Papa Joe and DynamicDenise Love RVing

The RV lifestyle means something different to each person. This Travel Junkie Love RVing bio for Papa Joe and DynamicDenise will help you understand our RV perspective, our RV lifestyle, and why we love RV road trips, plus providing several useful RV tips and resources.

Papa Joe’s bio:

Papa Joe’s favorite saying is “I’ve been pulling some kind of an RV for over 35 years”. He bought his first RV when his children were young. That first purchase was a pop-top trailer, followed by several travel trailers, a 5th wheel, and finally a motorhome. His 4 children have fond memories of road trips spent with their dad and have started exploring the thought of RVing with their young families.

Papa Joe is multi-talented, and his gearhead tendencies come in handy. He will research and tinker with items in the RV, often resulting in a unique home-brewed DIY solution. Papa Joe is an IT engineer by trade, and those skills combined with a background in electronic design have resulted in interesting upgrades to his RV purchases.

Recent examples include re-wiring a faulty awning design, installation of a sub-woofer to enhance the RV music experience, and upgrading the water system to achieve consistent water pressure when dry camping.

Neat huh.

DynamicDenise’s bio:

She started RVing in her early teens. Her first experience was with grandparents in their truck-mounted topper, with all levels of campers including a motorhome. Her experiences include everything from long weekend trips with parents and grandparents to cross-country road trips.

As an adult, DynamicDenise experimented with tent camping but prefers Papa Joe’s travel trailer, 5th wheel, and motorhome philosophy of RVing. In all, DynamicDenise has been RVing for over 40 years.

Now you understand why sharing RV experiences with our readers is so important. How often do you get over 70 years of experience in an easy-to-follow resource like this page? Not often.

What will you find on our Love RVing pages?

Lots.

We have short articles with DIY projects, videos, resources to enhance your RV experience, and links to our RV adventure stories. In other words, this page is your RV’s one-stop shop.

To start with, we have written numerous stories featuring our RV experiences in the US’s National Park system over the last few years. Our National Park page is full of information to help you decide which park to visit in your RV, including park-specific camping tips and links for RVing resources.

Are you on the fence about purchasing an RV?

You are not alone. Here is a quick summary of the pros and cons of renting an RV versus owning an RV.

Owning and maintaining an RV can be expensive and a lot of work. Likewise, renting an RV each time you want the RV experience may be too much hassle for you.

Are you on the fence about whether to purchase or rent an RV? I researched a couple of different reputable RV sites and blogs, and have a full-length story with my thoughts as well as those shared by other experts. Follow this link for the full discussion on renting versus purchasing an RV.

Regardless if you rent or own, I am sure of one thing.

You won’t have experiences like these at home in your recliner.

Camping at Crow Wing State Park in Minnesota, followed by a visit to Itasca State Park the following day. Have you crossed the headwaters of the Mighty Mississippi River? Then a few months later crossed the Mississippi Delta in Louisiana? These experiences bring out the “dynamic” side of DynamicDenise, that’s for sure.

Have you tried this one – the RV functioning as the support vehicle for an extended family road trip? This was a 2019 road trip from the Midwest to Great Smoky Mountain National Park with extended family.

The motorhome came in very handy for cooking, potty breaks, and general rest and relaxation. Any RV is a great way to enjoy family vacations. DynamicDenise’s family enjoyed this RV sag wagon experience, that’s for sure.

How about this Love RVing example?

We camped in the Wichita Mountains over New Year’s Eve – first, who gets to say that? Then the next morning when we came out, we had hoof prints beside the camper that likely belonged to one of these guys on the right.

Or how about the experience of coming back to our RV home base at the end of the night to a plate of smoked ribs, a gentle campfire, and an amazing sunset overlooking the stream. I know why I love RVing. Are you in?

Here is my last example.

Have you ever had a song go through your head, over and over, and over again? For this next set of photos, I have 2 songs that stick in my head. The first one is “Cake By the Ocean” by DNCE, and the other one is “Look Ma I Made It” by Panic! at the Disco.

Why do I have these songs in my head? Because I was camping on the beach in Padre Island on the National Seashore. Like, what other definition of “making it” is there?

What do all these examples have in common?

Papa Joe and I love RVing and exploring. We like to include family in our travels whenever possible. Our RV doesn’t stay in one place for long. We have graduated from the travel trailer to the 5th wheel, now to the motorhome.

Regardless of which RV we travel in, road trips are not optional, they are mandatory. So mandatory in fact, that our current RV holds two office spaces so both of us can continue to work our full-time jobs while enjoying road trips.

When we write a blog story for you about glamping, purchasing an RV or renting an RV, DIY projects, or preparing your RV for spring or winter (insert a heavy sigh here…), we do it from the lens of fellow RV enthusiasts who are experienced.

We likely have had exactly the same questions you have and have learned the answer.

Here are some of our favorite RV resources.

• Go RVing will help you locate a campground, they have fun camping recipes and tips for RV-ers wanting to work in their RV. Yes, working in your RV is a real thing. DynamicDenise does it all the time.
• Campendium has literally thousands of campground reviews. We use it on almost every trip.
• Kampgrounds of America (KOA) has over 500 campgrounds across North America, and seem to be leading the industry in the glamping craze.
• Good Sam Club is chock full of trip planning resources, campground discounts, and lots of other RV necessities. If you love RVing, this is a great resource for you. It has become our first resource for RV trip planning.

One last Love RVing teaser for you.

We have a membership campground near our home, and camp there frequently. I am sharing a few photos to share how pretty the area is. We love RVing and the RV lifestyle. It is easy to enjoy the RV lifestyle when our RV experiences can be close to home, with minimal effort, and are this beautiful.

There is a huge, RV-friendly world out there.

Buy your RV. Rent your RV – travel trailer, 5th Wheel, or motorhome. Whatever your mode of RVing is. If you are in the north country, get your RV de-winterized and plan a road trip.

It doesn’t prevent us from exploring the rest of the country though. Our next trip is already planned and will be an RV road trip to Louisiana in October. Yippee!!!

Whatever RVing means to you at this exact moment – Get out and enjoy the RV lifestyle!