RV Retirement Success Story: How One RVer Became the Traveling Wine Guy
RV Podcast - Stories From The Road
Mike Wendland
4.5 • 704 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the RV podcast. |
| 0:02.2 | Many people thought I was crazy. |
| 0:05.1 | You know, they had an impression of what living in an RV was like, living in a trailer, |
| 0:10.9 | or whatever you want to call it. |
| 0:12.8 | And it's something that I've just embraced and makes me happy. |
| 0:18.9 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Mike Wendlett. |
| 0:24.9 | This is my lifelong traveling companion and my bride, |
| 0:31.3 | Jennifer, who I am very thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving to you and everybody out there. |
| 0:37.1 | Hey, this week, you're about to hear one of those classic RV stories that you stumble across on the road. |
| 0:38.0 | We're going to introduce you to a man who, after retiring, hit the road in his RV to chase |
| 0:43.7 | a passion that had long been just a hobby with him, learning about and appreciating fine wines. |
| 0:51.2 | And we can't wait to share his story with you. I think you'll find it interesting. |
| 0:55.7 | But first, this is Thanksgiving week, and this episode is going to be a little shorter than usual. |
| 1:00.9 | We know a lot of you are pressed for time as you get ready for family gatherings or enjoy some |
| 1:06.2 | well-earned moments with loved ones. We even gave Wendy the week off. We did. If you know how much work it is, |
| 1:14.1 | we're going to her house for Thanksgiving. And it's a lot of work. Mashing, buying potatoes, |
| 1:20.4 | mashing potatoes and getting that turkey and all the things you have to do, chopping. |
| 1:24.2 | Yep. It's a little self-serving, but we're going to give her a little time off so she has |
| 1:27.8 | plenty of time to make that turkey and all the fixings. And I got to remember that I have to make |
| 1:33.3 | a Dutch apple pie and a pumpkin pie. So I remember Wednesday, carve out time, don't forget, |
| 1:40.1 | or we won't have dessert. This is Jennifer's world famous Dutch apple pie and even more famous, |
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