RV Navigator

Two months in northern rural Canada and we didn’t see a moose. Lots of other sites as we ferried to Newfoundland & Labrador on our journey north. We are now headed home for a short stay before heading to Africa. The Caravan turned out to be a nice way to see a lot in the shortest time possible. Overall driving miles were over 3700 plus the trip to and from. We did see lots of wildlife and eat our share of sea food. We are bringing home several pounds of lobster and crab in the freezer.

Traveling North into Canada one sees lots of trees in this country of 35 million souls (1/10 the size of the US). We start our Maritime caravan that will take us to Labrador. We are 18 rigs that camp & tour together. This is our ½ way point on the travel Northward. We have remembered many things from our trip of 20 years ago, but next month the territory is all new as we load the rig on a ferry bound for Newfoundland and Labrador. We have many observations about the trip so far so take a listen if Canada is in your future.

RV Navigator Episode 123 - Maine Caravanning

June fines us home with plans to leave at the end of the month for the Canadian Maritimes for the rest of the summer. Lots of tech talk today as Ken has been using his Apple Watch for most of the month. We also chat about adding advertising to the podcast, cell phone use in Canada, tips on cruising, as well as our usual talk about RV news.

After purchasing our RV lot at The Great Outdoors in Titusville, FL on April 1st, we drove home to the cold of Chicago in the Spring. We feature an interview with fulltimers, Dan and Jonell who workcamp at Amazon for several weeks during the holiday season. Ken has also been busy updating his technology so you’ll want to hear the latest. Based on a listener email, we talk about boondocking tips for the novice. How do you manage that ever elusive resource, electricity?

March was spent traveling in SC. We started with the Freigthliner Wkshp in Gaffney & ended with our nieces wedding in Charleston with stops in Jekyll Island and Myrtle Beach thrown in. We had visits from listeners, old friends and family along the way. This month we share many ideas about RVing in an interview with our single RVing friend, Mike. He had taken his first RVing trip with his Winnebago Via. We post the episode links on our web page at RVNavigator.com.

February turned out to be busy month for your RV Navigators. After a quick change of sites within the Great Outdoors, we met several listeners who tracked us down because they were in a campground near us. Of course we are always doing the tourist thing as we are new to the Titusville (space coast) area of Florida. This involved the Kennedy Space Center, rocket launches, and the Daytona speedway. A couple of installs a microwave & a CB radio also took a few days. And, yes, we became campsite owners within TGO. As of April 1, 2015, we’ll be driving in as property owners - and we have a golf cart for transportation.

Having escaped the winter cold, we headed to the Tampa RV show early in Jan for a great time meeting many listeners. After 5 days park on the fairgrounds grass, we drove over to Titusville to find our site on the golf course at the Great Outdoors RV resort where we’ll stay until the end of February. This RV resort has it all and is one of the most inclusive and extensive “campgrounds” that we have every encountered. Expensive, yes but it has the amenities to warrant the expense. It is a place where “being in the bubble” takes on new meaning. We hope that by the end of Feb, the weather will be warm enough for travel elsewhere in the country.

The beginning of 2015 see us traveling south to Florida. With old motorhome sold, we are unburdened and financially strapped so we can enjoy the winter travels. Champaign was flowing on NYE, so this podcast have different character. Enjoy 2015. We’ll be at the Tampa Super show in mid January at a campsite near you? If so let us know. We cover lots of other RV topics this episode, so give us a listen and then give us a review on iTunes.

After a quick 2 weeks in the USVI (St Thomas and St John), we made it home for TG & Xmas. This month we focus on gifts for RVers. See the episode web page for all of the links and pictures. Many listeners contributed to the list via the Google Plus page. Thanks & happy holidays to all of our listeners.

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