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RVPodcast.com is the home of the longest-running weekly RV lifestyle podcast in the United States, hosted by Mike and Jennifer Wendland. New episodes drop twice a week. Every Monday, Mike delivers the RV Podcast News Edition, a solo, 25-minute rundown of the top stories in RV travel, campground news, manufacturer updates, fuel prices, and consumer protection issues affecting RVers right now. Every Wednesday, Mike and Jennifer co-host Stories from the Road, a conversation-driven episode featuring interviews with fellow RVers, listener questions, trip recaps, and real talk about life on the road. This is not influencer content. Mike is an 18-time Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 30 years of reporting experience. He has covered kings, presidents, the Pope, wars, and consumer affairs. Jennifer has co-hosted and co-traveled for more than 15 years. Together, they have driven nearly half a million miles across all 48 contiguous states in every RV type imaginable, from pop-up campers to Class A motorhomes. They currently travel in a 35-foot Brinkley Model Z 3500 fifth wheel. The RV Podcast reaches more than 70,000 newsletter subscribers and is part of a media operation that includes RVLifestyle.com, RVCommunity.com, and a YouTube channel with 45 million-plus views.
Aug. 26, 2026

How to DIY an RV Trip Alaska on Your Own

How to DIY an RV Trip Alaska on Your Own
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How to DIY an RV Trip Alaska on Your Own

Alaska tops the RVer bucket list every year, and most people never go, because the logistics look like too much. Jim and Marcia Badhorn skipped the caravan and planned their own 90 day Alaska trip, and they just got back.

They tell us how they planned it, what had to be booked ahead, what they would change, and what it is actually like out there on your own.

Also this week: we are camping for the first time all summer after Jennifer's knee replacement, we are heading to an RVCommunity mini meetup in Michigan, and we explain why we are suddenly a two RV household without giving up the Brinkley.

In our Questions of the Week, Jennifer answers a listener who is nervous about her first boondocking trip, and Mike answers whether towing a heavy fifth wheel really burns through more DEF.

Full show notes and links at RVPodcast.com.

 

 

 

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Jim is a retired automotive engineer with over 40 years of experience in car bodies and closures.
Marcia is a retired Registered Respiratory Therapist also with over 40 years of experience.
We both camped with our families before meeting each other, and we have camped with each other since; our children grew up camping with us and now two of them have campers which they use frequently. Jim also was a Boy Scout and went to Philmont for an adventure as a teenager.
As lifelong campers, it was a short stretch to becoming full time RVers. We wanted the adventure and the freedom to travel after retiring, and with our fifth wheel, we have the capability to live full time wherever we want to go.
We are the #badhornfamilyadventure, and this comes from taking vacations and whenever there was a wrong turn or other unplanned situation it became just another 'Badhorn Family Adventure.'

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