StressLess Camping RV podcast

StressLess Camping RV podcast

Get the most out of your RV while saving money and enjoying StressLess Camping with our weekly RV and travel podcast. You’ll get tips, tricks and fun and unusual destinations plus information from RV industry insiders Peggy and Tony Barthel. We’ve also got our weekly RV review and more.

Episodes

September 9, 2025 28 mins

Tips and tricks from America's Largest RV Show in Hershey, PA - our first time and what we're excited about.

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Christmas in August? A huge new Rockwood? And camping off the grid with the AC running? This week’s StressLess Camping RV podcast comes to you from the front yard of TNT RV.

This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast we are mooch docking with T&T RVing so lets pop a cold one and get to know Tony and Tina.

Tony and Tina also helped us celebrate Christmas - in August?!?!

We introduce an RV that has room for all four of us to work...

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast we visit the RV MH hall of fame and speak with the new director, Jose Rodriguez. Jose so appreciates this remarkable place that he’s come back to help guide it and we love the new and the now that’s going on there.

Speaking of new, we also have a look at the first viable EV motorhome. No, for reals! And we visit a place where we get serenaded - by the road!

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On this week’s episode of the StressLess Camping RV podcast, Tony talks to Keith Larson from Winegard about connectivity plus monitoring and tracking systems for enhancing safety on your road trips. 

We relay the history of travel trailers, and have an RV review of a tiny toy hauler.

Grab your chain mail! We are visiting a fire-breathing dragon - that’s Goofy USA!

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we visit with Brett Randall from Aliner about their small trailers, and Tony provides a review of an RV from Aliner’s exciting new camper line!

Then we visit a Goofy USA phenomenon with a bunch of destinations, and we share tips for keeping your RV solar panels clean. 

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Do you wish you could boondock, but don’t know where to go? We have tips on finding free overnight stays for you and your RV. 

We might get CARRIED AWAY telling you about our gadget of the week!

And, Did we ever tell you about the Goofy USA destination we used to own?

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What can you tow with a Jeep? Can you tow a travel trailer at all and what are the best choices if you can? This week on the StressLess Camping RV podcast we bring Lesa McDermott from Girl Camper back who has towed with a Jeep.

We also share an essential RV gadget that is a multi-tasker.

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we welcome back Brooks Smothers from RV Out West to hear more of his favorite places in the Pacific Northwest. This is a continuation of the conversation we had with Brooks last week. 

We’re also going back to one of the wackiest roadside collections we’ve been to in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. 

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we welcome Brooks Smothers from RV Out West to share some of his favorite places in the Pacific Northwest. Brooks has some great hidden gems that made us want to visit the Pacific Northwest even more than before. 

We’re also taking you on a date, of sorts, and it’s a sweet situation! 

Lastly, our own...

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast we look at the RV industry and how it is portrayed in an article in the Wall Street Journal. Are things that bad and what can you do if you’re RV shopping? We have some tips for RV shopping - today might be one of the best times in years for RV shoppers. 

We also share a Goofy USA destination where we enjoyed boondocking, exploring, and learn...

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we welcome back our friends Scott and Alicia from The Route of it All, who tell us about a service to receive notifications when a campsite YOU want becomes available.

You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting podcasts: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast/0314

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On episode 313 of the StressLess Camping RV Podcast - some of our best boondocking hacks and facts and ways you can stay out longer and have a better time doing so. We’ve got boondocking tips and observations.

We also have a new must-get gadget, and we take you to a place where you’ll want to bring lots of quarters.

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June 19, 2025 27 mins

On episode 312 of the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we share some places we have boondocked, or mooch docked, at railroad museums, airfields and more to enhance an already great visit. Museum mooching? Tony railroaded Peggy into recording this podcast. He has a one-track mind. We didn’t get our signals crossed.

And we share an article we found about the history of camping.

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June 11, 2025 61 mins

Andrew Angel from Camco shares some new and innovative Camco products. We visit four states at one time, and a tip to keep your fresh water — fresh.

You can find this week’s podcast at our home on the web or wherever you enjoy getting podcasts: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast/0311

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How do you find a great technician? What about an RV inspector? This week we talk to serial entrepreneur Heath Padgett who has come up with a simple and easy way to find vetted RV techs no matter where you are. 

There’s also a lot of cool things we talk about - RV refrigerators. We’ve done a study of how much solar it takes to run your RV fridge. But we’ve also got a fridge that’ll fit in ...

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May 29, 2025 60 mins

This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, Peggy got a better understanding of RV power with Scott and Ben from ABC Upfitters. We reveal big plans for 2026.

Where in the Goofy USA did we visit? Find out here. And if it’s time for your morning or afternoon coffee, you’ll want to check our Gadget Report on the AeroPress. Tony shares another impressive overloading RV, and we have a hitch tip to support...

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we head to Overland Expo West. This is the first time we’ve attended this event and - wow. There are hundreds of vendors with all sorts of gear, rigs and gadgets for those who want to travel to faraway places.

We also review one of the RVs we saw there and, of course, share a gadget we had to have.

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May 15, 2025 40 mins

This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we set the record straight on some myths and misinformation we see out there on social media and in the real world. We have a gadget that is very handy - and could be yours! And we bring back a recipe that we use before every road trip.

Then we visit a Goofy USA destination in Arizona - The Thing

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we share the modifications we made on each of our Rockwood Mini Lite travel trailers, to make them more usable for our style of camping and traveling.

Will modifications affect the value of your RV and what hacks are our favorite - and what did we goof up? 

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This week on the StressLess Camping RV Podcast, we’re going to New England with two guys who are the spokespeople for RVing in New England, Bob Zagami and John DiPietro. We’ve got some insider RVing tips on places to stay, eat and see. 

Then we speak with author Dawn Barclay who has researched places where crime has happened in New England in her book Vacations can be Murder! Don’t worry,...

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