RV Navigator

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April 30, 2018 RV Navigator Episode 157 - Double Day Bonus
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March 31, 2018 RV Navigator Episode 156 - A Day Ahead
On the road in Sydney Australis this month. We are currently about 1 day ahead of our usual world - confusing to say the least. We left mid month for a 53 day journey that ends with us sailing back to Seattle from Sydney, Australia. It started with a long flight to Fiji where we spent a few days recovering from jet lag. This was a total day for night swap so it takes a while to make the adjustment. Another 5 hours landed us in Sydney for the start of our land tour of the interior of Australia. We did most of the coastal cities a few years ago on a cruise. The end of March finds us on our way to Hobart, Tasmania, the island off the southern coast of Australia.

RV wise, we bander about several hot topics including renting your RV, solar panel issues, and what it is like to full time.

Multiple problems compounded the creation of this months podcast. Sorry for the poor audio quality. My usual travel studio set up just would not work so this podcast has a buzz in the background. I have used filters to make is less annoying but it is still there, sorry. With our travel schedule, we just didn't have time to record this episode before the first. Here in Australia, daylight savings time starts on Sunday (4/1) so we lost another hour without even moving. Please forgive this unplanned problem. I hope to get it fixed by the next episode. We'll be on our cruise ship with a few days at sea to solve the problems.
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March 01, 2018 RV Navigator Episode 155 - No longer tourists
When in your travels do you shed the tourism mode and become more local? I think it has happened for us in Tucson with this visit. So this month we’ve just enjoyed the winter warmth (with a bit of cold) to do home like activities. Join us for the details
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February 01, 2018 RV Navigator Episode 154 - Record warmth in Tucson
Winter in the North means we are in the warm - this year in Tucson, AZ. After a brief encounter with winter in IL, we flew back to LV for a week before heading down to Tucson via Quartzsite and Pheonix. Then on to Tucson for a couple of months in the sun. Tucson is always sunny but often cool in January. This year turned out to be the warmest January in their history with 14 days above 75 degrees (very pleasant) and only a couple of freezing mornings. We enjoy the outdoor activities provided by this area of country. This campground offers alot of actives for us seniors all under the warm sun. Plus Tucson offers great bike trails and hiking in the mountains. We are content to be stationary for 2 months when winter travel is just not reliable in other parts of the country.

We took the time to upgrade several kitchen components while here in Tucson. We've wanted replace or electric cooktop with an induction model. Induction are more boondocking friendly and are excellent heat source. We've also started air trying and using the instant for many meals in the RV. Both of these make for easier and quicker meals on the road. This month we also share several articles about various aspects of RVing that you'll want to read.
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February 01, 2018 RV Navigator Episode 154 - Record warmth in Tucson
Winter in the North means we are in the warm - this year in Tucson, AZ. After a brief encounter with winter in IL, we flew back to LV and then on to Tucson for a couple of months. We enjoy the outdoor activities provided by this area of country.
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January 01, 2018 RV Navigator Episode 153 - Starting the Year in LV
2018 begins in Las Vegas where we celebrate on Freemont St. After flying back to our motorhome which was parked in LV for 5 weeks, we’ll be on the road again soon. We are cleaning up the RVNavigator mail box of topics this month with a bit bubbly added.
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January 01, 2018 RV Navigator Episode 153 - Starting the Year in LV
2018 begins in Las Vegas where we celebrate on Freemont St. After flying back to our motorhome which was parked in LV for 5 weeks, we’ll be on the road again soon. We are cleaning up the RVNavigator mail box of topics this month with a bit bubbly added.
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December 01, 2017 RV Navigator Episode 152 - Home from LV
The holiday season finds us at home with the RV parked in LV for the month. We are flying round trip to LV to continue our winter in the good weather. Family and friends keep us coming back to Chicago for the holidays.
Since last month, we drove on many miles of open range highway with visits to more NPs including Cedar Breaks & Zion. A week plus was spent at Sand Lake SP in UT. This was camping at its finest, a huge scenic site with full hookups for only $28/night (and no reservation). We extended our stay in this scenic area. It is near St Georges UT, the winter warm spot in UT. Final stop was LV before flying home. We picked LV due to the inexpensive camping (a surprise) and good facilities.
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November 01, 2017 RV Navigator Episode 151 - Americas Loneliest Highway
Rt 50 is considered to be the loneliest highway and we traveled much of it this month as we traversed several deserts and vast planes of CA and NV. We also visited several NPs including Crater Lake, Lassen, Great Basin, & Yosemite. Spending just a few few nights in each, we have had a block buster month of RVing ending in Cedar City UT (Cedar Breaks NM). We have driven across hundreds of miles of desolate landscape on RT 50. One sign indicated that the next service (fuel) was 167 miles ahead. In that time we saw one car going in our direction and 3 in the opposite direction. This is impossible to happen in our part of the country - as probably yours but here in the western high plains. This meant that driving the large RV on a 2 lane black top was no challenge. The scenery was interesting despite the isolation. We crossed several 7500+foot passes which did challenge the RVs 450 hp diesel but we did fine in the end.
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October 01, 2017 RV Navigator Episode 150 - Then and Now
On the road from Washington State near Mt. St. Helens & Mt. Rainer. We left home in early Sept headed to some of the NPs that we had visited 30 years ago and missed (due to snow) on our trip 2 years ago. Back again to visit these spectacular locations. Excellent weather made our photos worthy of the locations.
After meeting several podcast listeners in Rocky National Pk including Mark and Marisa Newhouse, David Grossman,Karen Bigelow, Greg and Cathy Taylor. Thanks for contacting us for a meet up.
From there we slowly headed to Washington for the end of the month. We spend some time in the Columbia River gorge near Portland. Fires had kept us away, but the local reports from listener Doreen let us know when it was safe to visit the area. She and Nick gave us a nice tour of the area - short due to many attractions that were closed due to fire damage, but the area is still beautiful. I hope that the area can recover and become the visitor attraction that it has been for years. To the casual visitor, the fire damage is not too obvious, but much of local infrastructure is damage and may take some time to rebuild.
Good weather blessed our visit to Mt, Hood, Rainer, and St. Helens at the end of the month.
We have avoided the fires to visited OR & WA before heading south but next month see us headed to more National Parks in Oregon, Utah and California. These two month see us moving every couple of days as we do the sightseeing thing. Please let us know if you’ll be in a campground near us in the future.
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