Roadtreking: A Journalist takes up the RV lifestyle

When we share our love of RVing in our 22-foot Type B Roadtrek with friends and relatives, probably the most common question we get is why a Type  B?  Why not one of those giant Type A motorhomes? Well, no offense to Type A or Type C owners but we're really hooked on Type B RVing for one basic reason: Convenience. We can go anywhere in our Type B and when...

http://Roadtreking.c...9-300x151.jpg   One of the biggest controversies in the RV world these days has to do with the fine line between tax avoidance and tax evasion. I’m talking about the practice of setting up an LLC business in Montana to purchase a motorhome, thus avoiding sales and...

http://Roadtreking.c...00x225.jpg  One of the biggest surprises we had last year in our travels was with KOA – Kampgrounds of America. On our trip west and then on other meanderings over the season, we had the opportunity of staying at about a dozen KOA campgrounds across the U.S. They were all good experience...

http://Roadtreking.c...g-300x177.png   On this Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for many things that have come our way since we embraced the world of RVing.I’m thankful in a new way for the awesomeness of God’s creation, for the many places we visited that I had never seen before. For the majesty of Yellow...

It was 3 AM and we were deep in the woods, camped on a friend’s 200 acres of fenced and posted private property off an obscure fire trail more than two miles from the nearest paved road. I jolted awake. I heard a vehicle with a slightly knocking engine. bumping and scraping on the underbrush of the trail. Then I saw its headlights, slowly making it...

There’s a dusting of snow on my RV
The first accumulating snow of the season fell last night near my Michigan home and as I look out at my motorhome sitting on the driveway, I swear I hear it calling me to get out of town and get warm.
http://Roadtreking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/snow-300x225.jpg Alas, as I look out, that’s all I can do...

The Original RV – The Covered Wagon
We RVers have our heritage and it really starts on Interstate 80 in Nebraska, America's heartland.
That’s where the Great Platte River Trail became the Oregon Trail.
This was the pioneer route that linked east to west.
And today, spanning the interstate near the mid-Nebraska town of Kearney, is a must stop...

This year, I’m planning on winter camping
We’re in early November now and while the ground is still bare, nighttime temps are regularly dropping to the upper 20′s in my part of Michigan. The leaves are all off the trees and snow can happen any day now.
http://Roadtreking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wintercamp-300x225.jpeg Out on the...

I now have my own droneOne of the benefits of being a tech reporter is getting cool new tech toys to test out.To that end, check out the video above. It’s the first test video I shot with something called the AR.Drone 2, a personal quadricopter drone that sells for ls than $300 and is controlled by your iPad or iPhone or Droid device.Coolest thing I...