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Matt Bowles interviews today’s most interesting real estate investors, entrepreneurs, and world travelers and pulls out actionable tips and advice that you can begin applying in your own life each week. Hear personal stories about their worst failures, biggest breakthroughs, amazing travel adventures, and most valuable lessons learned on their journey to financial success, location independence and lifestyle freedom. Guests include investment property owners traveling the world on their pass ...
When you ask Americans to list some of our country's most famous poets and short story tellers, you’ll rarely hear mention of one of the most well-known authors of all time. Perhaps it’s because most think he was British, or perhaps it’s because most of his macabre stories seem a genre all of their own. Today on America’s National Parks, Philadelph…
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What will camping in 2021 look like?
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This week we make our predictions about the 2021 camping season, plus we chat about some issues with an unlimited internet carrier, and how one couple got fined $1000 for filming in a National Park.By RV Miles Network
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105: Building 7-Figure Businesses on 2 Continents and Prioritizing Mindfulness, Alignment, and “Freedom To” with Nate Ginsburg
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Nate Ginsburg shares his 10-year travel journey to 50 countries and his entrepreneurial journey to building multiple 7-figure businesses on 2 continents. He starts off by sharing the story of his photo-shoot doing handstands in the middle of the streets of New York City. He then talks about his initial travel inspiration and how his nomad journey b…
National Park sites, even the natural ones, have seen many uses over the history of America, often due to the unique features that make them worth preserving in the first place. From its thunderous ocean breakers crashing against rocky headlands and expansive sand beaches to its open grasslands, brushy hillsides, and forested ridges, Point Reyes of…
New York City. The bright lights of Broadway shine on no less than 40 of the greatest stages on earth, and yet, one venue in the Big Apple outshines all others. This week, Radio City Musical Hall.By RV Miles Network
On this episode, we interview Rick Kessler, Executive Editor at RV Business Magazine about their list of the top 2021 RV models. We answer a question about the difference between 3- and 4-season RVs, and more! Read RV Business' list of the top 2021 RVs here: https://rvbusiness.com/rvbusiness-announces-top-10-rvs-of-the-year-other-winners/…
Up until about 30 years ago, there wasn’t much that made the North Star State — Minnesota — a destination for international tourists. It’s 10,000 lakes included. That all changed on August 11, 1992, when 10,000 people all had their first day of work in Bloomington, a suburb of the twin cities, at what would become one of the most popular tourist de…
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104: Ashley Renne on Eco-Friendly World Travel, Plant-Based Nutrition and Why the Key to a Happy Marriage is…Deez Nuts!
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Ashley Renne talks about growing up in Atlanta with parents from Jamaica and India. She explains how a study abroad trip to Egypt changed her life and was the catalyst that inspired her to travel the world. Ashley talks about traveling to India 3 times and re-connecting with her Indian heritage. She also talks about the differences between travelin…
On last week’s episode, we took a look at early road planning and design in the parks, and we’re continuing with the theme this week, by looking at the history of National Park Campgrounds. You might not realize it, but so much of modern campground design, whether it be state and federal parks or privately ran facilities, was developed through the …
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Yellowstone Canyons and Waterfalls, Top Campground Complaints
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This week, we finish off our Yellowstone Journey with the upper Grand Loop Road, including wonderful waterfalls, mud pots, and canyons. Plus, we have the top five campground office complaints, a new winterizing system, and so much more! This is the RV Miles Podcast. Have you ever wondered what the most common things campers complain about at the ca…
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103: Matt Bowles Interviewed on How to Analyze and Invest in Turnkey Rental Properties
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On this episode Ben Lakoff interviews Matt Bowles on the Alternative Asset Allocation podcast. Ben draws out Matt’s expertise on how to understand the unique dynamics of residential investment property as an asset class. Matt explains the multi-dimensional nature of the asset class and how rental properties have 5 profit centers, compared to most o…
This week, part two of our Yellowstone adventure! Plus, a campground that has tripled its monthly rate for 2021. Will more follow? How those awful washboard roads are formed, a Forest River interior that knocked our socks off, and a whole lot more!By RV Miles Network
In Wiltshire, England sits a prehistoric monument of epic proportions. Featuring a ring of standing stones each around 13 feet high, seven feet wide, and weighing about 25 tons, Stonehenge is a household name shrouded in folklore and fame. Constructed between 3,000 BC and 2,000 BC it has been legally protected since 1882 and was made a UNESCO World…
As the National Park idea began to inspire Americans far and wide, a major problem arose: how to provide safe access to these often wild and dangerous places, especially as the automobile began to make cross-country travel easier and more affordable. Today on America’s National Parks, two roads that taught the National Park Service some of the majo…
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102: Val Schrock on Co-Founding Maverick Investor Group, Business Lessons from MacGyver, and Confronting a Home Intruder with a Samurai Sword
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Val Schrock talks about growing up Mennonite in Kalamazoo Michigan, wanting to be a professional athlete, navigating gender fluidity, seeking adrenaline and competition, and eventually meeting Matt in a Master’s Degree program for International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Val and Matt share stories from their friendship that began in the 90s, in…
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Yellowstone Overview, When to Winterize
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On this episode, we begin our three-week Yellowstone adventure with an overview of the park and the town of West Yellowstone. A listener asks about what temps to be concerned about water freezing, and so much more!By RV Miles Network
America is home to lots of things that we get to claim are the biggest and greatest, but there’s one facility in the U.S. that probably deserves more bragging rights than any other, and it’s not one that’s often talked about. It’s the biggest library in the world, and It also just happens to be one incredible display of American architecture. This …
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New NPS Units, Bears, Rescues, and Fires | National Park News
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It's time month’s News from the Parks episode of the America’s National Parks Podcast, where we round up the latest happenings at America’s Greatest Treasures. On this episode, we have 2 new National Park Service units, bear attacks, fire & hurricanes, a terrible vandalism to a cave, news from National Parks in other countries, and so much more!…
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101: Making Cocaine with Pablo Escobar's Top Scientist, Job Interviews at the Full Moon Party, and Building Work-Travel Communities with Travis King
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Travis King talks about background growing up in the Wisconsin suburbs and shares how he developed his social and political consciousness, his desire to travel, and then, after getting his Master’s degree, why he embarked on a 4-year solo-travel adventure that would change his entire life. He takes us around the world on his travel journey, startin…
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Leave No Trace (or...How to Poop in the Woods)
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This week we learn about reducing impact on the environment when visiting National Parks and other public lands, along with a lesson on what to do when nature calls out on the trail from rangers at Yosemite National Park.By RV Miles Network
Last week we talked about Elvis’s major failure at the Grand Ole Opry, and this week, we thought it would be a good idea to let him redeem himself. The Opry might be the mother church of country music, but Graceland is the palace of rock & roll.By RV Miles Network
This week, we cover several stays at Idaho campgrounds on our way up to Yellowstone National Park. Plus, we have additional water saving tips, we talk about the positives and negatives of slide-outs, and so much more!By RV Miles Network
In Yellowstone National Park's Upper Geyser Basin sits an unassuming store, one that's lasted for nearly all the park's human history. It's famed owner wallpapered his office in the most unusual way—with hundreds of cancelled checks. This week, the Million Dollar Room in the Lower Hamilton's Store at Yellowstone National Park…
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100: Empowering Gen Z to See the World and Bringing “Black Lives Matter” Into Your Travels with Gabby Beckford
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Gen Z travel and lifestyle entrepreneur Gabby Beckford shares how a solo-trip to Iceland at 17-years old inspired her ongoing travel adventures ever since. She takes us through her study abroad experience in Dubai, her trips to Sri Lanka, Turkey, Kenya and how it all led to her to leaving her 9-5 job and founding “Packs Light” and “Young Travelers …
This week, we take you behind the scenes of the world's longest-running radio show and country music's pinnacle of achievement, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.By RV Miles Network
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Water Saving Tips and the Most Dangerous Part of the Drive
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Whether you're boondocking or rocking partial hookups at a state park, saving water can extend your camping fun. We've got tips for keeping your waste tanks empty and your fresh tank full. Plus, we talk about the most dangerous part of a drive—the last part, and give you an update on the RV manufacturing backlog.…
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99: Hip Hop Wine Parties and Black Luxury Travel to Epic Global Destinations with Claire Soares
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Claire Soares shares her journey growing up in Virginia, working at a Fortune 500 Company, learning about food and wine on her business trips, and then identifying the underserved market for Black luxury travel. She shares her process of founding her company as a side hustle and then leaving her corporate job to build “Up In the Air Life” to a 7- f…
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Dinosaur National Monument and the RV Manufacturing Backlog
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This week we share our journey to the Utah side of Dinosaur National Monument and chat about the manufacturing backlog that's making it harder and harder to buy a new RV. We also talk about why the stories about big name YouTubers that are giving up the full-time RV life might not be all they're cracked up to be.…
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98: Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington on Building Companies to $100 Million, Thriving During a Crisis, and Winning a Wrestling Tournament on Richard Branson’s Private Island
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Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington shares the story of attending a Halloween party on Richard Branson’s private island and winding up in a wrestling tournament on the beach at 1am. He then talks about how traveling the world helped him grow one of his businesses from $50 Million to $500 Million, and he shares some of his experiences doing business in ov…
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Wolverines, an Overturned Tanker, and a $500,000 Fine | National Park News
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A man gets jail and a $500,000 fine for sneaking into Canada’s National Parks during the coronavirus, a tanker truck overturns in Yellowstone, a veritable novel is graffitied onto a popular lighthouse, and Wolverines have been spotted in one National Park for the first time in over a century. It’s time for the latest in National Park News.…
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97: Building High-Performance, Remote-Capable Teams for Disruptive Businesses with Lavinia Iosub
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Lavinia Iosub takes us on her journey growing up in Romania, becoming a pathfinder, a painter, and starting to travel the world on International exchange programs. She shares how she worked at a bank for 3 years after college before moving to Azerbaijan, being based there for 4 years, having a run-in with the KGB and getting stiffed by the Trump or…
They literally wrote the book on RVing: Marc & Julie Bennett share their journey on this week's episode of the podcast. Plus, an important update about that Verizon change we talked about last week, and some new sales numbers from the RV industry point to an interesting trend.By RV Miles Network
It's now clear we’re dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic for the long haul, and instead of just staying inside, many Americans are wanting to figure out how to recreate responsibly. And what could be a better place to socially distance than a National Park, right? Well, it’s not so simple. This week, we’re sharing with you an episode of a differe…
St. Louis, Missouri. Along the mighty Mississippi. Home of the Arch, the Cardinals, and Budweiser beer. Whatever you feel about a “Bud,” the Anheuser-Busch Family revolutionized the brewing industry and distribution of beer to America and the world. And they made a fortune doing it. Here, in the Gateway to the West, you can visit the fruits of thei…
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The State of the Industry with RVTravel.com's Chuck Woodbury
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Chuck Woodbury has been independently covering the RV industry longer than almost everyone else, and this week, we chat with him about the state of the RV industry as he marks 20 years at rvtravel.com. Plus, we have easy campground cocktails, a new change to Verizon plans that's great for RVers, and a whole lot more!…
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96: Founding NOMADNESS Travel Tribe for Black and Brown World-Travelers with Evita Turquoise Robinson
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Evita Turquoise Robinson shares her story of how a transformative trip to France for a film workshop would change her life trajectory and set her on a path to live in Japan, Thailand and beyond. She opens up about her experience being the only Black person in a small Japanese town teaching English but how some of the cultural exchanges with her stu…
On the border of utah and colorado sits a place where the wild rugged land has been used for centuries to carve out a modern human existence, long before it was found to contain the world’s greatest collection of dinosaur bones. Here one woman lived for nearly a century, as the world modernized, she kept this place as a link to the past.…
Hollywood, California. Land of make-believe. If you’ve ever been, you know that a lot of what is glitters, isn’t actually gold. A trip down Hollywood Boulevard these days is chock full of cheap costumed look-sort-of-alikes. The Hollywood walk-of-fame has somehow become the major symbol of this once harrowed place, and it’s a giant pay-to-pay scam. …
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Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods & Colorado Springs
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This week, we recount our journey to Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs, where we stayed at the Garden of the Gods RV Resort and visited its namesake park, as well as Pikes Peak. Plus, we share a wild new marketing campaign from Hotels.com that's aimed at RV buyer's remorse, and so much more.By RV Miles Network
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95: Building Empowered, Female-Centering Digital Nomad Communities with Brittnee Bond
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Brittnee Bond shares her experiences growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness and opens up about her decision to eventually divorce her husband, leave the Church, travel the world and create her ideal community that is welcoming, inclusive and accepting. She shares her path to becoming a digital nomad, first by helping her law firm become paperless and ne…
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News From the Parks: New NPS Funding, Strange Blue Squares at Zion, Cuyahoga Dams Removed
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It's time for another "News from the Parks" edition of the podcast. This week, we'll learn about how the funds from the Great American Outdoors Act will be used, how the Cuyahoga River is flowing more free than ever, and some strange blue-square graffiti that has rangers puzzled and cleaning at Zion.…
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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
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This week, how great is Great Sand Dunes? It's pretty great and we are recapping our time at this sandy playground, including camping at Great Sand Dunes Oasis, and boondocking not too far from the park. Plus, a couple of questions from the RV Miles Facebook Group, and update on our recent "Kicked Out" incident, a new brain teaser, and more!…
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94: Bootstrapping a Digital Agency to Nearly 100 Staff in 3 Years and Choosing to Live in a New Location Every Week with Zach Boyette
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Zach Boyette tells his story growing up in Tennessee, teaching himself to code, working for Google, finding his first location independent job and embarking on a life as a full time itinerant nomad. He shares his travel experiences, favorite destinations, and why he chooses to move locations every week. Zach also talks about his passion for minimal…
Bricktown. Oklahoma city. A museum in this vibrant city tells the story of the only real, truly American musical instrument. It wasn’t just developed in America, it was borne through the struggle for freedom, and tells the story of our country through its percussive draw, its rapid-fire playing style, and it’s expressive and exquisite construction.…
Today on America’s National Parks, we travel to California’s Sequoia and Kings Canyon, where decades of research show us how the world is changing, and help us to figure out what to expect next.By RV Miles Network
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RVs for Full-Time Living, Dealing with Trash
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On today's episode, we explore some things to think about when choosing an RV to live in full-time, or even to camp for extended periods. We also tackle a listener question about the many and varied ways we deal with trash on the road. Including...freezing it?By RV Miles Network
As anyone who’s visited Colorado Springs can tell you, it sits in the shadow of an ominous mountain - it’s is an amazing sight to behold. The 14,115-foot summit rises over the plains with a sort of ancient majesty. It predates humanity by millions of years and was here long before anyone first settled the region. For centuries and even millennia, i…
Perhaps no city in the United States exceeds Chicago in the number, breadth, intensity, and national importance of labor upheavals. One of our most recent national park service sites celebrates and remembers the contributions to American society of an ingenious entrepreneur, but more importantly, the workers who made his dreams happen, and their ba…
This week, it's the third anniversary of the RV Miles Podcast! We travel from Durango to Ouray, Colorado on the Million Dollar Highway. Plus, how to boondock with a residential fridge, how to check your transmission temperature, and more!By RV Miles Network
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93: Long-Term World Travel with Kids and Building the “Wandering Moms” Community with Libryia Jones
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LibryaJones shares her experience traveling to Ghana with her daughter in 2019 for “The Year of Return” and discusses her (and her daughter’s) reflections on Ghanaian culture, learning the history of the West African slave trade, and the feeling of being in a Black-majority country. Libryia then opens up about her upbringing in Tallahassee, Florida…
