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RV Podcast 188: Finding places to boondock and RV downsizing

RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

Mike Wendland

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

4.7 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, two topics that always have a lot of interest. First, we’ll offer up a list of resources to help you find places to boondock or stay overnight for free or very low fees. Then, we’ll talk about a big trend driving record sales for smaller Class B RVs: Downsizing. You’ll meet an RVing couple who have done just that. In a matter of a few years, they went from a Class B to a Class C to a Class A motorhome but then, gave up all those big rigs and downsized back to a Class B. They’ll explain why they have gone full circle and how that’s working out for them. Plus we have much more for you, including RV tips, RV news and a great place to visit if you’re traveling anywhere near Atlanta. 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] Shownotes for Episode 188, April 18, 2018 WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK [spp-timestamp time="2:17"] That's us, out at the Super B RV Shwo in Phoenix We’ve been out in Phoenix, Arizona at the Super B RV Show. Had a great time meeting lots of people and learning all about what’s new in small motorhomes. We’ll have several videos over the next few weeks on our RV Lifestyle YouTube Channel showing the latest RVs we saw. We left 90 degree sunny weather in Phoenix to return to an ice storm in Michigan. Spring sure is taking its time coming to the Midwest, where temperatures are 20 degrees below normal. Meanwhile, here’s the RV news of the week: National park day fee to rise $5 starting in June Heading to a national park this summer? Starting in June, getting in will cost a little more. The daily per vehicle or in some cases per person entrance fee at the 117 fee charging parks will rise by about $5. The price hikes were announced last week to help with the maintenance backlog. This does not apply to seniors who have the lifetime annual entrance pass. The increased fee is predicted to raise $60 million annually. To read more click here or here. To see the list of fee increases per park click here. Visit the national parks for free this Saturday Speaking of national parks, this Saturday April 21, there is no cost to enter any of the nation's national parks in honor of National Parks Week. Many parks throughout the country will be holding special events from April 21-29,  though only on the first day, April 21, is entering free. Park entry is free only four days this year, with the next free day September 22. Tree falls on sleeping family in trailer, kills girl Severe weather swept through northern Louisiana early Saturday morning, causing a tree to fall on a travel trailer, splitting it in two, killing a 20-month-old girl inside. The family was apparently sleeping when the storm blew through bringing with it strong winds and heavy rain. 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 19 locations and growing  JENNIFER'S TIP OF THE WEEK [spp-timestamp time="11:04"] While we were in Arizona over the weekend we met a lot of wonderful people and picked up lots of tips. One of the best had to do with monitoring the temperature inside an RV so you can make sure your pets are okay while you are out hiking or eating in a restaurant or otherwise away from the RV for a while. We’ve talked a lot about various gadgets and gizmos that do that in past podcasts. Most of those require a wifi network and can be challenging to set up. But a listener named Deb told us about the device she uses, which may be just the right solution many of us have been looking for. The device Deb is talking about is the RV Pet Safety temperature alarm from a company called Nimble wireless. They have several different models and subscription packages to choose from depending on whether you want coverage in just the US,

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode number 188.

0:05.6

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

0:12.2

Exploring, camping, boondocking, embracing the RV lifestyle.

0:17.3

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

0:22.7

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

0:29.6

of the rv podcast and no matter what kind of an rv you have whether it is a motor home

0:36.2

a towable trailer, a tent,

0:39.2

even if you're just dreaming about getting an RV someday this is for you because on this

0:45.4

podcast we talk about getting out there, enjoying God's amazing creation, meeting interesting

0:51.2

people, boondocking, discovering fun places, and of course always using the

0:57.3

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

1:03.9

chose to put us in your ears this week. Well in this week's episode, two topics that always have a lot of interest. First,

1:16.6

we are going to offer up on this podcast a list of resources to help you find places to boondock

1:24.0

or stay overnight for free or at very low fees.

1:27.6

And then we are going to talk about a big trend that is helping to drive record sales for

1:33.8

smaller RVs like Class B's.

1:36.7

And that trend is downsizing.

1:39.2

Now, it's been going on in a couple of years, but we're going to introduce you to an RVing

1:43.4

couple who have certainly done that.

1:46.8

They've also upsized, and in a matter of a few years, this couple went from a class B to a class

1:53.7

C to a Class A motorhome, and then they gave up all of those big rigs, and they downsized back to a B.

2:03.0

And they'll explain why they have gone full circle like that and how that's working out for them.

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