It's Thanksgiving Week in the U.S. and the roads are full with lots of travelers heading home for the big holiday. In this Thanksgiving edition of the podcast we’re joined by a whole bunch of our friends from the Roadtreking community and RV industry who share the things they’re most thankful for this year. Besides or regular tips, news and RV questions and answers, you’ll hear the Roadtreking community marvelously underscore just how awesome the Roadtreking lifestyle truly is and how it brings ...
Nov 23, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Had it with overcrowded campgrounds? Looking for something more unique and scenic? Then listen up to this week’s podcast as we learn about Harvest Hosts, a membership service that lets you camp for free overnight at some of the most beautiful wineries, farms, ranches and special attractions that you can find anywhere in North America. You can get 15% off the Harvest Host annual membership ($79) using the discount code: HHFriends15 Plus RV tips, travel suggestions news and much more. Click the pl...
Nov 16, 2016•56 min
If you camp in bear country, you need to listen to this interview. So much that has been written about bear safety is wrong. In this episode we talk to perhaps the foremost expert in bear attacks and he shares foolproof advice on how to stay safe and be bear aware. Also, lots of tips, advise about boondocking and a hilarious off the beaten path report in which our correspondent ended up in a nudist camp! Click the player below to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details. When you ...
Nov 09, 2016•1 hr 5 min
In this week’s podcast we answer your questions about staying connected on the road with the Internet and Satellite TV, plus tips about how to rodent-proof your RV. And we talk about how to get the best RV at the best price, learning from Steve Fretz, whose Pennsylvania dealership was just named as the 2016 Dealer of the Year by review website DealerRater.com. 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 t...
Nov 02, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Estimates place the number of solo RVers at between 20 to 30 percent of all the RVers on the road. In this episode, we talk to a recent solo traveler, a widow who has crisscrossed North America and loves her new lifestyle. You’ll meet Joette George who, with her Golden Retriever, routinely is on the open road for weeks at a time. She shares her experience and offers some great advice for all RVers. [spp-timestamp time="31:57"] Also this week, we talk about everything from a recent Bigfoot sighti...
Oct 26, 2016•1 hr 3 min
The biggest mistakes many RVers make are they stay in Walmart parking lots, cover too much ground, too fast, and they overplan! To maximize the RV experience we all need to slow down and enjoy the journey. In this week’s episode, we interview a couple who have been doing just that for 19 years and they offer some of the most helpful, practical and pointed advice we’ve ever shared in the podcast. Bill and Peggy Bechtel also tell us how they were able to retire at the age of 55 and fully embrace t...
Oct 19, 2016•1 hr 12 min
In this episode of the podcast Jennifer offers some resources to help you appreciate those dark October skies. There are meteor showers you should be able to see on several days this month. Also this week, we field a bunch of listener questions on everything from battery-eating RV refrigerators to how to cook your meal as you travel in a crock pot. In RV News this week, you'll hear of the harrowing tale of a Montana man who survived a horrible attack from a grizzly bear and took a selfie video b...
Oct 05, 2016•1 hr 2 min
In this episode, we tackle a whole bunch of audience questions, on everything from camping in cold weather, to showering in an RV to staying connected to the Internet while traveling. Plus we have lots of news, tips and travel suggestions. Click the player to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details and resources and click the player below to start listening. When you see a time code hyperlink, you can click it to jump directly to that segment of the podcast. [spp-player] Show Not...
Sep 28, 2016•1 hr 10 min
The title for this week’s episode “The World is Our Backyard” comes from the sign our special guests put out on the back of their RV. A little later on you’ll meet Jim and Rhonda Phipps, two recent retirees, whose lifestyle has dramatically changed for the better thanks to their Roadtreking across the country in a Class B campervan…. Also this week, your questions, helpful tips, RV news and a special Off The Beaten Path Report. [spp-player] Mike and Jennifer begin by recapping their week in Hers...
Sep 21, 2016•1 hr 7 min
In this episode, we have lots of tips, suggestions, alerts and RV news and a special interview with a couple we first met a little over a year ago when they had just sole their sticks and bricks home and were about to embark on a life of fulltiming in their Class B Roadtrek RV. We catch up with them this week and they describe how awesome the past year has been, a year they describe as “Unsurpassed Freedom.” If you have ever dreamed about fulltiming, you’ll for sure want to hear this interview! ...
Sep 14, 2016•1 hr 6 min
This episode of Roadtreking the RV Podcast comes to you from the Bruce Peninsula National park in Ontario, Canada and in it we share lots of RV tips, audience questions, suggestions and ideas – including Mike’s instructions on how to photograph the Milky Way and the night sky. Click the player to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details and resources and click the player below to start listening. When you see a time code hyperlink, you can click it to jump directly to that segment...
Sep 07, 2016•1 hr
This week we offer tips and suggestions on what do about your sticks and bricks house when you are off traveling in your RV. We share the ways Jennifer and Mike make sure things are safe and secure back home while they’re out traveling. We also offer a very detailed report about going to and coming back from Canada -what you need to know, what you can and cannot bring into each country and what to expect when you travel between the two countries. Plus info on the best way to level and stabilize ...
Aug 31, 2016•1 hr 7 min
In this episode we talk about fall fun and RV travel… plus we discuss seat belt laws and sleeping in the back of a motorhome while driving, choosing the right vehicle to tow a travel trailer. There’s lots of tips, interesting RV news and a fun off the beaten path report. Click the player below to listen now or scroll down through the shownotes details and resources. When you see a time code hyperlink, you can click it to jump directly to that segment of the podcast. [spp-player] In this episode,...
Aug 24, 2016•1 hr 7 min
In this episode of the Roadtreking RV Lifestyle Podcast, we talk about how RV Travel in our motorhome has spoiled us, especially when it comes to automobile travel. Ten reasons immediately come to mind. Plus, we have reader questions about emptying RV waste water tanks, a tip on a way to sanitize and clean them, traveling tech info, RV news of the week and a great off the beaten path report. Click the player to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details and resources and click the p...
Aug 17, 2016•1 hr 2 min
This is the 100th episode of the Roadtreking RV Podcast and in it, Mike and Jennifer reflect on what they’ve learned in putting the hour-long program together each week. Jennifer shares a secret – namely, that she didn’t think it would last or be popular. [spp-timestamp time="1:30"] As we look ahead to the next 100 episodes we feel very blessed in traveling North America by RV, seeing so much and meeting such interesting people. Click the player to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note...
Aug 10, 2016•1 hr 2 min
The hot and humid days of summer are coinciding with peak RV travel time and one thing almost ever RVer out there is keenly interested in this time of year if the air conditioning unit for their rig. In this episode, we talk about the latest innovations in RV AC - smaller, quieter, stealthier and more efficient. Plus lots of listener comments and suggestions, tech tips, an off-the-beaten-path report and some helpful RV Basic Training for those who travel with small children. Click the player to ...
Aug 03, 2016•1 hr 5 min
In this week's podcast, we tackle the question of just what it costs for enjoying the RV lifestyle. What should you budget for fuel? Food? Fun? Mike and Jennifer, aided by lots of input from the Roadtreking Facebook community, share their experience. Also this week, lots of reader questions, tech tips, how to earn a living while traveling and an off the beaten path report that will have you longing for the Florida keys. Click the player to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details ...
Jul 27, 2016•59 min
We meet a lot of interesting people out on the road. Not long ago, we met Santa, in the form of a super nice guy named Steve Dodd. Santa drives (besides the sleigh, of course) a Roadtrek. Listen to Steve’s interview in this episode of the podcast, along with lots of listener questions, RV Basic Training, Traveling Tech Tips, RV News of the Week and a great Off-The-Beaten-Path report. Scroll down for show note details and resources and click the player below to start listening. When you see a tim...
Jul 13, 2016•1 hr 7 min
The RV and camping lifestyle sure brings families together and creates some great memories and an enduring love for the outdoors. To explore some of the ramifications of that, Jennifer and I introduce you to our three grown kids – Wendy, Scott and Jeff, who share what camping and RVing has done for our family and now theirs. Plus we have lots of great reader tips and suggestions, an awesome tech app that lets you stream video on your devices without gobbling up data, and a coast to coast backroa...
Jul 06, 2016•1 hr 4 min
In this episode of Roadtreking the RV Podcast we meet a newbie RVer named Shane Pena, whose first journey was one to remember, a cross-country trip that saw him having to outrun a tornado, among other adventures. Jennifer and I tell of our experience last week battling 103 degree heat without air conditioning as we travel with our dog, Bo. And we have lots of traveling tips, RV news and a fun off the beaten path report. Scroll down for show note details and resources and click the player below t...
Jun 29, 2016•1 hr 12 min
It's a sad fact that so many RVers travel so fast that they miss so much. That's because they travel the interstates, where the country whizzes past in a blur. In this episode of Roadtreing: The RV Lifestyle Podcast, we suggest a better way, through the backroads, the two lane state and county highways. In the interview segment towards the end of the program, Mike interviews RVers Jerry Pavlat [spp-timestamp time="58:32"], who reveals how he makes sure he spends as little time as possible on the...
Jun 15, 2016•1 hr 5 min
This week, we talk about how to find free or very cheap sites in National Forests and we offer up some major motivation about why you need to get out there RVing. We also report on a study that shows one of the top of the list regrets Baby Boomers have is not traveling more. And we note how the kind of travel that RVing offers builds lasting memories and true contentment. Plus listener questions, comments, lots of tips and an of-the-beaten-path report. Scroll down for show note details and resou...
Jun 08, 2016•1 hr 2 min
In this week’s episode, we report on how Roadtrek's CEO is personally getting involved to help customers save money and we learn of a Uber-like app that will pay RVers to make deliveries across the country Plus RV travel suggestions, audience questions, tech tips and an off the beaten path report. Scroll down for show note details and resources and click the player below to start listening. When you see a time code hyperlink, you can click it to jump directly to that segment of the podcast. [spp...
Jun 01, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to another edition of the Roadtreking RV Lifestyle Podcast. No matter what type of RV you have – a motorhome – a towable trailer – a tent – even if your are just dreaming about getting an RV someday – this show is for you. Here, we talk about getting out there, enjoying God’s amazing creation, meeting interesting people, boondocking, discovering interesting places and using the right gear and technology to enhance our RVing lifestyle. So welcome, we are honored that you chose to put us i...
May 25, 2016•1 hr 4 min
You’ve no doubt heard of the horrific fires that have devastated the Canadian province of Alberta, forcing 88,000 people in the town of Fort McMurray to evacuate in a mad rush to escape the flames. In this episode of the podcast, we interview a young mom who escaped with her husband, toddler son and dogs in her RV. Their house was completely destroyed by the fires but thanks to their Fifth Wheel RV, the family is safe and has shelter in a lakefront RV park that has become a mobile refugee center...
May 11, 2016•1 hr 4 min
This episode of the Roadtreking RV Lifestyle Podcast offers so much information and advice that it’s a virtual RV Travel Magazine for the ear. From National Park guides and news to a discussion on taking a canoe or kayak on an RV trip to some awesome drives that belong on every RVer’s Bucket List, we cover it all. [spp-player] Complete shownotes for Episode 86 of the Roadtreking RV Lifestytle Podcast: JENNIFER'S TIP OF THE WEEK Where to get a great National Park Guide… http://nationalparkstravel...
May 04, 2016•1 hr
Our main guest this week is guest is Amy Burkert, of gopetfriendly.com, which is – hands down – the best resource I’ve found for RVers who travel with their pets. And according to our survey – 67% of all RVers do just that. But also this week, Jennifer also has a special invitation for you to join us May 13-15 for a spontaneous trip to Nashville and the Grand Old Opry! One of the reasons I like GoPetFriendly so much is because Amy and her Husband Rod are fulltime RVers themselves, traveling Nort...
Apr 27, 2016•1 hr 8 min
Now you can turn your motorhome into a houseboat. I first heard about this very cool (and expensive!) invention at the Perry, GA gathering of the Family Motorcoach Association when I met the man who dreamed up and built something called the RollerBoat, a floating contraption that can certainly take your motorhome places its never been before. Plus this week, we have lots of great questions, comments and tips from readers this week! Also a song you’ll want to hear that captures all the fun of the...
Apr 20, 2016•1 hr 1 min
This week, we talk about a topic near and dear to every RVers heart – food. We hear from a woman who has started a company that aims to meet the special needs of campers and RVers who want quick, tasty and nutritious meals – the preparation of which doesn’t take time away from enjoying the outdoors. Plus, we have RV news, some tech tips, a great off the beaten path report and, of course, your comments and questions. [spp-player] JENNIFER’S TIP OF THE WEEK – KAYWOS Cloth This week’s tip is about ...
Apr 13, 2016•1 hr 7 min
The RV community is on the move. Spring vacations, returning snowbirds and the new travel season is making many think about where to camp, where to overnight and how to get just the right spot. So this week, we talk to the guy who literally wrote the app on all that, Adam Longfellow from AllStays, the Net's most respected RV and camping website and app. AllStays just came on as one of our Roadtreking RV Podcast sponsors. But as I've gotten to know Adam, I realized how much helpful information he...
Apr 06, 2016•1 hr 7 min
