Present Notes for Episode #485 of The RV Podcast
This week on the RV Podcast:
- One of many nation’s prime Lemon Regulation Attorneys says RVers are Loopy to purchase a brand new RV. He says it is due to an insidious authorized provision many sellers make you signal.
- There’s a number of disappointment by RVers because the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta has determined to scale back the variety of RV tenting spots this yr to make means for extra automobile parking.
- Now we have the dates for our spring/summer time RV Life-style Meetup – June 11-14 – and can announce the main points and ticket gross sales Thursday night in a particular livestream on our new RV Life-style Neighborhood
- All this plus the RV Information of the Week, the Social Media Buzz, and your questions developing in Episode #485 of the RV Podcast
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Heads up! That is the week we open ticket gross sales for our Spring/Summer time RV Life-style Gathering.
The dates are June 11-14, and full particulars shall be introduced in a particular Livestream on our RV Life-style Neighborhood at 7 PM EST Thursday, Feb. 22. If you’re already a member of the neighborhood, you will notice it in the primary feed and underneath the Occasions tab. If you’re not but a member, now’s the time to hitch! Simply go to https://community.rvlifestyle.com
We’re actually enthusiastic about this and suppose will probably be one in all our most fun-filled meetups but! With out giving freely the main points, I’ll share the theme: It is a “Groove and Collect!”)
Tune in to the Livestream Thursday to study why we’re calling it that. It is going to be nice!
We’ve been again in Michigan for the previous 10 days and you realize what meaning… it’s time to hit the highway once more. We’re off this week… Headed to Florida and the Gulf Coast, amongst different locations. We’ll be doing a number of livestream movies and on-location reviews.
SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZ – Wendy Bowyer
Wendy Bowyer reviews on the new points most talked about this previous week on social media and our RV Lifestyle Community group.
In our RV Lifestyle Community, we have added a number of new Areas for folks with frequent pursuits to attach. Subjects embody digital nomads, RVs on the market, Crafters Nook, and the RV Cooking Change.
On this final class, the RV Cooking Change, one dialog that caught my eye began with the query, “What are your must-have RV kitchen gadgets or appliances?”
Lisa wrote that she was undecided how she ever lived with out her Ninja Air Fryer! She has the model with the grill setting and stated she will be able to cook dinner an ideal hen breast or filet mignon and it’s tremendous simple to wash. Despina is a girl after my very own coronary heart as a result of she stated she will be able to’t reside with out her French Press to make her morning espresso. Ann talked about her cocktail glass is her RV must-have, together with aluminum foil, as a result of they love to do a number of cooking on an out of doors grill over the campfire. Jean stated her must-have is a griddle for pancakes.
Additionally within the RVLifestyle Neighborhood, underneath the Electrical house, we had an amazing tip from John.
John wrote that a technique he discovered to reduce the load on his batteries when with out shore energy and never within the temper to run a generator was to make use of a small, cheap 12VT inverter for simply his TV and DVD participant. He went into some element about how this works, and the tip was actually appreciated by many who wish to do some dry tenting.
In the meantime, over in our RVLifestyle Fb Group, Shana wrote a put up the place she requested the group if anybody had ever been frightened of driving their Class A. Up to now, her husband had completed all of the driving, however they’d a 6-month journey developing, and he wished her to drive, too. Shana is a firefighter and has pushed a hearth truck, however there was one thing about driving the RV. She and her husband have a Jayco Principle 36 C, which is sort of 39 toes lengthy, they usually tow a Jeep. However each time she will get behind the wheel, she panics.
Many inspired her that she may do it and had useful tips on discovering an RV driving faculty, going locations to apply, and altering her considering as a result of, in spite of everything, she may drive the hearth truck.
Then, just a few days later, Shana posted within the group a second time, and this put up had two pictures of her driving! She wrote: “I pressured myself to do it right this moment, THANKS for all of the encouragement!”
The feedback have been full of individuals congratulating her, and it was simply tremendous good to see. Technique to go, Shana!
RV INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK
Lemon Regulation Lawyer Says You are Loopy to Purchase a New RV
Steve Lehto is a Michigan lawyer who has practiced within the fields of Lemon Regulation and Shopper Safety for 32 years. Steve can be a YouTuber, whose channel is known as Lehto’s Law, and lately was making the rounds with RVers for a really fascinating phase he did known as “Right here is Why You Should Be INSANE to Purchase an RV These Days”.
The phase is a few federal court docket case out of Virginia involving a person who purchased an RV – that turned out to be a lemon. In it Steve breaks down the possibly dire penalties of signing a number of papers many RV sellers slip into the stack of paperwork when shopping for an RV.
Steve joins on this week’s episode of the week and explains that the explanation he has made such an announcement has to do with a really overt however little-understood provision within the gross sales contracts many RV sellers have consumers signal that, in impact, makes it inconceivable for them to sue in the event that they get a lemon.
Steve joins us as our particular visitor on this week’s RV Podcast Interview of the Week. Click on any of the gamers above to look at/pay attention now.
RV NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gas prices see double digit hike
It is not your creativeness – fuel costs are climbing nationally, and they’re climbing quicker than regular.
AAA reviews the common fuel value surged forward 12 cents per gallon final week, the steepest climb in months.
One purpose is the P-Whiting refinery in Indiana has been down for greater than two weeks, impacting provides, particularly within the Midwest.
Additionally, there’s normally a rise in costs as winter ends and refineries swap to summer time gas, which prices a little bit extra.
However regardless of the trigger, that is the very best fuel value on the pump in months, and this isn’t excellent news for RVers. Over the weekend, the common value per gallon within the U.S. was $3.28, whereas the common value for a gallon of diesel was $4.11.
For 13 recommendations on the right way to get higher fuel mileage in your RV, click on here.
New Amache National Historic Site in Colorado receives national park recognition
The Amache Nationwide Historic Web site is now formally designated a nationwide historic website, a nationwide park classification within the Nationwide Park Service.
Positioned in southeastern Colorado, Amache was one in all 10 spots the place hundreds of Japanese Individuals have been interned throughout WWII.
At its peak, greater than 10,000 Individuals of Japanese descent have been detained at Amache. The grounds include a historic cemetery, a monument, barracks, a recreation corridor, a guard tower, and a water tank, a few of which have been restored, others reconstructed.
By being within the Nationwide Park System, the historical past and buildings there shall be preserved and remembered.
To study extra click on here.
The value of tenting at a number of campgrounds within the Blue Ridge Parkway is prone to go up this yr. The Nationwide Parks Service is taking feedback on a proposed enhance, which might take impact in Might.
The value will increase are for back and front tenting together with non-camper charges charged for showers and dumping.
If it goes into impact, the nightly tenting payment for eight entrance nation campgrounds would rise from $20 an evening to $30 an evening, and the associated fee for a non-camper to bathe or use the dump station would go from $3 to $6.
The NPS hasn’t raised tenting charges since 2016.
Popular Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta cutting RV camping spots this fall
It’s about to get even more durable to attend the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta this fall in your RV as a result of the town is eliminating 340 RV spots within the north parking space.
The Fiesta organizers stated they’re doing this as a result of there weren’t sufficient parking areas for automobiles final October. By eliminating the 340 RV spots, the fiesta can add greater than 2,000 new spots for vehicles.
The Fiesta will nonetheless have 1,504 complete RV areas unfold all through three parking areas. However with greater than 1,000 RVers on the ready checklist for this bucket-list occasion, the information is sure to carry a lot disappointment to the neighborhood.
To see our story on epic occasions so as to add to your RV travels click on here.
RV QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK
QUESTION: Have you ever ever had a pet boarding place that requires proof that your pet was vaccinated towards the flu? Simply occurred to us. — Betsy
ANSWER: Many Doggie Day Care Facilities and Boarding Kennels throughout the nation DO require this. We obtained one for BO and carry proof of it in his papers once we journey. Though, of late, it appears there could also be a scarcity of the canine flu vaccine. One in every of our RV Life-style Neighborhood members, Patricia, stated her vet stated the vaccine is briefly provide, so our canine has not been boosted. She stated she has discovered that the majority kennels know and are making allowances in case your canine was beforehand absolutely vaccinated.
QUESTION: Now we have a small Arcadia fifth wheel. If we cease for the evening and keep attached, can we put out the slides if we’re a contact nostril excessive on the RV and never completely stage? When driving a number of days to succeed in a vacation spot, it’s a bit loopy having to unhook each evening, stage then undo all of it within the morning. — Mark
ANSWER: Sure… that must be high-quality. Many individuals – us included – do the identical factor.
QUESTION: We’ve been followers for a number of years and have listened to you as you’ve shared all of your travels. Have you ever ever had a Class A? If not, why not? That’s what we wish to get subsequent. We’re presently in a Class C. — Grant
ANSWER: No. Over time, we have now camped in tents, had a pop-up camper, a trailer camper, a number of Class B campervans, some B+ and Class C RVs, and Fifth Wheels. However we’ve by no means had a Class A. It’s on our bucket checklist to check out just a few. I suppose we have now not tried one earlier than as a result of we thought they have been too massive. However as we’ve gotten used to towing our fifth wheels, measurement does not intimidate us prefer it did earlier than. We expect we should always assessment a few Class As so we will perceive them higher. Now we have additionally by no means had a truck camper. So we suppose that ought to go on our checklist, too.
Appears to be like like we will keep busy for a very long time to return!
We RVers could wander far and large, however it’s true for many of us that we find yourself with some favourite “Go-To” locations – locations that draw us again many times.
Stretching from the Gulf Islands National Seashore near Pensacola to the west and going all the best way up alongside to Clearwater, Naples, and past – that is an space of contrasts.
There are extra upscale purchasing facilities, high-quality eating places, and busy little stylish boutiques alongside the Gulf Coast than you can find nearly wherever else.
However simply off these fundamental drags and highways are quiet, tranquil locations and essentially the most wonderful sugar-sand seashores we’ve discovered wherever in America.
And, in fact, the ocean water. Crystal-clear, turquoise, and emerald-colored. In some locations, it seems to be like you’re within the Caribbean.
We’re assured you’ll discover a little bit slice of paradise right here to name your personal.
This information is a seven-day guided exploration of Florida’s Gulf Coast!
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