RV Podcast #317: When are you TOO old for the RV Lifestyle?

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 Rangers seek public's help finding vandals who destroyed eight iconic saguaros at Arizona's Saguaro National Park Rangers at Saguaro National Park are searching for vandals who slashed eight iconic saguaros earlier this month. The cactuses were between one and 10 feet tall and were either slashed open or cut down along the Scenic Trail. The saguaro cactus grow very slowly, with one ranger saying a 10 foot cactus could easily be 100 years old. If you were there in October and may have seen something, call the park service’s Investigative Services Branch tipline at 1-888-653-0009. Again, that tipline is 1-888-653-0009 Campfire hops outside firepit, burns three acres in Wyoming after campers went inside trailer to eat Some campers in Wyoming recently received a frightening reminder of the importance of not leaving a campfire unattended. The campers were at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area and had made a fire in their designated fire pit. After their meal was cooked, they went inside their trailer to eat and did not make sure the fire was completely out. Apparently, a strong wind blew and their fire hopped outside of the designated pit and on to the grass while they were inside. Another visitor saw the blaze, alerted the campers and called the fire department, which quickly arrived. About three acres were destroyed before the fire was out, and the camper was completely destroyed. We share this story because it is a good reminder to us all to never, ever, leave a fire unattended - even for just a few minutes.