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What happens in an RV emergency if you are all alone?

RV Lifestyle RV Podcast

Mike Wendland

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

4.7624 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

If you are a regular listener, you know Jennifer and I love to boondock. We love to get away from the crowds and enjoy the peace and quiet. So do many RVers, of course, but this week we want to talk to the substantial segment of the boondocking community who are solo travelers. Being alone in the middle of nowhere is equally enjoyable as it is for couples or those who travel with a friend. But what happens if you are alone and an accident or emergency happens? If you’re traveling solo, you need to take some extra precautions. We’ll talk about that and get some advice in this week’s RV Lifestyle interview segment. Our friends at the Camp Addict website, Marshall Wendler and Kelly Beasley, will share their expertise and a harrowing story that illustrates just how bad things can go and how much worse they could be…if you are all alone. Plus, RV news, tips, your questions and an off the beaten path report from the Burketts. But first, my lifelong traveling companion and my bride…Jennifer. Show Notes for Episode #245 June 5, 2019 of The RV Podcast:  WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK MIKE Can you believe it's June? Camping season is in full swing, The roads are filled with RVs crisscrossing the country and summer fun is on everyone's schedule. JENNIFER We are heading north into Canada, camping our way through parts of Ontario, and then on to Montreal, Quebec, where we'll spend the weekend before turning south and visiting parts of New England and then New York for some exploration of the  Adirondacks.  MIKE We usually start the summer by heading to the Rockies and the west. This year, its the east and the Adirondacks for a few weeks. Then we'll see. We're trying to pick regions of the country that we haven't extensively toured yet JENNIFER We plan to resume our "Ask Us Anything" live stream on the RV Lifestyle Channel next Sunday at 7PM eastern time, from wherever we happen to be. MIKE We've taken the past couple of weeks off to catch up on some projects but we've missed our weekly visits and the excitement of a live audience so we're planning to be back this coming Sunday night.  RV LIFESTYLE NEWS OF THE WEEK JENNIFER New York State Health Department warns all heading outside to protect themselves from ticks  The New York State Department of Health warned residents and visitors to protect themselves and their pets from ticks and the diseases they carry as the number of tick caused illnesses has been steadily rising. New York is averaging about 5,500 new cases of Lyme Disease each year. Mike and I are noticing more and more ticks as we travel the country making it more important than ever to wear protection and educate yourself on safety tips. To see a report we did on this subject not too long ago click here. MIKE Four-year-old boy attacked by mountain lion expected to recover   A mountain lion that attacked a 4-year-old boy walking with his family in California's Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve was shot and killed. DNA samples confirmed that last weekend. The boy was with about a dozen people in the area called Carson's Crossing on Memorial Day when the mountain lion attacked him. His father kicked and threw rocks at the animal to free his son who was flown to a nearby hospital for treatment and is expected to recover. Mountain lion attacks are rare, but it is important to watch young children when walking trails in mountain lion country. JENNIFER Millennial writer urges manufacturers to make smaller, more interesting RVs  A writer published an interesting read last week urging RV manufacturers to listen to what millennials want in an RV, as that age demographic becomes a bigger and bigger share of the RV market. Many of her suggestions Mike and I agree with, even though we are not in the millennial generation. Making smaller RVs, focus on quality and technology and improving designs are things we have been talking about for a long time. MIKE Woman injured by female elk protecting her baby at Yellowstone Nationa...

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode number 245.

0:05.6

It's time for the RV podcast.

0:08.8

Traveling North America in an RV.

0:12.4

Exploring, camping, boondocking, embracing the RV lifestyle.

0:17.6

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

0:22.9

journalist mike winland and his network of r v reporters say have you ever been out in the middle of

0:29.5

nowhere and wondered what would happen if something happened if there was an emergency and what would happen if you were all alone.

0:40.3

Well, and that's what dawned on us. Just as soon as it was over, I would, you know, I think all of us

0:44.2

it just kind of dawned on us. It was like, what if we hadn't been here? You could have died.

0:50.8

Well, welcome to another edition of the RV podcast and that's what we're going to talk about in our interview of the week's segment coming out.

0:58.0

If you're a regular listener, you know that Jennifer and I love to boondock.

1:01.6

We love to get away from the crowds.

1:03.2

We love to enjoy the peace and the quiet.

1:05.7

Well, so do a lot of other RVers, of course.

1:08.6

But this week in our interview segment, we're going to talk about

1:11.6

the substantial number of bundacking folks out there who are solo travelers, being alone

1:18.1

in the middle of nowhere. Well, it's equally enjoyable as it is for couples, for those who

1:23.2

travel with a friend. It's equally enjoyable for solo travelers too, but what happens if you're

1:28.7

alone and an accident or an emergency happens? And if you're traveling solo, you need to take some

1:34.8

extra precautions, and we're going to talk about that. And we're going to get some advice in this

1:38.9

week's RV Lifestyle interview segment. Our friends from the camp addict website, Marshall Wendler and Kelly Beasley are

1:45.5

going to share their expertise and they're going to share a harrowing story that illustrates

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