Off Grid RV Living in the Desert

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This week on the Rv podcast.

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Off grid Rv living in the desert we'll

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learn how 1 rv

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has found his own piece of paradise in

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Arizona. And the latest on the brutal knife

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attack on an elderly Rv couple at a

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Nebraska arrest area that left the husband dead

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of the wife fighting for her life.

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There are a lot of people who are

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very disappointed. About rising

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internet costs for on the go rv viewers.

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All, this plus the Rv news of the

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week and your questions,

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coming up in episode 05:03

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of the Rv podcast.

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Hello, everybody. I'm Mike Went Lemon. This just

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my lifelong traveling companion and bride, Jennifer. Hello,

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mister Wright.

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Just a quick reminder that this podcast they're

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course is available on all of your favorite

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apps. And also there is a video version

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that you can find on our Rv lifestyle

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channel. We invite you to check that out

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at youtube dot com s slash rv lifestyle.

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So it's a delight to be with you,

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and this is gonna be another very busy

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week for us,

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starting

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with the announcement of our latest Rv lifestyle

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travel guide ebook,

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our 20 third,

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and this 1 is called the ultimate Rv

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guide to Yosemite National park. I feel like

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I should have. Something that's throw in the

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air? Or I could

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Something. Yeah. Can you believe...

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23 books. Did you ever envision that when

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we started this over a dozen years ago?

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No. I never did imagine that. But I

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think it's exciting. And, just great reviews. We

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thank those of you who who've have been

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reading it since we announced it on Sunday

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night on our, Ask us anything program.

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We are very excited about this books. It's

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go to rv lifestyle dot com.

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Forward slash

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this guide will help you make the most

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we are really excited about that.

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And then,

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this weekend, starting Saturday. Yeah. We're gonna release

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our latest Rv review series.

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This time looking at 1 of the fastest

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growing segments of the motor home industry. The

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small class a.

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These have been incredibly pal filler in recent

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years with most rv ears wanting more room

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or just not too much room.

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Small Rv are under 30 feet long. And

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we just finished finished testing 3 representative models.

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Starting Saturday, June 20 ninth we'll release them.

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Back to back. We'll review the thor axis

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on Saturday, June 29.

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The Win Vista National Parks edition Sunday, June

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on Monday, July first, and then we'll give

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the 1 we think is the best of

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So what are we gonna review next? We're

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going to review... We're gonna be testing 3

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new class c models. In fact, as you

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read this? Oh it be camping the same

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spot in the same campground, so the reviews

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are done in similar surroundings.

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We do our reviews a little differently than

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most youtubers that you see reviewing Rv.

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Instead of, you know, 15 minutes on a

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dealer lot or at an Rv show Jen

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and I actually drive them.

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We camp

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overnight in them.

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And then based on experience,

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we share our thoughts. On

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experience based on real use.

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So we have bunch more reviews in the

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planning stage and 1 of the benefits of

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having our home base here in Southwest, Michigan

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is that were just a short drive from

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Elk carte, Indiana. The Rv capital of the

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world

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and we'll be checking out a lot of

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new models in the weeks ahead, and we'll

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be visiting various manufacturers and try to give

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you an early peak at what's it's coming

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for 20

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Now besides the Class C's, we have more

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class b's to show you and some slightly

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larger camper van known as b plus models.

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So stay tuned.

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If you have a comment or a question

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or you have a particular Rv you'd like

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us to review,

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send it to us in a private email,

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Okay. We're gonna take a quick break and

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when we come back, we've got Wendy Boy

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Welcome back and now for the social media

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buzz.

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Wendy Boy is our social media guru. She

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kinda keeps everybody on track and coordinates our

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team of moderators,

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and she reports on all of the hot

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most talked about over the past week on

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social media in our Rv lifestyle community group

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and in our Rv lifestyle Facebook group. Here's

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Wendy. Hi, everybody. Over in our Rv lifestyle

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communities general discussion space. We had a recent

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post from Christy and Gary, and they were

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getting their very first Rv. And as you

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can imagine, they were super excited,

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but They had been reading some Facebook post

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where people are sharing horror stories. So they

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were also getting really nervous and finding themselves

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flip flap between super excited and super nervous

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And so they asked the group if you

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could give us 1 piece of advice that

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you truly wish someone had given you before

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you chose this lifestyle, what would it be?

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And they got some great

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tips here.

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Bob and Ro. They said make sure you

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keep your sense of humor and your patience

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and in the beginning, there's a learning curve,

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but it's gonna be great. Susie suzanne, she

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suggested that they take a shake down trip

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really close to home maybe even in their

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own driveway.

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Learn their rig, learn how things work, make

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some lists for hooking up, unhook, setting up,

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you know, tearing down just to gain their

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confidence.

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In Brenda and Mark, they said, remember there's

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gonna be good days and there's gonna be

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bad days, but the bad days can be

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fixed. And they suggested that Christy and Gary

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just keep their rig while paint, have those

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checklists, pack some tools,

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and not be afraid to ask for help.

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So great discussion later. Also in the communities

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general discussion space, greg,

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with very hot weather, the our air conditioning

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in our Rv is seldom keeping up. What

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can I do? And boy, It sure has

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been hot out. Hasn't it in much of

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the country. So this Scott people talking and

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there were some good tips here. Mark, he

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suggested

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taking the inside cover off the air conditioner

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and putting duct tape over all the seams.

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She said manufacturing can be really sloppy. And

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when he did this, it made a big

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difference, and he also suggested getting some foil

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to put over the outside windows to help

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with the heat,

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And Richard, he installed AW0

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silence on his 2 acs and he said

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not only is it cooler inside. It's also

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quieter.

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And, Randall, he had a previous travel trailer

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where he used a dehumidifier in the hot

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days, and he said it made a huge

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difference. So there's a couple of the good

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tips that were in that post.

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And then over on our Rv lifestyle Facebook

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group, we had a post from Kay, and

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she said getting ready to stack the camper

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what are some must haves and some tips,

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tricks and hacks.

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And this was a really fun 1 to

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read because there just were a lot of

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things that put people shared, you know, some

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you had your joe stir who said, y.

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What do you need? You need to bring

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your alcohol.

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But then there were things like those items

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that you need when camping that you might

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forget like can opener or a fly water,

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maybe a flashlight, bug spray, lighter match.

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And then there were also those things that

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you should have for your safety.

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Like a fire ex,

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some basic tools, first aid kit.

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And then are things that are just helpful.

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Like, maybe a nice rug for outside your

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rig or a portable and rechargeable vacuum cleaner

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or even a ice maker if you have

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room.

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And then there were these hacks that were

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fun to read.

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1 of them was from Ginny. She suggested

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getting a shower cap app and putting that

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over the smoke arm in the Rv kitchen.

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She says she puts that shower over a

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smoke alarm and then it doesn't go off

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when she cooks. And if she doesn't use

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it, the alarm goes off when she cooks.

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And also tied to the kitchen was 1

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from,

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1 about the stove, and it had to

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do with putting a pizza stone

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inside your stove, and that was from Lisa.

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She said it just really helps if you're

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gonna be cooking while you're out there rv

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being, it helps to keep things from burning

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and maintain a steady temperature. So those were

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2 of the hacks that were very helpful.

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And this for me this week, I'm Wendy

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Bo, and I'll see you over in the

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Rv life's style community or Facebook group? Well,

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man, they really had to use those air

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conditioners that, Wendy talked about

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this this past week. Yeah. That's so good

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sharing about how to keep your Rv cool

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when it's so hot outside. So people

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different things that they do to under are.

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When the mid section and the northern plains

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all the way to the East coast last

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week and crazy weather this early in the

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You know when they say hell, what do

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that they've forgotten when they take off, remind

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Alright. When we come back, we're gonna take

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you to Mo mojave County,

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Arizona in the middle of the desert where

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we met an Rv

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who is building an off grid Rv

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paradise out there for himself, and we'll show

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you how he's doing it and talk about

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it. In our discussion of the week coming

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up after this.

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Jennifer and I bought some land near Nashville,

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Tennessee a while back. We got tired crowded

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expensive campground grounds and worrying about reservations.

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Welcome back time now for our discussion of

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the week.

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Not long ago, during a trip to Arizona,

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we met an Rv nick Eric Ja,

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who is transforming

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5 acre 5 acre parcel of land he

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bought in the Arizona desert into an off

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grid paradise.

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He showed us how he's doing it,

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drawing power from the sun, making a garden,

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turning 2 old shipping containers into an office,

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all while living, in his travel trailer. Now,

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Eric is a city person. He grew up

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in detroit,

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lived in New York for a long time

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and then took a job as a salesman

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for a land development company based in Las

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Vegas,

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And he liked this land so much He

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bought 5 acres for himself.

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It's about an hour or a little more

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nat

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from

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Las Vegas, Nevada, in the middle of the

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desert.

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And Eric says he is learning as he

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goes, and he says that if he can

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do it, anyone can.

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And we got him to sit down and

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have a discussion and end tour

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of this off grid paradise that he's making

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right out there in the middle of the

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desert. Here's Eric.

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I'm a few miles off, route 66

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in middle of Mojave County, Arizona. In the

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desert,

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And I've come to visit Eric Gary is

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a guy of interviewed before. He part of

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a land up with the company out in

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the west.

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what I wanna talk to him is about

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living off the grid in the desert on

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our vlan.

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This

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standing in front of his small little 20

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foot mighty light trailer where he has been

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living, But he's doing so much more. Here

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he comes now. He's

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pulling up into his red

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4 months.

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We're in a cowboy I hat. Hi, Eric.

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Hey, Mike. How are you? Dis everybody to

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you, man, and thank you for making some

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time to talk on the the podcast about

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living in your own Rv land in the

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desert. And I know you have... This is

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a working in progress that we're at.

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You are... You've been staying in your in

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your tow.

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How long have you been out here? I've

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been going... I've been out here for a

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year and a half now,

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staying in my mighty light, and Yeah. It

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served its purpose.

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I have hook ups and

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you know, it's a work in progress. Now

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we should point out that you are off

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grid. We say you have hook ups, but

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you put in a a septic field.

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So you have sewer.

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But I thought we could

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have you show and tell because we are

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on a podcast.

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All about some of the other stuff that

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you've built.

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And are in the process of building. And

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as I look around, I see,

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some containers,

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shipping containers.

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You have 2,

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and you have plans for a third. What

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are you gonna do with shipping containers? Yeah.

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Absolutely Mike. So, this has always been a

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dream of mine, and I am actually building

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a container home,

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we have,

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my rooftop deck. We have

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a garage, living room, bedroom.

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As well as,

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an office space that we're doing.

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I have a standalone

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luxury bathroom,

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all running on solar,

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How much solar do you do you need

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to be pretty much self sufficient off the

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grid? Well, with 300 and Think, 38 days

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of sun's sunshine out here,

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solar is the perfect solution. For the solar

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system I have, you know, very robust, and,

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I like to say it's lean and mean.

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You know, I can run my star length,

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my bathroom, my water pumps, my heaters,

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cement mixer, all of these things were being,

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you know, utilizing 1 little system. Now what

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is it about the desert that has so

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captivated you enough to build an off grid

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ranch out here? Well,

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the peace and quiet number 1. You know?

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I mean, if you if if you just

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come out here in the morning or it

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it actually doesn't matter what time of day.

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I mean, it's just There's a calm about

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the desert that you just can't find anywhere

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else. You know, you have mountain views, 360

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degree

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views around

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the sunsets, you know, every night. It's a

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different show. You know, to go out there

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and I put on my deck and you

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know, see that's the sunset. It's just

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amazing. Let me talk about a couple of

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things.

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You have Star Link. How does Star link

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work for the internet. Start travels with it

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not working? Star link is phenomenal out here.

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You know, III work from here as much

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as I can and the only... Way I

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can do that is with my star link.

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So what do you what do you do

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about water out here. Let's talk a little

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bit more about how you've been able to

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pull this all the together? Yeah. That that's

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a that's a great question. So, water was

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1 of my concerns, you know, initially, and

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then, you know, I have learned because I'm

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a city guy.

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I have learned

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to do when everybody else does out here.

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I have a 2500

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gallon water tank.

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I choose to have my water delivered.

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It's about 200 dollars for 2000

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gallons of of pot water. How long will

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that last? Well,

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my first try. It lasted over a year

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of me just coming out on the weekends.

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Really Absolutely. Absolutely. And it... And you don't

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have to take real quick showers? Nope.

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That's for sure. Yeah that's for sure. Yeah

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how do you keep that much water from

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spoiling?

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You know, they're special tanks, the water does

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not go bad. You don't have to put

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any chemicals into the the water. And

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you know, if as long as you're using

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it. I mean, it's gonna stay stay stay

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good in that tank for probably 2 years,

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3 years. And you were timing a little

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while ago about it something that you're you

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have coming that will actually pull water out

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of this desert area.

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Yeah. That's a a great new project coming

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out of Scottsdale, Arizona, it's called hydro panels.

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They look like a solar panel. They put

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1

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unit produces enough drinking water for 2 individuals

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to to survive on and live on. Like

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that crust.

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3000 dollars.

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Really? That's correct. And yes. Totally sustainable.

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Yeah. Yeah. It's... Again and like I said

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they're made right here in the Usa, out

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of Scottsdale, Arizona. Alright. So we saw the

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water problem.

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What I wanted talk about is you... You

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have in this bathroom in shower. You got

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all that gray water. You

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obviously rec circulate that. How what how what

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does that use for? Well, you know, water

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is such a valuable resource in the desert.

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That we want to make sure that we're

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recycling it. So

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all my gray,

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from my systems

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goes into 55 gallon, drum we have buried

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in the ground,

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which I can use for, you know, whether

544
00:20:27,850 --> 00:20:28,486
it's washing,

545
00:20:29,122 --> 00:20:30,633
you know, my Atv or

546
00:20:31,667 --> 00:20:32,914
like, gardening and flowers

547
00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:34,869
Let's take a quick look at that

548
00:20:35,666 --> 00:20:38,219
at this bathroom. It is a... As I

549
00:20:38,219 --> 00:20:39,335
look at it, it looks like

550
00:20:40,532 --> 00:20:42,127
looks like a shed. Was in the size

551
00:20:42,127 --> 00:20:42,900
of it is,

552
00:20:43,258 --> 00:20:45,889
it's about 10 by 08:10 by 8, And

553
00:20:47,084 --> 00:20:48,679
it's a big door with a lock on

554
00:20:48,679 --> 00:20:50,751
it. And as we walk inside,

555
00:20:51,404 --> 00:20:53,325
there is a glass shower,

556
00:20:54,284 --> 00:20:56,524
full shower, hot water. Right? I saw the

557
00:20:56,524 --> 00:20:57,644
propane tanks throughout it?

558
00:20:58,778 --> 00:21:00,772
He's turning on the water out pump, and

559
00:21:00,772 --> 00:21:01,889
it's lots of pressure,

560
00:21:03,006 --> 00:21:04,202
a window and the side,

561
00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:05,797
that cabinet,

562
00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:07,791
a real flush toilet.

563
00:21:08,762 --> 00:21:10,593
It goes into a septic field. Yeah. You

564
00:21:10,593 --> 00:21:12,026
put a septic field in for up to

565
00:21:12,026 --> 00:21:13,538
a 3 bedroom miles house Right? Yeah. 3

566
00:21:13,538 --> 00:21:15,688
4 bedroom mile. So this is pretty good.

567
00:21:15,847 --> 00:21:17,938
Now, this gray water that comes from the

568
00:21:17,938 --> 00:21:19,856
shower. Is that gonna be used for your

569
00:21:19,856 --> 00:21:20,016
garden?

570
00:21:21,134 --> 00:21:22,573
It's gonna be used for some of the

571
00:21:22,573 --> 00:21:22,973
gardening.

572
00:21:23,852 --> 00:21:25,770
Here is 1 of these tanks. This one's

573
00:21:25,770 --> 00:21:27,773
a hundred gallon tank. This is 500. We're

574
00:21:27,773 --> 00:21:29,998
gonna be replacing the water tote here.

575
00:21:30,633 --> 00:21:32,700
Okay. This is gonna be the permanent

576
00:21:33,097 --> 00:21:34,845
water solution for the bathroom unit.

577
00:21:35,339 --> 00:21:37,813
And we're gonna take this 300 gallon tote,

578
00:21:38,132 --> 00:21:39,729
and we're actually gonna put that over by

579
00:21:39,729 --> 00:21:40,388
the garden

580
00:21:40,846 --> 00:21:43,821
with its own solar system and drip system

581
00:21:44,054 --> 00:21:45,170
on a solar timer.

582
00:21:45,728 --> 00:21:47,084
So when I'm in Las Vegas,

583
00:21:47,721 --> 00:21:49,497
my plants will continue to

584
00:21:50,193 --> 00:21:52,640
be watered and taken care of. And this

585
00:21:53,798 --> 00:21:55,956
this black tank here will will be...

586
00:21:56,596 --> 00:21:57,954
What will this be used for? This is

587
00:21:57,954 --> 00:22:00,032
gonna be, for my shower and bathroom unit.

588
00:22:00,272 --> 00:22:01,870
Okay. And this is a tote that you

589
00:22:01,870 --> 00:22:03,873
can you can throw up on a pickup,

590
00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:06,336
I guess and move over. Exactly. And this

591
00:22:06,336 --> 00:22:07,766
will this will do the the,

592
00:22:08,481 --> 00:22:09,355
this will do the garden.

593
00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:12,190
While we're right here here is

594
00:22:12,547 --> 00:22:13,422
his outdoor,

595
00:22:14,297 --> 00:22:15,649
battery and power center,

596
00:22:16,842 --> 00:22:18,831
all the plumbing is in. I'm looking at

597
00:22:19,308 --> 00:22:20,422
lots of the lines running.

598
00:22:21,312 --> 00:22:22,346
A lithium battery.

599
00:22:23,062 --> 00:22:24,733
And I wonder if it's a solar show.

600
00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:26,086
I'm looking here was

601
00:22:26,723 --> 00:22:27,996
2000 watt inverter,

602
00:22:28,885 --> 00:22:31,348
And his solar charge controllers says show how

603
00:22:31,348 --> 00:22:33,016
much you're getting to there now?

604
00:22:33,810 --> 00:22:36,591
Charge current 8.4 amps, hundred and 20 watts.

605
00:22:37,003 --> 00:22:39,788
Hundred and 20 watts coming right now through

606
00:22:39,788 --> 00:22:42,117
those solar panels. That's gonna charge this

607
00:22:42,731 --> 00:22:43,819
life pull 4

608
00:22:44,335 --> 00:22:45,288
260

609
00:22:45,288 --> 00:22:47,113
amp hour or lithium battery that you have.

610
00:22:48,462 --> 00:22:49,359
Water pumps

611
00:22:49,732 --> 00:22:51,811
all set for all of your stuff. Correct.

612
00:22:52,683 --> 00:22:54,769
And it's hard to believe how you have

613
00:22:54,903 --> 00:22:56,807
developed all of this. Up on the top,

614
00:22:57,044 --> 00:22:58,393
I'm not gonna go up there, but up

615
00:22:58,393 --> 00:22:59,319
on the top of the

616
00:22:59,838 --> 00:23:02,310
the storage container you've built a little observation

617
00:23:02,310 --> 00:23:04,384
deck. Yes. This was the crown jewel for

618
00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:06,458
me. And what are you gonna... I would

619
00:23:06,458 --> 00:23:08,133
imagine that's a great place to have a

620
00:23:08,133 --> 00:23:10,222
couple coffee in the morning. Cup coffee in

621
00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,538
the morning and the survey in the evening

622
00:23:12,538 --> 00:23:14,453
lot that sun goes down. But, you know,

623
00:23:14,613 --> 00:23:16,688
most people are 1 I should say 1

624
00:23:16,688 --> 00:23:18,699
of the reasons everybody comes out here for

625
00:23:18,699 --> 00:23:20,934
these views and having a deck to enjoy

626
00:23:20,934 --> 00:23:22,690
the view was very, very important to me.

627
00:23:23,249 --> 00:23:25,185
And the in the background

628
00:23:25,723 --> 00:23:26,622
is the

629
00:23:27,493 --> 00:23:29,005
is the big... Is the main water tank,

630
00:23:29,164 --> 00:23:31,948
which is the 2500 gallon. Correct. Correct last

631
00:23:31,948 --> 00:23:33,618
fair. And I... We have to go back

632
00:23:33,618 --> 00:23:35,468
and take a look at your garden.

633
00:23:36,267 --> 00:23:38,424
There is a small garden. Now,

634
00:23:39,942 --> 00:23:41,780
we live in a really nice climate out

635
00:23:41,780 --> 00:23:43,948
here. But tell me about

636
00:23:44,825 --> 00:23:46,499
what you expect to grow, and,

637
00:23:47,217 --> 00:23:49,689
you were saying back and you through your

638
00:23:49,689 --> 00:23:51,296
camera system, you can actually

639
00:23:52,407 --> 00:23:55,662
activate the the drip and the irrigation? Yes.

640
00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:58,122
So we're gonna do a solar system You

641
00:23:58,122 --> 00:23:59,631
know, as you can see, I do not

642
00:23:59,631 --> 00:24:00,441
have a green thumb.

643
00:24:01,156 --> 00:24:02,986
So last year, our last summer,

644
00:24:03,702 --> 00:24:05,372
I threw a bunch of seats out here

645
00:24:05,372 --> 00:24:07,440
just to see what would happen. Was watering

646
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,003
it once a week. And everything grew like

647
00:24:10,003 --> 00:24:10,322
crazy.

648
00:24:11,677 --> 00:24:12,394
The peak of summer,

649
00:24:13,112 --> 00:24:15,503
watering it once a week, really didn't work,

650
00:24:16,634 --> 00:24:19,990
So everything did die eye unfortunately, but, the

651
00:24:19,990 --> 00:24:22,466
fact is everything will flourish out here as

652
00:24:22,466 --> 00:24:24,559
long as there's water. So we are gonna

653
00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:27,915
be taking that 300 gallon tote and, have

654
00:24:27,915 --> 00:24:30,152
a drip system running on solar and a

655
00:24:30,152 --> 00:24:30,392
timer.

656
00:24:31,511 --> 00:24:33,359
So it's gonna water all the plants and

657
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,738
and vegetables in the morning and that night

658
00:24:35,738 --> 00:24:37,246
when I'm in Las Vegas.

659
00:24:37,959 --> 00:24:39,704
It's pretty neat. And and there's quite a

660
00:24:39,704 --> 00:24:42,341
community developing out there around Eric, and,

661
00:24:43,693 --> 00:24:46,398
this is perfect lead into our commercial from,

662
00:24:46,955 --> 00:24:50,825
our, larry Eric land company, which is sponsoring

663
00:24:50,964 --> 00:24:53,384
this part of the Rv podcast, but

664
00:24:53,684 --> 00:24:56,500
really nice out there. And we do? Yeah.

665
00:24:56,740 --> 00:24:58,660
I I know... I mean, we've always liked

666
00:24:58,660 --> 00:24:59,220
the desert,

667
00:24:59,779 --> 00:25:01,380
but to actually be able to stay in

668
00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:02,900
it for a long period of time. It

669
00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:04,908
is so peaceful. And so beautiful.

670
00:25:05,385 --> 00:25:06,895
And that little parcel of the land is

671
00:25:06,895 --> 00:25:08,724
a as Eric said is a is a

672
00:25:08,724 --> 00:25:10,871
little higher than most of the desert, so

673
00:25:10,871 --> 00:25:13,018
it doesn't get quite so warm actually, it

674
00:25:13,018 --> 00:25:15,338
was cooler out there last week than it

675
00:25:15,338 --> 00:25:18,041
was here in in Southwest Michigan.

676
00:25:18,757 --> 00:25:20,426
Alright. When we come back. Right after this

677
00:25:20,426 --> 00:25:21,434
message about

678
00:25:22,112 --> 00:25:24,503
Arizona land that you can get. Jennifer and

679
00:25:24,503 --> 00:25:26,654
I took a trip to Las Vegas and

680
00:25:26,973 --> 00:25:29,779
Arizona to look at wind mail acres a

681
00:25:29,779 --> 00:25:32,900
brand new Rv property being offered by Western

682
00:25:32,900 --> 00:25:33,779
land and ranches.

683
00:25:34,339 --> 00:25:37,480
They're selling off 1 and 2 acre parcels

684
00:25:37,873 --> 00:25:39,866
starting at only 14900

685
00:25:39,866 --> 00:25:42,497
dollars. Now these are big. And an acre

686
00:25:42,497 --> 00:25:44,808
is the size of a football field. The

687
00:25:44,808 --> 00:25:47,849
properties are on a Plateau with big valley

688
00:25:47,849 --> 00:25:51,033
views, and the location is amazing. Next to

689
00:25:51,192 --> 00:25:53,341
Lake Mead national recreation area.

690
00:25:53,913 --> 00:25:56,463
We had a blast. There are so many

691
00:25:56,463 --> 00:25:58,933
places to explore near the property, the Grand

692
00:25:59,092 --> 00:26:01,164
Canyon. We took a boat ride on the

693
00:26:01,323 --> 00:26:03,315
Colorado river below Hoover down.

694
00:26:04,127 --> 00:26:06,199
Boulder city was a fun little town.

695
00:26:07,075 --> 00:26:08,828
That's right off route 66,

696
00:26:09,147 --> 00:26:11,457
and, of course, we had to enjoy some

697
00:26:11,457 --> 00:26:13,051
nightlife in Las Vegas.

698
00:26:13,702 --> 00:26:16,480
It's a lifetime supply of fun things to

699
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,885
do when you own a camp at wind

700
00:26:18,941 --> 00:26:19,338
acres.

701
00:26:19,894 --> 00:26:21,878
The properties are now available.

702
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This is 100

703
00:26:24,044 --> 00:26:26,517
percent ownership. So there's no reservations needed when

704
00:26:26,517 --> 00:26:29,388
you wanna hang out, time limits or crowded

705
00:26:29,388 --> 00:26:31,303
parks that you have to go through. You

706
00:26:31,303 --> 00:26:33,705
can share your property, you can rent it.

707
00:26:34,023 --> 00:26:35,057
Whatever you wanna do.

708
00:26:35,693 --> 00:26:37,544
For more information, visit

709
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arizona ranch sales dot com.

710
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Or call 822232

711
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land.

712
00:26:46,793 --> 00:26:48,631
Welcome back, and now it's time for the

713
00:26:48,711 --> 00:26:50,404
Rv news of the week. And

714
00:26:50,884 --> 00:26:52,964
we've got a very tragic story to open

715
00:26:52,964 --> 00:26:53,204
with.

716
00:26:53,845 --> 00:26:55,765
An the Rv couple was staffed,

717
00:26:57,204 --> 00:27:00,257
2 days into an Rv trip. To visit

718
00:27:00,257 --> 00:27:01,375
their son in the West Coast,

719
00:27:02,013 --> 00:27:04,806
and this happened in vault places Nebraska.

720
00:27:05,523 --> 00:27:06,981
It was a failed robbery

721
00:27:07,294 --> 00:27:09,629
and they had stopped at a rest area

722
00:27:09,688 --> 00:27:10,667
along West brown

723
00:27:11,044 --> 00:27:12,103
I 80

724
00:27:12,481 --> 00:27:13,619
near Grand Island

725
00:27:14,157 --> 00:27:14,875
in Nebraska.

726
00:27:15,606 --> 00:27:16,561
They're from Missouri,

727
00:27:17,277 --> 00:27:19,426
they've been married 46 years they were on

728
00:27:19,426 --> 00:27:23,204
their first Rv trip since the pandemic. And

729
00:27:23,583 --> 00:27:25,740
expecting the drive to Portland, Oregon to take

730
00:27:25,740 --> 00:27:26,220
3 days,

731
00:27:27,019 --> 00:27:29,495
but on day 2, around 7 in the

732
00:27:29,495 --> 00:27:31,205
morning, Since last Wednesday,

733
00:27:31,897 --> 00:27:32,771
they were attacked.

734
00:27:33,963 --> 00:27:37,403
Gary Weaver, 72 died from stab wounds

735
00:27:37,712 --> 00:27:40,117
and his wife, Mary Weaver 71

736
00:27:40,808 --> 00:27:43,189
is hospitalized and now stable condition.

737
00:27:44,141 --> 00:27:44,641
Witnesses

738
00:27:45,269 --> 00:27:48,299
heard their attacker demand the keys to their

739
00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:50,054
jeep, which they they were towing.

740
00:27:50,772 --> 00:27:53,404
And then this 22 year old man allegedly

741
00:27:53,404 --> 00:27:54,542
went into the Rv

742
00:27:55,095 --> 00:27:56,375
and stabbed Gary,

743
00:27:56,855 --> 00:27:57,734
and then Mary.

744
00:27:58,454 --> 00:28:00,694
And this was all caught, much of it

745
00:28:00,934 --> 00:28:03,575
on a trucker dashcam cam in the rest

746
00:28:03,575 --> 00:28:03,894
area.

747
00:28:04,708 --> 00:28:06,542
Now it wasn't clear if the weaver spent

748
00:28:06,542 --> 00:28:07,977
the night at the rest area as many

749
00:28:07,977 --> 00:28:09,333
of us do on long drives,

750
00:28:09,891 --> 00:28:12,363
but since this attack happened at 7AM, I

751
00:28:12,442 --> 00:28:15,406
I wouldn't be. Surprise if if they did.

752
00:28:16,203 --> 00:28:18,912
And the 22 year old fled after stabbing

753
00:28:18,912 --> 00:28:20,904
them and led police on a chase

754
00:28:21,382 --> 00:28:22,179
before being caught.

755
00:28:22,816 --> 00:28:25,225
Some 20 miles away with the help of

756
00:28:25,225 --> 00:28:26,103
a police dog.

757
00:28:26,741 --> 00:28:28,976
The weaver... They've traveled all over the country

758
00:28:28,976 --> 00:28:29,795
in their Rv

759
00:28:30,173 --> 00:28:31,210
according to their daughter.

760
00:28:31,863 --> 00:28:34,008
Our hearts go out to the Weaver family.

761
00:28:35,041 --> 00:28:37,027
No. Wisconsin, another big story,

762
00:28:38,378 --> 00:28:40,229
and, boy, this is something

763
00:28:41,095 --> 00:28:42,049
I never thought I'd see.

764
00:28:42,845 --> 00:28:46,105
Wisconsin Department of Natural resources is telling people

765
00:28:46,105 --> 00:28:46,605
not

766
00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:48,252
to harvest the Sa aca.

767
00:28:48,903 --> 00:28:51,844
At the state parks in a press release

768
00:28:51,844 --> 00:28:55,181
after receiving numerous reports of people collecting these

769
00:28:55,181 --> 00:28:57,486
rather gross looking Red eyed insects.

770
00:28:58,137 --> 00:29:01,160
At big foot beach state park. Why at

771
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,092
earth would people be

772
00:29:03,546 --> 00:29:06,030
harvesting them? This is the year the Sa

773
00:29:06,030 --> 00:29:07,545
aca, a cup apocalypse,

774
00:29:08,262 --> 00:29:10,335
record brew emerging in parts of the country

775
00:29:10,335 --> 00:29:13,466
and many as 1 point fell 5000000 Sa

776
00:29:13,619 --> 00:29:16,029
per acre at some places. And brew

777
00:29:16,483 --> 00:29:19,769
13, which emerges once every 17 years is

778
00:29:19,826 --> 00:29:21,986
the Sa aca brew in Wisconsin,

779
00:29:22,621 --> 00:29:25,952
but why would people harvest them? Well, rumor

780
00:29:25,952 --> 00:29:28,332
has it Sa aca do have a high

781
00:29:28,332 --> 00:29:31,609
nutritional values So, you know, maybe people are

782
00:29:31,609 --> 00:29:34,239
gathering these bugs for pet birds or reptile.

783
00:29:34,876 --> 00:29:36,571
But the Wisconsin Dnr

784
00:29:36,947 --> 00:29:38,541
used the word harvest.

785
00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:40,950
And I'd really like to think people are

786
00:29:40,950 --> 00:29:43,585
not eating them, though they are safe for

787
00:29:43,585 --> 00:29:46,140
human consumption. You know, either way, it should

788
00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:47,358
be common knowledge

789
00:29:47,736 --> 00:29:50,296
that you can't take plants or wildlife out

790
00:29:50,296 --> 00:29:52,145
of state parks, and wildlife

791
00:29:52,835 --> 00:29:54,263
does include insects.

792
00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:55,795
So

793
00:29:56,422 --> 00:29:59,366
we interviewed a Sa k expert earlier this

794
00:29:59,366 --> 00:30:01,832
year and learned a lot of interesting things

795
00:30:01,832 --> 00:30:03,662
about this unusual bug. We'll we'll put a

796
00:30:03,662 --> 00:30:05,747
link to it in the in the show

797
00:30:05,747 --> 00:30:07,420
notes for this episode. You can find out

798
00:30:07,420 --> 00:30:10,128
show notes always at rv lifestyle dot com

799
00:30:10,128 --> 00:30:13,076
slash podcast, but don't you dare try which

800
00:30:13,076 --> 00:30:14,612
see or sugar me adding Sa

801
00:30:14,924 --> 00:30:17,314
I bet there probably nutritional good and not

802
00:30:17,314 --> 00:30:18,907
a lot of calories in them. I would

803
00:30:18,907 --> 00:30:20,659
think they'd be grateful that people were picking

804
00:30:20,659 --> 00:30:22,013
them up health clean in them up because

805
00:30:22,013 --> 00:30:23,925
as I understand that they get pretty thick

806
00:30:23,925 --> 00:30:26,243
and stinky and... I don't know. But, I

807
00:30:26,243 --> 00:30:28,069
mean, rules are rules. Rules are rules.

808
00:30:29,259 --> 00:30:29,577
But

809
00:30:30,212 --> 00:30:33,013
don't harvest ci aca for you too

810
00:30:33,723 --> 00:30:35,400
Well, this is that time of the year

811
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,076
when wildfires start to,

812
00:30:37,954 --> 00:30:38,194
become,

813
00:30:38,912 --> 00:30:41,227
pretty commonplace in parts of the Southwest and

814
00:30:41,227 --> 00:30:43,259
we wanna remind everybody to make sure

815
00:30:43,716 --> 00:30:45,650
you are closely following warnings

816
00:30:46,027 --> 00:30:48,339
and weather reports as you out there camping.

817
00:30:48,977 --> 00:30:50,651
There's been a bunch of fires already. The

818
00:30:50,651 --> 00:30:52,916
needles fire burned at least 200 acres

819
00:30:53,292 --> 00:30:56,259
in Southern California along the Arizona border causing

820
00:30:56,873 --> 00:30:57,589
evacuation last week.

821
00:30:58,544 --> 00:31:00,788
Fire restrictions are now in place for the

822
00:31:00,868 --> 00:31:02,625
Grand Canyon national park,

823
00:31:03,343 --> 00:31:05,898
and a fire north of Sacramento in Ka

824
00:31:06,057 --> 00:31:09,251
County burned about 20000 acres was near the

825
00:31:09,251 --> 00:31:11,807
east park reservoir campground out there.

826
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:13,496
In New Mexico,

827
00:31:14,185 --> 00:31:16,960
the Fbi is offering a 10000 dollar reward

828
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,673
for information by whoever was responsible for starting

829
00:31:19,673 --> 00:31:20,863
2 wire fires,

830
00:31:21,419 --> 00:31:24,355
the south fork fire and the salt fire

831
00:31:24,355 --> 00:31:26,436
both in the southern part of the state,

832
00:31:26,754 --> 00:31:29,877
and they killed 2 people and destroyed hundreds

833
00:31:30,013 --> 00:31:30,570
of homes.

834
00:31:31,285 --> 00:31:33,909
New Mexico campground round, the River ranch Rv

835
00:31:33,909 --> 00:31:35,517
park escape the fire, but then,

836
00:31:36,315 --> 00:31:39,348
they suffered a flash blood caused in part

837
00:31:39,348 --> 00:31:42,461
by the fire destroying vegetation followed by heavy

838
00:31:42,461 --> 00:31:42,780
rains.

839
00:31:44,309 --> 00:31:45,824
Our viewers of the water, by the way,

840
00:31:45,983 --> 00:31:48,613
came into that campground so fast. So powerfully.

841
00:31:49,011 --> 00:31:50,229
It moved propane.

842
00:31:51,499 --> 00:31:54,556
It turned over heavy 15000 pound Rv,

843
00:31:55,255 --> 00:31:58,152
left 3 inches of mud in the campground

844
00:31:58,212 --> 00:31:59,330
laundry room in Bath house.

845
00:32:00,544 --> 00:32:02,562
Do you know that about 87

846
00:32:02,781 --> 00:32:05,417
percent of all the wildfires are caused by

847
00:32:05,417 --> 00:32:05,917
people

848
00:32:06,456 --> 00:32:07,515
and many of whom

849
00:32:08,068 --> 00:32:09,105
we're camping at the time.

850
00:32:09,983 --> 00:32:11,898
Nick was about a year ago. We interviewed

851
00:32:11,898 --> 00:32:13,893
an expert who gave us tips and what

852
00:32:13,893 --> 00:32:15,502
all of us can do to real due

853
00:32:15,502 --> 00:32:17,915
the chance of starting a wildfire and

854
00:32:18,371 --> 00:32:20,443
we will we will find that and put

855
00:32:20,443 --> 00:32:22,276
a link to it in the show notes.

856
00:32:22,927 --> 00:32:25,390
So check that out. But speaking of fire,

857
00:32:25,628 --> 00:32:28,249
some firefight fighting. Let's end on kind of

858
00:32:28,249 --> 00:32:30,394
a happy note. This was a pretty fun

859
00:32:30,394 --> 00:32:30,633
story.

860
00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:33,426
Did you see the picture of Archie, the

861
00:32:33,426 --> 00:32:35,331
cat? He was stuck in a tree at

862
00:32:35,490 --> 00:32:39,244
Grand Canyon National Park, making the rounds over

863
00:32:39,379 --> 00:32:39,855
the weekend?

864
00:32:40,505 --> 00:32:43,383
The black and white spotted cat was discovered

865
00:32:43,438 --> 00:32:45,420
stuck in a tree near the math or

866
00:32:45,420 --> 00:32:47,402
campground ground and the south rim.

867
00:32:47,974 --> 00:32:50,845
His front and back caused dangling over a

868
00:32:50,845 --> 00:32:53,976
pine tree limb 15 feet in the air

869
00:32:54,114 --> 00:32:56,826
with a sad and resigned expression on his

870
00:32:56,826 --> 00:32:56,985
face.

871
00:32:57,799 --> 00:32:58,299
Firefighters

872
00:32:58,679 --> 00:33:00,679
came to his rescue with the help of

873
00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:03,480
a ladder they rescued the poor critter. You

874
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:04,919
really need to look at that picture pictures

875
00:33:04,919 --> 00:33:06,774
so you're gonna appreciate his little face. And

876
00:33:06,774 --> 00:33:09,166
you'll find it rv lifestyle dot com slash

877
00:33:09,166 --> 00:33:09,666
podcast.

878
00:33:10,123 --> 00:33:11,957
They did find his owners by. That's good.

879
00:33:12,196 --> 00:33:14,190
Yeah. While it turned out the 2 year

880
00:33:14,190 --> 00:33:16,836
old cat lived in a residential. Area near

881
00:33:16,836 --> 00:33:19,467
the campground, not at an rv. It was

882
00:33:19,467 --> 00:33:21,460
still a great reminder for our viewers to

883
00:33:21,460 --> 00:33:23,453
make sure you have the tools you need

884
00:33:23,453 --> 00:33:24,432
to make camping

885
00:33:24,743 --> 00:33:26,808
with a cat successful. Like, a good lock.

886
00:33:26,967 --> 00:33:28,477
Keep them from going that side.

887
00:33:29,430 --> 00:33:29,589
Alright.

888
00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,607
We're gonna take quick break, and we've got,

889
00:33:33,004 --> 00:33:36,061
Rv questions the week. And Mike and Chen

890
00:33:36,277 --> 00:33:39,295
Rv story time coming up. Right after this.

891
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:42,733
When we're asked, what's the most important modification

892
00:33:42,733 --> 00:33:45,071
we made to our Rv. It's an easy

893
00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:48,886
answer. Battle borne batteries. Battle borne batteries are

894
00:33:48,886 --> 00:33:51,953
quality safe, reliable lithium batteries

895
00:33:52,326 --> 00:33:55,186
that allow us to stay out there off

896
00:33:55,186 --> 00:33:56,377
the grid longer.

897
00:33:56,933 --> 00:34:00,127
Lithium batteries charge faster They charge fuller they're

898
00:34:00,127 --> 00:34:03,467
longer lasting their maintenance free, and battle borne

899
00:34:03,467 --> 00:34:06,990
batteries are protected by a 10 year guarantee.

900
00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:10,253
Now in our case, they just dropped into

901
00:34:10,253 --> 00:34:12,966
the existing Ag g batteries that we have,

902
00:34:13,365 --> 00:34:15,041
and they'll probably be the same on your

903
00:34:15,041 --> 00:34:15,600
rig too.

904
00:34:16,175 --> 00:34:19,214
Valve battery experts can get those in your

905
00:34:19,214 --> 00:34:21,375
rig just like they dead with ours. They

906
00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:22,815
can also match you up with the right

907
00:34:22,815 --> 00:34:25,869
cabling, the inverter, the charger, the solar controller

908
00:34:25,869 --> 00:34:26,348
everything.

909
00:34:26,987 --> 00:34:27,487
Jennifer

910
00:34:27,867 --> 00:34:30,743
swear by our battle borne batteries, they allow

911
00:34:30,743 --> 00:34:33,871
us to boo dock off the grid Check

912
00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:36,649
about, go to rv lifestyle dot com slash

913
00:34:36,649 --> 00:34:39,983
lithium. Rv lifestyle dot com slash lithium.

914
00:34:41,747 --> 00:34:44,637
Welcome back everybody time now for our Rv

915
00:34:44,775 --> 00:34:47,244
question of the week. You got the question.

916
00:34:47,484 --> 00:34:50,215
I do. We have been using T Mobile

917
00:34:50,512 --> 00:34:53,713
unlimited 50 dollars a month home planned in

918
00:34:53,713 --> 00:34:54,987
our Rv as we travel.

919
00:34:55,545 --> 00:34:57,934
I just heard that they are stopping this

920
00:34:57,934 --> 00:35:00,419
plan that it will now cost us a

921
00:35:00,419 --> 00:35:02,810
hundred and 60 a month. Is this true?

922
00:35:03,289 --> 00:35:05,122
And what can we do about it? And

923
00:35:05,122 --> 00:35:06,978
that question comes from Nicola.

924
00:35:07,912 --> 00:35:08,391
And yes,

925
00:35:09,043 --> 00:35:09,679
It is true,

926
00:35:10,474 --> 00:35:12,700
and there's nothing you can do about. I

927
00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:12,859
mean,

928
00:35:13,575 --> 00:35:14,313
Demo mobile

929
00:35:14,767 --> 00:35:16,596
will tell you that they never meant that

930
00:35:16,596 --> 00:35:18,920
it's 50 dollar a month home plan,

931
00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:21,706
some people paid 60 dollars a month for

932
00:35:21,706 --> 00:35:21,786
it.

933
00:35:22,661 --> 00:35:24,890
To be used by Rv years or no.

934
00:35:25,622 --> 00:35:28,431
Although indeed, many of them like Hu michele

935
00:35:28,568 --> 00:35:30,876
have been doing so. And without any problem.

936
00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:33,208
But that plan

937
00:35:33,518 --> 00:35:35,607
is only supposed to be for those who

938
00:35:35,981 --> 00:35:38,205
are using it in... Is for stationary use

939
00:35:38,205 --> 00:35:38,762
at a home.

940
00:35:40,033 --> 00:35:42,040
Our ears found, they can take along that

941
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,592
hotspot spot and they get unlimited data and

942
00:35:44,592 --> 00:35:46,507
it was really a pretty good deal. 50

943
00:35:46,507 --> 00:35:46,985
bucks a month.

944
00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:50,255
But that is all all being done away

945
00:35:50,255 --> 00:35:52,026
with. The home plan will now,

946
00:35:52,903 --> 00:35:55,537
or soon will. It's still kinda working in

947
00:35:55,537 --> 00:35:58,671
many spots. It will work only at home

948
00:35:59,461 --> 00:36:01,290
And if you wanna take it with you,

949
00:36:01,529 --> 00:36:03,199
you're gonna have to enroll in a new

950
00:36:03,199 --> 00:36:05,267
plan called the Away plan,

951
00:36:06,063 --> 00:36:07,017
which you'd like you say,

952
00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:09,106
is a hundred and 60 a up.

953
00:36:09,904 --> 00:36:11,740
And now they announced this back in April,

954
00:36:11,980 --> 00:36:13,177
and it was supposed to take effect in

955
00:36:13,337 --> 00:36:15,333
May and there were some technical problems or

956
00:36:15,333 --> 00:36:17,903
something and it didn't take effect and now

957
00:36:17,983 --> 00:36:20,140
T Mobile only says, I looked at their

958
00:36:20,140 --> 00:36:21,259
website coming soon.

959
00:36:21,978 --> 00:36:24,056
But the bottom line is that any day

960
00:36:24,056 --> 00:36:24,829
now, you're

961
00:36:25,585 --> 00:36:28,291
mobile use of the old home plan will

962
00:36:28,291 --> 00:36:28,848
be blocked.

963
00:36:29,723 --> 00:36:31,076
You still can use the home plan,

964
00:36:32,443 --> 00:36:33,555
but they are going to be a lot

965
00:36:33,555 --> 00:36:37,047
of very disappointed Rv like Mikhail because many

966
00:36:37,047 --> 00:36:39,667
of you were using that unlimited home plan

967
00:36:39,667 --> 00:36:40,460
for your Rv.

968
00:36:41,587 --> 00:36:43,733
And this is the nature of Internet access

969
00:36:43,733 --> 00:36:44,369
for our years.

970
00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:47,492
1 thing you can count on is whatever

971
00:36:47,548 --> 00:36:49,536
price you have now, you will have to

972
00:36:49,536 --> 00:36:50,251
pay more for.

973
00:36:51,222 --> 00:36:53,215
It's expensive. It's getting more so,

974
00:36:53,932 --> 00:36:55,925
and it's not just T Mobile that's causing

975
00:36:55,925 --> 00:36:57,519
a lot of people to be very disappointed

976
00:36:57,519 --> 00:36:58,657
right now. Star

977
00:36:59,445 --> 00:37:01,353
is disappointing a lot of our views.

978
00:37:02,704 --> 00:37:04,295
I don't know if you heard that Son

979
00:37:04,295 --> 00:37:05,725
announced a a while back. They have a

980
00:37:05,725 --> 00:37:06,384
new program

981
00:37:06,934 --> 00:37:10,130
using something called a mini dish antenna. It's

982
00:37:10,130 --> 00:37:11,967
it's pretty cool. It's actually it's very it's

983
00:37:11,967 --> 00:37:13,725
small, small enough to fit in a backpack.

984
00:37:14,379 --> 00:37:14,779
And

985
00:37:15,258 --> 00:37:17,496
it's it's meant for mobile use or for

986
00:37:17,496 --> 00:37:19,893
people outside of their their fixed locations,

987
00:37:21,012 --> 00:37:23,010
and it was supposed to start sometime this

988
00:37:23,010 --> 00:37:23,250
summer.

989
00:37:23,823 --> 00:37:25,731
Still hasn't quite started. We don't know when.

990
00:37:26,288 --> 00:37:28,514
When they first announced this people got so

991
00:37:28,514 --> 00:37:30,264
excited because at 30 bucks a month,

992
00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:32,967
this new mini rome plan,

993
00:37:33,936 --> 00:37:35,448
it's probably the best deal we ever heard

994
00:37:35,448 --> 00:37:37,676
about. Starbucks. Start is it's awesome.

995
00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:41,177
But now we have seen some of the

996
00:37:41,177 --> 00:37:43,739
details of that plan. And it's not so

997
00:37:43,739 --> 00:37:44,058
awesome.

998
00:37:44,695 --> 00:37:45,811
A lot of disappointment.

999
00:37:46,767 --> 00:37:47,324
For 1,

1000
00:37:47,882 --> 00:37:49,577
the mini dish equipment

1001
00:37:49,968 --> 00:37:52,425
is is gonna cost 599

1002
00:37:52,425 --> 00:37:54,962
dollars. That's a hundred bucks more than the

1003
00:37:54,962 --> 00:37:57,261
standard dish dishes and antenna that they have.

1004
00:37:58,471 --> 00:38:00,646
And that 30 dollars a month service

1005
00:38:01,102 --> 00:38:02,697
has a lot of catches in it. First

1006
00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:03,893
of all, limited data,

1007
00:38:04,610 --> 00:38:06,147
there are speed caps

1008
00:38:06,460 --> 00:38:08,539
and there are lots of restrictions. In fact,

1009
00:38:08,780 --> 00:38:11,420
the 30 dollars per month mini room data

1010
00:38:11,420 --> 00:38:11,920
plan

1011
00:38:12,460 --> 00:38:15,911
is only available as an add on For

1012
00:38:15,911 --> 00:38:17,664
existing 120

1013
00:38:17,664 --> 00:38:19,278
dollar per month Star Link

1014
00:38:19,655 --> 00:38:20,371
residential customers.

1015
00:38:21,168 --> 00:38:22,521
They pay a hundred and 20 bucks for

1016
00:38:22,521 --> 00:38:24,010
that for residential service

1017
00:38:24,369 --> 00:38:26,207
and they can get the mini days mini

1018
00:38:26,207 --> 00:38:28,604
plan for an extra 30 so the total

1019
00:38:28,604 --> 00:38:30,921
costs end up being a hundred and 50

1020
00:38:30,921 --> 00:38:31,800
bucks a month.

1021
00:38:32,932 --> 00:38:35,485
Now, Elon Musk has said that he wants

1022
00:38:35,485 --> 00:38:37,558
his star link to be more affordable,

1023
00:38:38,595 --> 00:38:40,190
and this new plan sure doesn't seem to

1024
00:38:40,190 --> 00:38:42,239
fit that goal. Doesn't. No. It doesn't

1025
00:38:43,072 --> 00:38:45,369
somebody at Star link isn't listening to the

1026
00:38:45,369 --> 00:38:45,869
boss

1027
00:38:46,399 --> 00:38:48,300
or maybe the boss is just blowing smoke.

1028
00:38:48,776 --> 00:38:49,983
I don't know. But

1029
00:38:51,101 --> 00:38:53,574
you know, the the reality is is that

1030
00:38:53,574 --> 00:38:55,251
it's gonna cost you about a hundred and

1031
00:38:55,251 --> 00:38:57,426
50 bucks a month. Give or take

1032
00:38:57,818 --> 00:39:00,118
for whatever kind... If you want reliable Internet,

1033
00:39:00,277 --> 00:39:02,181
it's gonna take it. It's gonna cost you

1034
00:39:02,181 --> 00:39:04,664
that much. And you can also be sure

1035
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:05,774
it's gonna go higher

1036
00:39:06,083 --> 00:39:08,153
and they're always changing the details.

1037
00:39:09,268 --> 00:39:10,621
You have a question for us. We'd love

1038
00:39:10,621 --> 00:39:13,487
to answer our email addresses, Mike and Jen.

1039
00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:16,048
At rv lifestyle dot com.

1040
00:39:17,241 --> 00:39:17,400
Alright.

1041
00:39:18,275 --> 00:39:20,264
Story time with Mike and jen.

1042
00:39:21,315 --> 00:39:24,194
Well, we all make mistakes, and we all

1043
00:39:24,194 --> 00:39:26,755
learn from mistakes. This week, I share 1

1044
00:39:26,755 --> 00:39:29,474
of my most embarrassing mistakes. I can't believe

1045
00:39:29,474 --> 00:39:30,514
you were ever embarrassed.

1046
00:39:32,369 --> 00:39:33,010
We were at

1047
00:39:33,570 --> 00:39:35,489
Glacier National Park, and we were holding 1

1048
00:39:35,489 --> 00:39:36,630
of our gatherings,

1049
00:39:37,250 --> 00:39:39,340
and we were camped at the chewing Black

1050
00:39:39,340 --> 00:39:41,991
bone Rv park. That's on the black feet

1051
00:39:42,208 --> 00:39:45,474
reservation, the western end of the park. And

1052
00:39:45,474 --> 00:39:47,306
on the last evening of her gathering,

1053
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,343
the tribe came to visit us. The chiefs

1054
00:39:50,343 --> 00:39:53,286
welcomed us personally, and then the tribe treated

1055
00:39:53,286 --> 00:39:55,512
us to an evening of music and tribal

1056
00:39:55,512 --> 00:39:57,261
dancing, and it was awesome.

1057
00:39:57,990 --> 00:39:59,338
It it it was so much fun.

1058
00:40:00,052 --> 00:40:02,456
And at the end of their dancing and

1059
00:40:02,590 --> 00:40:03,090
drumming

1060
00:40:03,463 --> 00:40:03,621
demonstration,

1061
00:40:04,414 --> 00:40:05,390
and the performers

1062
00:40:05,699 --> 00:40:08,012
all of them in native dress, complete with

1063
00:40:08,012 --> 00:40:08,730
head dresses,

1064
00:40:09,527 --> 00:40:11,521
grabbed all of us campers that came grabbed

1065
00:40:11,521 --> 00:40:13,117
all by the hand and brought us into

1066
00:40:13,117 --> 00:40:15,190
a huge circle to participate,

1067
00:40:16,476 --> 00:40:17,744
in the final dance with them.

1068
00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:20,362
Here's a little bit of what it was

1069
00:40:20,362 --> 00:40:20,599
like.

1070
00:40:21,234 --> 00:40:23,789
I wish I captured this embarrassing moment but

1071
00:40:23,789 --> 00:40:25,786
it happened after I turned off the camera,

1072
00:40:26,186 --> 00:40:28,344
but here here's what the... This part was

1073
00:40:28,344 --> 00:40:28,503
like.

1074
00:40:57,648 --> 00:41:00,126
So anyway, as this dance reached its end,

1075
00:41:00,365 --> 00:41:02,043
I turned off the camera, but is at

1076
00:41:02,043 --> 00:41:04,121
the height, the drumming and the music, we

1077
00:41:04,121 --> 00:41:06,060
all started to move around in a circle

1078
00:41:06,294 --> 00:41:08,227
and then we were gonna go move forward

1079
00:41:08,444 --> 00:41:11,095
and back together everybody holding hands and that's

1080
00:41:11,152 --> 00:41:13,303
when it happened. As we started to move

1081
00:41:13,303 --> 00:41:13,701
forward,

1082
00:41:14,338 --> 00:41:14,838
Jennifer

1083
00:41:15,548 --> 00:41:16,048
suddenly

1084
00:41:16,423 --> 00:41:16,661
fell.

1085
00:41:17,298 --> 00:41:18,094
She disappeared.

1086
00:41:18,809 --> 00:41:19,946
1 of her feet

1087
00:41:20,321 --> 00:41:22,332
dropped into a very deep

1088
00:41:22,787 --> 00:41:25,112
gop hole and everything stopped.

1089
00:41:26,068 --> 00:41:26,568
Loud

1090
00:41:27,106 --> 00:41:29,737
gas was heard as the dramas and the

1091
00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:33,167
chanting when suddenly silent. Every eye was on

1092
00:41:33,327 --> 00:41:33,646
Jennifer,

1093
00:41:34,220 --> 00:41:36,460
who had 1 leg knee deep the go

1094
00:41:36,460 --> 00:41:39,340
for hole. You you could have heard a

1095
00:41:39,340 --> 00:41:42,640
pin drop as 1 second pass and 2

1096
00:41:43,114 --> 00:41:43,673
then 3,

1097
00:41:44,632 --> 00:41:46,231
or she had a puzzled look on her

1098
00:41:46,231 --> 00:41:48,068
face, was she in pain, had she broken

1099
00:41:48,068 --> 00:41:49,347
a bone suffered to brain.

1100
00:41:49,906 --> 00:41:50,566
But then

1101
00:41:50,945 --> 00:41:52,946
as if The hand of God reached down.

1102
00:41:53,343 --> 00:41:54,081
She suddenly

1103
00:41:54,453 --> 00:41:56,277
would jumped up and

1104
00:41:56,912 --> 00:41:57,809
there she was

1105
00:41:58,181 --> 00:41:59,054
looking at everybody.

1106
00:41:59,784 --> 00:42:01,784
I was aware that suddenly, I had become

1107
00:42:01,784 --> 00:42:03,144
the focus of everyone.

1108
00:42:03,945 --> 00:42:06,264
I just gave a big smile and shrugged.

1109
00:42:06,744 --> 00:42:08,344
And, luckily, I didn't get hurt.

1110
00:42:08,997 --> 00:42:10,827
And then the drumming and the chanting be

1111
00:42:10,827 --> 00:42:13,054
resumed almost as if nothing had happened.

1112
00:42:14,009 --> 00:42:15,440
I'm sure I was blushing.

1113
00:42:16,093 --> 00:42:17,926
So what's the lesson I learned from my

1114
00:42:17,926 --> 00:42:18,803
embarrassing moment,

1115
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,593
the watch where you step. And if you

1116
00:42:21,593 --> 00:42:24,317
stumble and fall, get right back up, and

1117
00:42:24,317 --> 00:42:26,225
keep smiling if it's possible to get right

1118
00:42:26,225 --> 00:42:29,167
back up again, and the show always goes

1119
00:42:29,167 --> 00:42:30,598
down, and you might be part of the

1120
00:42:30,598 --> 00:42:31,632
show unintentionally.

1121
00:42:32,507 --> 00:42:33,675
But you know what? That's

1122
00:42:34,035 --> 00:42:35,094
That's really good

1123
00:42:35,554 --> 00:42:38,114
a good lesson for life, you know, just...

1124
00:42:38,355 --> 00:42:40,035
We're all gonna stumble and fall, so get

1125
00:42:40,035 --> 00:42:40,195
up,

1126
00:42:41,009 --> 00:42:41,827
keep smiling

1127
00:42:42,921 --> 00:42:44,753
and go on. The show goes on. But

1128
00:42:44,753 --> 00:42:46,824
at that campground, there were so many gop

1129
00:42:46,824 --> 00:42:49,373
holes. They were. There were tons of them,

1130
00:42:49,453 --> 00:42:50,224
and when you're

1131
00:42:50,819 --> 00:42:53,990
forward written backwards dancing rounded in circles and

1132
00:42:53,990 --> 00:42:56,393
I zeta. Grateful sold that I didn't

1133
00:42:57,082 --> 00:42:59,168
hurt myself. When I stepped in that hole.

1134
00:42:59,408 --> 00:43:00,606
But it was so funny. There was just

1135
00:43:00,606 --> 00:43:01,106
this

1136
00:43:01,485 --> 00:43:04,282
Everything stopped. And everybody, had looked at it,

1137
00:43:04,841 --> 00:43:06,535
and she gets out and this you know,

1138
00:43:06,775 --> 00:43:09,414
big grand. You've seen her big grand. And

1139
00:43:10,054 --> 00:43:11,594
and then everybody... Okay. Whatever

1140
00:43:12,375 --> 00:43:14,295
went right back to. Yeah. Alright. It's our

1141
00:43:14,295 --> 00:43:14,855
story of the week.

1142
00:43:16,230 --> 00:43:17,909
You got a comment. You got a question,

1143
00:43:18,389 --> 00:43:19,590
send them to us. We love to get

1144
00:43:19,590 --> 00:43:23,030
them mike jen at rv lifestyle dot com.

1145
00:43:23,510 --> 00:43:25,519
And that's it for this week. We will

1146
00:43:25,519 --> 00:43:26,790
be back with another podcast.

1147
00:43:27,823 --> 00:43:29,491
Next week, and we can't wait to see

1148
00:43:29,491 --> 00:43:30,921
you then. Thank you guys so much for

1149
00:43:30,921 --> 00:43:32,430
watching. Happy trails.