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The world’s oldest surfer is…

Seiichi Sano is truly inspiring. At age 89 he holds the record for the world's oldest surfer verified by Guinness World Records. (He broke...

8 great going-to-the-country road trip songs

We are getting out of the city and heading to the country in this installment of Road Trip Playlists with eight great going-to-the-country road...

Lone Star State Road Trip Playlist: 8 great Texas songs!

In this installation of Road Trip Playlists, I thought it might be fun to get destination specific. What better place to start than the...

Jam out with these 10 road songs for lovers

Welcome to the latest installment of Road Trip Playlists. This week we are going to musically explore the topic of love on our road...

Reader inspires fun travel game while driving and exploring. Try it!

When I was compiling the articles on our readers’ favorite hobbies, I discovered that one of our readers has a highly unusual hobby that also...

Spend the night camping in a can of beans. No kidney… er… kidding!

Spend the night in a can of beans? Well, sort of. It's a can-shaped trailer painted to look like a giant can of Bush's...

10 great road-tripping roadside America songs

Welcome to the latest installment of Road Trip Playlists. The United States has long had a love affair with cars and road-tripping, so this week...

9 great born-to-roam road songs

Welcome back to Road Trip Playlists. In this installment, we are going to look at born-to-roam songs. In other words, songs that celebrate the...

Readers share their odd RV hobbies

We recently asked about what hobbies you bring along in your RV. We got SO MANY responses that I broke the follow-up into two...

Helium-filled frame reduces RV weight – Are they kidding?

Can a helium-filled RV frame significantly reduce the RV's weight? Read on to find out. I have been part of the RV industry all my...

Road Trip Play Lists: 8 awesome life on the road songs

Welcome to our second installment of Road Trip Playlists (check out the first installment, "Joyous Songs to Start Your Journey," here). This week I wanted...

7 joyful road trip songs to start your journey

Welcome to Road Trip Playlists, my new semi-regular column here at RVtravel.com! I came up with the idea after having a lifetime of friends come...

Weekly RV Recipe Challenge: Culinary improv for small-space cooks

Cheri Sicard is a longtime food writer with several cookbooks and hundreds of published recipes to her credit. She is also an RVer and,...

This fake RVer needs help to keep her enchiladas from spoiling

By Chuck Woodbury Forgive me for being silly, but I just had to share this with you. On last Wednesday's live Talkin' RV Tech webinar...

RVtravel.com readers have seen real-life UFOs, even an RV UFO!

We recently asked if you have ever seen a UFO or some other type of inexplicable phenomenon in the sky. Not surprisingly, this question...

Have you ever seen a UFO while RVing?

As RVers, we are often treated to some unparalleled star-watching opportunities that the general public just doesn’t get. But have you ever seen a...

Tell us about a crazy small-world experience you had while RVing

What’s your best small-world experience while RVing? “It’s a Small World After All,” or so the song says. One of our readers had a terrific...

Wacky reasons auto accident victims give for their mishaps

Confused, auto accident victims sometimes give strange and often funny reasons for their mishaps, usually trying to sum them up in a few words....

How much does a flyswatter repairman charge?

By Chuck Woodbury AND A ROBOT I asked ChatGPT, which writes using artificial intelligence (AI), the question in the headline and then the second question below....

A fun part of traveling: Finding silly business names

As we’ve traveled the country in our RV, we’ve seen many, many cleverly named businesses. You probably have, too. I love seeing how resourceful...

What are your RV New Year’s resolutions?

Happy RV New Year, everyone! This week we want to know about your RV plans for the upcoming year, your “RV New Year’s resolutions,” if...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, December 24, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. The link where to view photos and vote is in today's...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, December 17, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

Ho! Ho! Ho! 12 of the BEST RV ugly Christmas sweaters

For lots of folks, the "Ugly Christmas Sweater" has become a big part of the holiday tradition. Each friend tries to outdo the other...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, December 10, 2023

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, December 3, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, November 26, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, November 19, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

A quirky, cheerful perspective on clouds

The COVID pandemic brought panic, illness, and death to our world. The catastrophic disease also ushered in a few good things: more family time,...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, November 12, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, November 5, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, October 29, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

Katmai National Park has crowned a new Fat Bear Champion

This is one time of the year we get to celebrate getting fat. Every October, Katmai National Park and Explore.org celebrate another successful salmon...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, October 22, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, October 15, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

Weirdest RV Moment: Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolves?

Reader Randy B. sent along his Weirdest RV Moment: A few years ago my wife and I were camping in a remote but established campground...

Weirdest RV Moment: Young daughter invites bear into trailer

Reader Chuck Dunn sent along his Weirdest RV Moment: It was more than 50 years ago, while we were camping in the wilds of Colorado...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, October 8, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, October 1, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

Weirdest RV Moment: Werewolf shows up after dark at campsite. Scary!

Reader John W. sent along his Weirdest RV Moment: Many years ago we were traveling through New England in a Class C motorhome. We got...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, September 24, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

Weird RV moment: Baboons sit on our RV, pooping, tearing off wipers

From reader Kelly R. I think it was in Texas that we drove thru a wildlife park. We were in our 1963 VW Westfalia van....

Why so many RVing articles are B.S.

Johnny is taking a break from answering questions this week. By Chuck Woodbury PUBLISHER Here is how "content creators" create articles. Content creators* do not need to...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, September 17, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

My weirdest RV moment: Giraffes eat my motorhome

By Chuck Woodbury This is the truth, the whole truth... It happened many years ago, but I will never forget. I mean, how do you...

RVer Johnny Robot drops 350 pounds in one year. How he did it.

This week, Johnny Robot wrote an article rather than answer questions. He wrote this article in less than 30 seconds using artificial intelligence (AI),...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, September 10, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Saturday we post a photo from five different readers. The...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, September 7, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Wednesday and Saturday we post a photo from five different...

RVtravel.com Photo Contest, September 3, 2022

Select your favorite photo These photos and their captions were submitted by RVtravel.com readers. Every Wednesday and Saturday we post a photo from five different...

Johnny Robot Advice: RVer wants to marry Johnny

By Johnny Robot EDITOR’S NOTE: Each of these answers was written in less than 30 seconds using artificial intelligence (AI), which many websites (including many...

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