RV Trip Planning with AI

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This week on the Rv.

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Advances in Ai are making it easier to

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plan epic road trips.

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Will explain in our interview of the week

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about a powerful trip planner aimed at our

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ears.

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It's finally a buyer's market for those who

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wanna purchase a new Rv.

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Dealers are anxious and and more willing to

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offer big discounts is their lots remain filled

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for with un sold inventory.

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On mike con jen story time segment, the

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end of the show will tell you about

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the most embarrassing

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and the most costly mistake mistake that we've

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ever made while Rv being.

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Zion National Park plans to ban all large

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rv from its popular east stern entrance

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starting in 20 26

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and hopes of on sn.

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The parks often massive traffic jams.

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All this, plus the Rv news of the

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week and your questions coming up at episode

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05:01

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of the Rv podcast.

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

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my lifelong traveling companion and my bride and

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Jennifer.

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Well, this is now 501.

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All the Hoop over 500 is over.

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Back to the grind.

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Yeah. I guess we won't have to be

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more Hoop till 600.

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Yeah.

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But thank you. We had so many nice

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notes and calls and in encouragement and

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I was surprised how many of you say

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you have listened to all 500 that you

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started at episode 1. Wow. And,

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it was really encouraging for us to to

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hear from you. Hey, just a quick reminder

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you that you can watch the video version

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of this podcast on our Rv lifestyle Youtube

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channel. That's at

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Youtube dot com slash rv lifestyle.

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And as the podcast is released, where with

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70 of our followers at our groove and

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gather with the temptation in the heart of

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Amish country, and ship.

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Yep. Ship,

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Indiana, and we call it groove and gather

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with the temptation because that will be kind

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of a highlight of our week in

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Amish country. This it's

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temptation. Most of them still original members by

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the way, of the Hotel group.

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We'll be performing for our our gathering on

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Thursday night, and we look forward to, telling

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you all about that, but that's gonna be

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a lot of fun. But that comes on

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the heels of a very busy week that

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we spent last week. Yeah. Last week, we

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were reviewing 3

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small class Ar vs. Yeah. We'll have a

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complete video

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on those is what we think of it,

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and we'll try and do... Like we did

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with our class b reviews. We're gonna look

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at that small a segment, and we hope

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to have those pretty quick.

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Let's see. Also this past week, we got

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and another,

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and

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unnecessary, but required Ra vaccine,

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all that was necessary to fill out the

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proper forms to qualify for these.

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We've been telling about it now for a

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couple 3 weeks. These confusing

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controversial and much

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criticized new guidelines required by the Cdc

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to bring a dog back to the Us

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if you visit another country

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with your pet, even Canada. So,

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I'm sure we'll be telling you much more

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about that. I've have heard from so many

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people

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who are very upset with this, people who

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have canceled long planned Rv vacations to Canada,

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People complaining that performs they need are not

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available,

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vets complaining that they haven't heard a thing

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about this and it takes effect August first.

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And as I tell everybody, it makes no

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sense at all, but we are dealing with

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the government and that should go without saying.

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Alright.

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We will come back after this quick break.

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With the social media buzz, lots of things

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on your mind this past week and Wendy

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Welcome back everybody time for the social media

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buzz. And now, Wendy has been a tell

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us about the hot issues most talked about

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this past week on social media, and our

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Rv lights style community group.

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Hi, everybody. Over in our Rv lifestyle communities,

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travel trips and tourist space, Cindy was recently

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looking for campground suggestion for Michigan's upper Peninsula

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anywhere between the Por occupied Mountains in Su

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Saint Marie. And she got some great tips

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I'd love to share with you. Lori recommended

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Indian, Lake Rv Resort and campground and Indian

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Lake campground. They're both in Man.

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She said they're very clean, friendly owners beautiful

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location. And she also shared her favorite boo

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docking spot in the world is in the

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upper peninsula East Lake H

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national Forest.

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Now, Cary, she recommended the Un as born

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campground in Su Saint Marie, she had recently

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stayed there. It's right on the lake. Those

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was big ships come in and she said

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it was absolutely sensational. And Melissa, she really

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liked Woodland Park. Campground in Grand Mara. She

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got a spot there last year overlooking lake

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superior. Sounds like gorgeous views

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and it's a great place to find up

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light rocks, which you need kind of a

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black light to find, but apparently they sell

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them in town. So I had look up

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what our Uber light rocks it very interesting.

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They have this fluorescent glow to them kind

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of orange color very cool. You need to

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check that out.

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Also in our community,

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we had another question, this 1 in the

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general Rv and camping space from A annette.

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And she needed help finding an app or

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some tool to help her find

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fuel pumps that have da that's diesel exhaust

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fluid at the pump. It sounds like they

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made a recent trip. They stock it 3

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different gas stations. They were truck stopped, so

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she thought for sure they'd have it at

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the pop and they didn't, and she didn't

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wanna repeat the waste to time and money.

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And she got some great tips. Some people

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like Michael said you just need to stop

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at the right gas stations for this, and

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he recommended Ta Petrol.

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Pilot flying j and loves.

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Others like Richard suggested using an app called,

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which uses Gps to help you find the

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pumps that have this

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in real time by using Gps, and it

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sounds like Mark and Brenda also use an

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app to help them.

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They use a truck and travel app. So

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good tips there.

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And then meanwhile, over in our Facebook group,

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we had a post from Cara, and she

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May flies, and she said that she had

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the third or fourth swarm of them. Hit

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her rig in the last couple months and

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she shared a picture and you wouldn't believe

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what this picture look like. We're talking her

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beautiful keystone Montana

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in the back by the later just

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splattered with dead may flies. There were so

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many dead bugs on this. I thought it

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looked like it had been sprayed with mud,

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1 who was surprised by this. Lots of

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like Kim who said, I have never seen

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anything like this before.

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had first firsthand experience with these may flies

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and wrote things like ben there done that.

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happened, but it sounds like these may flies

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in different parts of the country. People were

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chi in where they were and the bugs

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they were experienced. And John, he shared a

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picture of his rigs splattered with these things

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last June when he was camping way up

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in lake by Lake Erie. So,

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more than 430 comments about May flies, and

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make sure you get them off your rig

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right away because they can damage the paint

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and finish.

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But that's it for me. I'm Wendy Boy,

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and I'll see you next time over in

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the Rv lifestyle community or Facebook group. Yeah.

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times ourselves. They just... Used to call them

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fish flies. Mh. And I even saw some

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small class a's, we stayed at a Michigan

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state park over in Southeastern, Michigan and

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it was the proud lake recreation, and we

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had some fish flies on those little class

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a's that we were testing. So... There is

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so much to be learned from what Wendy

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shares. And

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it's so simple when you don't know where

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to camp and you put it out there,

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I'm gonna be in an area and I

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don't know where to camp and other people

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love to tell you

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where they can't and make recommendations of places.

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another place, I think that we need to

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media sites that we talked about. 1 of

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them is on Facebook, our Rv lifestyle root

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It has 401000

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as a result of all that growing, I

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So that is the Rv lifestyle community and

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you find it at community dot rv lifestyle

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dot com. We invite you to come check

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it out. Join it. It's join it. It's

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free It is a really interesting group, of

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of people who are there to help, encourage,

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make friends, build relationships, build community.

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about. Again, it's community dot rv lifestyle dot

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com. Gone over there. You can send me

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an instant chat when you do, and I'll

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see that you joined, and I'd love to

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say, hi you.

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Alright. When we come back an Rv conversation

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about

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artificial intelligence and how

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you can use Ai to plan truly an

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epic road trip. That's coming up right after

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this. Jennifer and I took a trip to

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Las Vegas and Arizona to look at wind

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mail acres a brand new Rv property being

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offered by 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. An acre is

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the size of a football field. The properties

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are on a plateau with big valley views,

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and the location is amazing. Next to Lake

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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 a 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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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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Welcome back it's time now for the Rv

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conversation of the week. And 1 question we

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see often. On our social media platforms is,

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why is it so hard to plan an

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Rv trip?

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Can't I find someone to just plan for

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me? And today, we'd like to talk to

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you about a great tool that greatly simplifies

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trip planning, and even learns from your likes

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and your dislikes, remembering everything from the type

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of campground rounds, you prefer the amount you

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like to drive a day The size of

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your rig, things you like to see and

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do and much bore. Our guest is Scott

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Lang,

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the chairman and Ceo of Adventure Genie and

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app that helps you plan the perfect Rv

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trip using Ai.

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We had Scott on our program when adventure

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Genie was just launching

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more than a year ago, and we've been

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watching the startup up ever since

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and thought we'd bring that bet to catch

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up on all things

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adventure Genie.

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Welcome back to the show Scott.

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Great to be back here again. So for

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those who may have missed the first time

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you were on the podcast. Maybe you could

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talk a little bit about,

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your background and how you came up with

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this whole idea for,

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adventure genie. So after about 35 years in

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the tech industry, most recent Lee with Microsoft

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as a Cto in 1 of their divisions.

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I retired in 20 17.

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And with my wife Lisa. We started to

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see a little bit more of the world

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to explore the sights and sounds and smells

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and cultures from the world around us.

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That was our plan. Our plan was working

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quite well for a couple of years until

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we all know what happened with the pandemic.

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Which met no more planes trains and, even

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automobiles were a little bit weird.

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after

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several years,

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friends of ours who had been big in

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the Rv industry had been pest us to

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go rv being with them. It honestly was

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never a desire for. So we hadn't been

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camping or rv being our entire life, but

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we were pandemic babies. We we went out.

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We went on a trip with them to

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Nashville. It was 1 of the best trips

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we ever had in our lives. We fell

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in love with the lifestyle

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We ordered and bought a a new Rv

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from up in forest City, Iowa, so you

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might know who that is. Picked it up

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about 6 months later.

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And drove it back home to South Carolina

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where we live. We did some local travels.

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It was easy, and then my wife lisa

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had this brainstorm to go on a 6

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week trip to the Nash parks of the

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southwest,

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and that's when it became way more complicated.

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And we learned how hard it was

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to plan a compelling journey across the Us,

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finding places to go, things to see places

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to stay, thing and things that do.

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And that, of course, was the birth of

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adventure Genie,

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describe how it works, and then we'll catch

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up on what has changed in the last

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year and particularly

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how Ai is is making things so much

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easier

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and and I think you can kinda help

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us out. But start with how it works.

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Sure, Mate. So

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what we found in planning our own trips

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in and checking the forums and the channels,

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yourselves included. What we found was the way

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that most people were planning their Rv trips,

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and we found it through the the forums

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and the groups and the chats and

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material from folks like your self was that

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people go through 3 phases. First, they shaped

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their trip going from point a to point

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b,

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For us, we live in South Carolina. So

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often we would say, we're going from bluff

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into Asheville to Nashville, and then, let's say

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to yellowstone or or Out to Arches National

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Park. And we needed help in finding the

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spots along the way that we're good driving

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distance that had a good concentration of campground

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rounds that were a good fit for us.

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So that's shaping your trip. And we actually

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give our users several ways to do it.

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Ranging from going from point a to point

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b to point c to just throwing out

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an open ended query that says, I'd like

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to take a trip

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from

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Virginia Beach down to key west and stop

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at all the beach towns along the way.

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So that's shaping your trip.

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Number 2 is we give you through Ai

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great

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recommendations on campground rounds that are a good

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fit for, let's say, Mike and Jennifer.

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And

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we will we will give you, like, top

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3 pick of campground rounds because we know

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what you like in a campground, what you

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don't care about in a campground and things

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you absolutely want to avoid in a campground.

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So for each campground round that we make

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a recommendation for you will give an Ai

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generated summary based on this technology we call

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sentiment

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analysis. So it's the overly overlay sentiment

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that we're learning, our software is learning about

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each campground that we're that we're learning about

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and we'll give it a score. And most

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importantly,

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we'll give it a percent likelihood

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that it will be a good match for

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you. So you might look at a rating

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of a campground of 79,

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say that's pretty good, but with a 93

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percent certainty,

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we will predict that it's that you are

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going to like this campground.

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Mike. And finally, the third phase of the

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trip planning is things to do. Because we

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know that you like to go hiking and

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biking and walk your dogs, and we will

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make specific

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recommendations at your destination and along the way

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for things

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for you to do. So we do all

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that research for you. We make the recommendations

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for you. We put it into a trip

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planner with an itinerary

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with dates and everything else. So we do

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the hard work and then let you have

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fun on your trip.

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So

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talk about the Ai part of this. Now,

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you've been,

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well over a year into this,

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how far has Ai come in terms of

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helping our ears in that year's period.

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And then based on that, where are we

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gonna be in another year. Yeah. And it's

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kinda funny because when we started developing

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adventure Genie, Ai was just starting to pick

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up a little bit in the mainstream.

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We know that it's been around for decades

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literally since like the 19 fifties and 19

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sixties and always has been, like just within

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our grasp, but Ai is coming. Ai is

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coming. And there's actually a fair amount of

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fear about what is Ai is it gonna

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take over our world. And what we found

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over the past couple of years is that

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Ai is good and cool and helpful and

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makes

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recommendations and does the work for you and

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kind of acts as your copilot.

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Sitting alongside you, making

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recommendations. It's with the advent of things like

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like bing chat and open Ais chat Gp.

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The end user is able to do very

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simple queries

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in these in these, Ai

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conversational Ai systems.

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But it doesn't put it into a context

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of anything for you. We take all of

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that and put it into a context of

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a trip of a of an adventure of

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an itinerary. So all the things that you

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could... It's still not easy to use using

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chat Gp,

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but with with our Ai system lever the

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best of the best Ai models out there.

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We pull it all together, put it into

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a single system. There's really 2 ways we

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look at it. 1 is through. They call

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it generative Ai. So create me a trip

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that looks like this. That's generative Ai. The

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next 1 is a conversational Ai, and that's

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where it's going in Adventure Genie, and we're

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actually releasing. We're preview some software

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next

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week at the time of this taping. That

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will allow you to say, oh, thank you

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for creating that great tip drip. Now add

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a stop in Ama, Texas.

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Or find me a great campground in the

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keys, and you just do it completely in

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English language without having to point and click

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and find your menu items and do all

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that's where we're heading with it. We currently

540
00:21:09,973 --> 00:21:12,149
cover the lower 48

541
00:21:12,208 --> 00:21:12,926
very well.

542
00:21:13,485 --> 00:21:15,342
We also include Alaska,

543
00:21:15,973 --> 00:21:17,803
And, of course, to get from the lower

544
00:21:17,803 --> 00:21:19,792
48 to Alaska back, you have to go

545
00:21:19,792 --> 00:21:21,860
through Canada. So we do the routing through

546
00:21:22,019 --> 00:21:22,496
Canada.

547
00:21:22,909 --> 00:21:25,796
And we have baseline campground grounds in Canada.

548
00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:26,489
But,

549
00:21:27,444 --> 00:21:30,865
admittedly, our campground brown database in Canada is

550
00:21:30,865 --> 00:21:33,685
still up and coming. We actually don't even,

551
00:21:35,091 --> 00:21:38,427
really announce or advertise, I should say that

552
00:21:38,427 --> 00:21:40,889
we support Canada, but the reality is that

553
00:21:40,889 --> 00:21:43,767
we do. So whatever you see today with

554
00:21:43,767 --> 00:21:46,232
the richness and robustness of what we're doing

555
00:21:46,232 --> 00:21:48,221
in the lower 48 and Alaska,

556
00:21:48,792 --> 00:21:51,412
you will see it coming really soon in

557
00:21:51,570 --> 00:21:52,682
Canada as well.

558
00:21:53,555 --> 00:21:55,936
Scott, we, are are impressed with what you

559
00:21:55,936 --> 00:21:56,253
have.

560
00:21:57,618 --> 00:21:58,811
Tell us a little bit about the last

561
00:21:58,811 --> 00:22:01,037
year. You run a couple of awards.

562
00:22:01,673 --> 00:22:03,206
I'm hearing more and more people

563
00:22:03,660 --> 00:22:06,522
talking about how handy and how easy it

564
00:22:06,522 --> 00:22:07,569
is to operate.

565
00:22:08,443 --> 00:22:10,984
Yeah. Over the past year, we've continued to

566
00:22:10,984 --> 00:22:13,684
evolve the product every 3 weeks, literally, Mike

567
00:22:13,684 --> 00:22:16,803
every 3 weeks we're releasing new software or

568
00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:19,993
not sitting aisle by we're constantly evolving our

569
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algorithms

570
00:22:21,109 --> 00:22:23,661
and adding new features like the conversational,

571
00:22:24,313 --> 00:22:26,620
personal Genie we call it that will be

572
00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:27,120
releasing

573
00:22:27,734 --> 00:22:28,211
shortly.

574
00:22:29,326 --> 00:22:31,076
The other big thing that we're pretty proud

575
00:22:31,076 --> 00:22:33,279
of is we've established a couple of key

576
00:22:33,879 --> 00:22:36,914
partnerships in the industry. And what it has

577
00:22:36,914 --> 00:22:38,912
allowed us to do is to become the

578
00:22:38,912 --> 00:22:40,210
first and only

579
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adventure travel plan or targeted at the Rv

580
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viewers that lets you go from renting an

581
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Rv

582
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through our partnership with Rv share

583
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to planning the trip to booking a site

584
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with immediate availability,

585
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checking on immediate availability,

586
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with our partner spot tonight. So with these

587
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2 big partnerships that we now have directly

588
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integrated in our software you can go from

589
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renting, to planning to booking

590
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fully end to end, we've had a couple

591
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of great

592
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accolades

593
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recently.

594
00:23:14,744 --> 00:23:17,141
Honestly, over the past year, every month, if

595
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not more frequently, someone is writing about us,

596
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and we're not going to them. They're just

597
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writing articles about us. Go rv rated us

598
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as 1 of the top 11 trip planning

599
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apps for the Rv.

600
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A couple of months ago. And there's a

601
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publication known as Travel Ai hub. They rated

602
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us 1 of the top 4 Ai based

603
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trip planners in the world, not just for

604
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Rv. It's 1 of the top 4 Ai

605
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based trip planners in the world.

606
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We've been written up in, business insider in

607
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Forbes and Cnbc.

608
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So, yeah, we're

609
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it's been an active

610
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you're really, really exciting and we have great

611
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if they're interested,

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631
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633
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have a 30 day free trial on that

634
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1. Too.

635
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Amazing to watch how technologies can take those

636
00:24:55,512 --> 00:24:58,948
different stress sores that affect us all. We're

637
00:24:59,003 --> 00:25:00,907
trying to get from point a to, and

638
00:25:00,907 --> 00:25:02,018
you guys have done a great job.

639
00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:05,470
Thanks for update, and we'll probably check back

640
00:25:05,470 --> 00:25:07,549
with you on a regular basis as we

641
00:25:07,549 --> 00:25:08,049
watch

642
00:25:08,509 --> 00:25:09,390
everything get better.

643
00:25:10,043 --> 00:25:11,868
Thanks a lot. Mike great chatting with you

644
00:25:11,868 --> 00:25:13,693
again and be safe out there on the

645
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road.

646
00:25:15,915 --> 00:25:17,820
Well, I'm a big fan of adventure genie,

647
00:25:17,979 --> 00:25:20,481
and it's it's so interesting to see how

648
00:25:20,538 --> 00:25:23,504
they have just narrowed it down, and

649
00:25:24,038 --> 00:25:24,992
every time you use it,

650
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it it tailor

651
00:25:27,801 --> 00:25:30,278
it's this this results it gives you to

652
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what you have indicated before your preferences,

653
00:25:33,327 --> 00:25:34,753
I think we're gonna use it to plan

654
00:25:34,753 --> 00:25:36,918
our trip out to the Maritime

655
00:25:37,528 --> 00:25:39,430
later on, and then our trip back, we'll

656
00:25:39,430 --> 00:25:41,355
we'll use it as well. So it should

657
00:25:41,355 --> 00:25:43,115
be pretty good. Alright. When we come back,

658
00:25:43,195 --> 00:25:45,115
the Rv news of the week. Stay with

659
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this.

660
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Jennifer and I bought some land near Nashville

661
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Tennessee a while, back. We got tired of

662
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crowded expensive campground and worrying about reservations.

663
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Tennessee is a gorgeous state with friendly people.

664
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And it has been such a pleasure. The

665
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same developer has some new property near us

666
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close to the Natchez trace and Buffalo River.

667
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Called the reserve at High forest.

668
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Big properties, 5 to 41 acres. You can

669
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build a house, a cabin or Rv year

670
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round.

671
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Prices started only 89900

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dollars. Your property, your way 100 percent ownership.

673
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The scenery in this part of Tennessee is

674
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breathtaking

675
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and the property is gorgeous,

676
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garden, landscape.

677
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Bring your pets, build what you want. There's

678
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high speed fiber optic Internet, and it is

679
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so private.

680
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A great place to make your home base

681
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ready whenever you wanted,

682
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5 to 41 acre properties from 89900

683
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dollars.

684
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There's even great financing.

685
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Check out the site and a video tour

686
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at rv lands dot net. That's rv lands

687
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dot net.

688
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I time now for the news of the

689
00:27:00,659 --> 00:27:04,224
week. And this summer is the best time

690
00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:06,330
and a long time to buy an Rv

691
00:27:06,330 --> 00:27:07,443
says the Wall Street Journal,

692
00:27:08,158 --> 00:27:10,565
noting high interest rates and excessive

693
00:27:11,019 --> 00:27:11,257
inventory.

694
00:27:11,988 --> 00:27:15,197
Both new and used. The newspaper says consumers

695
00:27:15,414 --> 00:27:15,914
have

696
00:27:16,291 --> 00:27:19,214
way more negotiating power than they've had and

697
00:27:19,492 --> 00:27:20,206
almost a decade,

698
00:27:20,762 --> 00:27:24,094
the story cited thor industries, the world's largest

699
00:27:24,174 --> 00:27:24,674
Rv

700
00:27:25,047 --> 00:27:25,443
manufacturer.

701
00:27:25,999 --> 00:27:28,730
T school third quarter sales were down by

702
00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:31,769
40 percent. And earnings per share were down

703
00:27:31,769 --> 00:27:32,570
by 2 thirds.

704
00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:33,930
We've seen,

705
00:27:34,650 --> 00:27:36,981
it play out as we travel and visit

706
00:27:37,061 --> 00:27:40,171
Rv dealerships. Their lots are filled with un

707
00:27:40,171 --> 00:27:43,441
soul 20 24 models. And the 20 20

708
00:27:43,441 --> 00:27:45,115
fives are in a few months.

709
00:27:45,767 --> 00:27:48,071
So there's a lot of deal making going

710
00:27:48,071 --> 00:27:50,615
on. The same holds true for those looking

711
00:27:50,615 --> 00:27:52,045
to buy a used vehicle.

712
00:27:52,443 --> 00:27:54,694
The wall street journal noted that the number

713
00:27:54,694 --> 00:27:57,414
of used units listed for sale on rv

714
00:27:57,414 --> 00:28:00,134
d trader dot com is more than twice

715
00:28:00,134 --> 00:28:02,306
as high as during the period of peak

716
00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:05,084
demand during the Covid boom a couple of

717
00:28:05,084 --> 00:28:07,886
years ago. Yeah. We were at some dealerships

718
00:28:07,942 --> 00:28:08,657
last week and,

719
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,456
we were asking, you know, what the Ms

720
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:12,093
msrp is,

721
00:28:12,969 --> 00:28:16,154
and we were just surprised what kind of

722
00:28:16,154 --> 00:28:17,190
deals they were offering.

723
00:28:17,826 --> 00:28:19,910
I mean, it was just a couple of

724
00:28:19,910 --> 00:28:22,874
years ago during Covid that Rv dealers were

725
00:28:22,931 --> 00:28:23,408
charging

726
00:28:23,805 --> 00:28:25,873
Msrp plus in some cases.

727
00:28:26,524 --> 00:28:28,522
I don't ever agree with that, but that's

728
00:28:28,522 --> 00:28:29,800
what they were doing. And

729
00:28:30,679 --> 00:28:33,076
now the the pricing, the deals were pretty

730
00:28:33,076 --> 00:28:34,170
pretty amazing. So

731
00:28:34,767 --> 00:28:36,999
It's also pretty amazing. How about this?

732
00:28:37,637 --> 00:28:40,507
There's some good news because gas and diesel

733
00:28:40,507 --> 00:28:43,711
prices are down again. I paid 3 dollars

734
00:28:43,711 --> 00:28:44,769
and 26

735
00:28:44,907 --> 00:28:48,257
cents a gallon for diesel today filling up.

736
00:28:49,374 --> 00:28:52,460
And the gas price is now at about

737
00:28:52,579 --> 00:28:53,532
03:48.

738
00:28:53,930 --> 00:28:56,871
So diesel is actually now again cheaper than

739
00:28:56,871 --> 00:28:57,189
gas.

740
00:28:57,745 --> 00:28:59,175
It hadn't been that way for the last

741
00:28:59,175 --> 00:28:59,732
several years.

742
00:29:00,383 --> 00:29:01,974
But gas at 03:48.

743
00:29:02,292 --> 00:29:04,201
That is down 8 cents from what it

744
00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:05,553
was the week before.

745
00:29:06,109 --> 00:29:08,178
And it's the largest weekly drop of the

746
00:29:08,178 --> 00:29:08,336
year.

747
00:29:09,464 --> 00:29:12,087
Diesel prices around the country, pretty much the

748
00:29:12,087 --> 00:29:13,835
same as gas or often cheaper,

749
00:29:15,186 --> 00:29:17,986
the experts. Are predicting. This is gonna get

750
00:29:17,986 --> 00:29:20,853
even better with many states seeing un unlimited

751
00:29:20,853 --> 00:29:21,569
regular gas,

752
00:29:22,366 --> 00:29:24,356
they think going for under 3 dollars a

753
00:29:24,356 --> 00:29:27,241
gallon in just a a few weeks. Why?

754
00:29:28,118 --> 00:29:29,315
Well what year is this?

755
00:29:30,271 --> 00:29:33,562
It's 20 24, a presidential election year

756
00:29:34,033 --> 00:29:36,579
and high gas prices are the bend and

757
00:29:36,579 --> 00:29:38,965
butter issue with a lot of voters,

758
00:29:39,681 --> 00:29:42,245
and there's enough of regions out there in

759
00:29:42,245 --> 00:29:45,515
our culture these days to be disgruntled things

760
00:29:45,515 --> 00:29:46,073
going wrong.

761
00:29:46,711 --> 00:29:48,784
So you can be sure that elected officials

762
00:29:48,784 --> 00:29:50,321
are putting a lot of pressure

763
00:29:50,714 --> 00:29:53,510
And everybody they can, oil producers oil companies

764
00:29:53,510 --> 00:29:55,848
or the states you know, who tax gasoline

765
00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:57,985
to keep fuel prices down.

766
00:29:58,798 --> 00:30:00,634
Now you think I'm being too cynical, but

767
00:30:00,634 --> 00:30:03,905
you do. Well, withhold your judgment, asking me

768
00:30:03,905 --> 00:30:05,900
that back in, after November,

769
00:30:06,551 --> 00:30:09,172
come back after those elections because I will

770
00:30:09,172 --> 00:30:11,237
bet you anything. The prices are gonna go

771
00:30:11,237 --> 00:30:13,778
right back up then. Now I know seasonal

772
00:30:13,778 --> 00:30:15,525
blends do have some effect on pricing.

773
00:30:16,419 --> 00:30:17,158
But politics

774
00:30:17,777 --> 00:30:20,733
believe me as a journalist of over 40

775
00:30:20,733 --> 00:30:23,130
years experience, politics has an even bigger

776
00:30:24,025 --> 00:30:25,465
role to play in the pricing.

777
00:30:26,184 --> 00:30:27,865
So the bottom lines is, we can enjoy

778
00:30:27,865 --> 00:30:29,865
those lower fuel prices this summer,

779
00:30:30,424 --> 00:30:31,705
and I'm not gonna complain.

780
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,099
And this is something interesting.

781
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,559
If you're planning on going to Zion National

782
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,160
Park and you got a bit of a

783
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,839
long Rv, listen up.

784
00:30:41,654 --> 00:30:44,375
Zion National Park has... You know, it's long

785
00:30:44,375 --> 00:30:46,055
been plagued by too many vehicles,

786
00:30:46,455 --> 00:30:49,734
massive traffic jams and not nearly enough parking.

787
00:30:50,385 --> 00:30:51,576
They've tried lots of things,

788
00:30:52,211 --> 00:30:53,798
timed entry, permits,

789
00:30:54,354 --> 00:30:55,147
more buses.

790
00:30:55,703 --> 00:30:57,052
Now they have a new idea.

791
00:30:57,703 --> 00:30:59,373
Don't let Rv in.

792
00:31:00,169 --> 00:31:01,760
Starting in 20 26,

793
00:31:02,317 --> 00:31:05,434
Zion will no longer permit large vehicles like

794
00:31:05,434 --> 00:31:08,321
campers and buses to travel through the east

795
00:31:08,616 --> 00:31:09,889
entrance of the park.

796
00:31:10,526 --> 00:31:13,525
Vehicles taller than 11 feet and 4 inches

797
00:31:13,883 --> 00:31:15,739
and wider than 7 feet

798
00:31:16,117 --> 00:31:16,617
and,

799
00:31:17,313 --> 00:31:20,025
10 inches will have to travel around the

800
00:31:20,025 --> 00:31:22,657
park to the west entrance, adding up to

801
00:31:22,657 --> 00:31:26,333
an hour of transit time. Any vehicle longer

802
00:31:26,333 --> 00:31:29,038
than 35 feet and 9 inches will also

803
00:31:29,038 --> 00:31:30,390
be forced to drive own.

804
00:31:30,962 --> 00:31:32,951
The new plan is designed to make the

805
00:31:32,951 --> 00:31:33,746
roads safer,

806
00:31:34,462 --> 00:31:36,928
especially through the zion mount carmel tunnel. That

807
00:31:36,928 --> 00:31:38,617
is a narrow tunnel. Yeah. It really is.

808
00:31:38,936 --> 00:31:39,994
That tunnel was

809
00:31:40,531 --> 00:31:43,005
designed more than a hundred years ago. And

810
00:31:43,005 --> 00:31:44,760
at that, at the time that it was

811
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,251
developed vehicles were much smaller than they are

812
00:31:47,251 --> 00:31:49,967
today, allowing them to safely make passage.

813
00:31:50,606 --> 00:31:53,338
So through time, vehicles sizes have grown to

814
00:31:53,338 --> 00:31:55,416
be incompatible with the tunnel size.

815
00:31:56,055 --> 00:31:59,092
And Park officials say those tunnel escort happen

816
00:31:59,092 --> 00:32:01,510
in about 50 times per day

817
00:32:01,903 --> 00:32:03,971
and create massive traffic jams.

818
00:32:04,528 --> 00:32:07,551
By keeping big Rv out of there, park

819
00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:11,079
officials are hoping the congestion will ease. Yeah.

820
00:32:11,319 --> 00:32:11,960
That is

821
00:32:12,679 --> 00:32:13,400
it be interesting.

822
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:14,200
Now,

823
00:32:15,079 --> 00:32:17,799
Zion probably is the most congested of all

824
00:32:17,799 --> 00:32:19,967
of our nash optional parks just because the

825
00:32:19,967 --> 00:32:21,105
way it's laid out

826
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:22,516
in the terrain.

827
00:32:23,393 --> 00:32:24,986
But I bet this is an idea that

828
00:32:24,986 --> 00:32:26,260
you're gonna see in other places,

829
00:32:26,898 --> 00:32:27,637
because some

830
00:32:28,028 --> 00:32:30,654
I mean, some of those Rv, there's big

831
00:32:30,654 --> 00:32:33,837
class a diesel push are pulling, you know,

832
00:32:33,997 --> 00:32:36,463
cars behind them. They're bigger than semi trucks,

833
00:32:36,623 --> 00:32:37,934
you know? So

834
00:32:38,633 --> 00:32:40,950
I bet this this goes on elsewhere. Interesting

835
00:32:40,950 --> 00:32:44,147
thanks. I... It's gonna catch on. Alright. And

836
00:32:44,147 --> 00:32:45,960
me come back a couple of your Rv

837
00:32:46,079 --> 00:32:46,479
questions.

838
00:32:46,958 --> 00:32:49,275
Stay with us. When we're asked, what's the

839
00:32:49,275 --> 00:32:50,255
most important

840
00:32:50,633 --> 00:32:52,791
modification we made to our Rv, it's an

841
00:32:52,791 --> 00:32:56,724
easy answer. Battle borne batteries. Battle borne batteries

842
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843
00:33:00,565 --> 00:33:03,259
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844
00:33:03,459 --> 00:33:04,653
the grid longer.

845
00:33:05,132 --> 00:33:08,000
Lithium the batteries charge faster. They charge fuller

846
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,278
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847
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848
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849
00:33:15,888 --> 00:33:18,446
Now in our case, they just drop into

850
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851
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and they'll probably be the same on your

852
00:33:23,213 --> 00:33:26,882
rig too. Valve battery experts can get those

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855
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856
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857
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858
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862
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Welcome back time now for the Rv questions

863
00:33:52,395 --> 00:33:53,453
of the week, and

864
00:33:54,226 --> 00:33:56,137
we wanna remind you that we do love

865
00:33:56,137 --> 00:33:58,623
getting your questions. We love your comments, anything

866
00:33:58,623 --> 00:34:00,461
you've heard in the podcast today that you

867
00:34:00,461 --> 00:34:03,018
wanna comment at or question, send them to

868
00:34:03,018 --> 00:34:05,735
us at mike and jen at rv lifestyle

869
00:34:05,735 --> 00:34:08,776
dot com. That's our our personal email. And

870
00:34:09,094 --> 00:34:10,685
if you send us a question or comment,

871
00:34:11,163 --> 00:34:13,803
chances are, we'll answer it. Right here, on

872
00:34:13,803 --> 00:34:14,360
the podcast.

873
00:34:14,917 --> 00:34:17,942
Alright. This first question is for you, my

874
00:34:17,942 --> 00:34:18,578
dear. Okay.

875
00:34:19,295 --> 00:34:21,364
It's sure isn't for me. And let me

876
00:34:21,364 --> 00:34:23,844
just read this thing. It says We're on

877
00:34:23,844 --> 00:34:26,222
a long trip west, and we stopped for

878
00:34:26,222 --> 00:34:28,362
some photos along the way, and I was

879
00:34:28,362 --> 00:34:28,758
shocked,

880
00:34:29,471 --> 00:34:30,501
how bad I looked.

881
00:34:31,552 --> 00:34:33,786
Granted, showers have been a couple of days

882
00:34:33,786 --> 00:34:35,541
apart and sleep has not been the best,

883
00:34:35,860 --> 00:34:37,855
traveling can be hard. She says.

884
00:34:38,505 --> 00:34:40,570
But I look terrible in the photos with

885
00:34:40,570 --> 00:34:41,125
my family.

886
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,778
How does Jennifer stay looking so good all

887
00:34:44,778 --> 00:34:45,334
the time.

888
00:34:46,383 --> 00:34:48,614
I know your travel schedule is even more

889
00:34:48,614 --> 00:34:49,592
hectic. So

890
00:34:50,049 --> 00:34:51,722
beauty tip time, Jennifer,

891
00:34:52,121 --> 00:34:55,477
How do I look, good and fresh and

892
00:34:55,477 --> 00:34:58,494
reasonably attractive when the road is taking its

893
00:34:58,494 --> 00:34:59,288
toll on me.

894
00:35:00,003 --> 00:35:01,773
Please share your secrets

895
00:35:02,161 --> 00:35:05,331
and this from Darcy. I never figured I'd

896
00:35:05,331 --> 00:35:07,313
be asked a question like this, and this

897
00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:08,422
just makes me chuckle.

898
00:35:09,469 --> 00:35:11,307
Well, what I could say is that a

899
00:35:11,307 --> 00:35:13,544
good night's sleep is so important.

900
00:35:14,503 --> 00:35:16,991
I mean, our sleeping in a different van

901
00:35:16,991 --> 00:35:18,659
every night this a couple of weeks ago.

902
00:35:18,818 --> 00:35:21,201
Yeah. It you just don't get the sleep

903
00:35:21,201 --> 00:35:21,916
that you need.

904
00:35:22,630 --> 00:35:23,107
And

905
00:35:23,583 --> 00:35:25,983
sleep is very important don't feel wicked if

906
00:35:25,983 --> 00:35:27,734
you sleep in or you need your sleep,

907
00:35:28,132 --> 00:35:28,927
you need sleep.

908
00:35:29,882 --> 00:35:32,349
And you you get pussy when you don't

909
00:35:32,349 --> 00:35:34,155
get that rate amount of sleep and it

910
00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:37,852
terrible enemy is eating out. You know, you're

911
00:35:37,852 --> 00:35:39,363
starving to death and you grab some fast

912
00:35:39,363 --> 00:35:41,828
food or even food, and just about every

913
00:35:41,828 --> 00:35:43,657
restaurant out there. There's too much salt.

914
00:35:44,229 --> 00:35:46,217
In the food and salt makes you retain

915
00:35:46,217 --> 00:35:48,047
fluid, and that's not good for you.

916
00:35:48,922 --> 00:35:50,911
But if you're really desperate.

917
00:35:51,963 --> 00:35:52,762
Put out a hat,

918
00:35:53,641 --> 00:35:55,559
you know, if if you... Because if you

919
00:35:55,559 --> 00:35:57,396
really boom docking and you can't plug in

920
00:35:57,396 --> 00:35:58,695
your hair dryer to maybe

921
00:35:59,329 --> 00:36:00,949
get your hair a little moist and then,

922
00:36:01,089 --> 00:36:02,690
you know, use the hair dryer to try

923
00:36:02,690 --> 00:36:05,329
to make it look fresher or some product

924
00:36:05,329 --> 00:36:07,409
to make like my hair is kinda naturally

925
00:36:07,409 --> 00:36:09,023
wavy and kind of a mess and I

926
00:36:09,023 --> 00:36:11,260
just put product in it and make it

927
00:36:11,260 --> 00:36:12,958
more of a mess Like this typically.

928
00:36:13,497 --> 00:36:15,827
Yeah. I just kinda mess it up. And

929
00:36:15,827 --> 00:36:17,654
it's supposed to look this way. This is

930
00:36:17,654 --> 00:36:18,449
this is the look.

931
00:36:19,243 --> 00:36:21,309
So hair product hacks,

932
00:36:21,786 --> 00:36:22,103
eyes.

933
00:36:22,913 --> 00:36:23,413
Sunglasses.

934
00:36:23,787 --> 00:36:26,331
If possible put on some sunglasses or maybe

935
00:36:26,331 --> 00:36:27,070
some makeup

936
00:36:27,682 --> 00:36:30,519
and a product that was recommended to me

937
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:32,552
many years ago, which I really like it's

938
00:36:32,552 --> 00:36:33,052
lan,

939
00:36:33,908 --> 00:36:36,618
and it's a night product that you put

940
00:36:36,618 --> 00:36:38,952
on to just make your face

941
00:36:40,222 --> 00:36:40,541
better.

942
00:36:41,179 --> 00:36:43,734
And I try to use that every night.

943
00:36:44,532 --> 00:36:46,847
I mean, the lack of estrogen as you

944
00:36:46,847 --> 00:36:47,347
age

945
00:36:47,899 --> 00:36:49,256
takes its toll upon a woman.

946
00:36:50,054 --> 00:36:52,289
So... And I leave the estrogen in your

947
00:36:52,289 --> 00:36:54,124
camp, whatever you wanna do. I had an

948
00:36:54,284 --> 00:36:57,325
Ob g once in of my classes tell

949
00:36:57,325 --> 00:36:58,278
me whatever you do.

950
00:36:59,866 --> 00:37:01,534
Take a little estrogen, but, you know, that's

951
00:37:01,534 --> 00:37:02,884
a whole can of worms. I don't wanna

952
00:37:02,884 --> 00:37:03,122
open.

953
00:37:03,995 --> 00:37:04,234
So,

954
00:37:05,917 --> 00:37:08,223
the sunglasses, the hat, the product,

955
00:37:09,256 --> 00:37:11,641
try not to try to make wise choices

956
00:37:11,641 --> 00:37:13,073
when you eat out. Even though I will

957
00:37:13,073 --> 00:37:15,562
say, don't put me extra salt on this

958
00:37:15,562 --> 00:37:17,080
that or whatever that I'm ordering.

959
00:37:17,879 --> 00:37:20,276
Man, I eat out, you know, the next

960
00:37:20,276 --> 00:37:21,015
day My

961
00:37:21,567 --> 00:37:23,159
I'm home and I weigh myself. My weights

962
00:37:23,159 --> 00:37:24,829
have a counter or 2 because I eaten

963
00:37:24,829 --> 00:37:25,068
out.

964
00:37:26,342 --> 00:37:28,331
They just what they do to our food

965
00:37:28,331 --> 00:37:31,294
and try to make healthy choices, but lack

966
00:37:31,294 --> 00:37:34,560
sleep. Doesn't doesn't driving for, in a car

967
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,389
a long time. Doesn't that and yeah fluid

968
00:37:37,448 --> 00:37:39,286
retention because I noticed, you know, like my

969
00:37:39,286 --> 00:37:41,843
ankles and like, even like my wing will

970
00:37:41,843 --> 00:37:44,161
get really tight. Mh. When I've been driving

971
00:37:44,161 --> 00:37:46,561
and you kinda like puff up. Yeah. And,

972
00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:48,702
like, trying to get you to stop and

973
00:37:48,702 --> 00:37:50,445
run around the car a couple times you

974
00:37:50,445 --> 00:37:53,157
get some exercise. You know, you I'm like

975
00:37:53,157 --> 00:37:55,228
that. When When I'm driving, I wanna stop

976
00:37:55,228 --> 00:37:56,741
because all those cars aren't past are gonna

977
00:37:56,741 --> 00:37:58,175
pass me, and then I gotta pass them

978
00:37:58,175 --> 00:37:58,334
again.

979
00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:01,042
So we gotta get out there and we

980
00:38:01,042 --> 00:38:04,160
gotta move around and why I I liked

981
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:04,898
a b

982
00:38:05,273 --> 00:38:06,012
or a c

983
00:38:06,387 --> 00:38:08,590
or, I guess an, a, motor home was

984
00:38:08,710 --> 00:38:10,228
and get up and walk back and forth

985
00:38:10,228 --> 00:38:12,385
as the driver is crazy and won't stop.

986
00:38:13,105 --> 00:38:14,463
But moving around.

987
00:38:15,103 --> 00:38:17,660
So I... Don't be so hard on yourself.

988
00:38:18,072 --> 00:38:20,615
And also to make yourself feel fresh.

989
00:38:21,171 --> 00:38:23,236
If you're in the hospital, they have different

990
00:38:23,236 --> 00:38:25,872
wipes that they used freshen you up a

991
00:38:25,872 --> 00:38:26,031
bit,

992
00:38:26,824 --> 00:38:27,062
so,

993
00:38:28,332 --> 00:38:30,315
get some of those and freshen yourself up

994
00:38:30,315 --> 00:38:32,140
a bit so that you feel more perk.

995
00:38:32,394 --> 00:38:33,514
Like can I honestly say,

996
00:38:34,074 --> 00:38:36,074
this is a question that I absolutely known

997
00:38:36,074 --> 00:38:37,034
nothing about? So...

998
00:38:38,394 --> 00:38:39,454
I think that

999
00:38:41,123 --> 00:38:43,190
I... Like, I can't sleep if my feet

1000
00:38:43,190 --> 00:38:43,906
are clean.

1001
00:38:44,860 --> 00:38:45,576
That's crazy.

1002
00:38:46,053 --> 00:38:47,802
So I I have deaf clean feet to

1003
00:38:47,802 --> 00:38:49,472
sleep, but now we're talking about taking pictures.

1004
00:38:50,202 --> 00:38:50,702
So

1005
00:38:51,549 --> 00:38:51,867
light.

1006
00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:55,118
Some light is horrible, then it doesn't help

1007
00:38:55,118 --> 00:38:57,338
at all. In fact, we had somebody come

1008
00:38:57,338 --> 00:38:57,789
up

1009
00:38:58,227 --> 00:39:00,137
to both of us. We were at Rv

1010
00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:01,807
show. They said, you look better in person

1011
00:39:01,807 --> 00:39:03,819
than on camera. And I,

1012
00:39:04,433 --> 00:39:06,263
you know, because I'm always saying to Mike,

1013
00:39:07,313 --> 00:39:09,068
We gotta be careful with the light. So...

1014
00:39:09,387 --> 00:39:11,301
Too much light, direct light on you. You

1015
00:39:11,301 --> 00:39:14,013
know, you wanna somewhat back or off the

1016
00:39:14,013 --> 00:39:16,485
line but... Because some light can really make

1017
00:39:16,485 --> 00:39:18,174
you look terrible. But I think we're talking

1018
00:39:18,174 --> 00:39:20,565
about messy hair and, circles under the eyes

1019
00:39:20,565 --> 00:39:22,477
and a puff ness. Alright, Darcy. I hope

1020
00:39:22,477 --> 00:39:25,106
that helps you, become as beautiful as you...

1021
00:39:25,345 --> 00:39:27,434
So are we gonna add outside. Tips every

1022
00:39:27,434 --> 00:39:29,671
week from Jonathan. No more tips from jennifer.

1023
00:39:29,990 --> 00:39:31,849
And I tuned out about half for you

1024
00:39:32,148 --> 00:39:32,307
okay.

1025
00:39:33,426 --> 00:39:35,000
Alright. Next question. This 1

1026
00:39:35,438 --> 00:39:36,393
I can get a little bit.

1027
00:39:37,190 --> 00:39:39,499
Most of the 01:10 outlets in our trailer

1028
00:39:39,499 --> 00:39:41,968
are not working. We're plugged into shore power,

1029
00:39:42,526 --> 00:39:45,170
none of the breakers fuses are blown. What

1030
00:39:45,170 --> 00:39:46,367
do Way check? Okay.

1031
00:39:47,244 --> 00:39:49,317
That comes from Jack, by the way. And,

1032
00:39:50,353 --> 00:39:51,948
Jack, the best thing is to go through

1033
00:39:51,948 --> 00:39:53,898
your trailer and look for an outlet

1034
00:39:54,751 --> 00:39:57,300
that either has a little sticker or somehow

1035
00:39:57,300 --> 00:39:57,800
designated

1036
00:39:58,414 --> 00:40:00,427
as AGC

1037
00:40:01,042 --> 00:40:05,468
protected outlet. That stands for ground, fault circuit

1038
00:40:06,005 --> 00:40:06,245
interrupt.

1039
00:40:07,043 --> 00:40:08,161
And it's required,

1040
00:40:09,359 --> 00:40:12,646
plugs or receptacle, you know, like receptacle in

1041
00:40:12,646 --> 00:40:15,200
a, that's in a location where... Yeah. I

1042
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,195
know that could be exposed to water like

1043
00:40:17,195 --> 00:40:18,711
a sink or a faucet.

1044
00:40:19,764 --> 00:40:22,801
Or outside of the trailer, even sometimes in

1045
00:40:22,801 --> 00:40:23,680
the storage bin.

1046
00:40:24,639 --> 00:40:27,276
And what has probably happened in your case

1047
00:40:27,276 --> 00:40:30,890
is 1 of those G ci outlets have

1048
00:40:30,890 --> 00:40:31,130
tripped.

1049
00:40:32,090 --> 00:40:32,250
And,

1050
00:40:32,890 --> 00:40:35,309
not all of them have a reset button

1051
00:40:35,369 --> 00:40:38,144
because they're tied altogether on the same general

1052
00:40:38,344 --> 00:40:40,680
circuit. So if 1 of them

1053
00:40:41,138 --> 00:40:44,570
up to train kinda goes out and the

1054
00:40:44,730 --> 00:40:45,708
G sci

1055
00:40:46,725 --> 00:40:46,885
resets,

1056
00:40:48,252 --> 00:40:50,320
they're all dead. So you wanna look for

1057
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,013
1 that has a little

1058
00:40:52,626 --> 00:40:53,182
reset button.

1059
00:40:53,739 --> 00:40:55,824
And most of them, if it's not working

1060
00:40:55,824 --> 00:40:57,025
we'll have a little light with it.

1061
00:40:57,664 --> 00:40:59,505
And usually a little gold light or a

1062
00:40:59,505 --> 00:41:01,824
red light that indicates it's not working right.

1063
00:41:02,704 --> 00:41:04,304
If it has a green light that usually

1064
00:41:04,304 --> 00:41:06,309
means it's good, but not all of them

1065
00:41:06,309 --> 00:41:07,741
have a light, but they all have a

1066
00:41:07,741 --> 00:41:09,967
little button. That's usually a little square button,

1067
00:41:10,365 --> 00:41:11,876
and you can just push it in with

1068
00:41:11,876 --> 00:41:14,421
the ball pan or the your finger tip.

1069
00:41:15,231 --> 00:41:17,777
Try resetting that. I am betting that you

1070
00:41:17,777 --> 00:41:19,925
will find that most of the G ci

1071
00:41:19,925 --> 00:41:20,323
outlets,

1072
00:41:21,278 --> 00:41:23,681
have a bunch of other outlets connected to

1073
00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:25,273
them in your case and you find the

1074
00:41:25,273 --> 00:41:27,024
1 that needs to be reset and they'll

1075
00:41:27,024 --> 00:41:28,695
all work. So click the button,

1076
00:41:30,143 --> 00:41:30,861
Why did trip?

1077
00:41:31,579 --> 00:41:33,173
I, it... Something could have bumped it.

1078
00:41:34,130 --> 00:41:36,283
2... I have 1, for example, in the

1079
00:41:36,841 --> 00:41:39,409
past few storage of our montana. And every

1080
00:41:39,409 --> 00:41:41,407
now and then, something will come across, and

1081
00:41:41,407 --> 00:41:43,085
it'll just it'll just hit it just right,

1082
00:41:43,244 --> 00:41:45,163
You know, if I have it loaded with

1083
00:41:45,163 --> 00:41:47,161
things floating around in there, which I shouldn't

1084
00:41:47,161 --> 00:41:47,800
do. But

1085
00:41:48,453 --> 00:41:49,010
it's happened.

1086
00:41:50,045 --> 00:41:51,477
But a lot of things could have caused

1087
00:41:51,477 --> 00:41:54,024
that maybe too many appliances were plugged into

1088
00:41:54,024 --> 00:41:56,349
the outlet, maybe running the air condition thinner

1089
00:41:56,349 --> 00:41:58,430
and somebody uses a hair dryer.

1090
00:41:59,869 --> 00:42:01,410
It could have sensed moisture.

1091
00:42:02,269 --> 00:42:02,750
Sometimes,

1092
00:42:03,550 --> 00:42:05,640
it... It's even just as a matter of

1093
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,951
too much humidity and it sense too much

1094
00:42:07,951 --> 00:42:08,349
moisture.

1095
00:42:09,385 --> 00:42:11,239
If it does keep tripping

1096
00:42:11,949 --> 00:42:12,506
all the time,

1097
00:42:13,143 --> 00:42:15,931
then you better have it checked by electrician,

1098
00:42:16,090 --> 00:42:17,684
but I'm betting. If you just hit that

1099
00:42:17,684 --> 00:42:19,675
little button, that's all that it is.

1100
00:42:21,044 --> 00:42:22,711
That was a lot easier than the beauty

1101
00:42:22,711 --> 00:42:25,093
question. I I made it too long. No.

1102
00:42:25,331 --> 00:42:26,999
I went off on bunny trails, like I

1103
00:42:26,999 --> 00:42:28,746
always do. I'm sure He'll like it.

1104
00:42:29,555 --> 00:42:31,462
Alright. This is our new feature that we

1105
00:42:31,462 --> 00:42:33,130
have had a lot of great feedback with.

1106
00:42:33,289 --> 00:42:34,480
I hope we don't run out of stories,

1107
00:42:34,639 --> 00:42:36,943
but story time. We need little music.

1108
00:42:37,499 --> 00:42:38,824
Story time with my

1109
00:42:39,422 --> 00:42:41,336
and Jen. We need a little 1 green.

1110
00:42:41,655 --> 00:42:42,372
Yeah dream time.

1111
00:42:43,249 --> 00:42:45,561
Alright. So this is probably our most,

1112
00:42:46,199 --> 00:42:46,699
embarrassing

1113
00:42:47,489 --> 00:42:48,386
and costly

1114
00:42:48,759 --> 00:42:50,744
mistake, and let me just say right off

1115
00:42:50,744 --> 00:42:51,141
the bat,

1116
00:42:51,776 --> 00:42:52,411
I own it.

1117
00:42:53,284 --> 00:42:53,443
Okay.

1118
00:42:54,475 --> 00:42:54,975
Because

1119
00:42:55,444 --> 00:42:58,081
I did not listen to you when you

1120
00:42:58,081 --> 00:43:00,318
said... Let me get out and help you

1121
00:43:00,318 --> 00:43:02,929
park. Yes. And, Mike was

1122
00:43:04,562 --> 00:43:06,553
backing into a parking spot. Well, let's set

1123
00:43:06,553 --> 00:43:08,544
the stage because that was was not just

1124
00:43:08,544 --> 00:43:10,934
any parking spot. Oh We were in Tampa,

1125
00:43:11,172 --> 00:43:11,491
Florida,

1126
00:43:12,380 --> 00:43:14,048
at the Florida Rv super Show. It was

1127
00:43:14,048 --> 00:43:16,192
a brand new rate. This was our first

1128
00:43:16,192 --> 00:43:18,495
long distance trip in our fifth wheel. It

1129
00:43:18,495 --> 00:43:20,179
backing up parking too. It?

1130
00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:22,500
I think I backed up you know, a

1131
00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:23,779
little bit here and there, But this was

1132
00:43:23,779 --> 00:43:25,219
a this was a tough 1. That all

1133
00:43:25,219 --> 00:43:26,980
the rigs were very close. It was narrow.

1134
00:43:27,139 --> 00:43:29,154
The guy just sort of abandoned me that

1135
00:43:29,154 --> 00:43:29,954
drove me into it.

1136
00:43:31,074 --> 00:43:31,574
So

1137
00:43:33,315 --> 00:43:34,855
I I looked and

1138
00:43:35,327 --> 00:43:37,022
we were camped with all the other

1139
00:43:37,956 --> 00:43:39,173
media, Rv

1140
00:43:39,629 --> 00:43:42,018
Youtube influencers, and we know most of them,

1141
00:43:42,735 --> 00:43:43,691
and they're all watching.

1142
00:43:44,739 --> 00:43:47,120
They're all watching. I I don't they were

1143
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,501
all. They were watching. Trust me. They're all

1144
00:43:49,501 --> 00:43:51,406
sitting there going, okay. We're gonna watch this.

1145
00:43:52,059 --> 00:43:53,900
So I'm very... Well the next time you

1146
00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:55,260
parked a group like that, they were all

1147
00:43:55,260 --> 00:43:57,340
watching. I know gonna do to entertain them.

1148
00:43:57,900 --> 00:43:58,539
But anyway,

1149
00:44:00,474 --> 00:44:01,113
you said,

1150
00:44:01,913 --> 00:44:03,911
let me get out and help you. And

1151
00:44:03,911 --> 00:44:06,148
why I said I can do this.

1152
00:44:06,947 --> 00:44:08,945
I have no idea. Because that's kind of

1153
00:44:08,945 --> 00:44:11,349
the way kinda guy you are. I can

1154
00:44:11,349 --> 00:44:13,498
do this. I thought I could. It's good

1155
00:44:13,498 --> 00:44:14,294
to have confidence.

1156
00:44:14,692 --> 00:44:15,328
So... Well,

1157
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,932
in this that is. So I started

1158
00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:20,694
I started to back

1159
00:44:21,066 --> 00:44:24,159
in, and I got it somewhat regular. I

1160
00:44:24,159 --> 00:44:25,586
bought it out, you know, you... And it

1161
00:44:25,586 --> 00:44:26,300
was really tight.

1162
00:44:27,425 --> 00:44:29,330
And obviously, I'm really cranking it.

1163
00:44:30,045 --> 00:44:31,894
And I'm cranking it's so hard

1164
00:44:32,425 --> 00:44:34,116
that we hear this massive

1165
00:44:35,461 --> 00:44:35,780
crack.

1166
00:44:36,737 --> 00:44:39,209
We did. And bow was on my lap.

1167
00:44:39,448 --> 00:44:41,760
It was that see when this happened. But

1168
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,456
in a second, that dog

1169
00:44:43,849 --> 00:44:46,909
could jump. The crack was the front

1170
00:44:47,769 --> 00:44:50,409
corner of the fifth wheel, which was cranked

1171
00:44:50,409 --> 00:44:52,510
at such an angle to our car

1172
00:44:52,983 --> 00:44:54,354
that it smashed out

1173
00:44:54,726 --> 00:44:55,701
our entire

1174
00:44:56,072 --> 00:44:59,638
rear window. Gladys everywhere. Just exploded.

1175
00:45:00,367 --> 00:45:02,670
Fortunately, it's that safety glass, so it's... It

1176
00:45:02,670 --> 00:45:04,099
wasn't bad. Nobody got cut.

1177
00:45:04,973 --> 00:45:07,833
But how bow a 70 pound dog could

1178
00:45:07,833 --> 00:45:09,635
leap from the back of that pickup truck

1179
00:45:09,754 --> 00:45:12,243
onto your lap. I don't know, but

1180
00:45:12,936 --> 00:45:14,766
he did. I was worried we'd never get

1181
00:45:14,766 --> 00:45:16,596
him back in that trunk. And of course,

1182
00:45:17,233 --> 00:45:17,733
word

1183
00:45:18,108 --> 00:45:18,426
spread.

1184
00:45:18,999 --> 00:45:19,978
Through the campground,

1185
00:45:20,517 --> 00:45:22,994
what I had done. I'm gonna sell pot

1186
00:45:22,994 --> 00:45:25,071
it. The next time we have to

1187
00:45:25,790 --> 00:45:28,117
park some place. Yeah. You probably could some

1188
00:45:28,117 --> 00:45:28,594
shares out.

1189
00:45:29,629 --> 00:45:31,778
And everybody was great. They all came and

1190
00:45:31,778 --> 00:45:34,268
he they offered us their shop backs, but

1191
00:45:34,579 --> 00:45:35,692
felt so embarrassed.

1192
00:45:36,328 --> 00:45:38,872
And, you know, the truth was, I did

1193
00:45:38,872 --> 00:45:40,701
not listen to my wife.

1194
00:45:41,416 --> 00:45:43,166
So the lesson is, listen to your wife,

1195
00:45:43,325 --> 00:45:45,485
but the lesson is get help when you're

1196
00:45:45,485 --> 00:45:46,119
backing up.

1197
00:45:46,914 --> 00:45:47,311
And

1198
00:45:47,945 --> 00:45:49,692
we now do that. And there's a couple

1199
00:45:49,692 --> 00:45:51,042
ways you can do it with Walkie talkie.

1200
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:52,471
We have those you can do it with

1201
00:45:52,471 --> 00:45:53,027
cell phones,

1202
00:45:53,759 --> 00:45:55,515
you know, I... We prefer doing it with

1203
00:45:55,515 --> 00:45:56,393
just hand signals.

1204
00:45:56,952 --> 00:45:58,309
Stop. Stop. Yeah.

1205
00:45:59,347 --> 00:46:01,502
Instead of going... You know, now we have

1206
00:46:01,502 --> 00:46:04,073
signals, you know, this way, this way. Instead

1207
00:46:04,073 --> 00:46:05,192
it going. Yeah.

1208
00:46:06,071 --> 00:46:06,630
It's good.

1209
00:46:07,589 --> 00:46:09,747
Alright. That is our story contest. So Most

1210
00:46:09,747 --> 00:46:12,797
about what's you're most embarrassing and costly mistake.

1211
00:46:13,036 --> 00:46:15,032
I can't be the only 1 who does

1212
00:46:15,032 --> 00:46:17,346
stupid things out there. Well, somebody came out

1213
00:46:17,346 --> 00:46:19,420
and said they pop their window 2 and

1214
00:46:19,420 --> 00:46:19,580
there.

1215
00:46:20,233 --> 00:46:22,069
Truck. Yep. They didn't know. They're just trying

1216
00:46:22,069 --> 00:46:24,144
to make me feel good. But, alright. That's

1217
00:46:24,144 --> 00:46:25,661
the story of the week. That's the end

1218
00:46:25,661 --> 00:46:27,817
of the podcast. I still have embarrassed telling

1219
00:46:27,817 --> 00:46:28,215
that 1.

1220
00:46:28,949 --> 00:46:30,943
But, you know, they say that therapy is

1221
00:46:30,943 --> 00:46:33,655
good in admitting your mistakes. So hopefully that

1222
00:46:33,655 --> 00:46:34,692
won't happen again.

1223
00:46:35,728 --> 00:46:37,244
Thank you guys so much for watching. We'd

1224
00:46:37,244 --> 00:46:39,274
love to hear from you. Use our personal

1225
00:46:39,333 --> 00:46:41,089
email to reach us with your questions or

1226
00:46:41,089 --> 00:46:43,904
your comments. It's mike and jen at rv

1227
00:46:44,362 --> 00:46:47,316
lifestyle dot com. Thank you all so much

1228
00:46:47,316 --> 00:46:48,687
for watching. Happy trails.