RV Miles Podcast

Chuck Woodbury has been independently covering the RV industry longer than almost everyone else, and this week, we chat with him about the state of the RV industry as he marks 20 years at rvtravel.com. Plus, we have easy campground cocktails, a new change to Verizon plans that's great for RVers, and a whole lot more!

This week, we recount our journey to Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs, where we stayed at the Garden of the Gods RV Resort and visited its namesake park, as well as Pikes Peak. Plus, we share a wild new marketing campaign from Hotels.com that's aimed at RV buyer's remorse, and so much more.

This week, how great is Great Sand Dunes? It's pretty great and we are recapping our time at this sandy playground, including camping at Great Sand Dunes Oasis, and boondocking not too far from the park. Plus, a couple of questions from the RV Miles Facebook Group, and update on our recent "Kicked Out" incident, a new brain teaser, and more!

On today's episode, we explore some things to think about when choosing an RV to live in full-time, or even to camp for extended periods. We also tackle a listener question about the many and varied ways we deal with trash on the road. Including...freezing it?

This week, it's the third anniversary of the RV Miles Podcast! We travel from Durango to Ouray, Colorado on the Million Dollar Highway. Plus, how to boondock with a residential fridge, how to check your transmission temperature, and more!

On this episode we break down the challenges full-timers face procuring loans, insurance, and warranty work. Plus, and absolutely disastrous black tank incident, a helicopter motorhome, and more.

This week, our guide to the green cliffs of Mesa Verde National Park, which has so much more to offer than cliff dwellings. Plus, you may have heard about 14-day quarantine requirements in certain states. We find out what they actually mean.

This week we chat with Adam Christoffersen of Winnebago about their new adventure trailer called the "Hike," plus the new F-150, a 3000 site campground planned for Zion National Park, and your "ask us anything" questions.

This week, we tackle our most-often-asked question - how to get reliable mobile internet. Plus, we've got some interesting news from the RV Industry about length standards and a new RV model year standard.

This week, our full-time series continues, and we tackle the questions about figuring out what state to call home and how to have a mailing address wherever you are. Plus, listener questions, and more!

This week, the Gear Guide is back! Join us to talk about all our favorite new gadgets! Plus listener questions, and more!

This week, our full-time series returns, as we talk with Jim Nelson and Rene Agredano about their decade-plus on the road. They share their story to full-time RV freedom and tons of tips about traveling with pets. Plus, we’ve recently visited a newly re-opened National Park. We share our experiences with social distancing at Mesa Verde.

This week, After almost 10 weeks in the Verde Valley, we’re on the move. We tell you where we’ve headed, but take some time to reflect on our Arizona shelter-in-place experience and the wonderful travel opportunities in the are. Plus, listener questions, news about mobile satellite TV, and more.

This week, it’s all about workamping - or working from the road. How to make a living from anywhere to make full-time or extended RV life possible. We talk about all the options out there, and we interview Kari DePhillips, co-host of the Workationing podcast, who started a business with $500 and now travels the world managing her company and several employees entirely over the internet

This week, some camping is opening - while other camping is closing, and the demand for RVs is nothing short of unbelievable. We answer a listener’s question about car seats in motor homes, talk about a new line of made-for-adventure trailers from Forest River, and we kick off our full-time RV how-to series with questions anyone interested in full-time traveling should ask themselves.

This week, coronavirus camping restrictions are lifting quickly, but navigating the different rules in each state and municipality can be tricky. We help you wade through the latest info.

This week, we discuss when the National Parks will reopen, and talk about why you should always shut your water off when you leave your RV, plus so much more!

This week, is fulltime RVing about to flourish as more Americans embrace the digital workspace? It's National Park Week, will you help us celebrate? And we share listener travel misconceptions, and how we’ve changed our minds about places just by visiting them.

This week, we continue our shelter-in-place in Arizona, where we’re getting visits from new critters. There’s a new version of the Instant Pot out that star wars fans are sure to enjoy, and we unravel the secrets of the history of modern camping.

On Episode 139, Grills, Instant Pots, Blackstones, Air Fryers...what camp cooking gadgets do you really need? We’ve used them all, and we tell you what has stayed in the RV permanently, and what we’ve given up. Was there a worse time in recent memory to open a campground than just before the Coronavirus pandemic? We talk to one park about how they’re trying to survive by pivoting to help people without another place to go. All that, plus the latest Coronavirus travel updates.

This week, how well do you know your National Parks? We put our knowledge to the test with an online National Park trivia quiz. Plus, the latest travel news during the coronavirus pandemic, and a whole lot more.

This week as the coronavirus continues to drastically change the travel landscape, we talk with three industry experts about the latest mass campground closures, why private parks consider themselves essential services, and what the RV industry is doing to help health care workers and first responders. Plus, we give you our best ideas to get your outdoor fix while sheltering in place.

This week, as the coronavirus affects everyone’s daily lives in America, we talk about how it’s impacting RV travel. Fifth wheels are about to get much bigger, we tell you why. What do you do when the voltage is low at your campground, listener questions and more.

This week, RV rallies - what the heck are they, and why should you go? We talk with two Dads in the Fulltime Families organization about the benefits of rallies and finding community on the road. We all know that manufacturing quality is a hot button issue, we try to find out who’s more at fault, RV manufacturers or their suppliers. A major step towards electric RVs has been announced, and big changes continue to rock the most popular unlimited cell data providers.

This week, is Los Angeles RV friendly? Pumping gas at an all-too-small gas station, what’s up with grumpy snowbirds, and we break down our top resources for finding the best campgrounds.

This week, we explore the depths of Carlsbad Caverns for the second time - and we’ve learned some new tips. There are a million uses for WD-40, like removing bug guts from the front of your RV, but what is it made of? RV TVs — do you need to spend $3,000 for vibration resistance or can you buy the $150 Walmart special? Scenic overlooks are closing down in New Mexico; why we can’t have nice things anymore. And rocker and bandana aficionado Bret Michaels is selling his RV. How much bleach would it take for you to buy it?

This week, a new camping book makes us blush, a late-night break-in story from an RVer that takes quite a turn, why RV parks are beginning to offer a new service, and we make our way to Carlsbad New Mexico, where it’s every bit as cold as it was in Kansas City last week, 900 miles up the road.

This week, we’re hitting the road for New Mexico but first, some furnace woes. We’ve got news about fees for electricity at Boondocker’s Welcome sites, a new RV from Mercedes, and a piece of gear we love for organizing.

This week, why trailer brakes are incredibly underpowered, a European RV manufacturer lands in America, and a new magazine for full-time RVers and other location-independent digital nomads called Rootless Living

This week, a new way to skirt RVs in the cold, and our littlest wanderer, Henry, comes on to chat about life on the road.

This week, we’ve got news, news and more news, along with listener questions, and an interview about a new product designed to make driving your RV much safer!

This week, Utah’s Mighty 5, a See America Preview, and how restaurants are chosen for those blue highway exit signs.

This week: Hidden perks that you might not know you already have waiting for you, going out to restaurants with little ones, the secrets behind interstate highways, and a high-end overlanding camper that’s been under our nose since before overlanding was cool.

It’s a new decade - what are your travel goals for 2020? This week, we talk about our goals for the upcoming year, as well as yours!

This week, we recap the good and bad of our 2019 travels, plus some unconventional camping tips and a major change to a popular internet option.

This week, does Benadryl really stop snake bite venom? Is it bad to store batteries on concrete? Can you really dump grey water on public lands? We look for the right and wrong in our third edition of RV Mythbusting.

This week, it’s said that some people will do anything for the ‘gram. Is a blacklist of influencers who act up on public lands in order? What does next year’s RV sales landscape look like? We take a look at a new report and how the RV industry is spinning it. And airstream looks to the future to make those scary Millenials happy. Will they change the classic silver bullet look?

This week, Cherie Ve Ard and Chris Dunphy, together known as Technomadia, share their journey from living in a small trailer to the bus conversion, class b, and boat that they travel in today. Along the way, they started the Mobile Internet Resource Center, and they’ll share their thoughts on the future of mobile internet connections, while giving us a preview of their new TV Show “The RVers” on the Discovery Channel.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Our 2019 holiday gift guide is here, full of our top picks for you and yours!

This week we welcome Heath Padgett of RV Entrepreneur to the show, and he and Jason had such a great time that the interview is two segments, instead of just one. But don't worry, Abby is still around and she and Jason break down holiday travel, the WORST Christmas song, and Abby has a fresh tank that she can't get her hands on fast enough.

Often we forget that people own RVs for all sorts of reasons. This week, we hear from Kimberly DeCarrera of RVtailgaitlife.com about the joys of going to sporting events in your RV. Plus, the recent tragic murder of a full-time traveling couple on Padre Island near Corpus Christie, Texas, has a lot of people thinking about whether boondocking is for them anymore. We take a look at numbers and have a frank discussion about safety.

This week, bison, prairie dogs, coyotes and sunsets at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, plus, we get the heck out of Dodge!

This week...hiking etiquette, and a personality quiz that will leave you with the chills. Plus, why not to visit the casinos just outside of Vegas, and a new trailer from Lance Campers.

This week, one man’s frustration shopping for a new RV, how to find the real height of your unit, a unique old fashioned ice cream stop, truck news and more!

This week, trivia games take front and center around RV Miles as we find ourselves buried in snow, plus Joel Holland from Harvest Hosts talks to us about getting a massage from a nun...and Abby has a blast from the past in her fresh tank/ blank tank segment.

This week, our favorite pizza across the country, America’s top 10 road trips, according to science, and Liz Wilcox talks Full-time Freedom Week, an upcoming free resource for anyone looking to travel full-time or even part-time.

This week, tips for driving a big-rig RV, why State Park campgrounds may begin to look a whole lot different, and we run down our favorites for 2020 family-friendly RVs.

This week, why you should consider an extended warranty before the end of the year, an RV manufacturer that’s aiming to fix the industry’s quality problem, and we take you to Sin City, Las Vegas, Nevada, for a preview of the See America podcast.

This week, your favorite camping gear. We had listeners call in to tell you about the products that make life on the road easier. A new RV concept that has a lot of heads turning, and our good friend Shawne Martinez takes us to the 36th annual Portland Fall RV and Van Show, giving us his thoughts on several RVs you might want to check out.

On this episode, Jason returns after being away for brain surgery, and we reminisce on our wonderful weekend before everything went down at North Dakota's Icelandic State Park.