RV Caravan Travel: Is it a Good Fit for You?

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This week on the Rv podcast.

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Traveling to Scenic Rv

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destinations caravan style. Just how does that work?

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The Escape Rv club has been bought out

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by harvest host. What will that mean to

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the membership of both

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organizations. How?

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We came, Jennifer and I to adopt the

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03:30

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rule of Rv travel. How that all works,

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and what it means to our ears.

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All that and much more coming up on

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episode 05:07 of the Rv pipeline.

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

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my lifelong traveling companion and my bride,

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Jennifer.

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How's this for a location? Oh, this is

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absolutely gorgeous.

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Yeah. Quick reminder you can watch the video

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version of this podcast on our Rv lifestyle

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Youtube channel. Just go to Youtube dot com

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slash rv lifestyle.

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And, of course, if you listen to us

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on audio, we're on all your favorite podcast

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apps and we ask that you give us,

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a review on the podcast app. So those

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reviews help us get noticed

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And, if you're watching us on Youtube, hit

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the light button that helps us as well

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as like, so you Goo Google will then

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show this to to more folks.

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Well, we are on the road today, and

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you wanna to tell everybody where we are.

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We are on the road to bar Harbor

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Maine. Let's just right there.

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And

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we are really using this as kind of

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the staging,

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lift off for our coming tour of the

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Canadian Maritime,

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sponsored by fantasy Rv tours actually not sponsoring

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it. They're running it. We are just attending

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with long about,

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40 or 50 of our friends and followers,

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and we cannot wait to tour the, maritime

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times where...

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As we record this, we're about ready to

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take off, and we will be in new

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brunswick sw, and we will be in Nova

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Scotia,

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Prince Edward Island, and we'll try and update

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you guys as much as we can.

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This has been an awesome trip so far.

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1200 miles from Michigan to hear. Right. And

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we took our time getting here, and we've

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had good weather.

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The whole

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time that we've been traveling? We followed our

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own advice coming out here this time.

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Yeah. The 03:30 rule. We just

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decided that we were gonna take a little

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bit longer and not wear ourselves out before

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we get started. Now if you don't know

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what the 03:30 rule is stick around to

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the end of the podcast,

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we will have an update from

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our Mike and Jen story we'll tell you

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all about it how we came to adapt

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it and how it all works. And we're

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gonna be sharing our maritime

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adventures as often as we can with video

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and feedbacks and photos and social media updates.

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And the best way to follow this is

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through Rv lifestyle community.

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And you can find that at community

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dot rv lifestyle dot com, and we'll also

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do updates you regularly on,

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Facebook and

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Instagram and and wherever else we can do

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it. Hey, before we start, I wanna ask

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you a question, if you're a mush docker

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or a boom docker,

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And in these hot weather days of summer,

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you're having trouble keeping your Rv cool,

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we have a way to help you out

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a little bit. If you have a small

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generator,

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or if you're much stocking on somebody's

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20 amp service in their driveway,

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you need soft start,

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soft start up is a device that plugs

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into the pedestal or the electric outlet, and

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it will allow you to run

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your amp, your,

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air condition or unless than, 30 amp connections

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works right out of the box,

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you really need to check all the. You

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know when your air conditioner starts off it

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goes home, big spike in power needs, and

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then it levels off. Well suck startup up

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levels that spike so that you don't need

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quite as much power to start your air

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conditioning and then keep it running. It's a

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great way to keep clothes keep it keep

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it running and keep your place cool. You

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don't have to climb up in your roof

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to put it in. You don't have to

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open your Ac units as of those soft

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start units do.

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This 1

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is really easy. You don't have to know

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any wiring connections, you literally just plug it

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into the pedestal or the outlet and then

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plug that, your your regular, power cord into

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your Rv.

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Go to soft start up dot com slash

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Rv lifestyle. Soft start up dot com slash

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rv lifestyle. You can save a whole bunch

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of money if you follow that link. Keep

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cool. With a soft start up.

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Well, we,

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are gonna show you a little bit where

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we irate over shoulders is a Aca National

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park. And I think that's Mount Cadillac. That

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big big 1 if you can see it

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them. What happened to the idea of getting

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up and watching,

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sunrise.

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Well, you'd have to get up about 03:34

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o'clock. Mh Make your way there.

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We were gonna do that. And we're actually

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gonna do that today. The day we recorded

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and kinda do a little segment from up

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there, but you need a permit from the

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national Park service. There's a bunch of red

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tape you have to go to get through,

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and

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we just couldn't get 1 on a day's

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notice. So so we slept in, but it's

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up there. And it... It's it's pretty.

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If you get a chance, if you're coming

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to this part of the country do it.

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As of course, is Aca National Park. We

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really enjoy that. Alright. We're gonna take a

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quick break and when we come back, we

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have the social media buzz with Wendy Boy

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Welcome back and now it's time for Wendy

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Boy report on the hot issues most talked

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about this past week on social media and

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our Rv lifestyle community group. So go wendy.

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Here's is the social media buzz. Hi, everybody.

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Over in our Rv lifestyle community's plumbing space.

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We had a recent post from Mary. Now,

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Mary was having trouble attaching her stinky, s

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to her sewer. So she wrote that the

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black tank pull in the gray tank pull

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were too close together, and she just couldn't

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get to them. So she asked if anyone

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had a tool that would help her, un

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unhook her hose.

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She added that she had tried a rubber

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hammer, screwdriver just wasn't work So she was

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looking for some ideas and ideas. She got.

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Some recommended she try oil filter pliers.

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Someone else recommended a strap wrench.

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And then both Chris and Robert suggested she

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add an extender to make that, you know,

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pipe go out a little bit more, and

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all of which Mary said she appreciated, and

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we're looking forward to hearing what she tries

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and how it works.

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Also in our community

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under m and Diy

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tweak space. We had a post not that

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long ago from deck stir. That was really

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a helpful tip. He was looking for a

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solution to see his stairs at night.

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He said he was... Didn't wanna deal with

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solar or changing out the batteries

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And so what he did was he hooked

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up his a light in his stairs to

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his porch light. So when he turns on

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his porch light, his stairs light up, like

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a little bit there at nighttime, so he

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can see his steps. Look like a great

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idea. He even had a plug so he

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could unplug them.

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When he's traveling, so there weren't any extra

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cords on the outside of his rig. He

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shared some pictures. People loved it. And Thanks

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for sharing that tip, dexter. We'll have to

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put a picture in the show notes. So

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you guys can see it too.

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And then over in our Rv lifestyle Facebook

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group, we, of course, have all types of

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conversations going on all the time. And 1

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that really got people talking recently was from

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Bridget. Now Bridget was buying an Rv. She

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lived in the state of wash, and when

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she looked at her final

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bill from the dealer, there was a 5000

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dollar prep fee.

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5000 dollars. And she looked at this thing.

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She had never heard of it before. So

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she put a post up on the Facebook

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group, and she said is this the new

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norm?

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This sounds crazy, ridiculous. Tell me ain't so,

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well, lots of people said this is crazy

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and ridiculous.

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A couple people said,

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that they had heard of prep fees that

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were maybe 300 to 500 dollars, but never

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5000.

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John, he's heard about this and he told

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her leave, leave now, you negotiated a price,

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and now the steelers adding 5 k after

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the fact. Just walk away from the deal.

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Many people said that they had just never

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heard of this thing of a pre? What

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was it even supposed to include? So Bridget

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answered it was her understanding. It included washing

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the rig, detailing it, inspecting, looking at over

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for 5000 dollars.

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So lots of people, pretty much just about

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everybody in the hundreds and hundreds of replies

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told to leave this deal and find a

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new dealer and it sounds like she did.

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So good for you, Bridget.

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And that was quite the the story to

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read. And that's it for me this week.

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I'm Wendy Boy, and I'll see you over

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at our Rv lifestyle community or Facebook girl.

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Boy, you know that

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preparation fee, 5000 dollars.

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You know, I we don't have the details

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and all of that, But we've heard of

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variations around that.

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I I think the advice that

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that poster got is absolutely right. Just walk

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away from anybody who's gonna charge that to

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you. That's

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absolutely

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ridiculous.

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There are still a lot of Rv dealers

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out there.

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Who are just anything for a prophet. They

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will,

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nickel and da to death,

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watch out for those. Because there's now more

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and more very reputable,

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Rv dealers who really wanna service people.

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You don't have to take the offer from

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somebody like that. Whatever Rv you're looking at,

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you can find a better 1 probably had

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a better price I guarantee it than those

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people trying to charge your 5000 dollars per.

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Preparation fee.

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That's why we invite you to be a

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part of our Rv lifestyle community. Go to

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community dot rv lifestyle dot com, and you'll

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get great advice from real rv ears, not

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somebody trying to sell you something.

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Alright. Our conversation of the week comes back.

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And we're gonna talk about what's involved

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in a Caravan style Rv tour like we're

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about to embark on. Stay with us. Jennifer

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and I took a trip to los Vegas

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and Arizona to look at wind mail acres,

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a brand new Rv property being offered by

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Western Land and ranches.

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They're selling off 1 and 2 acre parcels,

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starting at only 14900

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dollars. Now these are big. And an acre

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is a size of a football feel. The

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properties are on a plateau with big Valley

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views, and the location is amazing. Next to

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lake mead national recreation area.

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We had a blast. There are so many

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places to explore near the property, the Grand

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Canyon. We took a boat ride on the

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Colorado River below Hoover dam.

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Boulder city was a fun little town.

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That's right off route 66,

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and, of course, we had to enjoy some

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nightlife in Las Vegas.

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It's a lifetime supply of fun things to

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do when you own a camp at wind

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acres.

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The properties are now available.

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This is 100

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percent ownership. So there's no reservations needed when

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you wanna hang out, time limits or crowded

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parks that you have to go through, you

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can share your property, you can rent it.

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Whatever you wanna do.

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For more information. Visit

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Arizona ranch sales dot com, or call 822232

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land.

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Welcome back time now for our Rv

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conversation of the week. Yep. More and more

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rv viewers are Caravan. Caravan are are traveling

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in groups as part of our guided tour.

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Now, if you've ever wondered what it's like,

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our ever Rv conversation in the week is

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gonna give you a great overview. We're gonna

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talk the operations director

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Fantasy Rv tours are the people organizing the

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tour that we are on.

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We should tell you when you hear care

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about a kind of picture, like, you know,

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everybody 1234

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in the line. Well, you don't travel like

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that. We, basically, can leave anytime we want

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from 08:30 till You gotta get out of

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whatever campground round you're in by 11 usually.

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So people just leave when they're comfortable and

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arrive at the destination when they're comfortable as

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well.

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Stacy Ra is the operations director, and this

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is kind of a replay of a of

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a conversation we had with her earlier this

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year, but it's very

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appropriate now is so many people are starting

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to think about next year's travel because you

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wanna book these big tours like this in

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advance. They sell out.

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Our tour. This 1 right here, we're just

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regular members attending it. But Arthur tour, we

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opened opened it up to our membership, and

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we sold it out in 1 day. So

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you wanna get your reservations earlier. But if

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you really wonder what it's like, the closest

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I can come is like kind of an

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all inclusive resort stay

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except you're in your Rv because they take

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care of almost all the details, many of

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your room, many of your meals,

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all your reservations,

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here's a Stacy to talk it out with

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you. Well, Stacy joins us right now, and,

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Stacy, it is great to have you on

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the program. Thank very much. I'm excited to

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be with you.

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Still, let's start off by talking about what

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an Rv

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touring company does.

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Okay. Well,

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for us, we are

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pretty much the world's largest Rv

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provider of guided Rv tours or guided Rv

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vacations. So in a nutshell, we

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do all the work and you show up

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and let us take care of you on

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your Rv vacation. So we are... We book

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all the reservations. Take care of everything for

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you. Everything is included

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for you,

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maybe an exception of a meal, a few

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meals that might be on your own, but,

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g 2,

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trip planning, all of the... All of that

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is taken care of for you. And that's

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what Our tour Caravan companies do.

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Now,

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we've seen

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tours that you can take, you know, to

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exotic locations where you get on a bus

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and they take you everywhere.

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You're kind of the same thing except we're

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driving in our Rv and camping in our

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rv. Right? Exactly. Kind of, like think what

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you're talking about, maybe a fly in and

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fly out kind of

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location. We do the same things,

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except you are driving your own Rv to

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that location, and then we bring a bus

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in and take you out to all of

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the different places and the things to see,

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the restaurants and

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bucket list locations.

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Is there any

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particular type of Rv that you are limited

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to? Can do everything from tow to motor

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homes or are they all motor homes? As

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long as self contained, we

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we'll, accept that we have a lot of

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tow that go along. We even have a

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few truck campers

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that have,

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joined us. On some of our tours. So

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anything from a,

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truck camper all the way up to a

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45 foot diesel push.

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How many our veer are on a typical

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tour. I've seen you before? I think I

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saw 1 of yours in

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Oh, gosh. I wanna say think it was

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at a campground in Natchez

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Mississippi across from there a few years ago.

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And I was really impressed at all. Came

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in, and they all had a good time

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and we ran into them in town.

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But how many do do you normally have?

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Typically on a moving caravan,

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we have 22

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guest rigs

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and 2 ambassador rigs. So we'll have a

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wagon master and a tail gunner. And, of

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course, the Wagon masters, the leader, the tail

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gunner runs behind everybody else in case somebody

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has an issue, while they're on the road.

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And so it's typically

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24 total rigs handing those 2 ambassadors?

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Now,

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how how are some of your...

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Trip audience. Where's your most popular

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locations, give us an idea of what you

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would do on a on a tour and

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an Rv tour like this? Well, it's important

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to, designate that a Caravan

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moves. A Caravan

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is different from a rally because the rally

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stays. 1 location. But a Caravan of will

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move, and our most popular

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location is Alaska, without a doubt,

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we are running 13 different Caravan vans to

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Alaska this summer.

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In fact, we just got 3 on the

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road this past week. So we have 3

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tours out, 10 more to go this summer.

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And,

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you will

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arrive at your location, usually, we stay at

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the rally point, which is your riding location.

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You're responsible for getting to that spot. Once

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you get there, Wagon master will take care

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of the rest and give you all your

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information. You'll have an itinerary,

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before you go, that'll be emailed to you.

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And you'll get a book with driving directions.

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And,

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usually, we'll stay a couple of days. Have

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a welcomed dinner, get to know each other.

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Then then then we take off, and we

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head off to

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say we're going to Alaska. We head off

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across the border. Our Wagon master goes first

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tail gun goes last, and we wait till

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everybody gets across the border and then

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take off to our first care.

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So

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how many miles

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do you typically go in a day? We

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try extremely hard never to drop more than

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300 miles in a day.

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In Alaska, sometimes 300 miles is a little

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longer than it would be in the United

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States. So we typically keep everything under 300

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miles unless it's just impossible,

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in some of the remote areas of Alaska.

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I think there's 1 driving day on our

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60 day Alaska that's. 350

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miles.

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Wow. I I was gonna ask is is

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how long is the alaska tour, but you

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have other tours. Tell us about some of

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your other locations that you go to? We

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another popular

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location is obviously, the Canadian Maritime times.

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We do all,

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about 10 of tours... Through the maritime, some

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just do the lower provinces and some go

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all the way up to

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Newfoundland. So,

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kinda depends on how much time you have

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and what you wanna see.

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Another great 1 like you mentioned, you saw

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our group, at Natchez, that is our Mississippi

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River run tour.

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Starts

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up in,

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at the top of the Mississippi River and

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drives all the way down to the bottom

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of

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Mississippi River in new Orleans, and, it follows

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the river, that there's a road called the

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Great River Road and Follows is so it

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follows that road all the way down. That's

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another variant. And that's a 34 day caravan.

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And and I... How long are your typical

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caravan events? What do they range from in

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time like? We have... Any... We have our

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shortest Caravan is,

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our 13 day, made an American music tour,

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which just just 3 locations. And our longest

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Caravan is a 62 day el.

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Now,

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do they start?

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Typically, in 1 location? And then do they

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return to that location? Can people

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join it at different points? How does that

538
00:20:38,652 --> 00:20:39,767
wall work? That's a good question.

539
00:20:40,658 --> 00:20:44,075
Sometimes we start in the... In 1 location

540
00:20:44,075 --> 00:20:45,449
and we end

541
00:20:45,902 --> 00:20:48,706
and... Well, we almost always end in another

542
00:20:48,842 --> 00:20:49,001
location.

543
00:20:50,214 --> 00:20:52,934
Maybe if we're talking about Alaska, we have

544
00:20:52,934 --> 00:20:53,595
some different,

545
00:20:54,615 --> 00:20:57,174
some that start in the United States and

546
00:20:57,174 --> 00:20:59,826
end in the United States. Some of them

547
00:20:59,826 --> 00:21:01,820
starting the United States and end in Prince

548
00:21:01,980 --> 00:21:04,612
George, British, Columbia and the... And you get

549
00:21:04,612 --> 00:21:07,244
yourself back to wherever you wanna go. So

550
00:21:07,244 --> 00:21:09,329
do we... We don't ever end up at

551
00:21:09,329 --> 00:21:11,789
the same exact campground that was started at.

552
00:21:12,899 --> 00:21:15,279
Obviously, on something like the Mississippi River run,

553
00:21:15,438 --> 00:21:17,519
you're gonna start up in Minnesota, and you're

554
00:21:17,519 --> 00:21:19,188
gonna end in New Orleans, So we're not

555
00:21:19,188 --> 00:21:21,493
going to go back to Minnesota.

556
00:21:22,686 --> 00:21:22,924
Now,

557
00:21:23,878 --> 00:21:24,378
does

558
00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:27,476
This is... The image I used to have

559
00:21:27,476 --> 00:21:29,628
it, and I don't think it's accurate. But

560
00:21:30,186 --> 00:21:32,895
does have to travel, you know, like, nose

561
00:21:32,895 --> 00:21:35,450
to trail along the whole route? Can you

562
00:21:35,450 --> 00:21:36,401
stop at your will?

563
00:21:37,194 --> 00:21:38,781
You just have to get to the campground

564
00:21:38,781 --> 00:21:40,367
at a certain time. How how does that

565
00:21:40,367 --> 00:21:42,530
work? Completely not. We do not go... We

566
00:21:42,530 --> 00:21:45,081
don't want everybody to travel nose to tail

567
00:21:45,081 --> 00:21:47,473
because then the person in the front of

568
00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:49,806
it is the only 1 seize anything. So

569
00:21:50,435 --> 00:21:52,920
we have it structured, but this is your

570
00:21:53,055 --> 00:21:55,595
vacation. We... We're gonna tell you that our

571
00:21:55,674 --> 00:21:57,604
Wagon gonna leave at

572
00:21:57,914 --> 00:21:58,795
7AM

573
00:21:58,795 --> 00:22:00,315
to get to the next campground to get

574
00:22:00,315 --> 00:22:03,454
everything ready. You are welcome to leave anytime

575
00:22:03,515 --> 00:22:04,015
between

576
00:22:04,394 --> 00:22:05,195
8AM

577
00:22:05,195 --> 00:22:06,075
or 7AM,

578
00:22:06,329 --> 00:22:08,398
and when the campground checkout is, which is

579
00:22:08,398 --> 00:22:11,900
usually noon, 11:00 or noon. So people can't

580
00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:13,572
get up and move at their own leisure

581
00:22:13,572 --> 00:22:15,243
and the tail center gonna stay in that

582
00:22:15,243 --> 00:22:17,246
campground until last rig has left.

583
00:22:17,882 --> 00:22:18,358
And

584
00:22:18,994 --> 00:22:21,457
so and if there's something, we'll give you

585
00:22:21,457 --> 00:22:21,957
suggested

586
00:22:22,331 --> 00:22:24,476
things to stop and see along the way,

587
00:22:24,715 --> 00:22:24,769
the

588
00:22:25,927 --> 00:22:26,166
especially,

589
00:22:27,283 --> 00:22:28,800
I hate to keep going back to Alaska,

590
00:22:28,959 --> 00:22:30,875
but in Alaska, there's a lots of,

591
00:22:31,673 --> 00:22:33,285
places where you wanna pull off to the

592
00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:35,125
side and take a picture. You wanna see...

593
00:22:35,365 --> 00:22:37,125
You wanna stop and you good world's largest

594
00:22:37,125 --> 00:22:39,205
cinnamon role. You we're gonna tell you all

595
00:22:39,205 --> 00:22:41,936
those places to stop and do those things.

596
00:22:42,495 --> 00:22:42,995
And

597
00:22:43,532 --> 00:22:46,027
you know, maybe we even have people who

598
00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:46,804
want to,

599
00:22:47,682 --> 00:22:48,661
go see of

600
00:22:48,974 --> 00:22:51,127
brother laurel or a family member that lives

601
00:22:51,127 --> 00:22:53,519
in an area nearby. They can go do

602
00:22:53,519 --> 00:22:55,753
that. It's their vacation. They see to let

603
00:22:55,753 --> 00:22:57,348
the Wagon master Know hey. I'm not gonna

604
00:22:57,348 --> 00:22:59,435
be until late tonight the town center doesn't

605
00:22:59,435 --> 00:23:01,427
need to watch for me. I'm gonna be

606
00:23:01,427 --> 00:23:03,897
doing this instead or maybe they wanna go

607
00:23:03,897 --> 00:23:05,888
hiking or biking on a trail, and they

608
00:23:05,888 --> 00:23:08,095
wanna take a break between and and

609
00:23:08,452 --> 00:23:11,158
and go do that. That's perfectly fine and

610
00:23:11,158 --> 00:23:11,555
encouraged...

611
00:23:12,828 --> 00:23:15,295
Now. You mentioned, many of the meals are

612
00:23:15,295 --> 00:23:17,860
provided. Talk about that for us. Right. On

613
00:23:17,860 --> 00:23:19,860
our itinerary, you'll see

614
00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:22,820
how many meals are provided on on a

615
00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:26,586
Caravan or rally either 1. And, so we

616
00:23:26,586 --> 00:23:29,131
booked those for you. It's almost always gonna

617
00:23:29,131 --> 00:23:29,631
be

618
00:23:30,006 --> 00:23:30,801
1 meal.

619
00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:33,505
I don't wanna say Per day, but it...

620
00:23:33,759 --> 00:23:35,992
At least 1 or 2 meals per stop

621
00:23:35,992 --> 00:23:39,341
wherever we are. Sometimes it's a campground meal

622
00:23:39,341 --> 00:23:40,319
because there's no

623
00:23:40,936 --> 00:23:43,262
in a remote location. There's no rest restaurant

624
00:23:43,262 --> 00:23:44,535
that we might be able to go to.

625
00:23:44,694 --> 00:23:47,023
So the Wagon masters will provide a campground

626
00:23:47,079 --> 00:23:49,306
meal. It's not a pot. We don't have

627
00:23:49,306 --> 00:23:51,930
the guest do that. The... The Wagon masters

628
00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:54,817
and the tail banner will prepare a really

629
00:23:54,817 --> 00:23:57,375
nice meal, not just not just hamburgers and

630
00:23:57,375 --> 00:23:58,973
hot dogs every time either. So...

631
00:23:59,932 --> 00:24:02,570
So the meals are, mostly provided.

632
00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:06,473
Obviously, if you have special dietary needs or

633
00:24:06,473 --> 00:24:08,456
something like that, you would need to make

634
00:24:08,456 --> 00:24:09,670
arrangements for

635
00:24:10,378 --> 00:24:13,113
certain restrictions. We do our best to help

636
00:24:13,491 --> 00:24:16,604
alleviate those, but we can't always guarantee that

637
00:24:16,604 --> 00:24:17,482
there'll be a

638
00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:18,494
a

639
00:24:18,933 --> 00:24:21,403
restaurant meal that will be completely 100 percent,

640
00:24:21,562 --> 00:24:22,598
what everybody makes eats.

641
00:24:23,952 --> 00:24:26,183
Alright. Here's the big question that everybody is

642
00:24:26,183 --> 00:24:27,856
assisting They're all going. Yeah. Yeah. That sounds

643
00:24:27,856 --> 00:24:30,185
great. Then how much does this cost? Well,

644
00:24:30,505 --> 00:24:31,164
give us some.

645
00:24:31,781 --> 00:24:34,575
Which tour you're looking at? Obviously Obviously. Yep?

646
00:24:34,814 --> 00:24:36,650
The great thing that I'm just gonna say

647
00:24:36,650 --> 00:24:38,340
up. Front is that we like to make

648
00:24:38,340 --> 00:24:41,053
our tours affordable for everybody. So we do

649
00:24:41,053 --> 00:24:43,686
offer a monthly payment plan that is a

650
00:24:43,686 --> 00:24:46,817
no interest monthly payment plan, no credit check.

651
00:24:47,296 --> 00:24:49,214
So if it's something somebody really wants to

652
00:24:49,214 --> 00:24:50,972
do, we encourage them to take a look

653
00:24:50,972 --> 00:24:52,730
at, paying it monthly.

654
00:24:53,780 --> 00:24:55,768
Most of our tours book out about 2

655
00:24:55,768 --> 00:24:57,836
years in advance. So that really does make

656
00:24:57,836 --> 00:24:59,960
it kind of affordable if you wanna go

657
00:25:00,158 --> 00:25:02,061
on a 60 day alaska tour,

658
00:25:02,775 --> 00:25:05,233
you can do payments for the next 24

659
00:25:05,233 --> 00:25:07,136
months on that, which makes it much more

660
00:25:07,136 --> 00:25:07,533
affordable.

661
00:25:08,104 --> 00:25:10,419
If you're looking at something like our made

662
00:25:10,578 --> 00:25:13,053
America music tour, we're talking about, you know,

663
00:25:13,372 --> 00:25:16,246
around 5000 dollars for that caravan for 2

664
00:25:16,246 --> 00:25:18,653
people. If you are looking at a 60

665
00:25:18,653 --> 00:25:20,887
day el tour for 20 25,

666
00:25:21,285 --> 00:25:24,635
we're looking at about 15000 dollars for 2

667
00:25:24,635 --> 00:25:25,831
people in an Rv.

668
00:25:26,722 --> 00:25:26,881
Again.

669
00:25:27,755 --> 00:25:29,424
Yeah. But it's a long cup... We're on

670
00:25:29,424 --> 00:25:31,490
the road a lot that's your meals and

671
00:25:31,490 --> 00:25:32,784
it's your camp fees

672
00:25:33,238 --> 00:25:33,738
camping

673
00:25:34,112 --> 00:25:35,959
reservation. It's all the excursions.

674
00:25:36,358 --> 00:25:38,436
It's like, if you think about a cruise,

675
00:25:38,676 --> 00:25:40,194
you go on a cruise and you go

676
00:25:40,194 --> 00:25:43,151
on these excursions. Those are all extra charges,

677
00:25:43,310 --> 00:25:45,320
you have to pay an fee ago on

678
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,788
that. These are all included for you. We're

679
00:25:47,788 --> 00:25:50,177
gonna take you to the most iconic things

680
00:25:50,177 --> 00:25:52,940
that you've ever heard about going to alaska

681
00:25:53,138 --> 00:25:54,651
we're gonna take you on the white pass

682
00:25:54,651 --> 00:25:57,141
train. We're gonna take you down into Sc

683
00:25:57,198 --> 00:25:58,255
and let you see

684
00:25:58,710 --> 00:26:00,303
let you see the gold roast, and we're

685
00:26:00,303 --> 00:26:02,785
gonna take a chicken Alaska where you can,

686
00:26:02,864 --> 00:26:05,251
you know, actually pam for gold on your

687
00:26:05,251 --> 00:26:05,729
own. And,

688
00:26:06,604 --> 00:26:08,355
all the iconic things that you wanna do,

689
00:26:08,514 --> 00:26:10,598
you wanna see wildlife we're gonna take won

690
00:26:10,598 --> 00:26:12,828
multiple boat cruises, and those are all gonna

691
00:26:12,828 --> 00:26:16,435
be included. And annuities for those vendors are

692
00:26:16,572 --> 00:26:19,302
included also. So you're not expected to tip

693
00:26:19,694 --> 00:26:22,730
white water rafting captain or any of those

694
00:26:22,730 --> 00:26:22,970
things?

695
00:26:24,009 --> 00:26:24,169
Now,

696
00:26:24,968 --> 00:26:26,645
this a get wind down here,

697
00:26:27,777 --> 00:26:30,182
I I've interviewed people before who

698
00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:31,429
have become,

699
00:26:31,984 --> 00:26:34,763
junkie keys of these tours. They do them

700
00:26:34,763 --> 00:26:36,034
year after year after year.

701
00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:38,512
And and that's how we're actually decided hey.

702
00:26:38,671 --> 00:26:40,817
Let's let's get them on the program. We

703
00:26:40,817 --> 00:26:42,884
talked to, a, a woman just couple of

704
00:26:42,884 --> 00:26:44,713
weeks ago, who... It does 2 of them

705
00:26:44,713 --> 00:26:45,508
a year she says.

706
00:26:46,317 --> 00:26:48,537
So I'm curious do people do them always

707
00:26:48,537 --> 00:26:50,915
with friends? Do they do them, what about

708
00:26:50,915 --> 00:26:51,415
solo?

709
00:26:52,976 --> 00:26:55,455
Do... I've... Would imagine you become good friends

710
00:26:55,455 --> 00:26:56,967
with people camping, you know,

711
00:26:57,603 --> 00:26:59,354
off them. But who normally goes at it?

712
00:26:59,513 --> 00:27:00,888
They but go with friends? You

713
00:27:01,199 --> 00:27:03,277
1 of the big things everybody always tells

714
00:27:03,277 --> 00:27:06,174
us that they love about the Rv Caravan

715
00:27:06,953 --> 00:27:09,270
lifestyle is that they make friends that become

716
00:27:09,270 --> 00:27:09,590
family.

717
00:27:10,084 --> 00:27:12,957
And they have reunion later, wherever they all

718
00:27:12,957 --> 00:27:14,792
are. They... The whole group might end up

719
00:27:14,792 --> 00:27:16,309
in Florida for the winter, and they'll have

720
00:27:16,309 --> 00:27:17,825
a little reunion they get together.

721
00:27:18,399 --> 00:27:18,638
So,

722
00:27:19,277 --> 00:27:22,388
a lot of people come along the first

723
00:27:22,388 --> 00:27:23,506
time on their own.

724
00:27:24,223 --> 00:27:26,153
And then they make friends on the tour

725
00:27:26,153 --> 00:27:28,141
and they booked something else while they're all

726
00:27:28,141 --> 00:27:29,573
on the tour, and they all book it

727
00:27:29,573 --> 00:27:31,561
together. They're all like, okay. But let's go

728
00:27:31,561 --> 00:27:33,629
to the Maritime next year. Let's go to

729
00:27:33,709 --> 00:27:34,106
Mexico.

730
00:27:34,598 --> 00:27:36,588
Next year. So... And they all book it

731
00:27:36,588 --> 00:27:38,578
together, and then they travel together, and they

732
00:27:38,578 --> 00:27:42,081
become traveling partners and they start traveling together.

733
00:27:42,974 --> 00:27:45,211
Sometimes at a show or, like, what you've

734
00:27:45,211 --> 00:27:47,449
said, you've mentioned you've seen us at conventions,

735
00:27:47,608 --> 00:27:49,606
and there'll be a group of people that

736
00:27:49,606 --> 00:27:51,219
are there together, and they'll come up in

737
00:27:51,219 --> 00:27:52,576
this and, we all wanna go on this

738
00:27:52,576 --> 00:27:55,849
tour together, but generally speaking, most people book

739
00:27:55,849 --> 00:27:58,084
on their own the first time, and then

740
00:27:58,084 --> 00:28:00,080
they find people they like to travel with.

741
00:28:01,214 --> 00:28:01,534
That's great.

742
00:28:02,335 --> 00:28:02,974
Last question,

743
00:28:04,335 --> 00:28:07,054
you you a typical data you usually, you

744
00:28:07,054 --> 00:28:08,115
get into a campground

745
00:28:08,589 --> 00:28:10,423
How long do usually stay at a wherever

746
00:28:10,423 --> 00:28:10,981
you're camping?

747
00:28:12,098 --> 00:28:13,454
You... I think you said a couple of

748
00:28:13,454 --> 00:28:14,273
days, but

749
00:28:14,809 --> 00:28:15,926
do you have time to, you know, you

750
00:28:15,926 --> 00:28:17,840
have time to unwind and see the area?

751
00:28:18,333 --> 00:28:20,321
Depending on the location, if there's something to

752
00:28:20,321 --> 00:28:23,263
see. Sometimes we're driving just to get to

753
00:28:23,263 --> 00:28:25,013
a location, and it might be a 2

754
00:28:25,013 --> 00:28:27,080
day drive, so we might just stay 1

755
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,241
night and just, you know, a hun or

756
00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:31,864
down for 1 night feed everybody and have

757
00:28:31,864 --> 00:28:34,009
his campground social and then move on the

758
00:28:34,009 --> 00:28:34,486
next morning.

759
00:28:35,122 --> 00:28:37,442
Normally, we're in a location or at least

760
00:28:37,442 --> 00:28:39,352
2 to 4 days. And if it's a

761
00:28:39,352 --> 00:28:41,660
bigger location, like, when we get to,

762
00:28:42,296 --> 00:28:44,500
denali, we may be there 5 days, or

763
00:28:45,017 --> 00:28:47,801
so everybody can explore and do what they

764
00:28:47,801 --> 00:28:50,346
wanna do, plus... We we try to give

765
00:28:50,346 --> 00:28:51,221
everybody a free day.

766
00:28:51,794 --> 00:28:53,787
In a location so that they can do...

767
00:28:53,946 --> 00:28:55,940
After we've shown them the sitting here the

768
00:28:55,940 --> 00:28:58,093
town, and then they can do what they

769
00:28:58,093 --> 00:28:59,847
would like to do on their own if

770
00:28:59,847 --> 00:29:00,006
they,

771
00:29:00,660 --> 00:29:02,820
because we have different people at different ability

772
00:29:02,820 --> 00:29:05,380
levels. Some people wanna bike and hike. Some

773
00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:08,340
people wanna go see museums. So we try

774
00:29:08,340 --> 00:29:10,019
to vary it up for everybody.

775
00:29:11,227 --> 00:29:12,894
I I actually do have 1 more question,

776
00:29:13,053 --> 00:29:14,085
and III...

777
00:29:14,243 --> 00:29:15,910
For all the worry war out there,

778
00:29:16,704 --> 00:29:18,530
you mentioned you have a tail gunner who

779
00:29:18,530 --> 00:29:20,847
kind of, kinda we... And biking, we used

780
00:29:20,847 --> 00:29:23,467
to call them side wagon, but people who

781
00:29:23,467 --> 00:29:25,055
are there in case you had to breakdown

782
00:29:25,055 --> 00:29:27,436
this stuff. Do do they have, like,

783
00:29:28,722 --> 00:29:30,392
a list and they say, oh, well, we've

784
00:29:30,392 --> 00:29:31,823
been through this area. We know here are

785
00:29:31,823 --> 00:29:34,129
records that can help here are garages. Here's

786
00:29:34,129 --> 00:29:35,481
where you know need to go to get

787
00:29:35,481 --> 00:29:36,117
something fixed.

788
00:29:37,328 --> 00:29:39,643
What kind of help do they have for

789
00:29:39,643 --> 00:29:40,361
that? We have...

790
00:29:41,239 --> 00:29:43,315
The the benefit of going with an Rv

791
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:45,390
care company is that we've been there before.

792
00:29:45,804 --> 00:29:48,037
And we passed this... We've been going to

793
00:29:48,197 --> 00:29:50,669
Alaska for over 20 years. So we passed

794
00:29:50,669 --> 00:29:53,860
this information down amongst the Wagon masters every

795
00:29:53,860 --> 00:29:55,589
year and the tail center. So if you

796
00:29:56,107 --> 00:29:58,658
breakdown, we're gonna have information for you to

797
00:29:58,658 --> 00:30:00,890
help you, a reputable company that can come

798
00:30:00,890 --> 00:30:02,882
and help you. And our tail centers even

799
00:30:02,882 --> 00:30:04,970
gonna stay with you until we know help

800
00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:05,608
is on the way.

801
00:30:06,564 --> 00:30:08,637
Sometimes the tail gunner is able to fix

802
00:30:08,637 --> 00:30:11,268
it. It kinda depends. They're not mechanically inclined

803
00:30:11,268 --> 00:30:13,034
and they're not going a rig

804
00:30:13,510 --> 00:30:15,337
if not, if they don't want it to

805
00:30:15,337 --> 00:30:18,039
be touched obviously, but they can advise and

806
00:30:18,039 --> 00:30:19,963
they can help and make use sometimes they

807
00:30:19,963 --> 00:30:21,318
can get it back together and get on

808
00:30:21,318 --> 00:30:22,834
the road too... You can get to the

809
00:30:22,834 --> 00:30:23,334
campground

810
00:30:23,711 --> 00:30:24,429
and get

811
00:30:24,907 --> 00:30:27,459
and get service available there. So, yes, we

812
00:30:27,459 --> 00:30:30,342
do have that information. Available. And you're and

813
00:30:30,342 --> 00:30:32,752
you're now alone, which is really good. Take

814
00:30:32,889 --> 00:30:35,435
part is that somebody... You know somebody's watching

815
00:30:35,435 --> 00:30:36,605
out for you and

816
00:30:37,041 --> 00:30:39,265
especially in remote locations, there might not be

817
00:30:39,265 --> 00:30:41,171
great cell phone service, there might not be,

818
00:30:41,489 --> 00:30:43,395
you know, and it's great that even if

819
00:30:43,395 --> 00:30:44,666
the tail gun can't,

820
00:30:45,476 --> 00:30:48,022
get service. They can drive. They can unhook

821
00:30:48,022 --> 00:30:50,090
their tow vehicle and go find, get help

822
00:30:50,090 --> 00:30:51,760
you So Gotcha.

823
00:30:52,492 --> 00:30:54,882
Alright, Stacy. Thank you very much, and can

824
00:30:54,882 --> 00:30:57,453
tell anybody where they can learn more about

825
00:30:57,671 --> 00:31:00,539
fantasy tours and and get all the information

826
00:31:00,539 --> 00:31:03,739
they need. We have a website, fantasy rv

827
00:31:03,739 --> 00:31:05,968
tours dot com. And of course, we have

828
00:31:05,968 --> 00:31:07,720
a Youtube channel if you would like to

829
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,963
go there, Just search for Fantasy art be

830
00:31:09,963 --> 00:31:11,945
tours, and we will find all kinds of

831
00:31:11,945 --> 00:31:13,530
videos and informational,

832
00:31:15,037 --> 00:31:17,470
seminars and presentations that we've done. Be

833
00:31:18,146 --> 00:31:19,339
Thank you so. You.

834
00:31:20,294 --> 00:31:22,386
Well, we're looking forward to our tour, which

835
00:31:22,443 --> 00:31:24,591
is about to start. Since we finished recording

836
00:31:24,591 --> 00:31:26,580
this. And you know, I think there is

837
00:31:26,580 --> 00:31:29,326
the... Comfort of traveling in your own Rv.

838
00:31:30,021 --> 00:31:30,419
You're...

839
00:31:30,977 --> 00:31:32,968
Yes. You're going from spot to spot to

840
00:31:32,968 --> 00:31:35,119
spot, but you've got your own bed, your

841
00:31:35,119 --> 00:31:35,916
own everything.

842
00:31:36,409 --> 00:31:38,406
Clean with you. You know that. Yep. Yeah.

843
00:31:38,726 --> 00:31:41,202
And then you you develop really good friendships

844
00:31:41,202 --> 00:31:42,880
with all the people on the tour with

845
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,203
you with is what is amazing us so

846
00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:47,056
far. We've only... We came a little early

847
00:31:47,351 --> 00:31:50,135
as did many others, and, already has been

848
00:31:50,389 --> 00:31:52,147
a lot of fun hanging with everybody. And

849
00:31:52,147 --> 00:31:53,586
it's kinda luck of the draw because then

850
00:31:53,586 --> 00:31:55,684
you go to the different campground rounds, they

851
00:31:55,983 --> 00:31:58,141
assign you a spot. And so, you know,

852
00:31:58,300 --> 00:31:59,755
you never know who your neighbors... Gonna be

853
00:31:59,755 --> 00:32:01,355
in that way it's easier to get to

854
00:32:01,355 --> 00:32:03,914
know more people. Yep. And it it's great.

855
00:32:04,075 --> 00:32:06,965
They handle everything. Alright. Well, there's stay with

856
00:32:06,965 --> 00:32:08,555
this because we... As we get going on

857
00:32:08,555 --> 00:32:10,541
this thing. We are going to update you

858
00:32:10,541 --> 00:32:12,925
on social media and we'll have our ask

859
00:32:12,925 --> 00:32:13,481
us anything.

860
00:32:13,973 --> 00:32:16,753
Sunday night, and we'll probably have some blog

861
00:32:16,753 --> 00:32:18,898
posts as well, and we'll make videos of

862
00:32:18,898 --> 00:32:20,487
it. Because I know a lot of you

863
00:32:20,487 --> 00:32:21,996
would love to go, but you can't. And

864
00:32:21,996 --> 00:32:24,316
so you're traveling through us and we consider

865
00:32:24,316 --> 00:32:25,827
that a big privilege to be able to

866
00:32:25,827 --> 00:32:27,179
share what we're doing.

867
00:32:27,975 --> 00:32:31,236
Saturday, on our, Rv lifestyle channel on Youtube,

868
00:32:31,396 --> 00:32:31,793
we'll have...

869
00:32:32,604 --> 00:32:34,748
Our road trip out here. The 1200 miles

870
00:32:34,748 --> 00:32:36,099
we took would give you lots of tips,

871
00:32:36,416 --> 00:32:38,164
and you get to see what what it's

872
00:32:38,164 --> 00:32:39,673
like when you plan that kind of a

873
00:32:39,673 --> 00:32:41,342
trip. Rv news of the week is next.

874
00:32:41,580 --> 00:32:41,977
Stay with us.

875
00:32:42,949 --> 00:32:45,026
Jennifer and I bought some land near Nashville,

876
00:32:45,186 --> 00:32:48,222
Tennessee a while back. We got tired, crowded,

877
00:32:48,621 --> 00:32:51,825
expensive campground and worrying about reservations.

878
00:32:52,541 --> 00:32:55,325
Tennessee is a gorgeous state with friendly people,

879
00:32:55,722 --> 00:32:57,808
and it has been such a pleasure. The

880
00:32:57,808 --> 00:33:00,943
same developer has some new property near us

881
00:33:01,001 --> 00:33:03,636
close to the Natchez trace and Buffalo River,

882
00:33:04,035 --> 00:33:06,430
called the reserve at High forest.

883
00:33:07,163 --> 00:33:09,950
Big properties, 5 to 41 acres, you can

884
00:33:09,950 --> 00:33:12,499
build a house, a cabin or Rv year

885
00:33:12,499 --> 00:33:15,606
round. Prices started at only 89900

886
00:33:15,606 --> 00:33:15,845
dollars.

887
00:33:16,498 --> 00:33:20,887
Your property, your way, 100 percent ownership. The

888
00:33:20,887 --> 00:33:23,541
scenery in this part of Tennessee is breathtaking.

889
00:33:24,094 --> 00:33:25,848
And the property is gorgeous,

890
00:33:26,247 --> 00:33:26,726
garden,

891
00:33:27,125 --> 00:33:30,076
landscape. Bring your pants, build what you want.

892
00:33:30,554 --> 00:33:33,346
There's high speed fiber optic Internet, and it

893
00:33:33,346 --> 00:33:36,622
is so private. A great place to make

894
00:33:36,622 --> 00:33:39,404
your home base ready whenever you want it.

895
00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:43,951
5 to 41 acre properties from 89900

896
00:33:43,951 --> 00:33:46,521
dollars. There's even great financing.

897
00:33:47,056 --> 00:33:49,125
Check out the site and a video tour

898
00:33:49,125 --> 00:33:52,664
at rv lands dot net That's rv lands

899
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:53,356
dot net.

900
00:33:54,390 --> 00:33:56,219
Welcome back time for the Rv news of

901
00:33:56,219 --> 00:33:57,332
the week. And we're gonna give you kind

902
00:33:57,332 --> 00:33:58,230
of an abbreviated

903
00:33:58,604 --> 00:34:00,773
version of it but in the news, of

904
00:34:00,773 --> 00:34:01,013
course,

905
00:34:01,732 --> 00:34:02,051
weather,

906
00:34:02,771 --> 00:34:05,567
besides this hot weather flooding last week. Yeah.

907
00:34:05,887 --> 00:34:08,099
Heavy rains but of campground bronze and damage

908
00:34:08,299 --> 00:34:10,856
roads in Arkansas in Missouri last week,

909
00:34:11,655 --> 00:34:14,791
leading to some viral footage from 1 campground,

910
00:34:15,502 --> 00:34:18,518
Yeah. Yeah. Lots of of pictures people were

911
00:34:18,518 --> 00:34:19,494
posting and

912
00:34:19,867 --> 00:34:21,375
I'm not gonna be able to dig those

913
00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:22,589
up for you because we're

914
00:34:22,898 --> 00:34:25,041
posting this and recording this online

915
00:34:25,835 --> 00:34:27,979
on on the road, and I I don't

916
00:34:27,979 --> 00:34:29,805
have, you know, all that access that I'd

917
00:34:29,805 --> 00:34:31,886
like for the video we normally will put

918
00:34:31,886 --> 00:34:33,237
in for those of you watch on Youtube.

919
00:34:33,476 --> 00:34:33,976
But

920
00:34:34,588 --> 00:34:37,474
our viewers and campground around lake 10 Como

921
00:34:37,848 --> 00:34:39,699
had to evacuate these rains

922
00:34:40,327 --> 00:34:41,756
we're just horrendous.

923
00:34:42,789 --> 00:34:44,536
And it's just an idea

924
00:34:45,330 --> 00:34:47,237
that we that we want you to think

925
00:34:47,237 --> 00:34:49,563
about, and that is always having a weather

926
00:34:49,793 --> 00:34:52,259
radio with you. Yes. You can turn into

927
00:34:52,338 --> 00:34:54,246
Tv and all that stuff, and and you

928
00:34:54,246 --> 00:34:56,314
can use the Internet, but have a weather

929
00:34:56,314 --> 00:34:57,960
radio which gives you alert

930
00:34:58,954 --> 00:35:01,023
particularly in things like flash flooding. That's important.

931
00:35:02,375 --> 00:35:03,330
So what else we got?

932
00:35:04,046 --> 00:35:05,814
Oh, how about the missing shoes. That's a

933
00:35:05,814 --> 00:35:07,972
good 1. That's a good story. Yeah. The

934
00:35:07,972 --> 00:35:08,851
missing shoes.

935
00:35:09,809 --> 00:35:12,606
It's all flip flops and just cracks and

936
00:35:12,606 --> 00:35:14,305
just random shoes

937
00:35:14,619 --> 00:35:15,677
we're, missing

938
00:35:16,214 --> 00:35:18,527
in river mouth campground in Michigan. And we've

939
00:35:18,527 --> 00:35:20,702
camped there many times in the Upper province

940
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,313
by to falls State park and the big

941
00:35:23,313 --> 00:35:25,402
question was who's stealing the shoes,

942
00:35:25,961 --> 00:35:28,196
and apparently it was a fox. A ring

943
00:35:28,196 --> 00:35:30,910
of fox thieves were caught. They were busted

944
00:35:30,910 --> 00:35:31,868
by park officials.

945
00:35:32,587 --> 00:35:33,326
They found

946
00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:36,753
4 pairs of shoes, 8 single shoes outside

947
00:35:36,753 --> 00:35:39,148
of the Fox den, and they all had

948
00:35:39,148 --> 00:35:41,383
marks. Some of them had their straps yeah.

949
00:35:41,622 --> 00:35:42,500
They they chewed off.

950
00:35:43,154 --> 00:35:45,710
Not on some of them. So the Michigan

951
00:35:45,790 --> 00:35:48,347
Dnr put it on their Facebook page. You

952
00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:50,278
mic your shoes, take them inside it don't

953
00:35:50,278 --> 00:35:52,512
leave your shoes outside. And if you traveling

954
00:35:52,512 --> 00:35:54,986
out west where there's creepy crawl things like

955
00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:58,587
scorpions and fire ants and snakes. Yes. Snakes.

956
00:35:58,746 --> 00:36:00,018
We heard of people who who've put their

957
00:36:00,018 --> 00:36:01,847
boots outside the Rv and open them up

958
00:36:01,847 --> 00:36:02,880
and there's a snake in there.

959
00:36:03,914 --> 00:36:05,480
Don't leave your shoes out over

960
00:36:06,237 --> 00:36:07,913
anywhere. Well, we won't have to worry about

961
00:36:07,913 --> 00:36:10,148
that because we just wear shoes fits right

962
00:36:10,148 --> 00:36:11,664
through. Right? Oh I hear about that all

963
00:36:11,664 --> 00:36:13,593
the time. I mess up the Rv. Oh,

964
00:36:13,753 --> 00:36:15,422
I do too. Hey, If you're a camper

965
00:36:15,422 --> 00:36:17,887
in Washington State, and you like the camp

966
00:36:17,887 --> 00:36:21,227
there like many other places know that they're

967
00:36:21,227 --> 00:36:22,738
making some changes this year.

968
00:36:23,548 --> 00:36:25,878
Now you can only stay 10 nights

969
00:36:26,253 --> 00:36:27,605
in any 01:30

970
00:36:27,605 --> 00:36:28,582
day period

971
00:36:28,957 --> 00:36:31,264
starts in on August nineteenth, I think.

972
00:36:32,154 --> 00:36:34,568
It's august. And the the cost to camp

973
00:36:34,786 --> 00:36:36,621
in Washington's it's gonna go up in 20

974
00:36:36,621 --> 00:36:39,572
25. Their rates will range from 23 dollars

975
00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:41,940
to 56 dollars a night depending

976
00:36:42,298 --> 00:36:45,089
on the season and the desi durability of

977
00:36:45,089 --> 00:36:47,481
the campsite and access to utilities.

978
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,113
So it's it's gonna be there. I think

979
00:36:50,113 --> 00:36:51,091
that's logical

980
00:36:51,403 --> 00:36:53,791
because they're... That's a state park. So you

981
00:36:53,791 --> 00:36:54,667
know 10 days,

982
00:36:55,224 --> 00:36:56,099
I don't know if it used to be

983
00:36:56,099 --> 00:36:58,965
14 days like in Michigan. And 10 days

984
00:36:58,965 --> 00:37:01,010
within a 30 day period that really does

985
00:37:01,129 --> 00:37:03,759
give more people an opportunity to use a

986
00:37:03,759 --> 00:37:06,070
state park. And you're gonna have to work

987
00:37:06,070 --> 00:37:08,382
harder to find other parks. Yeah. That you

988
00:37:08,382 --> 00:37:09,754
can go to ask to your 10 days.

989
00:37:10,073 --> 00:37:11,911
I I think that's a logical thing to

990
00:37:11,911 --> 00:37:13,509
do. Well, 1 of the ways, a lot

991
00:37:13,509 --> 00:37:15,827
of people have been working harder to find

992
00:37:15,827 --> 00:37:17,185
other parks to go to is using a

993
00:37:17,185 --> 00:37:19,860
service like harvest host, you know, which

994
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,280
has just grown phenomenally. We're big friends and

995
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,840
followers of Harvest host and Joel Holland and

996
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,413
his crew there are excellent. They made big

997
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:30,650
news this week because harvest sos, you know,

998
00:37:30,730 --> 00:37:32,588
which helps you facilitate

999
00:37:32,967 --> 00:37:35,099
overnight stays free overnight stays and

1000
00:37:35,854 --> 00:37:37,068
you know, in breweries

1001
00:37:37,441 --> 00:37:40,061
and farms and wine and stuff like that.

1002
00:37:41,251 --> 00:37:43,735
They just bought the escape

1003
00:37:44,204 --> 00:37:46,833
Rv club, and that surprised everybody.

1004
00:37:47,869 --> 00:37:50,657
Now the Escape is as a membership discount

1005
00:37:50,657 --> 00:37:51,157
program

1006
00:37:51,613 --> 00:37:53,126
and lots of other things,

1007
00:37:54,255 --> 00:37:56,026
which harvest hosts now

1008
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,544
owns, and and the question is what does

1009
00:37:58,544 --> 00:38:01,244
that mean to people? I don't know. But,

1010
00:38:02,294 --> 00:38:04,289
Escape has been around for a long time.

1011
00:38:04,528 --> 00:38:06,604
I think it started 46 years ago. Sure.

1012
00:38:06,843 --> 00:38:09,237
We had, Joe and K Peterson. We interviewed

1013
00:38:09,237 --> 00:38:12,046
them. They founded it Literally, that's almost half

1014
00:38:12,046 --> 00:38:14,200
half a century ago. Mh. And it's been

1015
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,572
in the Peterson family for 3 generations, branching

1016
00:38:17,631 --> 00:38:18,131
into

1017
00:38:18,524 --> 00:38:20,358
Now a full membership community,

1018
00:38:21,315 --> 00:38:23,707
now it's the Peters daughter and her husband,

1019
00:38:24,106 --> 00:38:26,897
and then the grandson of, and his wife

1020
00:38:26,897 --> 00:38:29,617
running it, So this was a big surprise

1021
00:38:29,617 --> 00:38:32,239
to to the whole industry. Now there are

1022
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,782
a couple of things that Escape, like their

1023
00:38:34,782 --> 00:38:36,474
mail service, a lot of people use

1024
00:38:37,261 --> 00:38:39,802
and they have 8 different Rv parks around

1025
00:38:39,802 --> 00:38:41,255
the country. Those are gonna be

1026
00:38:41,628 --> 00:38:44,566
run by current Escape management.

1027
00:38:44,978 --> 00:38:46,510
So how that's gonna

1028
00:38:47,043 --> 00:38:49,583
work And what exactly Harvest hosts and Escape,

1029
00:38:49,742 --> 00:38:52,363
what synergy they're gonna have, We don't know

1030
00:38:52,363 --> 00:38:52,601
yet.

1031
00:38:53,808 --> 00:38:55,558
We... I think it's gonna probably be a

1032
00:38:55,558 --> 00:38:57,466
good development for all. We know Joel and

1033
00:38:57,626 --> 00:38:59,852
Joel has a great organization of Harvest host,

1034
00:39:00,011 --> 00:39:00,568
and we've

1035
00:39:01,442 --> 00:39:03,444
been a member of Escape our sells, and

1036
00:39:03,444 --> 00:39:05,032
we like the Peterson. So,

1037
00:39:05,508 --> 00:39:08,048
2 good people getting together and sharing all

1038
00:39:08,048 --> 00:39:09,183
that stuff. So

1039
00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:11,143
we'll see where that goes. But

1040
00:39:11,794 --> 00:39:13,782
I guess, congratulations to in order to all

1041
00:39:13,782 --> 00:39:14,839
of them, the Peterson

1042
00:39:15,214 --> 00:39:17,226
and, Joel and the Harvest host

1043
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:17,998
organizations.

1044
00:39:19,130 --> 00:39:20,569
Alright. We're gonna be

1045
00:39:21,210 --> 00:39:23,289
1 more story, I think that we have

1046
00:39:23,289 --> 00:39:23,690
to share.

1047
00:39:25,769 --> 00:39:27,505
You know, everybody likes to take their pets

1048
00:39:27,624 --> 00:39:30,580
pack pat pants camping. As we did, Bo

1049
00:39:30,580 --> 00:39:32,657
was with us. I know. Yeah. And, you

1050
00:39:32,657 --> 00:39:35,147
know, you hear about people taking pet pigs

1051
00:39:35,147 --> 00:39:36,762
camping, pet chickens,

1052
00:39:37,617 --> 00:39:38,493
exotic birds,

1053
00:39:38,971 --> 00:39:39,768
but a pet monkey?

1054
00:39:40,485 --> 00:39:42,875
I'm a leash. On leash. Last week in

1055
00:39:42,954 --> 00:39:44,564
Southern Indiana, woman took

1056
00:39:45,363 --> 00:39:47,360
her pet monkey camping and had to call

1057
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:48,579
the fire department

1058
00:39:48,958 --> 00:39:50,635
after the little guy got stuck in a

1059
00:39:50,635 --> 00:39:51,135
tree

1060
00:39:52,244 --> 00:39:54,471
he up, you know, like, 35 feet off

1061
00:39:54,471 --> 00:39:55,425
the ground or something.

1062
00:39:56,141 --> 00:39:58,050
And he had his leash on, but he

1063
00:39:58,050 --> 00:39:59,979
escaped somehow and the leash got tangled in

1064
00:39:59,979 --> 00:40:01,515
a tree at the Pat

1065
00:40:02,211 --> 00:40:04,045
Lake campground. Can you mention had is a

1066
00:40:04,045 --> 00:40:04,922
monkey in Indiana.

1067
00:40:05,799 --> 00:40:07,075
Then a called the fire department?

1068
00:40:07,726 --> 00:40:08,124
And

1069
00:40:08,759 --> 00:40:11,222
this was just after midnight, they were able

1070
00:40:11,222 --> 00:40:13,606
to rescue the little guy by cutting some

1071
00:40:13,606 --> 00:40:15,693
branches and and and getting them down.

1072
00:40:16,332 --> 00:40:18,808
And the fire department even posted a picture

1073
00:40:18,808 --> 00:40:21,365
monkey. Yeah. I would reunited it was it's

1074
00:40:21,365 --> 00:40:23,697
own fire department never knows what situations are

1075
00:40:23,697 --> 00:40:24,336
gonna handle.

1076
00:40:26,015 --> 00:40:27,613
Neither do we, when we get an Rv

1077
00:40:27,613 --> 00:40:29,531
question, and that's what we're gonna answer coming

1078
00:40:29,531 --> 00:40:30,410
up right after this.

1079
00:40:31,065 --> 00:40:33,163
And we're asked what's the most important

1080
00:40:33,621 --> 00:40:35,699
modification we made to our Rv. It's an

1081
00:40:35,699 --> 00:40:39,695
easy answer. Battle borne batteries. Battle borne batteries

1082
00:40:39,695 --> 00:40:44,263
are quality safe, reliable lithium batteries that allow

1083
00:40:44,263 --> 00:40:46,954
us to stay out there off the grid

1084
00:40:47,153 --> 00:40:47,630
longer.

1085
00:40:48,106 --> 00:40:51,284
Lithium batteries charge faster. They charge fuller they're

1086
00:40:51,284 --> 00:40:54,620
longer lasting their maintenance free, and battle borne

1087
00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:57,742
batteries are per protected by a 10 year

1088
00:40:57,742 --> 00:40:58,242
guarantee.

1089
00:40:58,938 --> 00:41:01,409
Now in our case, they just dropped into

1090
00:41:01,409 --> 00:41:04,120
the existing Ag g batteries that we have.

1091
00:41:04,532 --> 00:41:06,196
And they'll probably be the same on your

1092
00:41:06,196 --> 00:41:09,763
rig too. Valve battery experts can get those

1093
00:41:09,763 --> 00:41:11,998
in your rig just like they did with

1094
00:41:11,998 --> 00:41:13,513
ours. They can also match you up with

1095
00:41:13,513 --> 00:41:16,143
the right cabling, the inverter, the charger the

1096
00:41:16,143 --> 00:41:17,498
solar controller everything.

1097
00:41:18,136 --> 00:41:21,181
Jennifer I swear by our battle born batteries.

1098
00:41:21,340 --> 00:41:24,052
They allow us to boo doc off the

1099
00:41:24,052 --> 00:41:27,083
grid, check out. Go to rv lifestyle dot

1100
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1101
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1102
00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:34,684
Welcome back to time now for the Rv

1103
00:41:34,740 --> 00:41:37,443
question of the week. I like this question

1104
00:41:37,443 --> 00:41:39,693
from Sharon. Dear cracker barrels

1105
00:41:40,002 --> 00:41:42,483
Walmart and gas stations count as boo.

1106
00:41:43,251 --> 00:41:46,340
If so then, yes, I can say, Ib

1107
00:41:46,340 --> 00:41:48,182
boone docs. I think that's a good question.

1108
00:41:48,341 --> 00:41:49,613
Okay. What do you think the answer is?

1109
00:41:50,487 --> 00:41:52,237
Yes. At first, I was kind of legal

1110
00:41:52,237 --> 00:41:54,145
as I, oh, I'm not sure that counts

1111
00:41:54,145 --> 00:41:55,496
because you're not out in the middle of

1112
00:41:55,496 --> 00:41:57,500
nowhere. There are a lot illegal out there.

1113
00:41:57,659 --> 00:41:59,590
We're gonna... Yeah. Then I side.

1114
00:41:59,964 --> 00:42:01,554
It's boo doc. And I'm not plugged in.

1115
00:42:01,713 --> 00:42:03,781
We're not. I agree with you. That's boo

1116
00:42:03,781 --> 00:42:04,576
doc. Boo docking.

1117
00:42:05,305 --> 00:42:06,677
Has, you know, the phrase

1118
00:42:07,367 --> 00:42:08,953
implies that you're out in the Boom docs

1119
00:42:08,953 --> 00:42:11,887
someplace. Far away from civilization and you're dry

1120
00:42:11,887 --> 00:42:12,284
camping,

1121
00:42:13,013 --> 00:42:15,637
And, you know, that's that's where... How it

1122
00:42:15,637 --> 00:42:17,864
certainly was originally and it still is for

1123
00:42:17,864 --> 00:42:19,614
many of the purest out there. We like

1124
00:42:19,614 --> 00:42:20,727
to do that kind of camping.

1125
00:42:21,459 --> 00:42:23,937
But when you are without any sort of,

1126
00:42:24,736 --> 00:42:25,135
hook up,

1127
00:42:25,855 --> 00:42:26,734
water and stuff,

1128
00:42:27,373 --> 00:42:28,972
you are a dry camping. You're on your

1129
00:42:28,972 --> 00:42:31,025
own. So whether it's a parking lot or

1130
00:42:31,224 --> 00:42:33,297
somebody's driveway, and you don't have the full

1131
00:42:33,297 --> 00:42:34,414
comforts of full hook ups.

1132
00:42:35,212 --> 00:42:36,488
I think Sharon can count that.

1133
00:42:37,286 --> 00:42:40,237
Alright? Go for it Sharon. Alright. Time now

1134
00:42:40,237 --> 00:42:41,010
for our

1135
00:42:41,449 --> 00:42:44,243
story time, Mike and Jen story time. And

1136
00:42:44,482 --> 00:42:45,759
as we mentioned at the top of the

1137
00:42:45,759 --> 00:42:46,159
program,

1138
00:42:46,637 --> 00:42:48,494
we follow something called the Rv

1139
00:42:49,032 --> 00:42:49,990
03:30 rule.

1140
00:42:50,722 --> 00:42:53,268
We heard about that, and I like a

1141
00:42:53,268 --> 00:42:55,495
dozen years ago. A long time ago. And

1142
00:42:55,654 --> 00:42:57,166
I said that makes sense to me because

1143
00:42:57,166 --> 00:43:00,206
he 506 hundred mile days are just too

1144
00:43:00,206 --> 00:43:03,072
hard on us. My record was 728

1145
00:43:03,072 --> 00:43:03,471
miles.

1146
00:43:04,426 --> 00:43:04,744
And

1147
00:43:05,302 --> 00:43:07,144
I vowed the end of that, that I

1148
00:43:07,144 --> 00:43:08,573
wouldn't do it again, but then the next

1149
00:43:08,573 --> 00:43:11,057
trip, I think I did 600, and we

1150
00:43:11,351 --> 00:43:12,486
still have been known

1151
00:43:12,938 --> 00:43:14,367
even in the last year or so to

1152
00:43:14,367 --> 00:43:15,733
go 550

1153
00:43:15,733 --> 00:43:18,437
miles in it day. That's too much. Really

1154
00:43:18,437 --> 00:43:20,346
is too much. So let's... Why don't you

1155
00:43:20,346 --> 00:43:22,652
tell them what the 03:30 rule is and

1156
00:43:22,652 --> 00:43:24,242
why we think that works so good. Well,

1157
00:43:24,322 --> 00:43:27,132
the 03:30 rule is you stop when you've

1158
00:43:27,132 --> 00:43:28,330
driven 330

1159
00:43:28,330 --> 00:43:30,488
miles or else you stop at 03:30 in

1160
00:43:30,488 --> 00:43:31,148
the afternoon.

1161
00:43:31,766 --> 00:43:34,492
And the idea is to get someplace place

1162
00:43:34,492 --> 00:43:37,037
while it's still early enough to... You can

1163
00:43:37,037 --> 00:43:39,185
explore. You can relax a little bit, enjoy

1164
00:43:39,185 --> 00:43:39,901
the place

1165
00:43:40,791 --> 00:43:42,858
where your camping is spending night. You're not

1166
00:43:42,858 --> 00:43:45,483
so exhausted that you just go.

1167
00:43:46,119 --> 00:43:48,822
There is nothing worse than pulling into a

1168
00:43:48,822 --> 00:43:50,150
campsite after dark

1169
00:43:51,540 --> 00:43:54,479
and that is actually bad camping additive as

1170
00:43:54,479 --> 00:43:57,180
you can control whether you arrive after dark,

1171
00:43:57,594 --> 00:43:58,953
and you know that if you're in a

1172
00:43:58,953 --> 00:44:01,510
campground brown, and it's too late. You're gonna

1173
00:44:01,510 --> 00:44:02,309
disturb your neighbors,

1174
00:44:03,427 --> 00:44:04,786
so plan accordingly.

1175
00:44:05,345 --> 00:44:07,670
We did so well on this 1200 mile

1176
00:44:07,670 --> 00:44:07,908
trip.

1177
00:44:08,784 --> 00:44:11,250
A couple of our days, we're 360

1178
00:44:11,250 --> 00:44:11,568
miles,

1179
00:44:12,126 --> 00:44:14,433
but we ended every time by 03:30 in

1180
00:44:14,433 --> 00:44:16,519
the afternoon, and that worked out really well.

1181
00:44:16,679 --> 00:44:18,512
Mh. And then, I'm,

1182
00:44:19,468 --> 00:44:21,620
a couple of days, we were even earlier

1183
00:44:21,620 --> 00:44:23,077
than that. And

1184
00:44:23,389 --> 00:44:25,622
We enjoyed all 3 of those camp rooms.

1185
00:44:26,101 --> 00:44:27,776
We did We did And we did. We'll

1186
00:44:27,776 --> 00:44:30,009
have a video that you can see. It's

1187
00:44:30,009 --> 00:44:30,509
a

1188
00:44:30,886 --> 00:44:34,747
private jet coming out of how airport. And

1189
00:44:35,757 --> 00:44:37,028
there's a lot of real...

1190
00:44:38,221 --> 00:44:40,128
You know wealthy people here who

1191
00:44:40,778 --> 00:44:43,403
do use out the airport. You they like

1192
00:44:43,403 --> 00:44:43,483
it.

1193
00:44:44,756 --> 00:44:47,302
Alright. So that's the 03:30 rule. Just don't

1194
00:44:47,302 --> 00:44:50,099
push yourself. I mean, driving too you get

1195
00:44:50,099 --> 00:44:50,599
dr,

1196
00:44:51,608 --> 00:44:53,594
and they say that dr z... Dr z

1197
00:44:53,594 --> 00:44:55,896
driving is as dangerous as drunk driving. Yeah.

1198
00:44:56,135 --> 00:44:58,699
I don't think people realize that that

1199
00:44:59,009 --> 00:45:01,407
your ability to make decisions and to react

1200
00:45:01,407 --> 00:45:04,043
quickly and just playing fall asleep. Yeah.

1201
00:45:05,242 --> 00:45:05,482
So,

1202
00:45:06,281 --> 00:45:08,694
avoid driving long distance is that's our suggestion

1203
00:45:08,694 --> 00:45:09,994
to too. And

1204
00:45:10,614 --> 00:45:11,114
arrive

1205
00:45:11,574 --> 00:45:13,574
with some energy, and it's a great way

1206
00:45:13,574 --> 00:45:15,389
to start a camping trip. You have common

1207
00:45:15,509 --> 00:45:17,979
your question. And just reach us out. We're

1208
00:45:18,059 --> 00:45:20,050
Mike and Jen at rv lifestyle dot com.

1209
00:45:20,210 --> 00:45:21,724
We would love to hear from you. Thanks

1210
00:45:21,724 --> 00:45:23,636
for watching the podcast. Be sure and follow

1211
00:45:23,636 --> 00:45:25,251
all of our social media challenges

1212
00:45:25,881 --> 00:45:26,279
channels,

1213
00:45:26,835 --> 00:45:29,563
and we will have updates on our travel

1214
00:45:29,699 --> 00:45:31,767
as we hit the Canadian Maritime and when

1215
00:45:31,767 --> 00:45:33,374
we'll come back to you next week will

1216
00:45:33,374 --> 00:45:35,523
be somewhere north in Canada.

1217
00:45:35,921 --> 00:45:37,832
Thank you guys so much for watching. Happy

1218
00:45:37,832 --> 00:45:38,150
trail.