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RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

Living out your RV Bucket List

RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

Mike Wendland

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

4.7 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s podcast, we introduce you to two of our RVing friends, Jeff and Deb Spencer, who live and work fulltime in their RV, traveling all across the country checking off their bucket list as they pursue their passion of endurance running and visiting new places. Now your passion may not be running 100 mile races and climbing mountaintops but I think you’ll enjoy our conversation because as Jeff and Deb say, you too live out your dream on the road. They’ll tell you how they did it and you can, too, coming up in our interview of the week. Also this week, RV news you need to know and the questions you want us to answer. Show Notes for Episode #242 May 15, 2019 of The RV Podcast: WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK JENNIFER.  It's been a busy travel week for us as we traveled to Holland, MI to take in the spectacular Holland Tulip Festival. We saw hundreds of thousands of blooming tulips, watched parades, attended a huge street dance done in wooden shoes by more than 700 people and enjoyed Dutch food, entertainment and hospitality in Western Michigan. Look for a video on our RV Lifestyle You Tube Channel this coming Thursday.  MIKE This week, we are scheduled to travel to Elkhart, IN and the RV Capital of the World to learn about new advances in solar and battery energy management systems for RVs and maybe a factory tour or two. We also has a slew of RV-related products to test and review, including a new cell phone booster system made just for Class B and C RVs, a new rear view wireless camera and some RV cleaning products. Naturally, we'll do reviews on them all, letting you know if they are a hit or a miss. JENNIFER Also, you may have a question you’d like us to answer, or a comment on the things we’re discussing. If so, we invite you to leave us that question or comment on the special voicemail number we have for the podcast – it’s 586-372-6990.  If you are driving and can’t write it down right now, just go to the RV Lifestyle travel blog at rvlifestyle.com and scroll down the page. You’ll see that number prominently posted on the blog. RV LIFESTYLE NEWS OF THE WEEK MIKE Nation's newest national park to start accepting camping reservations this Wednesday Interested in checking out the nation's newest national park? Indiana Dunes National Park, on the shores of Lake Michigan, will open half the spots in its Dunewood campground for reservations this Wednesday. In past years, all 66 sites at Dunewood campground were available on a first-come, first-served, basis. Under the new system, 34 sites can be reserved up to six months in advance. The remaining 32 sites will remain first-come, first-served. The price is $25 per night. The campground is open April through October. JENNIFER Five new glamping spots open near Yosemite, one a loaded Airstream camper  Five new glamping spots have opened near Yosemite National Park permitting camping in a covered wagon ($279 per night), a loaded Airstream camper ($225 per night), an air conditioned  yurt ($145 a night) and more. While glamping is definitely a growing trend, I think at those prices, I'll stay with my camper van, thank you. MIKE Three men who illegally killed a mountain lion at Yellowstone banned from hunting anywhere in the world  Three men who illegally killed a mountain lion in Yellowstone National Park late last year were given their sentence recently in a federal court. Their punishment includes a three year worldwide ban from hunting, fishing  or trapping, and a fine, among other things. JENNIFER Kansas RV dealer fined $40,000 for selling salvaged RVs to unknowing buyers Central RV in Kansas agreed to pay $40,000 in fines and fees for selling salvage recreational vehicles without informing buyers. The charges came after a Kansas state attorney general investigation, and they show the importance of buying your used RV from a reputable dealer. For some tips on what you should know before buying a used RV, listen to an interview we did on the subject some t...

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0:00.0

Get ready. Here comes episode 242.

0:05.3

It's time for the RV podcast. Traveling North America in an RV.

0:11.9

Exploring, camping, boondocking, embracing the RV lifestyle, and sharing tips and where to go

0:18.9

and how to keep things running right.

0:21.4

Here's award-winning journalist Mike Wendland and his network of RV reporters.

0:26.9

Hi everybody and welcome to another edition of the RV podcast, episode 242.

0:33.4

And no matter what kind of an RV you have, whether it is a motorhome, a towable trailer,

0:38.9

a tent, even if you are just dreaming about getting an RV someday, listen up because this podcast is for you,

0:45.8

because here we talk about getting out there, enjoying God's amazing creation, meeting, interesting people,

0:53.3

boondocking, discovering fun places, and using the

0:56.8

right gear and technology to enhance our RV lifestyle. So welcome. We're very honored that you

1:02.7

chose to put us in your ears this week. In this podcast, we introduce you to two of our RVing friends, Jeff and Deb Spencer,

1:15.9

who both live and work full-time in their RV traveling all across the country,

1:20.5

checking and off their bucket list.

1:22.7

That's what they're doing, pursuing their passion of endurance running and visiting new places. Now, your passion may not

1:31.3

be running 100-mile races like Jeff does and climbing mountaintops like Deb is doing, but I think

1:39.7

you will enjoy our conversation because as Jeff and Deb say, you two can live out your dream, whatever it is on the road.

1:48.5

They'll tell you how they did it and how you can too coming up in our interview of the week.

1:53.4

And also this week, of course, we've got the latest RV news that you need to know and the questions that you want us to answer this week. But first, my

2:01.6

lifelong traveling companion and my bride, Jennifer, hello my dear. Hello, Michael. Well,

2:07.1

it's been a crazy spring here in Michigan where we are coming to you from this week. It's been

2:12.6

cold. Temperatures in the 30s every night, in the low 40s in the morning, maybe up to 70 towards the end of the week, but it's been cold.

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