RV Podcast #317: When are you TOO old for the RV Lifestyle? - a podcast by Mike Wendland
from 2020-10-21T10:45:13
This week on the RV Podcast we ask and answer the question: When are you TOO Old for the RV Lifestyle? And rather than beat around the bush, let’s answer that question right now with just five words:
You are NEVER Too Old!
This week, we will hear the encouraging answers from lots of RVers on that question plus a very special interview with one of our favorite people, soon-to-be-90-years-old Loren Phillis, who travels cross-country in his meticulously maintained quarter-century-old RV.
Loren shares his experience with solo traveling as a senior and is sure to inspire and motivate you to get out there and enjoy the RV Lifestyle as long as you can.
Plus we have lots of RV News this week, an update on the still closed US/Canadian/Mexican border, and a fascinating off the beaten path RV report from our friends, Patti & Tom Burkett.
But first, my lifelong traveling companion and my bride… Jennifer.
You can listen to the podcast in the player below. And scroll down this page for shownotes and a transcript of the interview, plus links and resources about all the things we talk about.
WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK
Mike, Jennifer and Bo being videotaped by a Video crew and still photographer last week at Holland State Park in Southwestern Michigan . The crew is doing a documentary about us. We'll share more details when it is done and ready to be seen!
We’ve been on the road for the past week, finishing up our fall color tour with a visit to Southwestern Michigan and the beautiful Lake Michigan Shoreline.
We stayed at the Holland State Park last week and had an awesome time, hiking and also visiting a nearby apple orchard.
We brought the apples back to the campsite and even made some caramel apples.
Hanging out at our campsite in Holland, MI.
And we did it all being carefully watched and videotaped by a six-person crew who used two cameras and a drone to document our camping experience there for a future story being done about us.
We promised not to reveal by who and where it will be shown until it's ready, but we do promise to tell you as soon as it premieres. Meantime, though, we had a lot of fun. The crew was great to work with.
I will say they had us smiling for almost every shot. It was a lot of work to always be smiling! And we got a new sensitivity for what it’s like being on the other end of the camera, being the interviewees instead of the interviewers.
Bo was with us and he had a ball. The crew loved Bo, especially when he got loose at the apple orchard and went running u and down the orchard, eating as many apples as he could find.
And after the trip to Holland, we headed to the Michigan Indiana border for a weekend camping trip with our son Jeff and his wife, Aimee, and our grandkids Jax and Joie and Aimee’s mom, sister, and brother in law and their kids.
We had five kids and three generations of family fun… plus three dogs. And although the weather turned pretty chilly, there was lots of fun and big, war campgrounds.
In fact, the weather has definitely changed. Peak color has passed and those falling leaves will soon be followed by falling snow. For a lot of people in the north and Upper Peninsula, the 2021 camping season has pretty much come to an end.
Maybe one more weekend but once Halloween is past, the majority of campgrounds will be closed.
This part of the RV Podcast is brought to you by Camping World – America’s #1 RV Dealer
RV PODCAST NEWS OF THE WEEK
https://rvlifestyle.com/lithium-vs-agm-batteries/
It's lithium. By a long shot.
Lithium batteries have been all the rage among RVers for several years now. But the one criticism some in the industry had was that lithium didn’t like cold weather.
And while that is true – all batteries are stressed by cold temperatures – a new white paper study released today shows that when you compare lithium vs AGM batteries, lithium actually out-performs traditional AGM batteries even in extremely cold weather.
And in warm weather, they beat AGM lead-acid batteries even more.
In fact, in all environments and under temperature variations from hot to way below freezing, lithium batteries deliver more for longer periods of time than their lead-acid rivals.
That is major news and we’re delighted to break it in this episode of the RV Podcast.
The lithium vs AGM batteries study gives more credence to the “Lead is Dead” slogan started by Battleborn Batteries, the author of the white paper, and this week on the RV Podcast, we are joined by Battleborn’s top leadership team to discuss the findings and what it means to RVers.
Plus, Jennifer and I have lots of RV news to share, some helpful information about staying overnight in an RV in an interstate rest area and a great off the beaten path report from our friends the Burketts.
Jennifer joins me now on Episode 316 of the RV Podcast, being released on October 14, 2020.
You can listen to the podcast in the player below. The Interview on Lithium vs AGM batters can be heard about 18:00 in. And scroll down this page for shownotes and a transcript of the interview, plus links and resources about all the things we talk about.
Show Notes for Episode #316 of The RV Podcast:
WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK
We hope you have been getting out there and enjoying some fabulous fall camping. This is such a great time of the year.
After last week's visit to the Michigan Upper Peninsula, Jennifer and I are heading out this week for the Lake Michigan shoreline along the Southwestern Part of the state, hoping to see the fall foliage that way.
This part of the RV Podcast is brought to you by Camping World – America’s #1 RV Dealer
RV PODCAST NEWS OF THE WEEK
Hurricane Delta comes ashore in Louisiana, leaving flooding, strong winds across many southern states
Yet another hurricane hit the coast of Louisiana last weekend, leaving thousands without power, and people everywhere from Louisiana through Georgia and even the Carolinas bracing for potential flash floods and strong winds. Hurricane Delta is the tenth storm to make landfall this season, according and the fifth hurricane to make landfall. Many campgrounds and national park sites in the path of this storm closed, and it is not clear yet how severely damaged they may be. The 2020 camping season is surely one none of us will soon forget, with pandemic restrictions, ranging wildfires, dangerous winds that struck the midwest, and hurricanes. Lots of hurricanes. To help you monitor emergency radio bands and stay safe, we want to again urge you to visit this page to see a story we did not too long ago on apps that could help.
Toddler suffers second degree burns after running off trail and falling into Yellowstone National Park thermal area
A three-year-old was flown to a hospital with severe burns last weekend after slipping into a thermal area at Yellowstone National Park. The accident happened after the toddler took off running, went off trail, then slipped and fell into a small thermal area. The toddler had second degree burns on his lower body and back. He is the second person to be injured by going off trail and falling into a thermal area at Yellowstone this year.
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It's lithium. By a long shot.
Lithium batteries have been all the rage among RVers for several years now. But the one criticism some in the industry had was that lithium didn’t like cold weather.
And while that is true – all batteries are stressed by cold temperatures – a new white paper study released today shows that when you compare lithium vs AGM batteries, lithium actually out-performs traditional AGM batteries even in extremely cold weather.
And in warm weather, they beat AGM lead-acid batteries even more.
In fact, in all environments and under temperature variations from hot to way below freezing, lithium batteries deliver more for longer periods of time than their lead-acid rivals.
That is major news and we’re delighted to break it in this episode of the RV Podcast.
The lithium vs AGM batteries study gives more credence to the “Lead is Dead” slogan started by Battleborn Batteries, the author of the white paper, and this week on the RV Podcast, we are joined by Battleborn’s top leadership team to discuss the findings and what it means to RVers.
Plus, Jennifer and I have lots of RV news to share, some helpful information about staying overnight in an RV in an interstate rest area and a great off the beaten path report from our friends the Burketts.
Jennifer joins me now on Episode 316 of the RV Podcast, being released on October 14, 2020.
You can listen to the podcast in the player below. The Interview on Lithium vs AGM batters can be heard about 18:00 in. And scroll down this page for shownotes and a transcript of the interview, plus links and resources about all the things we talk about.
Show Notes for Episode #316 of The RV Podcast:
WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK
We hope you have been getting out there and enjoying some fabulous fall camping. This is such a great time of the year.
After last week's visit to the Michigan Upper Peninsula, Jennifer and I are heading out this week for the Lake Michigan shoreline along the Southwestern Part of the state, hoping to see the fall foliage that way.
This part of the RV Podcast is brought to you by Camping World – America’s #1 RV Dealer
RV PODCAST NEWS OF THE WEEK
Hurricane Delta comes ashore in Louisiana, leaving flooding, strong winds across many southern states
Yet another hurricane hit the coast of Louisiana last weekend, leaving thousands without power, and people everywhere from Louisiana through Georgia and even the Carolinas bracing for potential flash floods and strong winds. Hurricane Delta is the tenth storm to make landfall this season, according and the fifth hurricane to make landfall. Many campgrounds and national park sites in the path of this storm closed, and it is not clear yet how severely damaged they may be. The 2020 camping season is surely one none of us will soon forget, with pandemic restrictions, ranging wildfires, dangerous winds that struck the midwest, and hurricanes. Lots of hurricanes. To help you monitor emergency radio bands and stay safe, we want to again urge you to visit this page to see a story we did not too long ago on apps that coul...
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