Our 500th RV Podcast: How it all began and where it’s going

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This week on the Rv podcast? This is

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our 5 hundredth podcast, close to 10 years

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now that we've been to win the show.

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And this week, we're gonna tell you how

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it all began and where we're headed.

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And we had some

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clarification on those

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controversial news. Cdc rules

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are bringing your dog back from Canada and

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in Mexico.

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But that

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clarification doesn't mean it still isn't confusing.

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In our social media buzz segment, we have

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some tips on keeping cool while camping this

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summer.

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All this. Plus the Rv news of the

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week and your questions coming up. An episode

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500

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of the Rv pass podcasts.

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Hello, everybody. I'm Mike E and this is

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my lifelong traveling companion and, my bride,

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Jennifer.

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500.

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Mister mike. Think at the 5 500 times.

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500 plus. Yes. 500

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plus episodes. This is

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really kind of a milestone for us, and

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we looking forward to sharing some of the

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things that have happened, how this all came

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about

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but, kind of a celebration.

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I guess I should confess. We're not sure

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whether it's 500 or, like, 540

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because remember back when we first started, we

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did

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special additions all the time, but we didn't

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count them as episode numbers. We didn't start

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episode numbering them until

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I don't know, a couple 3 months into

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it.

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So we who knew and that it would

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be this many. So we're gonna talk about

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that and a bunch more.

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Just a quick reminder that there is a

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video version of this podcast for those you

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listening on your favorite podcast app. And you

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can find this on our Youtube channel at

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Youtube dot com slash r v

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lifestyle.

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Well,

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we're to do some travel this week.

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We have,

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some more reviews we're gonna. And Not gotta

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tell you. Whole lot about it, but if

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you follow us on social media, we'll be

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posting pictures during the week of all the

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different Rv. That we will be reviewing, and

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we're looking forward to to seeing what we

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can find there.

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Also,

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that Our book came out this week.

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And we're pretty excited about that. And we

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hope you are too. Was guide to the

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Bourbon trail,

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and we really

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are pretty excited to see what you think

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about. It's a perfect summer trip. So

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there's a link in the description below, if

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you wanna check out our latest d book.

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It's our 20 second book.

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So we're celebrating

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20 second book in our 500 podcast. That's

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pretty good. Should I just say to people

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that on the Bourbon trail, there's more to

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do than just drink bourbon. Yeah, yeah. A

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whole lot more. And it's really a beautiful

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area of the country. And believe it or

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not, other than the bourbon part, it's very

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kid kid friendly. There's so many need interesting

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things. To see and, great places to camp,

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and we included a bunch of restaurants and

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all that. So you can you can find

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that. And then we are real excited because

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when we get done with all these reviews

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that we gotta do this week,

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we are off to beautiful ship Shaq,

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Indiana, the heart of Amish country, be and

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are gathering our groove and gather next week.

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Yes. And Bo is particularly excited to be

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able to bark at horses. Yes. Boat loves

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the horses,

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And it it's a really fun trip that

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we've got planned. This is a gathering. We

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do a couple 3 of these a year.

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This is our summer 1. It's been sold

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out since the second day. We we listed

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it available for tickets. So

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we'll have a lot to show you next

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week on social media, and I'm sure we'll

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be talking with more about it on the

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podcast as well. And if you're on your

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way to ship Shaw on this week, We

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look forward to seeing you. We hope to

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arrive a little bit early, I think.

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So that should be should be a good

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Alright. Some

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some additions to the news that we've been

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talking about. The latest from the Cdc on

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there are new rules for bringing your dog

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back from Canada and Mexico. Now we've been

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reporting on this for a couple 3 weeks

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now, but starting

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August first, some very detailed and complicated new

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rules are gonna go into effect for anybody,

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who enters the United States with a dog.

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Even if it's your dog, your pet and

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you're coming back to the United States to

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go home,

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And while these new rules

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are aimed at keeping so called rescue dogs

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of being imported into the Us from countries

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that have very high rates. Of ra.

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They also affect tourists and rv viewers who

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take their dogs with them on vacations to

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Canada and Mexico

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and then come back home. Now you heard

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that right. The rules about bringing animals in

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from nations that have problems with ra.

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Also apply to family pets owned either by

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Canadians coming to vacation in the Us or

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who have traveled to Canada,

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and our returning team are returning home. Now

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after almost 2 weeks of trying,

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we finally got a written response to our

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questions from the Cdc.

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Now the Cdc are the ones who were

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ins integrating these rules, and they refused to

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be interviewed. On camera,

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they would only respond to written questions,

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and they did provide us the following

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information.

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To come back into the Us. Your dog

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must be at least 6 months old.

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So if you have a young dog or

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puppy, even if you left the Us with

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it for your vacation, you cannot return to

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the Us with a pop until is 6

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months old.

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All dogs returning to the Us must be...

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Microchip.

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And that's not all. You must have the

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dog vaccinated for ra and have written proof

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of that.

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Your vet must file out a form and

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send it to the Usda.

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This the Us Department of Agriculture. So that's

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2 government agencies involved in this.

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before, you return to the United States,

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you have to take face and body photos

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of your dog,

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dog

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import form. You have to note the the

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microchip number on it, You have to identify

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which port of entry that you're going to

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use to return to the Us, and then

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you have to upload that to the Cdc.

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They should send you a receipt back and

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you have to keep a copy of that

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on your phone, and then you would show

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that at the border when you come back

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to the Us.

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Man. So I hope you got all that.

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we ask god vet. And after checking his

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response was good God. What a mess.

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All the forms. Yeah. All the forms, all

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the paperwork seemed overwhelming.

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recommends that you began getting document

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nation done,

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60 to 90 days

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before you leave the country with your pet.

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Now all of those rules must go into

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effect... August first.

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So if you've have not followed them, your

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dog will not be allowed to return to

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the Us.

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Now here's the rub to Some of the

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required forms won't be available until after July

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fifteenth, and the rules take effect 2 weeks

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later.

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is putting as much of this as they

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can online, and we have a couple of

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resources that they shared that they urge just

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to pass along to you. And we will

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put those in the description below the first

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of is a checklist

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for, what you have to do and when

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to see your vet and what forms to

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get where to send them, we'll put that

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up and then the second 1 is a

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documentation that's needed after August first to bring

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your pet into the United States.

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Trust me. This is nothing but confusing. I

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have read these now over and over for

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3 weeks, and I still have a lot

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of questions.

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There's just a tremendous amount of confusion about

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these new rules, not just by tourists and

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travelers,

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but also by veterinarians.

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So our best advice to you

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is to call your vet as soon as

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possible,

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if you're planning to visit either Canada or

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Mexico this summer.

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And if you think those rules are confusing,

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will you go to those links that we

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put up and you start to read them.

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gonna be kinda caught with this... This weird

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deadline, For example, us, we're going to Canada

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on a trip to the maritime

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that leaves

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July 20 second and returns August seventeenth.

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we're leaving the 20 second that form isn't

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even available for my vet until the fifteenth,

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and then he's gotta fill it out. He's

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gotta figure it all out and send it

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in,

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and then I'm gone. So

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there's gonna be a lot of people. In,

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on that trip and a bunch of others

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that are caught right in between that.

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And if you're... In Canada and you haven't

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done any of these forms or you're in

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Mexico and you're coming back,

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this is gonna be a big surprise for

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you on August first. So

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let's hope that there is maybe some pushing

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back of these dates or some easing of

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the rules. But for now,

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That's the official word from the Cdc, and

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we have links on our website for you

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to check out. You know, I kinda think

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it would be kinda a nice day have

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it go into effect like January first. Or

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or a few months in advance. For this

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to be suddenly really announced, they're not even

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finished with this because they don't have the

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forms out

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but we're dealing with the government. Right?

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So what do you expect that is gonna

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make sense or be easy.

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It's crazy, and there's a lot of confusion,

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and we'll keep on top of this story.

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Alright. When we come back, we are gonna

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talk about something lot more

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enjoyable ace to us, the social media buzz,

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what everybody's talking about on the Internet when

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we come back. The 1 thing they can

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ruin in a perfect rv trip is a

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bad mattress and believe us we know. Over

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the years we've tried many, and we have

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Welcome back to everybody. Time now for the

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social media buzz.

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Get your pen on ready and paper and

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Get ready to write down some tips here

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you're gonna learn. Mh. Wendy Boy here is

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our chief

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cat Herd.

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On our social media platforms and she reports

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on the hot issues.

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Most talked about this past week on social

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media.

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Hi, everybody.

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Over in the Rv lifestyle community's electrical space,

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we had a recent post from Sherry, and

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she asked, Do you keep your motor home

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plugged in when you're home in between camping

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trips? Well, this sparked of big

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conversation, We had some like Andrew who said

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he has a lot of solar panels, so

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he just relies on those to keep his

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batteries topped off. And then made others like,

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Douglas who lives in Florida who said he

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installed a 30 Amp Rv outlet at home,

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and he does plug it in In fact,

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I think most people did plug it in,

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some like Robert, they said they keep the

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Ac running at about 78

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degrees. It helps control the temperature in the

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rig, doesn't get too hot and helps control

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the humidity as well.

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Plus, Robert pointed out that the shore power

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is not very expensive when compared to some

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high quality batteries. So I gotta agree with

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you on that 1, Robert.

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And others said that they keep a plugged

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in because they don't wanna bother having to

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turn off their refrigerator and empty out all

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the food back and forth all the time.

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And we had 1 couple from California who

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said they relied on their Rv to keep

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it all ready to go, so they plugged

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it in so it'd be ready to go

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in case of an emergency like a wildfire.

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And sounds like they keep that

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going, which makes sense, especially somewhere where you're

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prone to wildfires. So good tips there.

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And then also in our community,

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in the e bikes space. We had a

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tip from Andrew that he just wanted to

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share with everybody. He and his wife if

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you have eb bikes. They love going out

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riding, but 1 of their

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frustrations was communicating with each other when they're

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on them. So he solved this by getting

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2 Cena helmets. I hope I'm pronouncing that

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correctly.

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But he said they were game changers. They

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cost a little bit, but but they are

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now able to talk to each other. Sometimes

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half a mile in distance. So... These helmets,

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they're... What motorcycle sometimes use. They have a

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bluetooth

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connection. So there's this headset in there where

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you can talk. To somebody else. Some of

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them have cameras, they come with a lot

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of different options.

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But it helps you communicate with whoever you're

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riding with and just sounded like a great

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tip. So thank you for sharing ring that

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Andrew.

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And then meanwhile over in our Rv lifestyle

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Facebook group. Of course, lots of good discussions

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going there and 1 of them from the

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Nasa ring was very timely. She asked, how

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do you keep it cool inside your rig

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on those super hot days? And it sounds

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like she's camping somewhere where there's no shade.

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The temperatures are really hot in her Ac

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while it's running 24 7 it's the rig

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is still, like, more than 90 degrees inside.

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So she needed some help, and she got

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a lot of good suggestions.

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Many recommended putting something on those windows. Bring

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the temperature down be a cardboard, tint black

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out shades,

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reflects it. Of course, came up a lap

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and that silver bubble wrap type material that

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people use to keep the old out in

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the winter and the heat out in the

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summer,

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that came up a lot. And others got

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very creative.

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They suggested 1 person suggested getting, like a

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old canopy or a tent, some sort of

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material that you can put over your rig

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and kinda create your own shade to help

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bring that temperature down,

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Others said airflow is key, you need to

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get a bunch of fans and keep the

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air moving in a certain direction, so it's

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not stagnant.

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Others point out the air conditioning generally only

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cools the inside temperatures is about 20 degrees

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less than the outside temperatures. So if you

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are somewhere really hot.

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That might be playing into it.

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Maybe vanessa smes to get some said, another

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air conditioning unit, maybe be a portable 1.

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And many suggest that she have her current

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air conditioning unit, Somebody come out and look

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at it, do some maintenance, make sure everything's

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working great,

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because maybe that's the issue. But again, There

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were there were something like 450 comments on

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this 1 so many

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suggestions. But with it getting hot out if

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you're planning on camping anytime soon,

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you might wanna check this 1 out for

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some some tips. And that's it for me

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this week. I'm Wendy Boy, and I'll see

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you over in the Rv lifestyle community or

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Facebook group.

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Alright, Wendy. Thank you very much. Staying cool

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during the summer. Those are some great tips.

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Yeah. And I like the idea of the

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helmet. So you can communicate with each other.

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Yeah. On your bike? Yes. When you're riding

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your bike out there, half a mile distance

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apart and, you know, so Yeah. This that's

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pretty handy.

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They're out there on a busy road or

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you have a little problem hearing. I'm pretty

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excited. I got a new e bike in

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the last couple weeks. I got the new

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version 3 from electric

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bikes, and I'm hoping to take it to

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our gathering in Ship next week. Well, I

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think you could use it. So yeah if

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you do take it. Yeah. It's fun. There's

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a bike trailer that we can take, and

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I'm looking for... I got a couple of

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friends who are good e bike riders there,

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and we're gonna have some fun. So Alright.

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When we come back, we're gonna talk about,

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on our Rv conversation in the week? How

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all this started? Our 500

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how it started and where we're going. So

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places to explore near the property, the Grand

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Alright. Welcome back. Time now for our Rv

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conversation of the week. And

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was sometime back in

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20

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13.

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9.58

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years ago to be precise.

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That we released episode 1 of this podcast.

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And we've been doing the Rv lifestyle since

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March of 20 12. And that's how we

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started with a blog,

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and then we follow that with a quick

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quickly by our Youtube channel,

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and then the podcast podcasts.

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And then we ended up with books,

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newsletters, social media,

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all sorts of other things. But at the

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time we started,

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with this podcast,

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there was 1 other couple doing this. John

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and Kathy Hug,

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who,

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I think we're the very first with an

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Rv themed podcast. Podcast were very new back

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then, and they called it live in the

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Rv dream, and they did a wonderful job.

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They started that out as a radio show

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for

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a local station in Florida.

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And

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before Kathy health... Started to fail and they

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ended up, stopping the podcast. They did something

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over 400

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episodes. So, they were the the pioneers in

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it.

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I remember they were 1 of our first

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interviews when we started, and, John really helped

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me out with a lot of the equipment

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and

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it was it was really fun. And I

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remember when we started,

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you were not a believer.

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Well.

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You're the radio guy. You used to work

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in radio,

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and

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I was just like, yeah, whatever. But everybody

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that... I knew said, oh, you're gonna spread

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yourself too thin. Nobody knows what a podcast

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is, and and I just thought it was

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really exciting. All the technology.

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And, frankly,

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it was kind of a fun thing to

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do. And if I remember, I did a

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couple, I did a tech 1 and a

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couple of other podcasts until this 1 really

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started with traction, but

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when we started,

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you know, there were very few even youtubers

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out there or so called Rv influence. Oh,

543
00:20:15,572 --> 00:20:18,289
absolutely incredible whole things have changed. The only

544
00:20:18,686 --> 00:20:20,355
other couple that I knew of them we

545
00:20:20,355 --> 00:20:22,341
started was Jason Nikki Win from gone with

546
00:20:22,341 --> 00:20:22,738
the winds,

547
00:20:23,453 --> 00:20:24,089
but they ended up...

548
00:20:24,979 --> 00:20:27,217
Selling their Rv and and move down to

549
00:20:27,217 --> 00:20:29,455
sailboat, and they're still doing videos on their

550
00:20:29,455 --> 00:20:29,854
sailboat.

551
00:20:30,653 --> 00:20:32,891
They were probably a few others. Yeah. But

552
00:20:32,891 --> 00:20:35,534
nothing like now. And I think the last

553
00:20:35,534 --> 00:20:37,122
time we tried to get in a feel

554
00:20:37,122 --> 00:20:38,789
for how many couples are out there doing

555
00:20:38,789 --> 00:20:41,250
what we do. Like, 350, and I bet

556
00:20:41,250 --> 00:20:42,858
it's more than that. I bet it is

557
00:20:42,858 --> 00:20:43,577
more than that too.

558
00:20:44,296 --> 00:20:46,234
And some, you know, just do it

559
00:20:46,773 --> 00:20:48,371
occasionally and and as others trying to make

560
00:20:48,371 --> 00:20:50,380
a goal of it and And the the

561
00:20:50,380 --> 00:20:52,315
fact of the that is most end up

562
00:20:52,532 --> 00:20:54,922
quitting after a year 2 years, sometimes not

563
00:20:54,922 --> 00:20:55,661
even that

564
00:20:56,356 --> 00:20:58,444
because as much fun as all this is,

565
00:20:58,603 --> 00:21:00,197
it can also be really challenging.

566
00:21:00,755 --> 00:21:03,305
You know? Yeah. So the... We've been able

567
00:21:03,305 --> 00:21:05,492
to stick this out for... 500

568
00:21:05,707 --> 00:21:08,724
podcasts. That's that's pretty incredible. Yeah celebrating. We

569
00:21:08,724 --> 00:21:10,311
should have had some noise maker. We should.

570
00:21:10,550 --> 00:21:13,859
Yeah. 500 podcast episodes is we're celebrating. 5

571
00:21:14,777 --> 00:21:17,031
and, as I said, this is probably episode

572
00:21:17,249 --> 00:21:18,206
05:25,

573
00:21:18,366 --> 00:21:19,504
05:45

574
00:21:19,562 --> 00:21:20,062
because

575
00:21:20,599 --> 00:21:22,752
we did all those early edition podcast. Every

576
00:21:22,752 --> 00:21:24,120
time there was an Rv show would do

577
00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:26,260
a special 1. We did a bunch of...

578
00:21:26,577 --> 00:21:27,846
Some to some weeks, we did 2 or

579
00:21:27,846 --> 00:21:30,145
3 podcast a week when we first were

580
00:21:30,145 --> 00:21:32,789
starting off. Joe and we started off, It

581
00:21:32,789 --> 00:21:34,070
was called road trek.

582
00:21:34,630 --> 00:21:36,230
Remember? Oh, well, how can I forget that?

583
00:21:36,470 --> 00:21:37,590
And we had all these

584
00:21:38,309 --> 00:21:40,084
intros and... It was like a little radio.

585
00:21:40,323 --> 00:21:41,602
I think I still have some of my

586
00:21:41,602 --> 00:21:42,481
jingle on here.

587
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:44,878
I should play 1. I'm gonna play 1.

588
00:21:45,038 --> 00:21:46,876
Here we go. Okay. This is our intro

589
00:21:46,876 --> 00:21:49,130
to the first 1 we did ready. Listen

590
00:21:49,130 --> 00:21:49,210
up.

591
00:21:50,250 --> 00:21:52,809
Welcome fellow travelers. It's time for another episode

592
00:21:52,809 --> 00:21:54,269
of the Rv podcast.

593
00:21:54,809 --> 00:21:55,869
Answering your questions,

594
00:21:56,170 --> 00:21:56,809
sharing tips.

595
00:21:57,381 --> 00:21:59,783
Suggesting great trips and off the Beaten path

596
00:21:59,838 --> 00:22:02,296
adventures and always staying on top of the

597
00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:04,650
Rv lifestyle news you need to know about

598
00:22:04,769 --> 00:22:08,438
with great interviews and insight industry information. Here's

599
00:22:08,438 --> 00:22:11,309
your hosts, award winning journalist, Mike and Jennifer

600
00:22:11,389 --> 00:22:11,788
Wind.

601
00:22:13,942 --> 00:22:14,634
It was

602
00:22:15,152 --> 00:22:16,686
it was a lot of fun. So

603
00:22:17,220 --> 00:22:19,686
it's our 500 episode at least that, and

604
00:22:19,686 --> 00:22:21,515
we have a post up on our blog.

605
00:22:21,769 --> 00:22:23,200
That we'll link to in the show notes

606
00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,664
about how this all started, but here are

607
00:22:25,664 --> 00:22:28,367
the highlights of it. Well, it started as

608
00:22:28,367 --> 00:22:31,125
a hobby back in 20 12 when Mike

609
00:22:31,323 --> 00:22:33,017
left a long career in journalism.

610
00:22:33,789 --> 00:22:36,573
Now this podcast and our many different platforms

611
00:22:36,573 --> 00:22:37,607
have become what we,

612
00:22:38,418 --> 00:22:40,724
really believe is a calling. We feel this

613
00:22:40,724 --> 00:22:42,792
is exactly what we were meant to do.

614
00:22:43,348 --> 00:22:46,291
It started when we bought a used road

615
00:22:46,291 --> 00:22:49,421
track. Class B camper van type motor home

616
00:22:49,421 --> 00:22:51,418
in the early in early 20 12.

617
00:22:52,057 --> 00:22:53,575
And the 2006.

618
00:22:54,466 --> 00:22:56,613
And remember remember when we bought that, it

619
00:22:56,613 --> 00:22:57,011
was used,

620
00:22:58,443 --> 00:22:59,636
we thought we could just go take a

621
00:22:59,636 --> 00:23:00,670
look at it. Own old.

622
00:23:01,241 --> 00:23:03,225
They... The dealership call us and said that

623
00:23:03,225 --> 00:23:04,257
they had it coming in,

624
00:23:04,971 --> 00:23:06,241
and they were taking a list.

625
00:23:07,034 --> 00:23:09,201
And I said a list, and we were

626
00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:12,445
the first of 6 on the list, but

627
00:23:12,445 --> 00:23:13,715
we had it... I... How much do we

628
00:23:13,715 --> 00:23:15,223
have to give dollars. We had to give

629
00:23:15,223 --> 00:23:17,366
them a thousand dollars just to be on

630
00:23:17,366 --> 00:23:19,291
the list, to be number 1 on the

631
00:23:19,291 --> 00:23:20,807
list. And they said they would refunded it

632
00:23:20,807 --> 00:23:22,264
if we didn't want it. So

633
00:23:22,801 --> 00:23:24,317
we were number 1. We went, and we

634
00:23:24,317 --> 00:23:26,085
liked it and we bought it. But that

635
00:23:26,085 --> 00:23:27,936
was our first introduction of the Rv

636
00:23:28,390 --> 00:23:31,012
industry and the demand for Rv back in

637
00:23:31,012 --> 00:23:33,556
20 12, a thousand bucks just to get

638
00:23:33,556 --> 00:23:35,717
the go look at it, as a deposit.

639
00:23:36,194 --> 00:23:38,182
And we sell along with it. It was

640
00:23:38,182 --> 00:23:40,408
really, oh, I we fell in love. I

641
00:23:40,408 --> 00:23:41,919
said to you. I will do this for

642
00:23:41,919 --> 00:23:44,145
1 year. 1 year. That was you said.

643
00:23:44,478 --> 00:23:47,098
Yep. Yep. And here we are. Here we

644
00:23:47,098 --> 00:23:49,321
are. There... Yeah. I'm glad you can't count.

645
00:23:50,829 --> 00:23:53,132
But we started a plug and...

646
00:23:53,862 --> 00:23:55,611
I'm a reporter. I'm a writer, you know,

647
00:23:55,770 --> 00:23:56,088
and

648
00:23:57,042 --> 00:23:57,757
that's what I do.

649
00:23:59,029 --> 00:24:00,857
And Jen was a producer.

650
00:24:01,334 --> 00:24:02,900
We work... We travel all over the country

651
00:24:03,099 --> 00:24:05,336
all over the world before that doing videos

652
00:24:05,336 --> 00:24:07,174
and stuff from in doing a lot of

653
00:24:07,174 --> 00:24:07,814
freelance stuff.

654
00:24:08,852 --> 00:24:10,610
But I just wanted to tell the stories

655
00:24:10,610 --> 00:24:11,981
about the things we were seeing in North

656
00:24:12,141 --> 00:24:14,712
America and how we were enjoying Rv. And

657
00:24:14,849 --> 00:24:17,160
so we started a blog, and then some

658
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,674
of our friends in the media picked it

659
00:24:18,674 --> 00:24:18,913
up,

660
00:24:19,630 --> 00:24:20,746
and it just took off.

661
00:24:21,556 --> 00:24:23,464
It just took off, and it was so

662
00:24:23,464 --> 00:24:25,371
much fun. It really was fun because we

663
00:24:25,371 --> 00:24:27,438
would just travel and wherever we were, I'd

664
00:24:27,438 --> 00:24:30,164
be reading pamphlet some brochures and whatever I

665
00:24:30,164 --> 00:24:32,245
could find and looking for something interesting,

666
00:24:32,965 --> 00:24:34,404
like, the history of jello.

667
00:24:34,884 --> 00:24:36,565
Yeah. I mean all kinds of goofy things.

668
00:24:37,057 --> 00:24:38,802
Yeah. I remember that. That was a trip

669
00:24:38,802 --> 00:24:40,334
that we did along the

670
00:24:40,706 --> 00:24:41,817
Lake Erie Shoreline,

671
00:24:42,451 --> 00:24:43,482
and we just driving down...

672
00:24:44,689 --> 00:24:45,904
Our style is serendipity,

673
00:24:46,278 --> 00:24:48,662
which is means happy accident, stuff we find

674
00:24:48,662 --> 00:24:49,298
along the way.

675
00:24:50,013 --> 00:24:50,411
And

676
00:24:51,285 --> 00:24:52,739
I remember we had a couple

677
00:24:53,049 --> 00:24:55,443
that wanted to join us on this tour

678
00:24:55,443 --> 00:24:57,278
because we were... No, hey, we're here. We're

679
00:24:57,278 --> 00:24:58,715
doing this. And said, we're gonna meet at

680
00:24:58,715 --> 00:25:00,731
your campground and we'll follow you along

681
00:25:01,043 --> 00:25:02,157
And we said, well, I don't know what

682
00:25:02,157 --> 00:25:04,465
we're gonna be doing, but, okay. Well, we

683
00:25:04,465 --> 00:25:06,295
just... We're driving to the next 1 and

684
00:25:06,295 --> 00:25:08,443
we saw a sign that said J museum,

685
00:25:08,921 --> 00:25:09,478
up in

686
00:25:10,529 --> 00:25:12,049
upstate in New York. I think it was

687
00:25:12,049 --> 00:25:13,569
yes. And so we,

688
00:25:14,450 --> 00:25:15,569
we went, and,

689
00:25:16,130 --> 00:25:18,049
no. It was Lake Ontario. Yeah, it was

690
00:25:18,049 --> 00:25:19,009
lake Ontario, Shoreline.

691
00:25:19,583 --> 00:25:21,894
And we went, and it was fascinating, and

692
00:25:21,894 --> 00:25:23,409
we did a little story on that, and

693
00:25:23,409 --> 00:25:25,959
then this couple said, you didn't show up

694
00:25:25,959 --> 00:25:27,649
where you said you'd be yes. And that

695
00:25:27,649 --> 00:25:28,529
was where we learned,

696
00:25:29,009 --> 00:25:31,409
never offered to travel in a group with

697
00:25:31,409 --> 00:25:32,549
other people. Because

698
00:25:33,329 --> 00:25:35,409
we used to share every place we were

699
00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:36,289
when we were there,

700
00:25:37,183 --> 00:25:38,770
a couple of things having. 1 people knocked

701
00:25:38,770 --> 00:25:40,436
on your door at like an 11 and

702
00:25:40,436 --> 00:25:41,151
said, hi.

703
00:25:41,627 --> 00:25:42,579
And that, you know,

704
00:25:43,452 --> 00:25:45,119
I mean, we love meeting people, but come

705
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,683
on, and And then others would would get

706
00:25:47,683 --> 00:25:50,257
frustrated if they were gonna follow us because

707
00:25:50,316 --> 00:25:52,230
we just driving down the road and Jennifer

708
00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:54,304
says, look, there's this and we turned the

709
00:25:54,304 --> 00:25:55,634
car and we go. So

710
00:25:55,993 --> 00:25:58,144
We stopped telling people where we were until

711
00:25:58,144 --> 00:26:00,295
we were already there or were leaving,

712
00:26:01,012 --> 00:26:02,207
and it was fun.

713
00:26:02,859 --> 00:26:05,247
And for those early years, we did the

714
00:26:05,247 --> 00:26:07,475
podcast from the road as we do still

715
00:26:07,475 --> 00:26:07,714
now,

716
00:26:08,351 --> 00:26:10,102
but I was still working... I was doing

717
00:26:10,102 --> 00:26:13,061
weekly technology reports for Nbc News. Mh.

718
00:26:13,537 --> 00:26:15,443
So that kept you out of trouble. Yeah.

719
00:26:15,682 --> 00:26:16,182
And

720
00:26:17,111 --> 00:26:18,700
we just had a great great time. We

721
00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:21,737
just traveled all over the place. And enjoyed

722
00:26:21,737 --> 00:26:21,897
it.

723
00:26:23,173 --> 00:26:25,966
And, you know, what... We'd been... I'd been

724
00:26:25,966 --> 00:26:27,503
to so many places as a journalist

725
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:28,255
that

726
00:26:29,567 --> 00:26:30,920
I remember where I would be someplace And

727
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,671
I'd only be there for 15 minutes. We

728
00:26:32,671 --> 00:26:34,740
called it parachute journalism, you'd go in and

729
00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:36,729
you'd use a skyline or a mountain range

730
00:26:36,729 --> 00:26:39,217
as a backdrop. For a stand up. And,

731
00:26:39,696 --> 00:26:42,333
Mike Well, wherever we're am by and get

732
00:26:42,333 --> 00:26:44,090
down the plane and you go someplace else.

733
00:26:44,250 --> 00:26:44,625
So

734
00:26:45,377 --> 00:26:46,645
we had missed so much. And I wanted

735
00:26:46,645 --> 00:26:48,310
to show Jennifer for some of those places,

736
00:26:48,468 --> 00:26:50,450
and so that's how we we thought it

737
00:26:50,450 --> 00:26:51,559
was gonna be our retirement.

738
00:26:52,529 --> 00:26:55,966
Well, it's been a fun retirement. We've seen

739
00:26:55,966 --> 00:26:58,463
so much. So many places in this country

740
00:26:58,843 --> 00:27:00,921
that, I wanted to see. I'd love to

741
00:27:00,921 --> 00:27:02,533
travel. III

742
00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:04,525
had a great big long bucket list of

743
00:27:04,525 --> 00:27:06,677
places and parks and things I wanted to

744
00:27:06,677 --> 00:27:08,589
see so. I've been very fortunate. I've been

745
00:27:08,589 --> 00:27:10,910
able to see most of them. We've traveled

746
00:27:10,910 --> 00:27:12,892
we figure about 300000

747
00:27:12,892 --> 00:27:15,691
miles or a little longer, maybe over those

748
00:27:15,746 --> 00:27:17,173
12 years, 12 plus years.

749
00:27:18,379 --> 00:27:20,444
And, typically, we mark out a route. We

750
00:27:20,444 --> 00:27:22,033
identify a few spots that we wanna be

751
00:27:22,033 --> 00:27:23,407
sure to visit and then

752
00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:26,106
off we go. And we stop whenever we

753
00:27:26,106 --> 00:27:28,980
want, whenever Jennifer finds something that's interesting.

754
00:27:29,938 --> 00:27:30,576
I remember

755
00:27:31,455 --> 00:27:32,892
I old editor to of mine back in

756
00:27:32,892 --> 00:27:35,459
my newspaper days, Once told me... In fact,

757
00:27:35,618 --> 00:27:37,692
his first assignment to me. Is your first

758
00:27:37,692 --> 00:27:39,207
buy, and I wanted to squat on a

759
00:27:39,207 --> 00:27:40,243
corner and he gave me the name of

760
00:27:40,243 --> 00:27:41,917
the corner and says back in Bay City,

761
00:27:42,236 --> 00:27:42,476
Michigan.

762
00:27:43,127 --> 00:27:43,445
He said,

763
00:27:44,319 --> 00:27:46,385
go find the first person stand in the

764
00:27:46,385 --> 00:27:49,166
corner and find their story. I said find

765
00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:51,884
their story. And he said every person. Has

766
00:27:51,884 --> 00:27:54,198
a story to tell. That was A Pell,

767
00:27:54,438 --> 00:27:56,193
still the best editor I ever had.

768
00:27:57,071 --> 00:27:59,146
And he's right. It's not every person that

769
00:27:59,146 --> 00:28:00,000
has a story

770
00:28:00,836 --> 00:28:01,575
it's also

771
00:28:02,030 --> 00:28:02,667
every place.

772
00:28:03,304 --> 00:28:04,419
You know? Yes.

773
00:28:04,976 --> 00:28:07,205
So, we wanted to go to those places

774
00:28:07,205 --> 00:28:09,685
and share the stories? That we discovered and

775
00:28:09,685 --> 00:28:12,702
found with you. Yep. And we would do

776
00:28:12,702 --> 00:28:15,083
the same thing. We just wander around, chat

777
00:28:15,083 --> 00:28:15,957
up the people we meet.

778
00:28:16,688 --> 00:28:18,860
Take a bunch of photos and videos and

779
00:28:19,236 --> 00:28:21,067
and almost every time,

780
00:28:21,864 --> 00:28:23,934
we'd return with more stories than we can

781
00:28:23,934 --> 00:28:24,492
we can do.

782
00:28:25,778 --> 00:28:26,278
So

783
00:28:27,048 --> 00:28:29,351
where is this headed? And what's next for

784
00:28:29,351 --> 00:28:31,811
us? Well, what's around the next bend in

785
00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:32,288
the road?

786
00:28:33,177 --> 00:28:35,323
That's where we're headed... And we seldom them

787
00:28:35,323 --> 00:28:37,708
plan more than 2 or 3 months out.

788
00:28:38,344 --> 00:28:40,570
We're very much serendipity traveler.

789
00:28:40,984 --> 00:28:42,984
Yeah. Like I said, a serendipity deputy means

790
00:28:42,984 --> 00:28:45,005
a happy accident or a

791
00:28:45,384 --> 00:28:48,825
pleasant surprise and something fun and useful and

792
00:28:48,825 --> 00:28:51,698
enjoyable. You discover and by happens stance.

793
00:28:52,411 --> 00:28:54,946
And I think that's a a perfect description

794
00:28:54,946 --> 00:28:56,214
for what we find every day.

795
00:28:56,784 --> 00:28:59,511
In all this wandering in an Rv. So

796
00:29:00,125 --> 00:29:01,716
we plan to keep on doing this. Yep.

797
00:29:02,352 --> 00:29:04,358
Until we don't wanna do it. Or,

798
00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:06,933
declining health or circumstances

799
00:29:07,550 --> 00:29:09,226
make it clear to us that it's time

800
00:29:09,226 --> 00:29:11,061
to slow down or come off the road,

801
00:29:11,794 --> 00:29:13,783
and we can honestly say we enjoy it.

802
00:29:14,101 --> 00:29:16,171
Ever bit as much now as we did

803
00:29:16,171 --> 00:29:18,263
when we first began. You know, maybe we

804
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:19,036
appreciate it more,

805
00:29:19,849 --> 00:29:21,926
and we have no plans to quit anytime

806
00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:24,163
soon and look forward to each trip like

807
00:29:24,163 --> 00:29:24,562
newbies.

808
00:29:25,201 --> 00:29:28,240
So that's our story, and it's still unfolding.

809
00:29:28,557 --> 00:29:31,097
And we'll answer a couple more... This this

810
00:29:31,097 --> 00:29:33,002
is kind of where we been where we're

811
00:29:33,002 --> 00:29:33,320
going,

812
00:29:34,114 --> 00:29:35,960
we've got a lot of other you are

813
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,240
always send us a bunch of questions.

814
00:29:37,799 --> 00:29:39,180
We try to keep Rv

815
00:29:40,599 --> 00:29:43,559
travel related, but we'll answer some personal questions

816
00:29:43,559 --> 00:29:43,855
that

817
00:29:44,371 --> 00:29:45,643
have coming in as well. We'll do that

818
00:29:45,643 --> 00:29:46,040
in the

819
00:29:46,755 --> 00:29:48,424
questions of the week segment that's coming up

820
00:29:48,424 --> 00:29:50,569
in a little bit. But next stop after

821
00:29:50,569 --> 00:29:52,410
this break, The Rv news of the week.

822
00:29:52,648 --> 00:29:53,045
Stay with us.

823
00:29:54,156 --> 00:29:56,141
Jennifer and I bought some land near Nashville,

824
00:29:56,299 --> 00:29:59,595
Tennessee a while back. We got tired. Crowded

825
00:29:59,815 --> 00:30:03,095
expensive campground and worrying about reservations.

826
00:30:03,734 --> 00:30:06,615
Tennessee is a gorgeous state with friendly people.

827
00:30:07,029 --> 00:30:09,019
And it has been such a pleasure. The

828
00:30:09,019 --> 00:30:12,146
same developer has some new property near us

829
00:30:12,203 --> 00:30:14,750
close to the Natchez trace and Buffalo River,

830
00:30:15,242 --> 00:30:17,627
called the reserve at High forest.

831
00:30:18,343 --> 00:30:21,125
Big properties, 5 to 41 acres, you can

832
00:30:21,125 --> 00:30:23,669
build a house, a cabin or Rv year

833
00:30:23,669 --> 00:30:23,907
out.

834
00:30:24,479 --> 00:30:26,862
Price started only 89900

835
00:30:26,862 --> 00:30:31,231
dollars. Your property, your way, 100 percent ownership.

836
00:30:31,884 --> 00:30:34,281
The scenery in this part of Tennessee is

837
00:30:34,281 --> 00:30:34,781
breathtaking,

838
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:36,998
and the property is gorgeous,

839
00:30:37,478 --> 00:30:38,777
garden, landscape,

840
00:30:39,155 --> 00:30:42,127
bring your pets, build what you want. There's

841
00:30:42,127 --> 00:30:45,104
high speed fiber optic internet, and it is

842
00:30:45,244 --> 00:30:48,121
so private. A great place to make your

843
00:30:48,121 --> 00:30:50,693
home base, ready whenever you wanted.

844
00:30:51,332 --> 00:30:55,088
5 to 41 acre properties from 89900

845
00:30:55,088 --> 00:30:55,407
dollars.

846
00:30:55,967 --> 00:30:57,665
There's even great financing,

847
00:30:58,299 --> 00:31:00,376
check out the site and a video tour

848
00:31:00,376 --> 00:31:03,912
at rv lands dot net. That's rv lands

849
00:31:04,051 --> 00:31:04,611
dot net.

850
00:31:05,742 --> 00:31:08,440
Time now for the Rv news of the

851
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,741
week. Well, the aca are here.

852
00:31:11,613 --> 00:31:12,645
Have you met me yet?

853
00:31:14,407 --> 00:31:16,874
So honestly, have you running the yet why

854
00:31:16,874 --> 00:31:17,670
you've been camping?

855
00:31:18,387 --> 00:31:20,376
We haven't so far? No. Not yet. But

856
00:31:20,376 --> 00:31:22,764
we're thinking this week we'll be camping in

857
00:31:22,844 --> 00:31:25,650
Southeast michigan again and next... Then following week

858
00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:28,763
we'll be in Northern Indiana, and, kinda hoping

859
00:31:28,763 --> 00:31:31,078
we do. You're hoping to see some bugs.

860
00:31:31,477 --> 00:31:31,637
Yeah.

861
00:31:33,246 --> 00:31:34,834
Yeah. This is gonna be the year of

862
00:31:34,834 --> 00:31:36,365
the Sake aca apocalypse

863
00:31:36,818 --> 00:31:39,540
as many as 1500000.0

864
00:31:40,390 --> 00:31:41,184
per acre.

865
00:31:42,313 --> 00:31:44,867
Emerging from underground in places in the southeast

866
00:31:44,867 --> 00:31:45,585
and the Midwest,

867
00:31:46,304 --> 00:31:48,719
and the reason is there's 2 different brood

868
00:31:48,778 --> 00:31:49,895
appearing at the same time.

869
00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:50,946
And,

870
00:31:52,061 --> 00:31:53,017
this only happens,

871
00:31:53,813 --> 00:31:54,131
you know,

872
00:31:55,007 --> 00:31:57,316
very rarely, all the bug experts in the

873
00:31:57,316 --> 00:31:58,430
world are really excited.

874
00:31:58,924 --> 00:32:00,125
I don't know when the last time this

875
00:32:00,125 --> 00:32:02,125
thing happened. I don't know if whatever eats

876
00:32:02,125 --> 00:32:04,125
case has gotta be pretty happy too. Yeah.

877
00:32:04,444 --> 00:32:06,524
I think it was it's over 2 centuries,

878
00:32:06,764 --> 00:32:08,532
I think. Really You better get out there

879
00:32:08,532 --> 00:32:11,795
and enjoy these little critters. Well, 17 states

880
00:32:11,795 --> 00:32:14,739
in the southeast and Midwest have, been reporting

881
00:32:14,739 --> 00:32:15,853
these Sa aca sighting.

882
00:32:17,297 --> 00:32:19,939
Scientists say the brood emerge once the soil

883
00:32:20,629 --> 00:32:23,722
8 inches underground reaches 64 degrees.

884
00:32:24,278 --> 00:32:24,516
So,

885
00:32:25,405 --> 00:32:27,712
And now, these wing bugs spend most of

886
00:32:27,712 --> 00:32:29,939
their lives underground and they come up to

887
00:32:29,939 --> 00:32:31,610
mate lay eggs and then they die.

888
00:32:32,345 --> 00:32:34,345
And while they they don't bite, they do

889
00:32:34,345 --> 00:32:36,265
make a lot of noise, and especially at

890
00:32:36,424 --> 00:32:37,225
Dawn and dust.

891
00:32:38,025 --> 00:32:38,525
And

892
00:32:38,984 --> 00:32:41,715
when they have died off. It can't be

893
00:32:41,715 --> 00:32:42,215
well

894
00:32:42,590 --> 00:32:44,658
disgusting. You need shovel to split it that

895
00:32:44,658 --> 00:32:44,817
way.

896
00:32:45,851 --> 00:32:48,317
So a while ago, couple months ago, we

897
00:32:48,317 --> 00:32:49,294
interviewed a Sa

898
00:32:49,764 --> 00:32:51,598
expert on the podcast, and he gave us

899
00:32:51,598 --> 00:32:53,193
lots of interesting facts and we'll put a

900
00:32:53,193 --> 00:32:54,092
link to that

901
00:32:54,549 --> 00:32:55,905
in the show notes. And you can find

902
00:32:55,905 --> 00:32:58,059
the show notes at rv lifestyle dot com

903
00:32:58,059 --> 00:32:59,038
slash podcast.

904
00:33:00,304 --> 00:33:00,462
Alright.

905
00:33:01,574 --> 00:33:05,226
More Rv recalls announced last week, about a

906
00:33:05,226 --> 00:33:08,520
national highway traffic safety administration. They list these

907
00:33:08,576 --> 00:33:09,848
recalls pretty much monthly.

908
00:33:10,404 --> 00:33:11,540
24 Tiff

909
00:33:11,914 --> 00:33:14,798
24 through 25 by way motor homes

910
00:33:15,331 --> 00:33:16,126
are being recalled...

911
00:33:17,099 --> 00:33:19,579
Because the secondary emergency exit in the bedroom

912
00:33:19,579 --> 00:33:20,380
wasn't installed.

913
00:33:21,579 --> 00:33:22,720
They're gonna send out

914
00:33:23,019 --> 00:33:24,400
notification letters to owners

915
00:33:24,940 --> 00:33:25,740
on July twelfth.

916
00:33:26,631 --> 00:33:27,925
And Forest River

917
00:33:28,536 --> 00:33:31,577
is calling 2204

918
00:33:31,633 --> 00:33:34,595
of their 20 20 to 20 23 coach

919
00:33:34,968 --> 00:33:36,019
independence trail,

920
00:33:37,537 --> 00:33:37,857
the,

921
00:33:38,656 --> 00:33:39,156
viking

922
00:33:39,694 --> 00:33:43,130
and clipper travel trailers. And their issue would

923
00:33:43,130 --> 00:33:45,303
get this, the water tank.

924
00:33:46,022 --> 00:33:48,180
May detach from the vehicle when it's full

925
00:33:48,180 --> 00:33:51,377
or over filled. Can you imagine that? They're

926
00:33:51,377 --> 00:33:53,868
gonna send out notification letters to owners on

927
00:33:54,028 --> 00:33:54,823
June 20 fourth.

928
00:33:55,459 --> 00:33:58,482
Forest River is also recalling 318 and the

929
00:33:58,482 --> 00:34:00,073
20 20 fourth Sol.

930
00:34:00,884 --> 00:34:02,884
And 20 24 25,

931
00:34:03,285 --> 00:34:03,785
Forester

932
00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:06,884
and suns motor homes. And their issue was

933
00:34:06,884 --> 00:34:09,019
the Lp p gas line may not be

934
00:34:09,219 --> 00:34:11,860
properly secured, which can cause the line to

935
00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:13,860
become damaged in leak, yikes.

936
00:34:14,659 --> 00:34:15,159
Owner

937
00:34:15,460 --> 00:34:17,699
notification letters will be mailed out June 26,

938
00:34:18,273 --> 00:34:21,881
an aluminum trailer company is recalling 3 98

939
00:34:21,939 --> 00:34:24,968
of its 21 through 24 toy haul or

940
00:34:24,968 --> 00:34:25,900
fifth wheel trailers

941
00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:30,019
the Led back light circuit board in the

942
00:34:30,019 --> 00:34:32,420
top range may fail, and that could cause

943
00:34:32,420 --> 00:34:34,987
that board to overheat. Owners will get their

944
00:34:34,987 --> 00:34:36,499
letters mailed out June fourteenth.

945
00:34:37,135 --> 00:34:40,769
And finally, prime time specialty vehicles is calling

946
00:34:41,206 --> 00:34:44,384
handful of its 23 24 ford transit vehicles.

947
00:34:45,099 --> 00:34:46,473
That are equipped with a certain

948
00:34:46,847 --> 00:34:47,721
go Es,

949
00:34:48,611 --> 00:34:51,158
space saver fold away seats, And in this

950
00:34:51,158 --> 00:34:54,103
case, the recliner mechanism may not engage putting

951
00:34:54,103 --> 00:34:55,956
it out of compliance with

952
00:34:56,332 --> 00:34:58,653
seat belt regulations. Well, you know it sounds

953
00:34:58,653 --> 00:35:00,481
to me, like most of these things that

954
00:35:00,481 --> 00:35:01,037
are wrong.

955
00:35:01,911 --> 00:35:04,296
They're easy fixes. Yeah. They easy fix it.

956
00:35:04,534 --> 00:35:05,647
It's no big deal. They'll be able to

957
00:35:05,647 --> 00:35:06,385
fix them easily.

958
00:35:07,015 --> 00:35:08,614
And they're up on this. They know what's

959
00:35:08,614 --> 00:35:10,135
going on. You're gonna get your letter.

960
00:35:10,695 --> 00:35:13,494
Except for that 1 that involved 22000

961
00:35:13,494 --> 00:35:14,295
plus units,

962
00:35:14,855 --> 00:35:16,295
most of them are just a handful of

963
00:35:16,295 --> 00:35:19,019
yes. And, you know, we it's like cars.

964
00:35:19,179 --> 00:35:20,533
You know, they do the same list every

965
00:35:20,533 --> 00:35:23,082
month for cars. It's just that it doesn't

966
00:35:23,082 --> 00:35:24,914
look good when you see it all reported

967
00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,561
at once like that. But then again, if

968
00:35:27,561 --> 00:35:29,156
you have 1 of these units, you wanna

969
00:35:29,156 --> 00:35:31,630
know about those recalls. That's right. Alright. 1

970
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:32,906
last story. Okay.

971
00:35:33,558 --> 00:35:35,541
If you're piloting an early summer trip to

972
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:38,477
Glacier National Park, you may need to wait

973
00:35:38,477 --> 00:35:39,453
to drive the

974
00:35:39,826 --> 00:35:42,784
going to the Sun road because No date

975
00:35:42,784 --> 00:35:44,701
has been set yet for its opening.

976
00:35:45,261 --> 00:35:47,019
And the reason is snow.

977
00:35:47,658 --> 00:35:50,396
Lots and lots of snow and late season

978
00:35:50,535 --> 00:35:52,150
avalanche, Just no. That sounds scary.

979
00:35:52,710 --> 00:35:54,329
Road cruise say they've

980
00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:57,050
they've... There's been 74 avalanche.

981
00:35:57,510 --> 00:35:58,630
Many late in the season.

982
00:35:59,203 --> 00:36:02,388
Including 34 that happened after the road was

983
00:36:02,388 --> 00:36:05,175
cleared, meaning snow trucks then had to do

984
00:36:05,175 --> 00:36:07,166
the work to clear the road all over

985
00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:10,204
again, And last weekend, it was still snowing

986
00:36:10,204 --> 00:36:10,682
up there.

987
00:36:11,398 --> 00:36:13,545
So remember if Glacier National Park is on

988
00:36:13,545 --> 00:36:14,261
your bucket list.

989
00:36:15,310 --> 00:36:17,458
Reservations are now needed to enter during the

990
00:36:17,458 --> 00:36:18,253
summer season,

991
00:36:19,049 --> 00:36:19,447
and

992
00:36:19,924 --> 00:36:21,570
we'll put a late Yeah. To get some

993
00:36:21,769 --> 00:36:23,605
help people understand what they have to... And

994
00:36:23,605 --> 00:36:24,643
and you can just go to the show

995
00:36:24,643 --> 00:36:27,197
notes for this episode rv lifestyle dot com

996
00:36:27,197 --> 00:36:28,155
slash podcast.

997
00:36:28,634 --> 00:36:31,359
We love nick glacier national park. And usually,

998
00:36:31,518 --> 00:36:34,459
that road opens like the first week of

999
00:36:34,697 --> 00:36:36,628
July. But this week, they're saying

1000
00:36:37,083 --> 00:36:38,672
this year this year, they're saying maybe a

1001
00:36:38,672 --> 00:36:39,729
little later, but

1002
00:36:41,074 --> 00:36:41,734
I remember

1003
00:36:42,349 --> 00:36:44,022
we were told that it snows at the

1004
00:36:44,022 --> 00:36:44,978
top of the mountain there,

1005
00:36:45,695 --> 00:36:46,332
at glacier,

1006
00:36:47,208 --> 00:36:48,085
every month of the year.

1007
00:36:48,802 --> 00:36:49,302
So

1008
00:36:50,335 --> 00:36:51,775
check out the links on the in the

1009
00:36:51,775 --> 00:36:53,934
podcast on this. It's always fun to watch

1010
00:36:53,934 --> 00:36:56,175
these things when when they clear off those

1011
00:36:56,175 --> 00:36:56,414
roads.

1012
00:36:56,985 --> 00:36:59,287
Alright. That's podcast the news of the week.

1013
00:36:59,446 --> 00:37:01,431
When we come back, we've gonna do kind

1014
00:37:01,431 --> 00:37:04,526
of an extended question and answer time that

1015
00:37:04,526 --> 00:37:05,026
combines

1016
00:37:05,653 --> 00:37:08,994
your personal questions with our Mike and jen

1017
00:37:08,994 --> 00:37:11,221
story time, and all that's coming up right

1018
00:37:11,221 --> 00:37:11,699
after this.

1019
00:37:12,509 --> 00:37:14,520
And we're asked what's the most important

1020
00:37:14,895 --> 00:37:16,963
modification we made to our Rv. It's an

1021
00:37:16,963 --> 00:37:19,405
easy answer. Battle borne battle.

1022
00:37:19,921 --> 00:37:24,396
Battle batteries are quality safe, reliable lithium batteries

1023
00:37:24,771 --> 00:37:27,650
that allow us to stay out their off

1024
00:37:27,650 --> 00:37:28,929
the grid longer.

1025
00:37:29,410 --> 00:37:32,289
Let the batteries charge faster. They charge fuller

1026
00:37:32,289 --> 00:37:35,505
they're longer lasting their maintenance free and battle

1027
00:37:35,505 --> 00:37:39,025
borne batteries are protected by a 10 year

1028
00:37:39,025 --> 00:37:39,525
guarantee.

1029
00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:42,719
Now in our case, they just drop into

1030
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,433
the existing Ag g batteries that we have,

1031
00:37:45,832 --> 00:37:47,509
and they'll probably be the same on your

1032
00:37:47,509 --> 00:37:51,101
rig too. Ba battery experts can get those

1033
00:37:51,101 --> 00:37:53,261
in your rigged just like they dead with

1034
00:37:53,261 --> 00:37:54,846
ours. They can also match you up with

1035
00:37:54,846 --> 00:37:57,381
the right cabling, the inverter, the charger, the

1036
00:37:57,381 --> 00:37:58,728
solar controller everything.

1037
00:37:59,457 --> 00:37:59,957
Jennifer

1038
00:38:00,331 --> 00:38:03,193
swear by our battle borne batteries. They allow

1039
00:38:03,193 --> 00:38:06,134
us to boo dock off the grid, check

1040
00:38:06,134 --> 00:38:08,853
them out. Go to rv lifestyle dot com

1041
00:38:08,853 --> 00:38:12,432
slash lithium. Rb lifestyle dot com slash lithium.

1042
00:38:14,278 --> 00:38:17,072
Welcome back. Time now for the Rv questions

1043
00:38:17,072 --> 00:38:19,068
of the week, and as always, we welcome

1044
00:38:19,068 --> 00:38:21,304
your questions or your comments anything you hear

1045
00:38:21,304 --> 00:38:24,108
today, our personal email. It is Mike and

1046
00:38:24,108 --> 00:38:26,494
jen at rv lifestyle dot com.

1047
00:38:27,448 --> 00:38:29,221
Okay. And honor of our

1048
00:38:29,755 --> 00:38:32,879
number of 500 podcast episode, we thought we'd

1049
00:38:33,586 --> 00:38:36,922
combine our story time of the week feature

1050
00:38:36,922 --> 00:38:38,297
with some extra questions

1051
00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:41,547
that are more personal in nature. Alright. And

1052
00:38:41,547 --> 00:38:42,978
a lot of you have love these story

1053
00:38:42,978 --> 00:38:44,330
times that we're doing and we will try

1054
00:38:44,330 --> 00:38:45,523
and keep doing those at the end of

1055
00:38:45,523 --> 00:38:46,159
every podcast.

1056
00:38:47,113 --> 00:38:48,942
But since we've talked so much about ourselves

1057
00:38:48,942 --> 00:38:51,182
in this episode, we didn't I just add

1058
00:38:51,182 --> 00:38:53,088
more stories. So we'll maybe do a few

1059
00:38:53,088 --> 00:38:54,517
more of these questions. What's our first 1?

1060
00:38:54,755 --> 00:38:56,979
Our first 1 is, do you ever get

1061
00:38:56,979 --> 00:38:59,854
tired of all the travels, the Malaysia? And

1062
00:38:59,854 --> 00:39:00,494
the answer is?

1063
00:39:01,213 --> 00:39:01,532
Yes.

1064
00:39:02,251 --> 00:39:03,690
There are times we get tired to all

1065
00:39:03,690 --> 00:39:04,169
the traveling,

1066
00:39:04,808 --> 00:39:07,206
but those times don't last long. How about,

1067
00:39:07,365 --> 00:39:09,530
like, as soon as the next day comes

1068
00:39:09,530 --> 00:39:11,435
and you look at the Rv sitting in...

1069
00:39:11,911 --> 00:39:14,213
It's it's parking spot in our yard, you're

1070
00:39:14,213 --> 00:39:15,959
ready to go again? I think what really

1071
00:39:15,959 --> 00:39:17,959
happens is I bring everything... And I wash

1072
00:39:17,959 --> 00:39:19,865
the sheets, get everything ready, taken them back

1073
00:39:19,865 --> 00:39:21,215
out and then when I make of the

1074
00:39:21,215 --> 00:39:23,676
bed again, and looking putting away the towels

1075
00:39:23,676 --> 00:39:24,311
and everything I.

1076
00:39:25,264 --> 00:39:27,185
Now where can we go. But we do

1077
00:39:27,185 --> 00:39:30,362
get tired. Oh, yeah. Come home, recharge. Yeah.

1078
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,007
Then take off again. You know, and we've

1079
00:39:33,063 --> 00:39:35,286
kinda learned to recognize the signs of travel

1080
00:39:35,286 --> 00:39:36,104
fatigue and

1081
00:39:36,811 --> 00:39:38,956
take time to rest, and sometimes,

1082
00:39:39,592 --> 00:39:41,817
we have found that that means maybe cancel

1083
00:39:41,817 --> 00:39:43,645
a couple of quick trips we planned and

1084
00:39:43,645 --> 00:39:44,996
staying in 1 place longer,

1085
00:39:45,567 --> 00:39:46,045
And, of course,

1086
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:48,909
we have to recharge with your family,

1087
00:39:49,545 --> 00:39:51,692
refuel our emotional tanks so to speak.

1088
00:39:52,742 --> 00:39:53,141
And

1089
00:39:53,619 --> 00:39:55,451
we just got... That's what we do to

1090
00:39:55,451 --> 00:39:56,827
recharge. Yeah. Yeah

1091
00:39:57,601 --> 00:39:59,694
but it's never long before the travel bug

1092
00:39:59,911 --> 00:40:01,186
starts to bite it again.

1093
00:40:02,237 --> 00:40:04,811
Here's a question. You too seem to really

1094
00:40:04,950 --> 00:40:07,264
like each other and genuinely get along,

1095
00:40:07,982 --> 00:40:09,910
but you have... To get on each other's

1096
00:40:09,910 --> 00:40:11,663
nurse and time to time being coop up

1097
00:40:11,663 --> 00:40:13,335
in an Rv so much. How do you

1098
00:40:13,335 --> 00:40:15,747
handle that and that was asked by missy

1099
00:40:15,885 --> 00:40:16,615
to Well,

1100
00:40:17,330 --> 00:40:19,397
I don't think we could do this if

1101
00:40:19,397 --> 00:40:21,066
we really weren't best friends,

1102
00:40:21,861 --> 00:40:24,404
but I think it mainly comes down to

1103
00:40:24,404 --> 00:40:27,846
mutual respect. Patience and understanding that the other

1104
00:40:27,846 --> 00:40:29,122
person isn't perfect.

1105
00:40:29,839 --> 00:40:30,339
And

1106
00:40:31,275 --> 00:40:31,775
neither

1107
00:40:32,152 --> 00:40:34,305
am I, you're not perfect. I'm not perfect.

1108
00:40:35,038 --> 00:40:37,992
And when traveling together, it's also important not

1109
00:40:37,992 --> 00:40:40,307
to lose sight of your individuality, and there

1110
00:40:40,307 --> 00:40:43,260
are still things you like to do that

1111
00:40:43,260 --> 00:40:46,145
you're, partnered doesn't like to do in vice

1112
00:40:46,145 --> 00:40:48,058
versa. Like, working out every day at the

1113
00:40:48,058 --> 00:40:50,449
gym. Yes. That's very important to me. I

1114
00:40:50,609 --> 00:40:52,058
I would love you to do that. With

1115
00:40:52,058 --> 00:40:53,568
me every day to workout at the gym.

1116
00:40:54,522 --> 00:40:54,919
And

1117
00:40:55,396 --> 00:40:57,224
okay. This is... So I'd rather take an

1118
00:40:57,224 --> 00:40:58,995
e bike ride or

1119
00:40:59,608 --> 00:41:00,005
maybe,

1120
00:41:00,721 --> 00:41:02,664
with maybe a nap in a hammock

1121
00:41:03,037 --> 00:41:04,386
or a little hike by a river,

1122
00:41:05,655 --> 00:41:05,894
but,

1123
00:41:06,528 --> 00:41:08,512
I probably should do what Jennifer does because

1124
00:41:08,592 --> 00:41:09,409
I would look

1125
00:41:09,798 --> 00:41:12,582
a lot more sm unless she guys. And

1126
00:41:12,582 --> 00:41:14,650
what something with me too is what I

1127
00:41:14,650 --> 00:41:17,373
eat. I'm fuss europe. Thought I want.

1128
00:41:17,932 --> 00:41:19,930
Yeah. Different food than what you want. Probably

1129
00:41:19,930 --> 00:41:22,007
that's the main conflict that we have because

1130
00:41:22,007 --> 00:41:23,845
it is hard to eat well on the

1131
00:41:23,845 --> 00:41:26,485
road. Without doing a lot of preparation. It

1132
00:41:26,485 --> 00:41:28,314
really is. I mean, everybody's said, oh, it's

1133
00:41:28,314 --> 00:41:29,586
so easy. It's not easy.

1134
00:41:30,302 --> 00:41:31,812
Because most of the food that you eat

1135
00:41:31,812 --> 00:41:34,928
on the road at restaurants with it's junk.

1136
00:41:35,405 --> 00:41:37,394
It's just not good food. It's loaded and

1137
00:41:37,394 --> 00:41:39,804
salt and sugar and butter, and

1138
00:41:40,179 --> 00:41:42,976
you got food poisoning. 1 Mexican join. I

1139
00:41:42,976 --> 00:41:45,838
took you into in, in Missouri. So. I

1140
00:41:45,838 --> 00:41:47,586
you can eat 10 cans and it doesn't

1141
00:41:47,586 --> 00:41:49,255
bother me way to go. I'm more of

1142
00:41:49,255 --> 00:41:51,976
the little sensitive of 1. Yeah. But it's

1143
00:41:51,976 --> 00:41:53,330
important, you know, not to give up the

1144
00:41:53,330 --> 00:41:55,958
things that you like, and be open to

1145
00:41:55,958 --> 00:41:56,936
enjoying the things

1146
00:41:58,109 --> 00:42:00,437
on your own or with other friends or

1147
00:42:00,676 --> 00:42:03,710
take turns enjoying each other's hobbies. You? Mh.

1148
00:42:03,949 --> 00:42:05,865
And I think the real reason that we

1149
00:42:05,865 --> 00:42:08,340
get along so well is our shared face.

1150
00:42:09,072 --> 00:42:11,211
We believe in a loving patient and giving

1151
00:42:11,290 --> 00:42:13,826
God, and we try to emulate that in

1152
00:42:13,826 --> 00:42:14,697
our relationships.

1153
00:42:15,648 --> 00:42:18,765
Alright. Another question, this is from Ken is

1154
00:42:18,845 --> 00:42:20,539
Rv lifestyle, a hobby

1155
00:42:20,994 --> 00:42:22,983
or a business. And the answer is it's...

1156
00:42:23,381 --> 00:42:24,588
Well, both. Yeah.

1157
00:42:26,335 --> 00:42:28,161
You know, there's no way we could have

1158
00:42:28,161 --> 00:42:29,534
kept the Rv

1159
00:42:29,907 --> 00:42:32,289
lifestyle up this long, and gone as many

1160
00:42:32,289 --> 00:42:34,768
places as we've gone and for as long

1161
00:42:34,768 --> 00:42:36,041
as we're out there on the road,

1162
00:42:36,996 --> 00:42:38,927
if we didn't love doing it. So

1163
00:42:39,541 --> 00:42:41,505
as I said earlier, we started this as

1164
00:42:42,342 --> 00:42:43,858
we thought it was gonna be our retirement,

1165
00:42:44,656 --> 00:42:46,353
mainly as a hobby, and

1166
00:42:46,731 --> 00:42:48,885
it grew into a money making business for

1167
00:42:48,885 --> 00:42:49,045
us,

1168
00:42:49,699 --> 00:42:52,095
we do make income from writing books, from

1169
00:42:52,095 --> 00:42:54,572
running ads and affiliates on our videos,

1170
00:42:56,344 --> 00:42:57,321
in our podcast,

1171
00:42:57,776 --> 00:42:59,287
and of course, this is at no extra

1172
00:42:59,287 --> 00:43:00,639
cost any of our followers.

1173
00:43:01,833 --> 00:43:04,077
So, yeah, We... They don't... It's become a

1174
00:43:04,077 --> 00:43:06,711
business. We have some people that we pay

1175
00:43:06,711 --> 00:43:09,185
as on our staff that that helps, and

1176
00:43:09,185 --> 00:43:11,752
we're always, you know, trying to... You know,

1177
00:43:11,911 --> 00:43:12,728
edit videos,

1178
00:43:13,102 --> 00:43:16,676
write books, do blog posts, write newsletters,

1179
00:43:17,232 --> 00:43:19,535
manage social media that takes a whole team

1180
00:43:19,535 --> 00:43:20,568
of people that we have.

1181
00:43:21,219 --> 00:43:23,537
And that, you know, cost money, we have

1182
00:43:23,857 --> 00:43:24,597
in all

1183
00:43:24,976 --> 00:43:27,054
about a million followers when you add them

1184
00:43:27,054 --> 00:43:29,131
all up from social media and our blog

1185
00:43:29,131 --> 00:43:31,382
and our podcast and our Youtube video so...

1186
00:43:31,699 --> 00:43:33,845
So it's a fantastic way to fund our

1187
00:43:33,845 --> 00:43:36,705
travels while sharing all of our lessons and

1188
00:43:36,705 --> 00:43:39,009
experiences along the way. It's a win win

1189
00:43:39,009 --> 00:43:39,486
for us.

1190
00:43:40,378 --> 00:43:42,054
As we get to do what we love

1191
00:43:42,054 --> 00:43:44,528
even more because of the extra income.

1192
00:43:45,246 --> 00:43:47,880
Alright. 1 last personal question here.

1193
00:43:48,854 --> 00:43:51,011
Do you get a lot of free this

1194
00:43:51,011 --> 00:43:51,650
from Randy?

1195
00:43:52,449 --> 00:43:52,949
Sometimes,

1196
00:43:54,526 --> 00:43:56,619
Randy, I should... I've often thought I would

1197
00:43:56,619 --> 00:43:58,460
do either a blog post or or just

1198
00:43:58,460 --> 00:43:59,179
share it on the podcast.

1199
00:43:59,980 --> 00:44:02,859
The typical... How many emails we get every

1200
00:44:02,859 --> 00:44:03,019
day.

1201
00:44:03,911 --> 00:44:04,626
Offering us,

1202
00:44:06,375 --> 00:44:07,193
they call them

1203
00:44:07,568 --> 00:44:08,545
collaborations, where

1204
00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:10,828
the weak companies market stuff now,

1205
00:44:11,638 --> 00:44:12,775
is through

1206
00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:15,934
people like Gen and other... And those 3

1207
00:44:15,934 --> 00:44:18,375
and 50 other Rv influencers out there

1208
00:44:19,531 --> 00:44:21,445
they're they're offering all sorts of stuff. I

1209
00:44:21,445 --> 00:44:23,200
mean, and some of it isn't even Rv

1210
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:24,795
related. I was offering perfume.

1211
00:44:25,752 --> 00:44:27,108
I should've have say this. They wrote this

1212
00:44:27,108 --> 00:44:29,115
thing and said, you know, as we love

1213
00:44:29,115 --> 00:44:31,737
your... The content that you produce, and we

1214
00:44:31,737 --> 00:44:33,168
know rate up your alley as

1215
00:44:33,804 --> 00:44:35,950
your audience would love to learn about our

1216
00:44:35,950 --> 00:44:36,450
perfume.

1217
00:44:37,794 --> 00:44:38,353
Oh, what.

1218
00:44:39,073 --> 00:44:40,351
Well, maybe it would help after grown 1

1219
00:44:40,351 --> 00:44:41,630
of those long hikes some places

1220
00:44:42,828 --> 00:44:43,627
With other shower,

1221
00:44:44,186 --> 00:44:44,346
but,

1222
00:44:45,145 --> 00:44:46,918
not a day goes, by that somebody does

1223
00:44:46,918 --> 00:44:48,916
isn't offering to send us their products,

1224
00:44:49,556 --> 00:44:51,335
and they all expect to review

1225
00:44:51,794 --> 00:44:54,111
and the vast majority of the time we

1226
00:44:54,111 --> 00:44:54,751
turn that down.

1227
00:44:55,710 --> 00:44:57,949
But If we do accept the product, it's

1228
00:44:57,949 --> 00:45:00,570
usually because it's something new that we're not

1229
00:45:00,570 --> 00:45:01,388
familiar with

1230
00:45:02,001 --> 00:45:04,640
that we've had people ask us about or

1231
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:08,000
that we think would enhance our Rv lifestyle

1232
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,000
so that we can tell you about it.

1233
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,094
And we always make sure we tell you

1234
00:45:13,532 --> 00:45:15,600
that somebody sent it to us or provided

1235
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:16,077
it to us.

1236
00:45:16,952 --> 00:45:17,748
We make it clear,

1237
00:45:18,623 --> 00:45:19,123
and,

1238
00:45:19,657 --> 00:45:22,230
that when we try it out, we'll tell

1239
00:45:22,230 --> 00:45:24,789
you also the good and the bad. And

1240
00:45:24,789 --> 00:45:25,910
what we really think of it.

1241
00:45:26,950 --> 00:45:28,960
When we're done with it, we usually give

1242
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,188
it away as and 1 of our Rv

1243
00:45:31,188 --> 00:45:32,540
gatherings like, that we're gonna have next week.

1244
00:45:32,699 --> 00:45:34,528
We've got a whole box of stuff on

1245
00:45:34,528 --> 00:45:34,926
packing up.

1246
00:45:35,658 --> 00:45:38,130
That we will, you know, give to those

1247
00:45:38,130 --> 00:45:39,646
who are attending our gatherings.

1248
00:45:40,922 --> 00:45:42,518
But most of the products that you see

1249
00:45:42,518 --> 00:45:45,171
us review or use are things that

1250
00:45:45,483 --> 00:45:47,789
we either purchase ourselves or that

1251
00:45:48,346 --> 00:45:48,903
we think,

1252
00:45:50,016 --> 00:45:52,164
you know, have some news merit in terms

1253
00:45:52,164 --> 00:45:53,516
of review for you.

1254
00:45:55,128 --> 00:45:57,285
We bought our own fifth wheel. Nobody gave

1255
00:45:57,285 --> 00:45:59,203
us that. We bought our own property in

1256
00:45:59,362 --> 00:46:01,280
Tennessee and in and in Michigan.

1257
00:46:02,254 --> 00:46:04,272
And when we recommend a product or services

1258
00:46:04,331 --> 00:46:04,831
because

1259
00:46:05,210 --> 00:46:06,249
we use it ourselves,

1260
00:46:07,208 --> 00:46:09,226
or it comes highly recommended by

1261
00:46:09,765 --> 00:46:12,169
people who experienced Our ears and in our

1262
00:46:12,169 --> 00:46:13,123
audience. So...

1263
00:46:14,237 --> 00:46:14,476
Alright.

1264
00:46:15,192 --> 00:46:16,010
500

1265
00:46:16,067 --> 00:46:17,203
episodes under our

1266
00:46:17,513 --> 00:46:19,736
collective belts. You think we got 500 more?

1267
00:46:20,054 --> 00:46:20,554
No

1268
00:46:21,085 --> 00:46:23,547
Maybe, maybe a couple hundred. We'll see. You

1269
00:46:23,547 --> 00:46:25,769
know, that's the thing. You realized after doing

1270
00:46:25,769 --> 00:46:28,169
all of this, And as you get older,

1271
00:46:28,408 --> 00:46:30,952
which, you know, unfortunately is happening to us,

1272
00:46:31,429 --> 00:46:33,418
you realize there will come a time when

1273
00:46:33,418 --> 00:46:35,008
you'll have to come off the road, but

1274
00:46:35,008 --> 00:46:35,565
so far,

1275
00:46:36,614 --> 00:46:37,570
It's all been good.

1276
00:46:38,286 --> 00:46:40,198
And we have a lot of plans to

1277
00:46:40,198 --> 00:46:42,747
keep coming, so look for more... Buy more

1278
00:46:42,747 --> 00:46:45,590
bandages, I guess, I... More band you've bought

1279
00:46:45,868 --> 00:46:48,334
Yeah. Yeah. Because if you take away my

1280
00:46:48,334 --> 00:46:49,766
the other... You take away my e bike

1281
00:46:49,766 --> 00:46:51,197
from me, I'm gonna have a fit though,

1282
00:46:51,357 --> 00:46:52,470
because that's still a lot of fun.

1283
00:46:53,278 --> 00:46:54,626
It's all a lot of fun really.

1284
00:46:55,497 --> 00:46:57,083
And we take travel with our dog bow.

1285
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:58,826
I think we told everybody that and the

1286
00:46:58,826 --> 00:46:59,856
regulars all know that.

1287
00:47:00,665 --> 00:47:02,729
Alright. Thank you guys for listening to our

1288
00:47:02,729 --> 00:47:04,951
stories, and hopefully being interested, please send us

1289
00:47:04,951 --> 00:47:07,094
your comments to your questions. Mike and Jen

1290
00:47:07,094 --> 00:47:09,894
at rv lifestyle dot com. Happy trails.