RVers Beware: The Hidden Tick Disease You’ve Never Heard Of

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This week on the RV podcast

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More than Lyme disease, the hidden tick borne

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allergy that you've never heard of. Get ready

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for the fall RV show season,

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what to expect, and why the RV industry

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is starting to breathe a bit easier.

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Why RV tires seem to have more blowouts

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than cars?

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All this plus Mike and Jen's RV story

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time coming up in episode five sixty of

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the RV podcast.

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Hello, everybody. I'm Mike Wenlan. This is my

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lifelong traveling companion and my bride, Jennifer. Hello,

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my dear. Hello, mister Mike. The big news

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for us is the release of our epic

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thirty day RV adventure guide to the Pacific

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Northwest.

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This details route taking you through the best

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of Oregon and Washington,

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weaving in stunning coastal drives,

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lush forest, and mountain vistas. As a special

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bonus, we've even included an excursion into Vancouver,

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Canada.

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And we show you maps,

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where to stay, where you can eat, whether

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you've always dreamed of this journey or maybe

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you're just planning to return to a place

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you visited before and loved it. This guide

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makes it effortless to enjoy the very best

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of the region. We are so excited by

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the book that you can find a link

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to it in the description below or on

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our, podcast show notes, which you can find

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at rvlifestyle.com/podcast.

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Please check it out. We are really excited.

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This is the biggest of all of the

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RV guides we've ever done. Thirty days. We

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usually do seven days. This is a thirty

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day guide, and we're really excited about this

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book.

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Alright.

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Before we jump into our first segment, we've

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gotta tell you if you are not already

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so come say hi at rvcommunity.com.

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Now for the RV news of the week,

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here's a fascinating shift in how people are

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approaching RV travel in 2025,

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and it might surprise you. According to major

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industry reports,

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63%

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of travelers say they will take fewer trips

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in 2025

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but spend more per trip,

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focusing on one big annual RV adventure

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rather than frequent weekend getaways.

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They're calling these

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splurge cations,

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and campers are willing to splurge

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on upgraded experiences,

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premium campgrounds,

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and adventure activities like zip lining, guided tours,

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and fine dining.

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What's really interesting

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is the rise of passion driven travel. Instead

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of just picking a famous destination,

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more travelers are choosing trips based on their

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interests like baseball stadiums tours,

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brewery crawls, historic sightseeing,

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or outdoor adventure travels. It's like the RV

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community is saying, if we're gonna do this,

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let's make it count. The trade off makes

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sense too,

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quality over quantity.

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And with inflation hitting everyone,

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people are being more strategic

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about their travel budgets. That's what we're doing

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in just a month. We're gonna do a

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thirty three day trip down the Mississippi River,

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tracing it from where it starts in Minnesota

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all the way down to New Orleans.

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And I think about our Pacific Northwest travel

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guide, that new travel guide. It's a region

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where you really can spend time and dig

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in deep.

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So I think we're right on top of

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this trend. I really do. And I'm just

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thinking practical

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that you're not packing up every weekend and

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unpacking, packing, and unpacking. Doing long trips. And

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you're gonna go.

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Yeah. Yeah. It's good.

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Hey. Speaking of going, if you drive a

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diesel motor home or a diesel pickup truck,

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you're gonna be excited to hear

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that it looks like manufacturers

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will no longer be allowed to program in

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that severe immediate power loss when diesel exhaust

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fluid runs low.

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Hopefully, this is gonna start with twenty twenty

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seven models. The EPA

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has now called on truck and engine makers.

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They say you gotta scrap this aggressive

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limp mode software.

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Boy, we got stuck with that once. Remember?

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I think it was our first RV trip.

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Our first trip, we have had that lymph

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mode Oh. Many times, and it is so

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frightening. But the very first trip My very

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first trip. It happened. Yep. And what it

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what would happen is when your DEF fluid

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gets low,

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it would just it immediately cuts power to

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the engine. And, the EPA says that's unacceptable.

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It's unnecessary.

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And, of course, it's been a long sense

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of frustration for a lot of RVers. The

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fall RV show circuit is bringing some interesting

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dynamics to the industry this year. Dealers are

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motivated to move inventory before twenty twenty six

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models arrive, meaning some of the best deals

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we've seen in years.

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Show organizers

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are working closely with exhibitors to change their

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message and produce mix to best fit the

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market condition. Translation,

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if you've been waiting for the right time

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to buy an RV,

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this fall show season

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might be your golden ticket. Speaking of fall

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shows, all eyes around the the largest RV

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show, they say. That's its official name. America's

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largest RV show. That's the official name of

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the show. Born yesterday. They weren't born yesterday.

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They coined that phrase fifteen to sixteen years

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ago, but that's the official name of it.

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Attendees are gonna be among the very first

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to see a lot of the twenty twenty

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six models, RV models.

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That'll give you a chance to kinda get

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ahead of the curve if that's what you

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gotta have the latest.

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Last year's show

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saw an interesting trend with destination

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trailers having a much larger footprint than they've

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had before.

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Representatives like,

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campsite reserves, Cedar Creek,

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Wildwood,

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Coleman,

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Homestead model. They were very prominent in the

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show and the front aisles of the show.

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So we don't know what it's gonna be

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this year, but the show has become more

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than

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just an RV showcase. It's where the industry

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really tests out their new concept,

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gauges consumer reactions.

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And that's because it's like this giant

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massive focus group. They get 60,000

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people at Hershey.

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So the industry really gets to see what

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kind of catches everybody's eyes, and then they

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fine tune that for the Tampa RV show,

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the Florida RV show every in January.

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But Hershey for industry watch is probably the

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best barometer

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there is to see where RVing

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Behind all these shows, there's a bigger story

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about how the RV industry is adapting to

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post pandemic

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marketing conditions.

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The RV Industry Association is projecting

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wholesale shipments to reach a median of 350,100

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units in 2025,

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a modest increase from 2024,

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which suggests the market is stabilizing after the

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wild swings of recent years.

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Retail registration data for June 2025 showed the

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first

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year over year increase since late twenty twenty

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with 37,596

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units sold,

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an indication dealers are beginning to see improved

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consumer activities. You know, what's really interesting is

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how manufacturers

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are responding. Some of them

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have scaled back a lot this year, scaled

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back production.

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Others have been doubling down on trying to

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come up with innovation,

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and several brands introduced twenty twenty five models

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with incremental but pretty practical

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enhancements.

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And And I'm thinking like Thor Industries. They

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just upgraded their whole class b camper vans

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with things like improved insulation and expanded solar

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capacity from 700 watts to 800 watts, better

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Internet connectivity.

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So it's interesting. The industry seems to be

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finding its footing in a more

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measured sustainable growth pattern rather than the breakneck

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pace that we saw during those pandemic years.

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Alright. That's our news of the week. Show

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notes for this episode can be found. You

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can get learn more about them or find

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links to the resources and stories mentioned

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at rvlifestyle.com/podcast.

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And Jen and I always love to get

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your comments and your questions about anything you

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hear in this episode.

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Just send us an email. Our private email

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is mikeandjen@rvlifestyle.com.

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Time now for the RV conversation of the

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week.

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Last year, a few hours after eating a

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nice juicy hamburger,

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our veer Fred Church became violently ill. He

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shrugged it off as a virus or a

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touch of food poisoning,

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But then a month later, the Little Rock,

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Arkansas resident had another hamburger.

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And this time, he woke at 1AM,

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pounding itch on the palms and soles of

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his feet. His tongue started to swell. He

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threw up. And as the tongue kept swelling,

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it was hard to understand.

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Thankfully, Benadryl helped that night, but the incident

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led Fred to an allergist where they did

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a blood test, and they showed he had

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something called the alpha gal IgE

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antibody.

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It's more officially now known as alpha gal.

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And he was, they said allergic

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to red meat and the cause

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a tick bite.

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And everybody it seems has heard by now

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of Lyme disease and how prevalent that is.

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But according to the CDC,

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ticks cause at least 15 different human diseases

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spread over all kinds of different ticks located

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all over the country.

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And one of the perhaps least known and

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easily missed illnesses is that alpha gal one

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that Fred and is gonna talk to us

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about in this week's episode.

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Fred and his wife, Kathy, are longtime RVers.

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They camp in a coach house RV,

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love the outdoors.

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But this whole experience has changed their approach

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to bug spray.

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Today, Fred's here to share his experience on

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the little known

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but extremely serious condition called alpha gal.

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And we think it might change your approach.

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It's taking tick precautions

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too. So come meet Fred with us. Kinda

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walk us through this story a little bit.

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How how you got bit by a tick?

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Let's start with that.

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Honestly, I don't remember

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where I was to get it.

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I think I may have been at my

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daughter's place,

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in North Arkansas where they have five acres,

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and

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the dog likes to play in that big

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yard and the grass is tall, but I

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fish a lot. It It may have been

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that way.

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But I got a tick bite

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June

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'24,

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maybe in May, and it was on my

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back.

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And it was there for a day or

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so because I couldn't see it being on

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my back. And then I realized something was

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there. Had my wife look at it, and

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she goes, oh, yeah. There's a tick.

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So

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she got it off. Didn't think that much

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about it other than it then started to

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itch.

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And I don't think the itching has much

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to do with the syndrome, but

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that's why I remember the tick bite. It

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itched for weeks.

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And that was it. Didn't think much about

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it.

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And then,

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I'm not a big big eater anyway.

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But one day,

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we decided to go to lunch, and I

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got a hamburger.

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It tasted great. I hadn't had a hamburger

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in a long time. And that night, about

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maybe 06:00,

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we were just about ready to eat. And

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I

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just looked at her, and I stood up

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and went to the bathroom and just threw

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up and threw up and threw up.

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Yet when I finished, I felt great. I

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mean, I didn't feel sick. It was just

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it was gone, and

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I thought, well, I got a bad hamburger.

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And, apparently, that is

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just very classic

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for people's first reaction.

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Why do they call it alpha gal?

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Well, it's a it's a allergic reaction to

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a sugar that is alpha galactose.

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And

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I'd I'd heard of it. I kinda knew

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generally about it before I had it. We

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have a friend who has it,

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but I didn't know anything really. And, apparently,

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all mammals

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have the sugar, alpha galactose,

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except humans.

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And

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that's the reason it becomes a problem if

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you acquire it.

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So you came down with this. Now you

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got sick. You just thought that first time

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was bad burger, food poisoning.

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Oh, how did we drill down a little

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bit more and find out Well, about two

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months later,

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it was time for another burger.

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Got a burger, and this time it was

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at night or in the evening.

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And about 01:00 in the morning,

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I woke up because my tongue was itching

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so intensely

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that it woke me up. And then I

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realized my palms were itching

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and the soles of my feet were itching,

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and

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that's a pretty good allergy when that starts.

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And then I so I get up

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and,

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trying not to disturb my wife,

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realized go to the kitchen and realized

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my tongue is swelling.

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And by the time I got to work

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in the sound like I was,

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I got her up because I thought, you

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know, if it gets any worse than this,

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we're going to the ER.

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Unfortunately, the ER was, like, two or three

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blocks away, so it wasn't like it was

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gonna be a a terrible something. It was

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tear it would have been terrible, but it

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wasn't gonna be a thirty minute ride.

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Got some Benadryl in me. Actually, I threw

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up again

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and, got some Benadryl in me after that,

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and that's when I started kinda putting two

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and two together.

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That's because

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Did you did not go to the ER

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that night? No. I did not. So you

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took some Benadryl,

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felt better, knew it was in order to

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clean It never got to my airway. My

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tongue was swollen really quite a bit, but

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I could breathe fine.

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Right. And then with the Benadryl over the

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next three or four hours, it kinda went

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back to a normal tongue and,

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quit itching. How But there you go. So

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how did you, how did you ever get

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diagnosed and figure this out? Well, basically, I

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started with the Internet,

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looked it up on Google,

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and realized that my reaction,

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both of them, was very classic. Most people

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most people will start with a food poisoning

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like reaction

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and not think very much of it.

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And then their next one is the one

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that starts to get pretty big.

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And

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mine was actually fairly minor compared to many

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people's. Many people do wind up in the

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ER with true full blown anaphylaxis.

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And,

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there have been people who die because of

402
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this.

403
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This is not something just to take for,

404
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lately that, oh, well, I got this little

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condition. What else besides beef,

406
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are you restricted? Is it any other foods?

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We're also tested, though.

408
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Let me yeah. One thing I will throw

409
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back in about getting diagnosed.

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After reading about it on the Internet, I

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had some blood work run, you know, for

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the IgE

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components of this disease, and everything was elevated.

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And I had pretty classic reaction there too.

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It boils down to really pretty simple. If,

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if meat has

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hair or fur,

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I shouldn't eat it.

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If it has feathers and scales,

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I'm okay,

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which limits you a lot.

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Now you have a medical background as is

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your wife. You are

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retired periodontist,

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your wife a retired physician.

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With your medical background, what has surprised you

427
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about about this?

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I think the thing that surprises everybody is

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the fact it's such a delayed reaction.

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Typically, when you have an allergic reaction,

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as it gets into your system,

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you pretty quickly have a reaction.

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Like, if you take an amoxicillin

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and you're allergic to penicillin,

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probably within fifteen or twenty minutes, you're gonna

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start having

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something.

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This is hours. Average is four.

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Mine was closer to six.

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So

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that throws off most people's

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instinct on what's an allergy or what you're

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gonna be allergic to because you you're sitting

444
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there going,

445
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what did you have? And you're not going

446
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far enough back

447
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time wise to think about it.

448
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I'm willing to bet that you've become kind

449
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of an expert in ticks and,

450
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tick borne diseases

451
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from all of this.

452
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I know to be very careful. I'm I'm

453
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much more careful when I'm out now,

454
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mostly because nobody really knows

455
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if it lasts forever or not.

456
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But they do know that if you continue

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to be bitten,

458
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it tends to be the lone star tick.

459
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That's a type of tick.

460
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It's not the only one, but that's the

461
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primary one that carries this.

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And if if you're bitten again, it just

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starts the whole process over,

464
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and you may not ever get over it.

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So I'm being real careful. But the suggestion

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is two years after your bite

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to be completely retested to see where you

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are. And by then, I may be okay,

469
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and it may still be just like it

470
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is. It it's a total crapshoot.

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Now our folks, of course, who, follow us

472
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here in this podcast, they're active. They're outside

473
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a lot, with, the RV lifestyle.

474
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Some advice for people. Ticks are now everywhere.

475
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They really are.

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Obviously,

477
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you know, be aware of them. They're mostly

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gonna be in tall grass.

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I tend to wear long pants now

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when,

481
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normally, I would have worn shorts, and I

482
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just about don't do that anymore.

483
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They make I don't have any, but they

484
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make clothing that has been immersed in special

485
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chemicals that really repel them. I don't I

486
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haven't gotten to that point, but I do

487
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really spray my feet, socks, pants

488
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very heavily with just a good bug repellent

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with DEET.

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One of the one of the things I

491
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saw recently, which makes a lot of sense,

492
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is to take duct tape, reverse it, and

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put the sticky side out and roll it

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around your pants legs at your socks to

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kinda compress them, and

496
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it kinda preps the tick on the way

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up.

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No doubt that ticks are now pretty much,

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all over the 48 states.

500
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No. That's good. Well, Fred, thank you for

501
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sharing your story.

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That's a

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a part of

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a disease that most of us would be

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unaware of. We don't like ticks. It's the

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number one reason adults wind up with anaphylaxis

507
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right now, which is Really? Yes. Which is

508
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just amazing.

509
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You didn't have any trouble with an insure

510
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with insurance or anything with, with all this,

511
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did you? No.

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Because we've heard

513
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scary stories about people,

514
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and maybe that's changed in recent years. People

515
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with Lyme disease who could not get insurance

516
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coverage, they were very slow in recognizing

517
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that as a true problem. We we handle

518
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that differently in Arkansas. This is sort of

519
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a joke, but it's true. There's no Lyme

520
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disease in Arkansas

521
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because

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our health department does not test for it.

523
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So if you don't test for it, there

524
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is none. That is true.

525
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Wow.

526
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Well, that's Don't ask me why.

527
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Yeah.

528
00:20:02,944 --> 00:20:06,065
That's that's a big question for, Arkansas because

529
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they sure Lyme disease sure is everywhere else.

530
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Hey, Fred. Thank you. We will pass along

531
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some more information about ticks, but,

532
00:20:13,105 --> 00:20:15,649
love love hearing getting your story and great

533
00:20:15,649 --> 00:20:17,409
warning for people. Just need to know about

534
00:20:17,409 --> 00:20:17,909
this.

535
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They do. Thanks so much for making time.

536
00:20:20,289 --> 00:20:22,230
You. Good talking with you.

537
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Wow.

538
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I never heard of anything like that. Yeah.

539
00:20:26,450 --> 00:20:28,690
Here, I've always just heard about Lyme disease,

540
00:20:28,690 --> 00:20:31,414
which is bad enough. Yeah. But all these

541
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different types of diseases that ticks carry. And

542
00:20:34,615 --> 00:20:36,394
ticks are so rare in places

543
00:20:36,855 --> 00:20:38,934
we never saw them before. They're there. So

544
00:20:38,934 --> 00:20:39,674
it's crazy.

545
00:20:40,294 --> 00:20:42,775
Hey. Are you tired of expensive campgrounds and

546
00:20:42,775 --> 00:20:45,359
crowded RV parks? We wanna tell you that

547
00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,380
there's a better way to discover

548
00:20:47,759 --> 00:20:50,559
amazing overnight stays than just looking at RV

549
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with open arms. These aren't just parking spots.

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They're experiences.

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We visited this RV overnight farm near Nashville

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that has barbecues, country music, and line dancing,

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and we camped at this awesome bison ranch

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in Indiana.

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Now it's time for the social media buzz

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with Wendy Boyer. She reports on the hot

586
00:22:26,835 --> 00:22:29,075
issues most talked about this past week on

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social media and our RV lifestyle community group.

588
00:22:32,994 --> 00:22:33,735
Hi, everybody.

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This past week, the buzz in our private

590
00:22:36,369 --> 00:22:39,570
RV lifestyle community has been mini meetups. August

591
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is mini meetups in our group where members

592
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of the group get together and meet up.

593
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And our first one was in Nashville, Tennessee

594
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where some

595
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members got together, shared a meal, some camped

596
00:22:50,404 --> 00:22:52,085
at the KOA, and it sounds like lots

597
00:22:52,085 --> 00:22:54,565
of laughs and fun by all. And can't

598
00:22:54,565 --> 00:22:56,325
wait to hear about the others in the

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next week.

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But what I'd like to share with you

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today are three tips

602
00:23:00,940 --> 00:23:02,859
that I saw that make RVing a little

603
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bit easier,

604
00:23:04,140 --> 00:23:06,140
and here they are in no particular order.

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00:23:06,140 --> 00:23:08,059
The first one was from Wayne and Susie.

606
00:23:08,059 --> 00:23:10,059
They shared it in our private community, and

607
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they wrote, we are in a campground with

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30 amp power, and it's a 100 degrees.

609
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So I set up my swamp cooler by

610
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tying freezer cold packs on the back of

611
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our portable fan. It helps immensely. Just wish

612
00:23:22,274 --> 00:23:24,194
I had another set of four freezer packs

613
00:23:24,194 --> 00:23:25,554
to switch out when these need to go

614
00:23:25,554 --> 00:23:26,454
back in the freezer.

615
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And they shared a picture of their fan

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with this setup. Sounds like a brilliant idea.

617
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It sounds like it could be really helpful

618
00:23:33,059 --> 00:23:34,659
to a lot of folks when it's hot

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out as it's been this last few weeks.

620
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And then the second post I'd like to

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share with you was in our RV lifestyle

622
00:23:40,659 --> 00:23:42,919
Facebook group, and it was from Jane.

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00:23:43,539 --> 00:23:44,679
And Jane wrote,

624
00:23:45,034 --> 00:23:47,034
found this to be the best kitchen appliance

625
00:23:47,034 --> 00:23:49,355
when it's hot outside. It doesn't heat up

626
00:23:49,355 --> 00:23:50,174
your RV.

627
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And for those listening to the audio only

628
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version of the podcast, Jane shared a picture

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of a single burner induction cooktop

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that can be placed outside on the table,

631
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,960
plugged in, used to cook, keeps all those

632
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,140
smells and heat outside your rig.

633
00:24:05,759 --> 00:24:08,319
Many also chimed in when they saw this

634
00:24:08,319 --> 00:24:10,319
post, said they had it as a game

635
00:24:10,319 --> 00:24:10,819
changer,

636
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,355
helped with them even save money because they

637
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use less propane for cooking.

638
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And the only thing is you gotta make

639
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sure you have induction capable cookware, but wanted

640
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to share this idea with you in case

641
00:24:21,994 --> 00:24:24,329
it could help someone else out there. And

642
00:24:24,329 --> 00:24:26,650
then the third and final post with a

643
00:24:26,650 --> 00:24:29,369
tip came from Renee, and this one has

644
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to do with the kitchen,

645
00:24:30,890 --> 00:24:32,829
specifically your kitchen spices.

646
00:24:33,369 --> 00:24:36,009
Renee took picture of all the things that

647
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she brings in her RV in their original

648
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packaging,

649
00:24:39,805 --> 00:24:41,664
plastic, glass, all the different spices.

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And what she did was she transferred them

651
00:24:43,965 --> 00:24:47,644
into something called mason jar ziplock bags. She

652
00:24:47,644 --> 00:24:48,785
picked them up online.

653
00:24:49,725 --> 00:24:53,019
She they're stored in a clear glass box.

654
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She got from the family dollar store,

655
00:24:55,259 --> 00:24:56,799
huge space saver.

656
00:24:57,420 --> 00:25:00,299
Look like a great idea. Many people were

657
00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:01,980
super excited to see this and said they

658
00:25:01,980 --> 00:25:03,900
were doing the same thing. So wanted to

659
00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:05,340
share this as well in case it could

660
00:25:05,340 --> 00:25:06,080
help somebody.

661
00:25:06,775 --> 00:25:08,855
And that's it for me this week. Three

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00:25:08,855 --> 00:25:11,015
different tips that were shared on our social

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00:25:11,015 --> 00:25:14,454
media platforms, and we love seeing tips, love

664
00:25:14,454 --> 00:25:16,394
seeing hacks, and hope it can help someone.

665
00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:18,535
I'm Wendy Boyer, and I'll see you in

666
00:25:18,535 --> 00:25:21,289
either our private RV lifestyle community or Facebook

667
00:25:21,289 --> 00:25:23,289
group. I just love hearing all those tips

668
00:25:23,289 --> 00:25:24,269
and suggestions

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00:25:24,970 --> 00:25:27,789
and the friendship that develop on our community.

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00:25:28,170 --> 00:25:30,090
They're they're really amazing, aren't they? There's so

671
00:25:30,090 --> 00:25:32,330
much to learn from each other. Yep. There

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00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:34,255
is. Hey. Have you ever thought of having

673
00:25:34,255 --> 00:25:36,815
your own RV land? Place where you can

674
00:25:36,815 --> 00:25:38,275
camp as long as you want,

675
00:25:38,575 --> 00:25:40,914
whenever you want without having to get reservations?

676
00:25:41,455 --> 00:25:43,795
A lot of folks are looking at multi

677
00:25:43,855 --> 00:25:46,335
acre parcels that they can develop into their

678
00:25:46,335 --> 00:25:47,634
own RV retreat.

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00:25:48,190 --> 00:25:49,950
And there's only two places in the country

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00:25:49,950 --> 00:25:51,890
right now that we know about that

681
00:25:52,349 --> 00:25:55,309
offer developments like that. One of them is

682
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in Arizona and the other in Tennessee.

683
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Rocky Lake is one of the most visited

684
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sites in Tennessee. It's one of the biggest

685
00:26:03,630 --> 00:26:06,005
lakes East Of The Mississippi and a great

686
00:26:06,005 --> 00:26:09,285
vacation spot perfect for RVers. Tennessee Land and

687
00:26:09,285 --> 00:26:11,845
Lakes is launching a grand opening of new

688
00:26:11,845 --> 00:26:14,805
property at the lake. They're big properties that

689
00:26:14,805 --> 00:26:16,025
allow for RVs

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00:26:16,484 --> 00:26:19,045
near Paris Landing State Park right near the

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00:26:19,045 --> 00:26:21,730
marina, golf courses, resorts, and a slew of

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00:26:21,730 --> 00:26:22,630
other great attractions.

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00:26:23,009 --> 00:26:24,930
It's one of the most popular parts of

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the lake where it's at its widest and

695
00:26:27,730 --> 00:26:30,769
a really beautiful spot. There are large acreage

696
00:26:30,769 --> 00:26:34,150
five to 29 acre sites in size designed

697
00:26:34,210 --> 00:26:37,055
for privacy at great prices for the area

698
00:26:37,055 --> 00:26:39,474
with dedicated private access to Kentucky

699
00:26:39,775 --> 00:26:42,275
Lake. It's an ideal setup for RVers.

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00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:46,174
Prices start at $99,900,

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00:26:46,174 --> 00:26:49,359
and they've got woods and fields, views, cottages,

702
00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:52,160
and more with electric and high speed Internet.

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You can get details and a video tour

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at rvlands.net.

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00:26:57,259 --> 00:26:59,259
Visit rvlands.net

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to get started. It's pretty incredible.

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00:27:02,375 --> 00:27:04,615
Jennifer and I took a trip to Las

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00:27:04,615 --> 00:27:07,755
Vegas and Arizona to look at Windmill Acres,

709
00:27:07,975 --> 00:27:10,934
a brand new RV property being offered by

710
00:27:10,934 --> 00:27:12,394
Western Land and Ranches.

711
00:27:12,855 --> 00:27:15,994
They're selling off one and two acre parcels

712
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,940
starting at only $14,900.

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00:27:19,079 --> 00:27:21,319
Now these are big. An acre is the

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size of a football field. The properties are

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00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,240
on a plateau with big valley views, and

716
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,859
the location is amazing.

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00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,139
Next to Lake Mead National Recreation Area,

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00:27:32,494 --> 00:27:33,875
We had a blast.

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00:27:34,174 --> 00:27:36,255
There are so many places to explore near

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00:27:36,255 --> 00:27:38,894
the property, the Grand Canyon. We took a

721
00:27:38,894 --> 00:27:41,775
boat ride on the Colorado River below Hoover

722
00:27:41,775 --> 00:27:42,275
Dam.

723
00:27:42,654 --> 00:27:44,914
Boulder City was a fun little town.

724
00:27:45,615 --> 00:27:47,609
That's right off Route 66.

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And, of course, we had to enjoy some

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00:27:50,089 --> 00:27:51,869
nightlife in Las Vegas.

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00:27:52,329 --> 00:27:55,049
It's a lifetime supply of fun things to

728
00:27:55,049 --> 00:27:57,470
do when you own a camp at Windmill

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00:27:57,529 --> 00:27:58,029
Acres.

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00:27:58,490 --> 00:28:00,509
The properties are now available.

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00:28:01,154 --> 00:28:02,914
This is 100%

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00:28:02,914 --> 00:28:05,234
ownership, so there's no reservations needed when you

733
00:28:05,234 --> 00:28:08,275
wanna hang out, time limits or crowded parks

734
00:28:08,275 --> 00:28:10,195
that you have to go through. You can

735
00:28:10,195 --> 00:28:12,595
share your property. You can rent it. It's

736
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whatever you wanna do.

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00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:15,380
For more information,

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visit arizonaranchsales.com

739
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,420
or call 822232

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Now for the RV question of the week.

741
00:28:27,644 --> 00:28:31,025
I'm always reading about RV tires blowing out.

742
00:28:31,244 --> 00:28:33,644
Why don't car tires blow out so much?

743
00:28:33,644 --> 00:28:35,644
That was for Nancy. That's a really great

744
00:28:35,644 --> 00:28:38,445
question. A great question. Yeah. The short answer

745
00:28:38,445 --> 00:28:40,365
is that RV tires are used under much

746
00:28:40,365 --> 00:28:42,785
harsher condition than car tires.

747
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,799
There's a lot more cars out there. They

748
00:28:45,799 --> 00:28:48,460
certainly travel more miles than RVs, but

749
00:28:48,759 --> 00:28:51,240
the reason blowouts are more common among RVs

750
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,659
is because RVs use those tires

751
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,335
in a tougher way.

752
00:28:56,294 --> 00:28:58,534
And there's a lot of explanations for that.

753
00:28:58,534 --> 00:28:59,434
First of all,

754
00:28:59,974 --> 00:29:01,974
RVs are very heavy, and often they carry

755
00:29:01,974 --> 00:29:02,474
loads

756
00:29:02,855 --> 00:29:05,434
close to the maximum rating of the tires.

757
00:29:05,654 --> 00:29:08,134
Or over the maximum rating of the tires.

758
00:29:08,134 --> 00:29:10,474
It's so easy to overload your RV.

759
00:29:10,809 --> 00:29:13,049
Yeah. Put extra stress on the tires whenever

760
00:29:13,049 --> 00:29:13,869
you do that.

761
00:29:14,330 --> 00:29:16,890
Car tires usually operate well below the maximum

762
00:29:16,890 --> 00:29:19,070
weight, so they have more of a margin

763
00:29:19,210 --> 00:29:21,690
of error there for you. And RV tires

764
00:29:21,690 --> 00:29:24,910
run hotter because they're carrying these heavy loads

765
00:29:25,384 --> 00:29:26,845
sometimes at higher pressures.

766
00:29:27,304 --> 00:29:30,744
RV tires often age out before they wear

767
00:29:30,744 --> 00:29:33,304
out. An RV might sit parked for long

768
00:29:33,304 --> 00:29:33,804
stretches

769
00:29:34,105 --> 00:29:35,404
so the rubber degrades,

770
00:29:35,944 --> 00:29:37,804
dry, rot, cracking.

771
00:29:38,140 --> 00:29:39,839
Even if the tread looks fine,

772
00:29:40,220 --> 00:29:42,240
cars are more likely to be driven regularly

773
00:29:42,299 --> 00:29:45,500
and stored in garages or shaded driveways. And

774
00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:47,660
I I think another thing is let's be

775
00:29:47,660 --> 00:29:49,279
blunt about it. RV manufacturers,

776
00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:50,480
some of them,

777
00:29:50,934 --> 00:29:53,095
cut their costs by equipping their rigs with

778
00:29:53,095 --> 00:29:54,955
the cheapest tires they can source

779
00:29:55,414 --> 00:29:58,615
often from little known overseas brands. Critics sometimes

780
00:29:58,615 --> 00:30:00,555
refer to these as China bombs

781
00:30:01,015 --> 00:30:01,515
because

782
00:30:01,974 --> 00:30:04,394
of the reputation for failing under stress.

783
00:30:04,940 --> 00:30:07,500
And it's true that many tires today are

784
00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:09,519
made in China, but the difference is that

785
00:30:09,740 --> 00:30:10,960
cars typically

786
00:30:11,420 --> 00:30:13,440
roll off the lot with well known

787
00:30:13,819 --> 00:30:15,279
reputable name brands.

788
00:30:16,140 --> 00:30:17,819
We want to have an RV dealer give

789
00:30:17,819 --> 00:30:19,335
us some advice, give us a rule of

790
00:30:19,335 --> 00:30:21,734
thumb on how to know if you, wanted

791
00:30:21,734 --> 00:30:22,474
those tires.

792
00:30:22,855 --> 00:30:26,154
If you can't easily pronounce the manufacturer's name,

793
00:30:26,375 --> 00:30:28,394
it's probably best to steer clear.

794
00:30:28,775 --> 00:30:30,075
Yep. Bottom line,

795
00:30:30,694 --> 00:30:33,335
RV tires blow out more because they carry

796
00:30:33,335 --> 00:30:34,234
heavier loads.

797
00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:35,450
They sit

798
00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:37,990
unused for long periods, and they suffer more

799
00:30:37,990 --> 00:30:39,210
from age and heat.

800
00:30:39,669 --> 00:30:41,769
Car tires are used more regularly

801
00:30:42,150 --> 00:30:43,929
and under less strain.

802
00:30:44,630 --> 00:30:46,710
Hey. Do you have a question? We love

803
00:30:46,710 --> 00:30:48,069
to hear from you. Send them to us

804
00:30:48,069 --> 00:30:51,904
at mikeandjen@rvlifestyle.com.

805
00:30:51,904 --> 00:30:54,545
And now it's time for Mike and Jen's

806
00:30:54,545 --> 00:30:56,964
story time, the Ogema County

807
00:30:57,265 --> 00:30:59,744
UFO encounter. So we're gonna talk about this

808
00:30:59,744 --> 00:31:00,244
week.

809
00:31:00,945 --> 00:31:02,164
So, Jen, do you remember

810
00:31:02,670 --> 00:31:05,309
we were boondocking from the middle of nowhere

811
00:31:05,309 --> 00:31:07,869
in Ogemont County up in Northern Michigan? How

812
00:31:07,869 --> 00:31:10,269
could I forget? We were so deep in

813
00:31:10,269 --> 00:31:13,070
those woods. I'm pretty sure our GPS just

814
00:31:13,070 --> 00:31:15,950
gave up and started showing question marks. We're

815
00:31:15,950 --> 00:31:18,794
talking like no cell coverage, just us, the

816
00:31:18,794 --> 00:31:20,575
RV, and about a million trees,

817
00:31:21,115 --> 00:31:22,174
and it's dark.

818
00:31:22,554 --> 00:31:24,714
We're sitting around outside the camp chairs, got

819
00:31:24,714 --> 00:31:27,115
a little fire going, and we're enjoying the

820
00:31:27,115 --> 00:31:27,934
peace and quiet.

821
00:31:28,394 --> 00:31:32,420
Probably 10:00 at night, and Jen goes, Mike,

822
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:33,619
what is that?

823
00:31:34,079 --> 00:31:36,500
Because there were these lights, you guys,

824
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:38,559
just over the tree line to the east

825
00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:41,759
of us, and they weren't like airplane lights

826
00:31:41,759 --> 00:31:45,125
or anything normal. They were moving really slowly

827
00:31:45,184 --> 00:31:47,664
from north to south, and here's the creepy

828
00:31:47,664 --> 00:31:51,025
part. They kept turning on and off. Like,

829
00:31:51,025 --> 00:31:52,884
not blinking. Just turning completely

830
00:31:53,184 --> 00:31:57,029
on and then off. Just floating there. Then

831
00:31:57,029 --> 00:31:59,109
they're gone, then they're back again maybe in

832
00:31:59,109 --> 00:32:00,490
a slightly different spot.

833
00:32:00,950 --> 00:32:03,850
We're watching these things for twenty minutes.

834
00:32:04,230 --> 00:32:07,190
And Mike's got his phone out trying to

835
00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:09,990
record, but of course There there's it's dark

836
00:32:09,990 --> 00:32:12,125
and it's a long way away. I'm getting

837
00:32:12,125 --> 00:32:14,605
a black screen, maybe a tiny dot. It

838
00:32:14,605 --> 00:32:16,444
could be something, and you zoom in on

839
00:32:16,444 --> 00:32:18,944
it. It gets all out of focus.

840
00:32:19,244 --> 00:32:20,704
The phone wasn't very helpful.

841
00:32:21,325 --> 00:32:24,410
But we both saw it. Multiple lights moving

842
00:32:24,410 --> 00:32:27,369
in this weird pattern, definitely not following any

843
00:32:27,369 --> 00:32:29,230
flight path that made sense.

844
00:32:29,529 --> 00:32:31,769
And we're looking at each other. Are we

845
00:32:31,769 --> 00:32:34,570
really seeing this right now? We've watched enough

846
00:32:34,570 --> 00:32:35,549
YouTube videos

847
00:32:36,009 --> 00:32:36,795
to know that

848
00:32:37,355 --> 00:32:39,695
UFOs are supposed to look like that. Right?

849
00:32:40,075 --> 00:32:41,835
And this was checking all the boxes for

850
00:32:41,835 --> 00:32:44,555
us, mysterious lights, the middle of nowhere, no

851
00:32:44,555 --> 00:32:45,055
logical

852
00:32:45,355 --> 00:32:45,855
explanation.

853
00:32:46,875 --> 00:32:48,955
We went to bed that night, and I

854
00:32:48,955 --> 00:32:51,149
was like, Mike, I think we just saw

855
00:32:51,149 --> 00:32:52,289
actual UFOs.

856
00:32:53,149 --> 00:32:55,470
And he's I think so too. Neither of

857
00:32:55,470 --> 00:32:57,549
us slept great that night. I kept listening

858
00:32:57,549 --> 00:32:59,009
for that, whoo hoo,

859
00:32:59,470 --> 00:33:01,470
weird humming sound that they show you in

860
00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:03,884
all those old silly science fictions movies. I

861
00:33:03,884 --> 00:33:05,565
I was waiting for the RV to start

862
00:33:05,565 --> 00:33:07,964
shaking and a big light came down. Yep.

863
00:33:07,964 --> 00:33:08,464
Right.

864
00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:10,545
Every little noise

865
00:33:10,924 --> 00:33:13,424
have me convinced that the aliens were coming.

866
00:33:13,805 --> 00:33:16,204
So the next morning, we drove into town

867
00:33:16,204 --> 00:33:18,339
to hit up the local general store and

868
00:33:18,339 --> 00:33:20,740
one of those places that has everything from

869
00:33:20,740 --> 00:33:23,380
fishing bait to breakfast cereal to motor oil.

870
00:33:23,380 --> 00:33:25,859
And the guy behind the counters goes, y'all

871
00:33:25,859 --> 00:33:27,779
camping out in the woods? And we said,

872
00:33:27,779 --> 00:33:30,019
yeah. Why? And he said, I thought you

873
00:33:30,019 --> 00:33:31,779
might have been. There's some other people out

874
00:33:31,779 --> 00:33:34,625
there. And he started telling us about how

875
00:33:34,625 --> 00:33:37,345
there's apparently this other campsite about a mile

876
00:33:37,345 --> 00:33:39,505
from where we were, which we had no

877
00:33:39,505 --> 00:33:42,384
idea existed, and the people camping there last

878
00:33:42,384 --> 00:33:44,005
night were celebrating something.

879
00:33:44,464 --> 00:33:46,484
Setting off Chinese lanterns,

880
00:33:46,785 --> 00:33:47,525
he says.

881
00:33:47,980 --> 00:33:50,220
Probably saw them floating around for quite a

882
00:33:50,220 --> 00:33:52,720
while last night. Chinese lanterns.

883
00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:56,139
We just stood there looking at each other,

884
00:33:56,139 --> 00:33:57,440
feeling a bit sheepies.

885
00:33:57,899 --> 00:34:00,399
All of our UFO excitement vanished

886
00:34:01,024 --> 00:34:02,085
with the Chinese

887
00:34:02,384 --> 00:34:04,964
ladders that we saw. But you know what?

888
00:34:05,265 --> 00:34:08,304
For about twelve hours, we were absolutely convinced

889
00:34:08,304 --> 00:34:09,525
we'd witnessed something

890
00:34:10,224 --> 00:34:10,724
otherworldly.

891
00:34:11,344 --> 00:34:13,764
We were ready to call the Discovery Channel.

892
00:34:13,905 --> 00:34:15,940
I was already planning our interview with the

893
00:34:15,940 --> 00:34:16,680
local news.

894
00:34:17,059 --> 00:34:19,000
Camping couples spots unexplained

895
00:34:19,380 --> 00:34:21,400
phenomenon over Oklahoma County.

896
00:34:21,780 --> 00:34:24,920
Instead, it was more like camping couple mistakes,

897
00:34:25,059 --> 00:34:27,400
party decorations for alien spaceship.

898
00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:29,239
The moral of the story

899
00:34:29,675 --> 00:34:32,815
is sometime the truth really is out there.

900
00:34:33,275 --> 00:34:35,695
It's just way more boring than you hoped.

901
00:34:35,914 --> 00:34:37,994
But, hey, at least we got a good

902
00:34:37,994 --> 00:34:40,474
story out of it. And those Chinese lanterns

903
00:34:40,474 --> 00:34:42,494
were actually really pretty

904
00:34:42,795 --> 00:34:44,815
even if they weren't from outer space.

905
00:34:45,150 --> 00:34:47,469
Before we go, let us again invite you

906
00:34:47,469 --> 00:34:48,210
to become

907
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908
00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:54,030
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909
00:34:54,030 --> 00:34:55,569
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910
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911
00:34:58,349 --> 00:35:00,824
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913
00:35:03,625 --> 00:35:05,864
That's it for this episode of the RV

914
00:35:05,864 --> 00:35:07,965
Podcast. Thanks for watching and listening.

915
00:35:08,425 --> 00:35:09,244
Happy trails.