JL Audio, Airstream Turning Up RV Sound Systems

Today’s RVs have almost every conceivable creature comfort and custom creation. From man cave to she shed to the perfect vehicle for roadtripping to the campground or music festival scene, they’ve been outfitted with finishes designed to bring the home or retreat on the road. One component that always has been woefully missing: Better sound. Hey, RV Industry, what’s the deal? We drop $20,000, $50,000, even $100,000 or more on a travel trailer or RV, and the stereo system seems something out of a 1960s family sedan. Boats for years have had stellar sound systems. Why not RVs?

Sure, some people insist RVs are for camping – and the ambient sounds should be tuned into birds and crickets and wind blowing through the trees and all that. Fair enough.

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Camping with Bluetooth Speakers: Small Size, Big Sound, Ultra-Portable

Whether docked at an RV campground or camping at the music festival fairgrounds, for many of us, tunes are essential. Some RVers use the camper’s stereo; car campers often turn up the vehicle’s sound. We’ve used the Harman Kardon Onyx Studio for several years, getting such good sound that neighboring campers often enjoy our output. But for those who want more full, rich, and dynamic sound in a portable speaker – all off your smartphone – today’s smaller Bluetooth speakers can fill the campsite or trail with audio bliss.

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Creating the Ideal Music Festival Camping Go-Bag

Courtesy REIImagine a friend calls and says, “We’re hitched up and leaving in 20 minutes for a camping / music festival outing this weekend.” What would be in your travel bag? Could you even have one ready to go so quickly? Survivalists and impromptu travelers have their “Go Bags.” If you’re a roadtripper keen to boogie in a moment’s notice, how do you pack and prepare – when prep-time’s at a premium? How do you pack your “Go Bag”?

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Girl Camper Makes Camping Cool for All

Janine Pettit didn’t discover girl camping. But she sure made it popular. Known across social media as “Girl Camper,” Pettit was a stay-at-home mom who raised three kids before turning her husband’s green light to join a camping group more than a decade ago into her own adventure. Now, she’s a well-known camping and RV festival enthusiast.

RoadtripMojo first met Pettit at the Florida RV Super Show back in 2018. She was showing off the latest Liberty Outdoors Mini Max teardrop trailer. We were smitten with the trailer. Her story, however, captured our imagination.

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Hammocks Lend Hang-Time to the Camping Music Festival Scene

Venture beneath the trees and into the aura that surrounds the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park’s Amphitheater Stage (oldtimers still call it the “Mushroom Stage”) and something becomes clear. People here love their hammocks. Depending on the music festival or concert, they can number into the dozens strung from the Florida live oaks that are a unique part of the musical production. It’s a sight to behold – laser lights shining through the trees and hammocks hung between them.

Whether at a music festival or out camping among nature, it’s easy to become part of #HammockLife. Cop a hang in someone else’s vacant hammock (Unofficial SOSMP Rule: any open hammock and or festival chair is yours to use until the owner returns), or string up your own, hammocks bring a kind of oneness with the venue.

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