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Nov. 16, 2016

Episode 114: Camp overnight for free at wineries, ranches farms and a…

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 t...

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Nov. 9, 2016

Episode 113: What You Need to Know About Being Safe in Bear Country

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 advic...

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Nov. 2, 2016

Episode 112: How to Get The Best RV at the Best Price

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, ...

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Oct. 26, 2016

Episode 111: What You Need To Know About Traveling Solo

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. Yo...

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Oct. 19, 2016

Episode 110: Slow Down, You’re Moving Too Fast!

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 epis...

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Oct. 11, 2016

Episode 109: Quit your job, sell your house and become an RV Entrepre…

Living and traveling in an RV used to be only for retirees or the annual family vacation. But over the past few years there has been a new movement of young RVers who have intentionally chosen to live with less stuff, be mobi...

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Oct. 5, 2016

Episode 108: On Your Fall Camping Trips, Look Up at the Night Sky!

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...

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Sept. 28, 2016

Episode 107: RV Lifestyle Q&A, Tips, News and More

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 trave...

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Sept. 21, 2016

Episode 106: The World is Our Backyard

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 h...

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Sept. 14, 2016

Episode 105: How the RV Lifestyle Offers “Unsurpassed Freedom”

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 ...

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Sept. 7, 2016

Episode 104: How to photograph the Night Sky

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 o...

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Aug. 31, 2016

Episode 103: Protecting your house while away on RV trips

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...

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Aug. 24, 2016

Episode 102: The Roadtreking RV Guide to Fun Fall Events

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...

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Aug. 17, 2016

Episode 101: The 10 Ways RV Travel Has Spoiled Us

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 q...

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Aug. 10, 2016

Episode 100: Why Jennifer Had Her Doubts

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 thin...

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Aug. 3, 2016

Episode 99: The Evolution in RV Air Conditioning

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 ...

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July 27, 2016

Episode 98: How to Budget for Life on the Road in an RV

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...

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July 20, 2016

Episode 97: What the RV Industry Can Learn from Pokémon GO

In this Episode of the podcast we talk about thePokémon GO phenomenon and what the RV industry can learn from it about community, getting people outdoors and creating relationships built around shared experiences. Less than a...

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July 13, 2016

Episode 96: Santa’s Got a Brand New RV Ride

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 e...

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July 6, 2016

Episode 95: The Family Legacy of Camping and RVing

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 k...

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June 29, 2016

Episode 94: Battling the heat, dodging a tornado and other tales from…

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...

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June 22, 2016

RT93: Hey Ranger! True Tales from the National Parks

In this episode of the Roadtreking RV Podcast we share some great stories from a veteran ranger who has served in National Parks across the country. Jim Burnett is my guest [spp-timestamp time="50:28"] and he shares some fasc...

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June 15, 2016

Episode 92: The Roads Less Traveled

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 sugge...

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June 8, 2016

Episode 91: How to find free or inexpensive RV camping sites

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 lis...

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