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RoadtripMojo & the ‘RV Wingman’ Discuss Music Festival Camping

#RoadtripMojo has spent almost 18 months building our community across social media, music festivals, and campgrounds. We’re meeting people, discovering new places, and learning about music and camping – two things we hold dear. But we’re also sharing what we know with experienced campers and festival goers. Sometimes, it’s an introduction to something completely new to them.

That’s what it felt like when we were guests recently on The RV Show USA radio show with the “RV wingman” Alan Warren.  We admit, Alan’s a veteran RVer, a park owner, and the most staunch advocate for the RVer out there. He’s been around a long time and as they say, he’s probably forgotten more about RVing than we’ll likely ever know.

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Camping, RVing, and Music Festivals From a Shorty’s Perspective

This is a guest blog from regular contributor Zoe Zbar. To read this and her other work,  click here…
Writer Zoe and dad hang with some Wanee creatures

The “boom” of the bass blares over the entire park. Walking up to the stage, I’m full of hype, ready to dance until I can’t feel my feet anymore. It’s the final show on the Peach Stage of Wanee Music Festival – a full-on camping music festival.

Warming up is Widespread Panic, a Georgia-based jam band known for sending their fans into a frenzy. The entire population of campers, hippies, and music lovers are dance-skipping to the same place. I finally wade into the crowd, a few feet from the rail when I realize the only view I’m getting of Widespread Panic is the cartoons of lead singer John Bell on the backs of spectators’ WSMFP shirts.
Even with the best intentions and the most determination, I’m still only 5’1″ at a music festival.

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Raging Hard, Doing Good: Festivals Goers and Campers Give Back

Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir on a $526,000 D’Angelico guitar. (shot courtesy HeadCount)

Music festivals, concerts, camping folk and RVers have an undeniably friendly, good-karma vibe. After all, they don’t call the RV group “Good Sam Club” by happenstance. But producers and activists are looking to turn vibes into action. From organizations like HeadCount to community causes like Habitat for Humanity, organizers are determined to make it easy to transform people into supporters.

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What is “Glamping”?

Whether visiting a music festival or some RV park, the definition of “glamping” doesn’t change by venue. But what is “glamping” anyway? And why does it elicit either favor or scorn, depending on the campers?

Image courtesy nicolemarierichardson.com

Some people “rough it” or “primitive” camp. They pack in their supplies, pitch tents in wooded areas or open fields, and then pack out the lot afterward. They deal with dirt, bugs, and those things generally found in, well, the outdoors.

Some car camp, driving to their campsite and pitching their tent beside the car. They can secure their belongings in the locked ride, and tap the car battery for a quick boost of the cell phone. Or, as happened once to our crew, find shelter in the car when a storm threatened – something tenters were explicitly warned against over the festival loudspeakers.

Then there’s “glamping.”

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Go Big or Go Home – The (Not So) Lighter Side of Glamping

Go Big or Go Home! That was the battle cry heard on the convention floor at the Florida RV SuperShow in Tampa this past weekend. Gargantuan displays by the major luxury motorcoach manufacturers were in no short supply. Names like Newmar, Phaeton, Prevost and others were out in full force.

Starting at $250,000 but rapidly climbing into the million-dollar stratosphere, I always thought these were the coaches that escorted the rock stars to the music festivals we attend. Apparently, they’re for some (very elite) fans, too.

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