Recorded live at the 4th annual RV Miles Homecoming in Amana, Iowa, Jason and Abby discuss Choice Hotels acquiring Harvest Hosts, and then take audience questions on how RVing has changed since they started, whether they’re considering a smaller rig, and ideas for a future episode on trip-planning apps and AI-assisted planning. They share the origin story of RV Miles from their 2016 move onto the road and how COVID shifted their work into news coverage, answer questions about composites becoming common RV materials, and address confusing rec.gov campsite length limits.

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00:00 Sponsor Blue Ox 00:30 Live From Homecoming 03:41 Harvest Hosts Bought 13:16 Sponsor eTrailer 14:03 Audience Q&A Begins 14:47 How RVing Changed 17:57 Downsizing The Rig 19:10 Trip Planning Apps 23:10 How RV Miles Started 31:45 Composites In RVs 33:29 Rec Gov Site Sizes 37:34 Campground Length Confusion 39:37 Misadventures Make Memories 40:26 Wrong Way in New Mexico 43:14 Fuel Can Hair Disaster 50:13 Favorite Child Joke 51:20 Future of EV Towing 58:09 Tank Check Sponsor Break 58:29 Truck Bed Left Open 01:00:46 RV Automation Breakthrough 01:06:58 Retirement and New Theme 01:08:38 Live Show Farewell