another case of Shingles. His second in two months. Doctors say he overdid it after his emergency gallbladder surgery, doing too much hiking and traveling on a whirlwind trip to three U.S. National parks and two Canadian National Parks immediately on his release from the hospital. Stress is a suspected cause of shingles outbreaks and Mike tells everyone the key to treatment is starting on a drug regimen within 72 hours after the outbreak. He missed that deadline and is now waiting for it to go away. He was keeping this all quiet but those who see him in Indianapolis will still see the sores, so he decided to come clean. The last time was on his left arm. this time its the left side of his neck. Building a master list of all the resources, products, gadgets and RV travel apps we use and talk about on the podcast, the Roadtreking blog and out RV Lifestyle Youtube Channel. You can access it all, organized by categories, at http://kit.com/rvlifestyle This portion of the Podcast is brought to you by Campers Inn, the RVer’s trusted resource for over 50 years, the nation’s largest family-operated RV dealership with 16 locations and growing JENNIFER'S TIP OF THE WEEK When we travel, we often wonder what mail we’re getting back home, and if there is something important that we need to attend to. [spp-timestamp time="11:17"] Well, listener Tom called in this great tip about a new service from the United States Postal Service - USPS Informed Delivery . Once there, you first enter in your zip code to see if it’s available in your area. Most of the country is included. Mike and I just signed up thanks to Tom’s tip. The service allows customers to track incoming mail through an online dashboard and/or a daily email. Enrolled customers are able to see scanned images of the outside of their letters the morning before they are delivered to their physical mailbox. Again, while the Informed Delivery product is available for most addresses, it is not available for all. A few of you may need to be patient a bit as the program is rolled out. Meantime, be sure to send me your tips and suggestions for the RV lifestyle. You can use the “Leave Voicemail” link at Roadtreking.com. Just click it and then use the built-in microphone on your computer or mobile devise to record a message to me. You can do it over as many times as you want, until you are satisfied. And then you just click a button and it comes right to my email inbox. I love hearing from you! Jennifer's tip of the week is brought to you by RadPower Bikes ,an electric bike manufacturer offering direct to consumer pricing on powerful premium electric bikes. Now with free shipping LISTENER QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK Sue and Bud want some help in cleaning their screens,

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode number 148.

0:06.0

It's time for the RV podcast.

0:09.0

Traveling North America in an RV.

0:12.5

Exploring, camping, boondocking, embracing the RV lifestyle.

0:17.7

And sharing tips and where to go and how to keep things running right here's award-winning

0:23.0

journalist mike winland and his network of rv reporters welcome to another edition of the

0:30.7

rv podcast and listen right up front it doesn't make any difference what kind of an RV you have.

0:38.0

Whether it's a motorhome, a towable trailer, a tent, even if you're just dreaming about getting

0:43.6

an RV someday, this podcast is for you, because here we talk about getting out there.

0:49.8

Enjoying God's amazing creation, meeting interesting people, boondocking, discovering fun places,

0:55.8

and using the right gear and technology to enhance our RVing lifestyle.

1:01.2

So you're very welcome here, and we're honored that you chose to put us in your ears this week.

1:09.6

Well, this is episode 148, and up in Kitchener, Ontario at the factory where the Irwin

1:18.2

Heimer Group of North America builds Road Trek Motor Homes.

1:22.0

They just celebrated a momentous event, the building of the 30,000th road trek since the company's founding

1:30.3

more than 40 years ago. Jennifer and I were there. We met the buyer, the lucky 30,000th buyer,

1:38.1

and you'll meet her as well. We talked to officials who shared some of what is ahead for road

1:44.0

trek and the booming class

1:45.8

B market.

1:47.1

And all that's coming up in our interview section.

1:49.1

I think you'll get a kick out of listening to that.

1:50.8

Also this week, listener questions, we've got some great RV tips to pass along this

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