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Ken & Martha, The RV Navigators · rvnavigator.com

The digital home for RVers. RVing is not camping anymore. It has evolved into a high tech life style that requires maintaining many technology systems. This podcast addresses the myriad issues that arise while traveling in an RV. The podcasters travel extensively in their RV, so they can share their experiences with listeners in a fun and interesting style. Contact us at rvnavigator@mac.com

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Episodes 257

RV Navigator Episode 256- Wait, Wait & Wait Again
29d ago · 45:29
The shoulder surgery recovery is going slow, so we were correct in not planning any travels for the summer. Even after 8 weeks of in activity, Martha’s shoulder is only slowly healing. So we focus on RV memories and updates to the many RV topics that we love to cover. What’s new with Starlink (actually alot), making smoothies with a new machine, and some luggage tips from our travels. You’ll want to listen to this episode for the many RV topics on the agenda.
RV Navigator Episode 255-Shoulder Season-Not what you think
2mo ago · 41:09
Yup, it is shoulder season for us as Martha recovers from shoulder replacement surgery. The operation was successful, but it limits our travels to staying home for at least 6 weeks including all of July. We expect a 100% recovery within a year. But now, we take the time to reflect on many RV topics that have been percolating in the RV Navigator inbox hopper for some time. The latest from Starlink, new AC units, towing capacities, and selected disasters make up this month itinerary. Join us for a summer RV romp in the digital domain.
RV Navigator Episode 254--Eating Gold
3mo ago · 48:03
Who eats gold? It is a thing, and your RV navigators had the opportunity to give gold a try during their trip to Japan. This plus the return back to Chicago via a repositioning cruise is on this months agenda.
RV Navigator Episode 253--Toilet tidbits from Japan
4mo ago · 40:01
Yes, we’ve learned alot while on tour in Japan. As a tourist, It is unlike any other country we’ve visited. Tokyo, our first stop, is one of the largest cities in the world and you’d think that one city is like another, but Tokyo is very different. Of course the language with over 2500 characters is impossible for us to use thus we have to rely on a few English signs and our phones with navigation. You’ll hear our extended impressions of this world class city as we share the our trials and tribulations while touring the city.
RV Navigator Episode 252 -10 Things we've learned from 50 years of RVing.
5mo ago · 51:14
We’re celebrating 50 years of RVing and 20 years of podcasting in the 56 years of marriage in 2026. Yes, we started young and are going tn to old age with just as much gusto for RVing as when we started. We’ve RVed in 49 states (and I don’t mean we just drove through), most of Mexico and Canada. This in addition to extended RVing adventures in South Africa and New Zealand. With this experience, we thought that we’d share 10 essential things that we’ve learned about RVing that we hope will help others with less experience. We are not full timers, but we do travel for several months each year so
RV Navigator Episode 251 -Luggage in the Wild & Old Money
6mo ago · 47:02
A month in FL at our new seasonal home with an RV garage. However, the RV spent much of the month in the paint shop getting some body work after an incident on the Alaska trip last fall. She has been restored and it ready to travel once again. As heppens when moving into new living quarters, outfitting them is a time consuming task. Home automation is coming of age, so new home gear needs to be automation compatible and Matter makes it happen. What? Well take a listen to get a better understanding of what this is about. TAir travel in the near future? Then you’ll want to hear about our experie
RV Navigator Episode 250 -20 years of podcasting + Butterflies & Whales
7mo ago · 40:34
As we complete our 20th year as podcasters, it was busy month for your RV Navigators as make our FL home ours and take a vacation from our vacation. Yes, we are traveling without the RV this month as we make our way South to Mexico. We are checking off another couple of bucket list items off the list. We travel to Mexico City to start the trip to view the Monarch butterfly migration. Every year millions of butterflies make their way south to the mountains outside of Mexico city for no apparent reason. After six days of this adventure, we headed to the Baja Sur to board an expedition ship to se
RV Navigator Episode 249 -Introducing 2026
8mo ago · 43:20
A very happy New Year 2026 to all of our loyal listeners. We hope that you have a very prosperous New Year. Our new year begins in at our new house in FL as we traveled (via car) back south at Christmas. This month mostly was spent enjoying family and friends in the holiday season. Our travels consisted of heading North and then back South where we’ll spend most of the winter. This episode is our annual NYE episode that includes some champaign and noise makers - so beware of unexpected frivolity and loud sounds as we ring in the new year in style.
RV Navigator Episode 248 -Polar Bears in the Wild
9mo ago · 47:54
Your RV Navigators want to wish all of our listeners a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. For your favorite RVer, we’ve included some gift suggestions in case your still shopping. This month has been a busy one for us, as we travel to Churchill, Manitoba to see the polar bears in their nature environment. This was not an RV trip as we traveled by plane 1300 miles North to Hudson Bay, home to the Polar bears. Viewing is done in tundra rovers. These are large bus like vehicle that are designed for rough terrain with huge wheels and special suspension/engine. We were luck to get with
RV Navigator Episode 247 -Alaska in the Rear View Mirror
10mo ago · 55:37
We’ve been on the road 85 days for the round trip to Alaska, but finally we returned home without incident. The final leg of the trip allowed us to visit Jasper and Banff for 6 days before making the final push to Chicago. This month we had a final exit interview with Chris and Jean from an earlier episode as they share their impressions of the trip.
RV Navigator Episode 246 -Alaska: the Caravan Ends
11mo ago · 52:48
We’ve ended up back in Dawson Creek where we started the RV caravan 63 days ago. After a brief introduction by your RV Navigators, we invite fellow caravaners to join in the debriefing. This is the same group that shared their hopes for the trip 2 months ago. See what they think about this buck list destination in this months episode. **The episode webpage will be slow in appearing this month due to some technical issues with the web site, sorry.
RV Navigator Episode 245 -ODing on Beauty
12mo ago · 1:01:24
At this midpoint in our Alaska caravan, we draw on the experiences of our fellow travelers to broaden the Alaska perspective. We are joined in interviews with Chris & Jean and Kevin and Jennifer to gain their insights into Alaska caravanning. As one of our guest commented, we’ve all ODed on beauty. Alaska is lived up to expectations with many stunning experiences for all in our group.
RV Navigator Episode 244 -Road to Alaska
1y ago · 40:32
Alaska 25 is this months adventure. We begin our 2 month long caravan to the 50th state. After driving over 2000 miles we are at the beginning of the Alaska highway that is the gateway to Alaska. The podcast will change a bit for the next couple of months as we try to give listeners a picture of the Alaska experience. This is a bucket list trip for many so we are encompassing as many viewpoints as we can to give a accurate picture of the sight and sounds of Alaska. Joins us and our companions as we describe this travel adventure.
RV Navigator Episode 243 -Planning the Long RV Trip
1y ago · 41:55
As we plan for our upcoming 3 month long motorhome trip to Alaska and back, we thought that it might be helpful to share some of our planning ideas. We have done several extended trips over the years, so the planning has become second nature, but many listeners may be contemplating such a trip, so here are some of our tips and tricks for making the trip go smoothly. We will be taking you with us as we travel the 10,000 miles r/t to Alaska. Martha will be blogging daily as we make the journey. Her blog can be found at mytripjournal.com/wiseman63. You can also look back at all of our recent trip
RV Navigator Episode 242 -Hawaii + Spring
1y ago · 45:46
Ending our April cruise in Maui (Hawaii), we headed home to Chicago for the duration of the spring. We did take a short flight to Orlando to close on our new (to us) house at the Great Outdoors (TGO) that will be our winter home starting in 2026. This house has a nice RV port which will give our aging MH a covered parking space during the off months. We chat about many RVing topics as our attention turns to RVing in the summer. Cooling your RV and fridge topics as well as the latest tech issues are discussed in this episode.
RV Navigator Episode 240 -New Home for the Motorhome
1y ago · 39:58
We never intended to buy a house in FL, but this month we ended up with a new home for the motorhome at our RV resort in Titusville, FL. We explain the decision and details in this month’s episode as move ahead on buying this new abode in FL. The sale is not final until mid-May, so we headed North to Chicago just in time to leave on our next adventure, a cruise in Tahiti and Hawaii. The weather being what it is, the MH needed to be winterized while it sits in the cold in Chicago., We’ll not be taking it to its new home until November (2025) due to our upcoming Alaska adventure which starts in
RV Navigator Episode 241 -Navigating the South Pacific
1y ago · 48:03
This month finds us sail the warm waters of the South Pacific around Tahiti. We share our many impressions of this area and compare it to our next destination, Hawaii. Many assume that Tahiti and Hawaii are similar destinations but in fact they are significantly different. Hear our impressions and suggestions for Polynesian travel. Of course RVing is always on our minds, so we share new websites, articles and topic of interest from the RVing world.. Project Kuiper (Amazon) is about to launch a competitor to Starlink thus offering world wide internet via portable satellite receivers. Tune in fo
RV Navigator Episode 239 - Insurance swap
1y ago · 39:09
Just another month stuck in FL -LOL. Your RV Navigators have had several interesting RV projects in the works from getting new RV insurance to looking a new hot skin devices for RVs to speculating about the staff cuts at National Parks. What does the new T-Mobile Starlink direct to cell service mean for the average cell user? These an many other topics are covered in this months episode. Join us and then make a comment.
RV Navigator Episode 238 - Buying & Fixing
1y ago · 46:29
RVin full time this month we travel to the Tampa RV Supershow and have some windows replaced on the MH. Join us for the details as well as the many adventures that intervened.
RV Navigator Episode 237 - Welcoming in 2025
1y ago · 48:03
After a busy fall, we spent the month at our home base near Chicago. As you know we don’t enjoy the cold, so after the Christmas holidays we once again headed south for most of the winter. We rang in the New Year in our motorhome in FL with a NYE ball drop party from 7-9 pm - it is after all midnight somewhere! January will find us at the Tampa RV Supershow. If you have a chance to attend, it is one of the best RV shows in the country. However this year has brought some major changes so well if that is true going forward. In this episode we share some ideas about cruising (our second love) as
RV Navigator Episode 236 - Thanksgving on the Atlantic
1y ago · 36:11
This month finds us at sea for the entire month. Sail the med and ending in Fort Lauderdale, we skip the long transatlantic flight for 9 days of sailing the open ocean. If have the time, it is very relaxing trip. We want to wish al our listeners a great holiday season as we look forward to the new year. We’ve attached some RV gift lists for your consideration. We wonder if the almost total band on new MH sales in CA will take effect in 2025. CA pllus 5 other states have put strick pollution standards in place that will prohibit most motorized RVs from being sold in those states. Obviously RV d
RV Navigator Episode 234 - The Slow Road South
1y ago · 47:25
Finally back on the road in the RV, we travel to FL on a round about itinerary that included stops in Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina and Georgia before our final stop in Titusville, FL. September is a great weather month in these northerly states so we took advantage of fall (before the colors) to slowly drive south. A major stop along the way was in Gaffney. Not a tourist stop but an important MH stop for this is the home of Freightliner - the maker of our chassis. We found the important of letting the pros work on the MH as they performed our annual check-up and found several major problems
RV Navigator Episode 235 - A Bohemian Adventure
1y ago · 45:18
We left shortly after the last podcast for a land adventure in Eastern Europe. After 3 weeks of travel, we are ready to share our experiences on the podcast. We’ve been traveling with 13 fellow travelers to the Czech Republic and other close by countries formerly part of the eastern block. The adventure has been eye openning, but we also chat about some interesint RV topics and the latest technology. Have you used whispers(?), do you have plans for snowbirding in the South. These plus many other topics are on our agenda this month.
RV Navigator Episode 233 - Think small
1y ago · 40:31
This month we think small as in car camping. Can you RV in your car? We think the option is viable - yes car camping is a thing and many campers do it instead of using a tent for shelter. This plus many other topics are part of this months podcast from our home studio.
RV Navigator Episode 232 - Off the Grid
2y ago · 49:11
This month’s big project was upgrading our battery bank to lithium batteries. We added about 1000 amps of battery power to our rig in the conversion process. The upgrade process for a motorhome involvees much more than just swappng out the physical batteries. We now have all new electitic 12 volt monitoring system. Because we have a diesel engine with 12 volt needs, we have to have the proper interface for the engine side. We also added a solar panel into the mix. A 24 hour test of the new batteries used only 30% of their capacity. With the solar recharge, we’ll be good for quite a few days of

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RV Navigator Episode 243 -Planning the Long RV Trip

RV Navigator Episode 242 -Hawaii + Spring

RV Navigator Episode 240 -New Home for the Motorhome

RV Navigator Episode 241 -Navigating the South Pacific

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RV Navigator Episode 237 - Welcoming in 2025

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Episodes 257

RV Navigator Episode 256- Wait, Wait & Wait Again

RV Navigator Episode 255-Shoulder Season-Not what you think

RV Navigator Episode 254--Eating Gold

RV Navigator Episode 253--Toilet tidbits from Japan

RV Navigator Episode 252 -10 Things we've learned from 50 years of RVing.

RV Navigator Episode 251 -Luggage in the Wild & Old Money

RV Navigator Episode 250 -20 years of podcasting + Butterflies & Whales

RV Navigator Episode 249 -Introducing 2026

RV Navigator Episode 248 -Polar Bears in the Wild

RV Navigator Episode 247 -Alaska in the Rear View Mirror

RV Navigator Episode 246 -Alaska: the Caravan Ends

RV Navigator Episode 245 -ODing on Beauty

RV Navigator Episode 244 -Road to Alaska

RV Navigator Episode 243 -Planning the Long RV Trip

RV Navigator Episode 242 -Hawaii + Spring

RV Navigator Episode 240 -New Home for the Motorhome

RV Navigator Episode 241 -Navigating the South Pacific

RV Navigator Episode 239 - Insurance swap

RV Navigator Episode 238 - Buying & Fixing

RV Navigator Episode 237 - Welcoming in 2025

RV Navigator Episode 236 - Thanksgving on the Atlantic

RV Navigator Episode 234 - The Slow Road South

RV Navigator Episode 235 - A Bohemian Adventure

RV Navigator Episode 233 - Think small

RV Navigator Episode 232 - Off the Grid