RVers love our rigs. But sometimes, the paint jobs and interior decor are enough to make your head swirl as you reach for the Zofran. What’s a camper to do? Lord knows we’re not helping nudge the industry away from its tried-and-tired experiment with wavy designs and archaic color schemes. So let’s explore a bit what got us to the point of Pantone colors seemingly custom-chosen for hiding a 40-foot RV in the forest so even a park ranger hunting boondockers through the trees would be stymied.
First, about RVers… Spend some time in a campground or on RV and camping social media sites (or almost any social media, for that matter), and one thing becomes pretty clear pretty quickly: we RVers can be warm, welcoming, and willing to lend a hand or serve as your spotter when backing into your site (even if they break out the smartphone to capture the hilarity).
And we can be a surly, hard-to-please lot.
Case in point: I posted a photo recently about my pretty, new wind chimes.
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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?
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 
RoadtripMojo spent a few hours at the West Palm Beach RV Show last weekend scouting new rigs and products for the campsite and music festival fair grounds. We dig walking RV shows. Did one a month ago. There’ll be another in a month or two. Yeah, we’re kinda quirky that way.