The highs and the lows of the RV market
While at the recent Pomona, CA show, I decided to explore the limits of the RV market. Specifically, to find the most expensive and the cheapest trailer and coach. Elite...
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Episode 3 of Roadtreking the RV Podcast
It’s time for a new edition of Roadtreking- The RV Podcast. I continue to be overwhelmed by the positive response we’ve had to the first two episodes. I hope you...
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Who says there aren’t deals out there?
I don’t usually write about the good deals I come across out there but a new listing on the American RV site caught my eye. It’s for a brand new 2012 Roadtrek 190 Popular.
New, it has a MSRP of $95,725.
Used, it has a NADA price of $87,680.
American RV in Grand Rapids, MI is selling this brand new model at $76,990.
That’s more than a pretty good deal: A brand new 190 that is more that $10,000 below the NADA used price!
The bargain pricing confirms som
Latest in Class B RVs on display at Pomona
All the major Class B manufacturers are here at Pomona: Roadtrek, Pleasureway, Leisure Travel, Airstream, Sportsmobile, Winnebago. I walked through and sampled the models on display. Every manufacturer offers something...
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“Not all those who wander are lost."
-- J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings.
We love that quote because we love to meander, to take roads less traveled, off the Interstate. And as we are starting our Great Lakes Shoreline Tour that will take us 3,500 miles across eight states along the shorelines of all five Great Lakes, we are reminded again about the absolute joy of slow exploration.
We’ve tried to explain it to non-RV people. Their eyes sort of glaze over. But you understand, don’t
Devils Tower
My wife, Kris, came up with the idea of visiting Devil’s Tower in Wyoming while we were enjoying Custer State Park in South Dakota. The best thing about unstructured traveling...
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If Fuel gets too costly there’s always the Camper Bike
Gas and diesel prices are a drag allright and RV trips cost more and more. But if you don’t mind downsizing, there’s always the Camper Bike.
Designed and built by artist Kevin Cyr , the camper bike was made from scrap metal, painted and inspired from a series of his paintings and drawings.
Cyr got the idea for the Camper Bike while on a trip to Beijing. He calls it “an amalgamation of a Chinese 3-wheeled flatbed bike with an American cab
Campskunk’s back on the road in a new RV
After many long months, I was finally able to give my captors the slip and am now safely across the border at Port Huron and proceed west a few miles...
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How to Help Build Your Own RV
I was given a unique opportunity over the past few months. I had been hanging out at the Roadtrek factory last fall and this spring, and Jim Hammill the president...
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Mirrors: The Illusion of More Space
One evening a giant Prevost motorhome pulled into the campsite next to us. We were in an tiny old campground in a small town for a week while attending an...
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Top 10 RV Lessons learned after 75,000 miles
We just turned 60,000 miles on our Roadtrek Etrek as we pulled into our Michigan driveway after our latest trip, which essentially was four months on the road through 21...
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Our most-asked Roadtreking Question
I love getting reader mail and I do my best to answer them. But lately, as the fall RV RV shows start getting underway and lots of people are thinking...
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How we Roll in our RV – Budgeting for a long trip and odor control
In this edition of “How We Roll,” Jennifer answers a question about budgeting and how much it costs us to take a typical week to 10 day trip. In these...
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A Dog’s Life
Rambling Ruka Robinson here, on the road again, with my chauffeur/minion/BFF Laura. I love to travel and have already marked routes all the way to Idaho,Oregon, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and...
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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.
Out on the interstates, I see a steady stream of motorhomes, travel trailers and fifth wheels making their way south, to warmer climes.
I hope to join them in Florida and the gulf states in January. For a few weeks.
But I also hope to do some
I now have my own drone
One 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’ve played with in a long time.
It can go over 100 feet up and a couple hundred feet in a circle – Wi-Fi range from where you are standing. Th
Spritzzing up your RV with Lavender
Lavender. Just the word brings olfactory recall, doesn’t it? Such a pleasant smell, such a pleasant flower. While we were RVing in the Pacific Northwest, I saw a notice in a local...
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How We Roll in our RV: Tech use while on the road
Every week we get at least one question about how we use technology while traveling. In this edition of How We Roll in our RV, you get to see the...
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Essential Cooking Supplies for your RV
We do not eat out a lot when traveling, and when the weather does not cooperate for cooking on the grill, or we are in need of restocking the refrigerator/freezer,...
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Episode 1 – The Roadtreking RV Lifestyle Podcast
Here it is, the first of what will be a weekly program: The Roadtreking RV Lifestyle Podcast. This has been a lot of fun to do. This is a show...
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In the Black Hills: Custer State Park
Custer State Park was our favorite spot when traveling the Black Hills of South Dakota. If you want to see an abundance of wildlife along with great scenery, this is...
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RV Photo Shoot: The animals of the West
I’ve spent much of the weekend editing and distilling down the 1,386 photos I took on our recent trip west and thought I’d share my top 12 favorite photos of ...
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Joy of RV Upsizing and Downsizing
We arrived around 4:30 PM at a pleasant ocean view campground in Maine. Shortly after we pulled into the assigned site and plugged into shore power, a beautiful new Class...
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National Bison Range is perfect for a Class B RV visit
The story of the American bison is one of the most sad and captivating episodes in U.S. history. Once thought to be limitless in number – an estimated 50 million...
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Here’s your chance to try out winter camping
Announcing, the first annual Winter Wonderland Roadtreking No Rules Rally, to be held Jan 23-25 at the very snowy Tahquamenon Falls State Park. Last time I camped there that time...
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