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We sure have tired feet! We just returned from America's Largest RV Show in Hershey PA and after walking the show grounds several times a day for three days (the 1,500 RVs occupied an area the size of 133 football fields) we are plumb tuckered out! But we sure had fun seeing all the new RVs and meeting so many of RV Lifestyle Fellow Travelers. We posted lots of photos on our Instagram Page (#rvlifestylemike) and we'll have a full video report this Thursday on our YouTube RV Lifestyle Channel so be sure to check it out. If you are not a subscriber to our YouTube channel, please do us a big favor and do so now. That way you can know as soon as we have new videos available. Click here to subscribe to our RV Lifestyle Channel on YouTube As we've been saying, we're now in the heart of the RV Show season. The next one we'll be visiting is the annual California RV Show, to be held this year at the California Speedway in Fontana. We'll be doing meet and greets at the show on Friday Oct. 4 and Saturday Oct. 5. You can get more details in the calendar section at the end of the newsletter. Meanwhile, here's the RV Lifestyle news of the week.
- Mike and Jennifer | | RV LIFESTYLE NEWS OF THE WEEK Thousands of migrating monarch butterflies appear at Canada's Point Pelee National Park and other spots in the midwest If you are planning to be in the midwest this week or next, keep an eye out for migrating monarch butterflies. About 4,000 monarchs were counted at Canada's Point Pelee National Park in the southern tip of Ontario last week, they are also being reported in large numbers in Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan and elsewhere in the midwest. The butterflies fly 2,500 miles from Canada to Mexico to hibernate, and viewing them in the thousands in one spot is something everyone needs to see one day. Here is a link to to the Monarch Migration trail where you check if they are appearing en masse at a location near you. Message in a bottle saves family trapped at waterfall when camping trip turns terribly wrong A man, his girlfriend, and his 13 year-old-son are crediting a message in a bottle found by strangers with saving them when a central California camping trip went terribly wrong. The group was in a gorge near a waterfall where they were expecting to find a rope to help them get down. But, once in the precarious spot, they discovered there was no rope and they were stuck. The dad scratched help on a plastic water bottle and wrote a message on a receipt, saying they were stuck on top of the waterfall and needed help, and put it in the bottle before securing the top and tossing it down the falls. The bottle and its message was found hours later by hikers downstream who told authorities who sent help. Canadian man found guilty of harassing a young grizzly bear, fined $4,000 It took four years, but a Canadian man who was photographed taking off his shirt, throwing rocks at and trying to provoke a grizzly bear along the Icefields Parkway at Banff National Park was officially found guilty of disturbing wildlife and fined $4,000 last week. The judge in the case said it was "abundantly clear" the man was harassing the bear, which park officials said ultimately puts not only himself, but the bear, and other people in danger. Colorado now has new state park, expected open to the public in 2021 Colorado's Fisher's Peak and the ranch land around it will become that state's newest state park, opening in 2021 according to news reports. The 30 square mile stretch of land near Trinidad in southern Colorado will be Colorado's 42nd state park. It will also be the state's second largest park. Three-year-old dies after jumping out of moving RV at an Alabama campground There was a very sad story out of Alabama last week. A family was driving an RV at Gunter Hill Campground in Alabama last week when a 3-year-old boy opened the door of the vehicle while it was moving, fell out, became trapped underneath and later died. Apparently the mother also jumped out of the vehicle when she saw her son jump but her injuries were not life threatening. The grandfather was driving the RV at the time.
RV News Shorts, Tips, and Reviews | | We put three more products to the test Click Here to see | | RV Podcast 259: Cell boosters for RVers One of the first accessories many RVers consider is a cellular booster, to help pull in cell phone signals for Internet connectivity when visiting remote places. That's what we talk about in the RV Podcast Interview of the Week. You'll meet Brett Beatty, the product manager for weboost, probably the leading company out there making cellular booster kits for RVers. Brett will tell us what a booster can and cannot do for you and he'll share details on the company's latest system aimed at the RV market. Plus, lots of your questions and comments, RV News, RV tips and a great of the beaten path report from the Burketts. LISTEN AND READ HERE Subscribe to The RV Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Android, Spotify, TuneIn or whatever podcast app you use. Or listen to it directly on the RV Lifestyle Blog. | | | Have you seen our personally curated 7-Day Adventure Guides?
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READ MORE HERE | | | | Pitfalls of renting your RV Have you ever thought about renting out your RV? I know that a lot of people in the RV Lifestyle community have. That's why we are putting together the most comprehensive guide and online courses available on how to rent out our RV. READ MORE | | | | A pet detective offers advice for RVers About 70% of all RVers travel with pets, and while they bring us great joy, taking care of them on the road presents some unique challenges. Not too long ago we spoke to a certified Pet Detective who offered critical tips for pet safety. | | | RV CALENDAR OF EVENTS - September 20-22, Charlotte Fall RV Show, The Park Expo & Conference Center, Charlotte, NC
- September 20-22, NYS RV & Camping Show, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
- September 27-29, Indianapolis Fall Boat & RV Show, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN
- September 27-29, Austin RV Super Sale, The Dell Diamond, Round Rock, TX
- September 27-29, Washington State Evergreen Fall RV Show, Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe, WA
- October 4-13, the California RV Show, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA. This is a new and larger facility for this amazing show and it offers free parking now, instead of the $15 parking fee there used to be at its previous location in Pomona. Jennifer and I will be there that first weekend and we'll be doing meetups Friday and Saturday Oct. 4 and 5. You can get tickets and learn more at https://www.californiarvshow.org/
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