Summary: In this episode, an interview with a best-selling author on something that a lot of RVers are interested in: Writing from the road. We’ll help you scratch that creativity itch that traveling unleashes in all of us. Who know, you may have a best seller just waiting to come out in you RV, just like Kevin Tumlinson, an avid RVer himself, keeps turning out.<br> <br> Plus lots of news, RV tips, off the beaten path destination suggestions and much more.<br> <br> But first my lifelong traveling companion and my bride, Jennifer<br> <br> Click the player below to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details. When you see a time code hyperlink, you can click it to jump directly to that segment of the podcast.<br> <br> [spp-player]<br> Shownotes for Episode 199 of the RV Podcast<br> WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK [spp-timestamp time="2:49"]<br> <br> <a href="https://roadtreking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mikeandjen-1-of-1.jpg"></a>JENNIFER<br> <br> Happy 4th of July to all our American listeners. And we hope or Canadian listeners enjoyed their Canada Day on July 1. We are in the heart of the summer travel season!<br> <br> MIKE<br> <br> The Auto Club says fuel prices are the highest they have been in at least four years for this holiday. Gas nationwide averages $2.86 for regular, diesel is $3.16. Highest prices are in the west and New England where regular is over $3 a gallon. Cheapest is Texas, the Dakotas and the deep south, where it’s under $2.70<br> <br> JENNIFER<br> <br> We’re home but packing… heading out for North Carolina and the eastern edge of the Great Smoky Mountains. We’ll be there starting this weekend and most of next week, attending another one of our Roadtreking RV Gatherings. This one is themed around river rafting and white water adventure along the Natahala River. We’ll be doing next week’s podcast from there and we will also be broadcasting our weekly Live You Tube “Ask Us Anything” video show on Sunday night.<br> <br> MIKE<br> <br> Speaking of which we are moving the Sunday night Live Broadcast up a couple of hours. We will be going on our RV Lifestyle Channel live at 7PM Eastern Time on Sunday nights, instead of 9M as we had been doing.<br> <br> JENNIFER<br> <br> Here’s a quick programming note: Tomorrow, Thursday July 5, on our <a href="https://roadtreking.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe014263f1cfa82faff745847&id=a46801fd88&e=07ddc45e57">RV Lifestyle Channel on You Tube</a>, we'll release our newest video, a recap of our just finished fabulous gathering at Glacier National Park. We even got most of our encounter with a hungry bear and a very frightened Mama Moose and her calf on video. It was an exciting time with a happy ending.<br> <br> Here’s the RV News of the week:<br> <br> JENNIFER<br> <br> <a href="https://roadtreking.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe014263f1cfa82faff745847&id=123a2294e2&e=07ddc45e57">Summer is lightning season, make sure you stay safe</a><br> <br> Did you know there are places in the country that have a lightning season? A report released last week by the National Lightning Safety Council analyzed U.S. lightning deaths between 2008-2017 and ranked states. What caught my eye from the numerous stories around the country it triggered was some national parks have a lightning season. For instance at Zion National Park, 20,000 incidences of lightning traveling from a cloud to the ground were reported during a nine year period with 82 percent of the lightning happening between July to September, usually between noon and 8 pm. <a href="https://roadtreking.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe014263f1cfa82faff745847&id=868593d91a&e=07ddc45e57">Here</a> is a link to the Utah story, or click <a href="https://roadtreking.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe014263f1cfa82faff745847&id=8c5137f06b&e=07ddc45e57">here</a>...
