Tips for visiting America's Largest RV Show
Tips and tricks from America's Largest RV Show in Hershey, PA - our first time and what we'r excited about.
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Automated transcript of StressLess Camping RV podcast episode 324
Tony
This week on the Stressless Camping RV Podcast, we got something really sweet to talk about.
Peggy
Mm, chocolate.
Tony
Hershey, no RV show.(laughs) From Hershey.
Peggy
Oh, okay.(laughs)
Tony
So, we have our friend Bill with us once again who, uh, he has been to the Hershey Show and he's got some great tips and ideas for what you should do if you're coming to America's largest RV show. So, hopefully you will like and share and join us at our home on the web at stresslesscamping.com.
Peggy
Stressless camping.
Tony
Stressless camping. Well, hello everybody. This is our very first night in the great state-
Peggy
Of Pennsylvania.
Tony
... Pennsylvania. And we were very fortunate that our good friend Bill, who you've heard and seen on the podcast-
Tony
... before, uh, was so close. He's like, "Hey, I'm gonna come and, and join you." But we will have to bribe him with beer.
Tony
And we're okay with that 'cause I have to bribe-
Tony
... my own self with beer.
Tony
But what we thought we'd share with you today is something that we have come all the way to Pennsylvania for, and that's the Hershey RV Show, also known as America's largest RV show. At least that's what they call themselves.
Peggy
Yeah.
Tony
And we haven't been-
Bill Ellsbeck
Yes.
Tony
... but Bill has.
Bill Ellsbeck
I was there last year. I, I spent the better part of two days there, split, spread over three days. Um-
Peggy
Yeah, okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
Uh, and it was r- it was eye-opening at the amount of RVs that were there.
Tony
It, it was-
Bill Ellsbeck
It may not be physically the largest or whatever, but oh man, I never saw more trailers, motor homes, this, that, everywhere.
Tony
Someone said it's like four football fields of RVs.
Bill Ellsbeck
I, I could, I could see that, absolutely.
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Tony
So you, you wandered around as it were, or looked around the show. Any, l- like, i- is it organized by manufacturer or by style or?
Bill Ellsbeck
So it's by manufacturer, but it's also by dealer. You have to be a dealer within the state of Pennsylvania to be able to display and sell RVs at the show.
Tony
Oh, so it's also a selling show.
Bill Ellsbeck
Right. So like, um, I remember General RV had like a whole big section, and within General RV there was Intech and there was whatever other brands they sell.
Peggy
Oh, okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
And I know Forest River was off on the other side. I don't know, they might have been with Camping World. I know Camping World was there.
Tony
Okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
Um, but again, mostly it's by manufacturer.
Tony
Okay.
Peggy
So there are some RV shows out there that you pretty much go if you wanna buy an RV, not if you already have an RV and want all those wacky accessories, right? And then there are shows like Quartzsite, which we go to all the time, which is you, you can shop for an RV there, but that's really not the focus of that show. That show is all the things to go along with RVing.
Tony
Yeah.
Peggy
And-
Tony
It is a stuff show.
Peggy
... Hershey seems to me like a good combination of both. You've got all-
Bill Ellsbeck
Absolutely.
Peggy
... sorts of RVs if you wanna shop for an RV, and then you've got a big area of vendors if you wanna shop for the junk.(laughs)
Bill Ellsbeck
Right. The acres of RVs and then vendors outside, and then the whole arena-
Tony
Oh, so it's not just-
Bill Ellsbeck
... inside.
Tony
... inside that giant center or whatever.
Bill Ellsbeck
Right. So e- Giant Center, it's the supermarket, not the size-
Bill Ellsbeck
... of a center. Um, it's a small hockey arena. Um-
Tony
Are there any-
Bill Ellsbeck
... the, the hockey floor is totally covered and kind of the ring around it.
Tony
Oh, interesting.
Bill Ellsbeck
And it's nice because they keep it climate controlled. When I was there last year it was very hot, so it was air conditioned and it was, I don't know, few thousand seats to sit in.
Tony
Oh.
Bill Ellsbeck
And there were vendors.
Peggy
Oh.
Bill Ellsbeck
You could buy food and things like that. So you could go in there and sit and just escape the heat, or if you were just plain tuckered out just wanted to get away.
Peggy
Because you can't put vendors up in those seats.
Bill Ellsbeck
Exactly.
Peggy
... 'cause of angles.
Bill Ellsbeck
And you know what, when you're sitting up in a seat you can watch all the vendors. Ooh, who's the most popular?
Tony
Oh.
Bill Ellsbeck
Everybody's going over there.
Peggy
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
I wanna check them out.
Peggy
Yeah, that's a good, good place to be.
Tony
Hey, pass me a-
Tony
... a bottle of Matt's toilet treatment.
Peggy
You know, "Hey, that booth is finally empty. Let's run down there."
Bill Ellsbeck
Yeah.
Peggy
And by the time you get there, they got a big line again.(laughs)
Bill Ellsbeck
I, Matt's was one of the ones, he had a big outside booth there last year.
Tony
Okay.
Peggy
Yes.
Tony
Yeah, so I know-
Peggy
That's Liquified. That's not called Matt's, it's Liquified.
Bill Ellsbeck
Yeah, right.
Tony
I just, my brain was not-
Peggy
Yeah, yeah.
Tony
... functional, which is not unusual. So if you were to plan to go to this show, and obviously we're going to this show, but any thoughts about before you go what you should know?
Bill Ellsbeck
I, I would go with a plan. Um, you could probably spend two days just looking at fifth wheels.
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Bill Ellsbeck
Just walking around and checking every fifth wheel. You know, you... And they're, they're stacked in there. Um, so go with a plan. Know what you wanna look at, take lots of pictures of what you wanna see. You know, if you really wanna buy, they had tents set up outside with people doing financing, it was all computers-
Peggy
Oh.
Bill Ellsbeck
... and they have a sale.
Peggy
Okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
They must have been selling tons. And I bought my Rockwood in the end of 2019. It was still within the month of September, so I got the show prices-
Peggy
Oh.
Bill Ellsbeck
... because my dealer was at the show.
Peggy
Oh.
Bill Ellsbeck
So I got a good discount. And what I've heard is that there are true discounts there at the show to be had.
Tony
What-
Bill Ellsbeck
Um, so-
Tony
... what a manufacturer or two have told us is that for these big shows, they will actually incent the dealers. There's a discount, or kickback, or whatever the heck it is.
Peggy
Right.
Tony
But they will actually give money to these dealers, so yeah, there's more expense in, in, you know, you gotta take the RVs and take 'em to the show and set it up and pay for the show and blah, blah, blah. But, the manufacturers know that this is such a selling show, uh, that they kinda give the m- the dealers an incentive to help make the prices here good. And I don't-
Peggy
I remember that-
Tony
... know, yeah.
Peggy
... years ago when we went to a show and that's what you said, "Are there really deals or did you spend so much money coming here that you need to recoup your money and you're gonna call it a deal but it's the same as the-"(laughs)
Tony
Right.
Peggy
Same as the price next week. But this, in this case, there are apparently some, some deals-
Tony
Yeah.
Peggy
... to be had, so if you are shopping for an RV, this is a good place to, to do it.
Tony
Yeah. And then, um, also stuff. I mean, the, the vendors, that's what... So one of the things that impresses me as someone who has only basically been to the West Coast RV events, and they're not very big, the ones I've... other than Quartzsite, but Quartzsite isn't a, a show to go buy-
Peggy
I see what you're saying.
Tony
... RVs predominantly. Um, is the number of manufacturers of stuff who have reached out to us and they're like, "Hey, we're gonna be in booth blah, blah, blah."
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Tony
"We want you to talk ab- you know, come and, and meet us here."
Peggy
Come see, come talk to our booth, yeah.
Tony
"And here's the person to see," and blah, blah. So they have really, uh, addressed content creators or influencers or whatever you wanna call us, uh, and they really have made it a big deal that, "Hey, we're gonna be at this show so please come and meet with us." And I suspect this is gonna be different than anything we've been at before-
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Tony
... from even that perspective. And you know we love the stuff, so-
Peggy
Oh, yeah.
Tony
... we are gonna, we're gonna really focus. That's our goal. So our next month, for lack of a better description, is go to Hershey and see Hershey, the RV show, but then after that we're going to, back to Indiana and at Indiana this is when they reveal all the new RVs to the dealers and we have invitations to that. So what our goal is, is to more focus on the stuff at this show, because we're gonna have a...
Tony
Bill was saying it's crowded as all get out at this show. And, uh-
Bill Ellsbeck
It progress- progressively gets more crowded as it goes along, so Wednesday will be the least, Thursday is Senior Day so you get the gray hairs all showing up.
Tony
Oh, I see.
Bill Ellsbeck
And then, you know, th- you know-
Peggy
Yes.
Bill Ellsbeck
... then you get to the weekend and-
Peggy
And of course everyone's-
Bill Ellsbeck
... everybody starts showing up.
Peggy
... gonna be there on the weekend.
Tony
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
And then the people who were thinking they could get better deals are there Sunday, like, waiting at the last minute, "Oh, you know."
Peggy
Like, uh, they gonna clearance everything now-
Bill Ellsbeck
Yeah, yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
Get that desperate sales person.
Peggy
Now, now that is-
Bill Ellsbeck
No. Give them a 500 off.
Peggy
... kind of, that is something that some people, uh, don't understand is if you buy something at a show, you're not taking it home from that show. They're still taking it back to the dealership, they've gotta do the prep. You know, a thousand people just walked through your new rig, so they need to clean it up, right? And so you're not gonna drive away with that rig from the Hershey show.
Bill Ellsbeck
My factory, my show special was ordered from the factory.
Tony
Huh.
Peggy
Ah, okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
So it was a specific-
Peggy
So you just knew what the floor plan was-
Bill Ellsbeck
I, I-
Peggy
... you didn't walk the floor trails.
Bill Ellsbeck
Yeah, I have the 2109S.
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Bill Ellsbeck
That we love the floor plan.
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Bill Ellsbeck
And there were th- they had a couple, but nothing w- I wanted a white one, I wanted this and that, and so they said, "Ah, we'll just order it."(laughs)
Tony
Huh, interesting. So that got in with the incentive that Rockwood gave to the show people.
Bill Ellsbeck
Yes.
Tony
Interesting.
Bill Ellsbeck
Yes.
Tony
So it's not just what you can touch there, but per- it might be, depending probably on the manufacturer. Although why would you not want a Rockwood? I mean, come on.
Peggy
Right? What other manufacturer is there?(laughs)
Tony
Well, there's a couple.
Bill Ellsbeck
But I see more than you can count on your hands.
Tony
Yeah, right.(laughs)
Peggy
So for y- for the purposes of any of you out there who are ready to shop, this is an opportunity to see all the different things. For those of you who are out there who are looking to create content and do a video review of an RV, only if you want 17 people in each of your(laughs) videos, right?
Tony
Well I've, I've watched videos from a few creators in the past where they're trying to do, you know, focus on specific models, and it's like, you know, there's a ton of people around, so I don't know if that's a good, this is a good place for that. But, you know, you never know.
Peggy
Right.
Tony
I mean-
Peggy
But I think that's also why we, we know that our focus is going to be on the event itself, the pageantry.(laughs)
Tony
The pageantry.
Peggy
The shopping, but not necessarily-
Bill Ellsbeck
The chocolate.
Tony
Oh, yeah.
Peggy
... what the inside...(laughs) Not necessarily what the inside of an R- any specific RV looks like.
Bill Ellsbeck
So, wait, tell me about this chocolate.
Peggy
Yeah, chocolate.
Bill Ellsbeck
You could-
Peggy
Is, it is made-
Bill Ellsbeck
When, when I was young and used to go to Hershey, you literally, the whole town smelled like it when you, as soon as you pulled in.
Tony
Oh.
Bill Ellsbeck
Because they were making the Kisses. You would, you would take a factory tour where you would actually watch the production line of all these Kisses being made.
Peggy
Oh, nice.
Tony
Oh, man.
Bill Ellsbeck
Uh, it's not quite like that, the...... factory tour is like a Disney ride.
Tony
Oh, okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
You kinda go on a ride and they give you the history of chocolate and they give you some candy when you go out.
Peggy
Like going to Willy Wonka's.
Tony
How much candy?
Bill Ellsbeck
We'll have to find out.(laughs)
Peggy
There's, "Everybody got one, and one is enough for everybody."
Tony
Okay, Willy Wonka.
Peggy
That wasn't even chocolate.
Tony
It's an everlasting gobstopper.
Peggy
Yes.
Tony
So it sounds like a, actually a really good place to buy an RV, and you might run into us-
Tony
... 'cause we're gonna be traipsing-
Peggy
Yeah, yeah.
Tony
... around the show, as well as, I think, 90% of every content creator out there.
Peggy
I think so.
Bill Ellsbeck
I, I ran into content creators I knew last year, just kinda won, "Hey, hi," you know?
Tony
Sounds pretty good.
Peggy
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
It was, it was a, it was, it certainly opened my eyes. I never imagined that many RVs in one place.
Tony
Wow.
Bill Ellsbeck
And-
Tony
Can you imagine, like, the, the cost of just the shipping and transportation? Like, it's-
Tony
... it's just gotta be nuts.
Peggy
Yeah.
Tony
Wow.
Peggy
So, what else are we gonna do while we're in the ar... So we're gonna stay at one campsite through the cur- the Hershey show.
Tony
Well, Bill is... We have already learned that Bill is an outstanding tour guide.
Peggy
We have the best tour guide here.
Tony
Yes.
Peggy
And you've already been to a lot of these areas.
Bill Ellsbeck
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Peggy
And so...
Bill Ellsbeck
I grew up not, you know-
Peggy
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
... three, four-hour drive.
Peggy
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
Hershey Park was one of the amusement parks we used to go to.
Tony
Okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
My son's been there many times.
Tony
And, and this is also an area of the country that's just very focused, or has been very influenced by the Civil War and all of the... As the country grew up, as it were. And you're a big fan of-
Peggy
Love that history.
Tony
... history, so-
Bill Ellsbeck
The southern border of Pennsylvania is the Mason-Dixon Line-
Tony
Huh.
Bill Ellsbeck
... that divided North and South.
Peggy
Okay. So we will be here for some, I don't know, I, off the top of my head, amount of time after the show is over. And so, like, next weekend, there's, uh, well, I, I think it goes for a couple of months, but the Renaissance Festival will be here-
Peggy
... for the weekend, where there's a Renaissance Festival and I hate to miss that.
Tony
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
Mm-hmm.
Peggy
And Hershey, of course, and, you know, the, you were saying some Amish country kind of things.
Bill Ellsbeck
Amish country, Lancaster, um, is close by and that's kind of the vacation Amish country area.
Tony
Okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
Um-
Tony
Rumspringa.
Peggy
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Peggy
So we're gonna, we're gonna-
Bill Ellsbeck
It's definitely different, though, than Indiana, up in-
Tony
Uh-
Peggy
Indiana Amish? Okay. So we'll get to get out there and do a little, uh, investigate, a little touring of the state a little bit, uh, before we head back to Indiana. And so we're so excited to do that and have a good tour guide so we know what's, you know-
Peggy
... the highlights of the state and everything.
Tony
Yeah, it's gonna, uh, um, we're really looking forward to this.
Peggy
So, on the way here, you know, we've come all the way from New Mexico, and we, you've kind of followed along. You know where we've been.
Tony
Some of you have, at least, and thank you.
Tony
Thank you, thank you.
Peggy
If you haven't, well, I don't know, go back and watch the last few episodes.
Peggy
Bill, you live in New York, so-
Bill Ellsbeck
Mm-hmm.
Peggy
... how long have you been already on the road?
Bill Ellsbeck
Uh-
Peggy
'Cause it only takes four hours to get here.
Bill Ellsbeck
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
Yeah, um, I started out the, Friday right before Labor Day. Um, I spent four nights at my daughter-in-law's father's place. He owns a, a hunting property Upstate New York in the Catskills, um, beautiful piece of property. It's got a nice kind of little grass area, parked my trailer in, nice off-grid camping. They have two trailers that are there, like permanent, that, like, my son, my daughter-in-law, their godchild, her father-
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Bill Ellsbeck
... and their friend came. So it was a nice community. It's one of those kinda camping that the fire is going the whole time.
Peggy
Somebody-
Bill Ellsbeck
We got there-
Peggy
... puts a fire out every time.
Bill Ellsbeck
It was always going, 'cause they're always clearing wood and-
Tony
Oh, okay.
Bill Ellsbeck
... so this fire would just every-
Bill Ellsbeck
... just like throwing it in, throwing it in and, and but-
Tony
And so you were camping off the grid?
Bill Ellsbeck
I was completely off grid and... How in the world do you pull that-
Peggy
How do you get off grid?
Bill Ellsbeck
... off?
Tony
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
I'm glad you asked.
Bill Ellsbeck
Because of my upfit from ABC. Um, it really helped, worked great. Uh, I have what you had at one point.(laughs)
Tony
Right.
Bill Ellsbeck
One of the trailers that you guys had.
Bill Ellsbeck
Um, but I always had plenty of power. I never, I mean, I was, I used my air fryer for, to cook french fries for the whole group when we were-
Peggy
When you're off grid?
Bill Ellsbeck
Yeah.
Peggy
That's-
Tony
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
And it's just hav- being able to do that is so ni-
Peggy
Yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
We c- cooked sausages in the air fryer. I actually had the air conditioner on for maybe a little while and never had to plug in. I have my generator truck that, uh, as backup, but I never had to use it. I did move from the shady spot into the sunny spot-
Peggy
Mm.
Bill Ellsbeck
... for the last day and then by the time I'm going to leave, I had 100%.
Tony
Oh, geez.
Peggy
Nice.
Tony
Wow.
Bill Ellsbeck
It was great, really.
Tony
And-
Bill Ellsbeck
Just perfect.
Tony
... you just had ABC... So Bill ha- was customer number one-
Peggy
Yeah, he had his first upfit from ABC.
Tony
... at ABC Upfitters. Yeah, and I don't know where we are in the, in the grand scheme of things, but more people keep going to ABC Upfitters for those Mastervolt systems that, you know, it's all one system. I was showing this, we were just teaching a class to a bunch of RVers and I was showing how everything is the same brand of product. There's no finger pointing. It just, it just works. And you had an upgrade to your upfit.
Bill Ellsbeck
Right.
Bill Ellsbeck
I, I originally had...... 600 watts of solar and I'm up to 1200 so I needed-
Bill Ellsbeck
... a new controller. Um, and so I did that last year.
Peggy
Last year, yeah.
Bill Ellsbeck
Right. Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah.
Peggy
With more solar and a new controller.
Bill Ellsbeck
I got, I got them a new air conditioner that's much more efficient and spent four nights dry camping on the beach at Assateague in brutal heat.
Peggy
Oh.
Bill Ellsbeck
Brutal. I mean it was to the point where I turned off my air conditioner and my dog looked at me and said, "Nope."(laughs)
Peggy
I don't think so, Terrence.
Bill Ellsbeck
I did have to use the truck backup a few times on that trip, um-
Tony
Me too.
Bill Ellsbeck
... because it was just so hot.
Tony
Yeah, it was, it was crazy for a while there and now it's so cool. So we had the same air conditioner put in and then it got cold.(laughs)
Peggy
Yes.
Tony
Like, "Come on."
Peggy
Yeah, we haven't really had a chance to test it.
Bill Ellsbeck
I was blaming you guys for it.
Tony
Well. Yeah. Maybe.
Tony
So but, but anyway if you are looking for a reliable system that can, you know, power your adventures, ABC Outfitters are good people, they stand behind their work, they're, they've been there for years now and, and done a lot of upfits. And you can reach them by dialing 574-333-3225.(laughs)
Peggy
That's 574-333-3225 or use the QR code that's somewhere on the screen or the link that's listed down below and give them a call or check them out online or whatever and-
Bill Ellsbeck
I contacted them online and it was very efficient.
Peggy
Yeah, yeah. It's-
Bill Ellsbeck
They called me back.
Peggy
It's nice because there's like five people who answer the phone and somebody always answers the phone.
Tony
And they can, uh, they can help you through things and answer questions and they speak English. They can go from nerd to normal. It's a, it's a good-
Tony
... organization.
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Tony
Well, we are staying at a place called Rustic Acres and we've been back and forth wanting to stay here for some time and we're-
Tony
... finally here.
Peggy
We're finally here. We've had to put it off a couple different times for different reasons. Uh, you know, the expression we learned from Don and Kathy Huggins, "Our plans are set in jello." And so we were supposed to be here a couple weeks ago and that didn't work out, so we're here and we're gonna, when we're done recording, we're gonna go see one of the local breweries which will be nice. Uh, this park is really a cute park. It's-
Tony
Yeah.
Peggy
... not huge, but it's very, you know, kind of wooded. I mean, I guess that-
Tony
Rustic?
Peggy
Yeah. It's kind of rustic, but-
Peggy
... it kind of goes unsaid, I guess, in more, as far, you know, when we're this far east that there are trees-
Peggy
... you know. This is something we're not used to in New Mexico.
Tony
No, we, well we have trees-
Tony
... in New Mexico. We have seven of them.
Tony
And they're, they're spiny and cactus-y.
Peggy
Yeah. And so we are really enjoying our stay here. Um, they have, you might be able to see this in the corner of the camera, but they have events here at Rustic Acres and then they have an event schedule listed out here that has the things that happen right here at the park and then the things that happen in Clarion County which is a county, obviously, that we're located in.
Tony
Yep.
Peggy
So we, uh, just missed the Labor Day Weekend Music Festival.
Tony
Yeah, they had a whole music... But here's some upcoming stuff. Uh, they have a Wood Carvers Festival. That would be cool. Um, there is a, um, a Horse Thief Daves? Um, they also have Chainsaw Carvers Round-Up. National Peanut Butter Festival.
Peggy
Yeah. We're very sad we're gonna miss that.
Tony
Gosh.
Peggy
That's the same week that we're back already in-
Peggy
... in Indiana so we're gonna miss that. Uh, of course the county has a Autumn Leaf Festival. How could you not have an Autumn Leaf Festival-
Tony
Yeah. We noticed-
Peggy
... in a place like this?
Tony
... the leaves are starting to change a little bit already.
Peggy
We already have seen some changed colors.
Tony
Yeah. Is that pretty typical or-
Peggy
Hm.
Tony
... this time of year?
Peggy
Yeah.
Tony
Okay. I don't know. Uh.
Peggy
And this would interest me, the Cook Forest Gingerbread Tour. That would be nice.
Tony
Well, and also the Bigfoot Festival.
Peggy
Big- where's that?
Tony
Right here.
Peggy
Oh.
Tony
It's not. That has come and gone.
Peggy
Well that's, that was in June. Yeah, so-
Tony
Yeah.
Peggy
Yeah, so-
Tony
We missed it.(laughs)
Peggy
So at this, at this park-
Tony
Hey, there he is too. He's running away.
Peggy
... at this campground-
Tony
Oh, wait. He's on your cup.
Peggy
That's right.
Tony
He's the hide and seek champion.
Peggy
He's the hide and seek champion.
Tony
Nice cup.
Peggy
At this park and in this county, there are all sorts of events going on all the time so if you, you know, have a chance to, to visit, we're in ver- pretty north and very west-
Tony
Northwest, yes.
Peggy
... of Pennsylvania right now. By the time you see this, we'll be in the Hershey area.
Tony
Yeah.
Peggy
Uh-
Tony
Oh, and if you're at Hershey s- and you see us, say hi.
Peggy
Yeah, please.
Peggy
Yeah.
Tony
Um, but anyway this, the campground has full hookups. The camp hosts were just so helpful.
Peggy
They were nice, yeah.
Tony
There's a playground. They have a vintage Avion trailer you can stay in or those glamping tents.
Peggy
Mm-hmm.
Tony
There's also camp, tent camping sites, uh, full hookup RV sites which is where we are right now.
Peggy
Uh, we're not right this minute now-
Tony
Well, right.
Peggy
... but where we're camped right now.(laughs)
Tony
But also, we're recording this in their hub and it's a really nice-
Peggy
It's a very nice gathering space.
Tony
... like a hanging out spot-
Peggy
Yeah.
Tony
... with comfy chairs and a fireplace and coffee maker and all, all that, uh-
Peggy
This cup that I'm, now I'm trying to hide. But, um, I forgot to bring my water from the trailer and so-
Tony
Oh, fa-shame.
Peggy
... I made a cup of hot cider so I've been sipping on hot cider while you were talking.(laughs)
Tony
Yeah. So now, what she's drinking is insider.(drum roll)
Peggy
Oh my goodness.
Tony
So anyway, it's a, it's a great... If you're in this area, I can't say enough. They're super people. It's very clean. Uh, did I mention the playground? There's a whole playground. We did our laundry.
Peggy
There's some horseshoes.
Tony
Horseshoes.
Peggy
Pits. There's a couple different, uh, locations where there are restrooms and showers.
Tony
Oh, trails.
Peggy
There are lots of trails i- kind of surrounding and throughout this campground. Um, we probably won't go on the trail 'cause we're just not trail people, but maybe, who knows? You know.
Tony
Maybe. You never know.
Peggy
Some of them are pretty short, like it just kinda goes around the back of our campsite area, so-
Tony
Hmm.
Peggy
... we might do that.
Tony
Yeah, so-
Peggy
Um, oh, and the one, at least one, maybe all, depends on how fit you are, or how-
Tony
Or how fat you are.
Peggy
Or how un-lazy you are. Uh, one of the breweries is like a mile on the trail.
Tony
Yeah.
Peggy
So you can ride your bike or even walk to a brewery, not have to worry about gettin' back out on the road and everything. Um, again, not gonna do that.(laughs) But-
Tony
Well, because Peggy's always our designated driver.
Peggy
Right.
Tony
And I'm always the designated drinker.
Peggy
If we had, uh, if we had done what we originally planned and had four nights here in a row, we probably would've taken out the bikes and taken that bike over.
Tony
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Peggy
But since we're... Unfortunately, we're here one night and then next couple weeks we're gonna be here for one night, we probably won't get to take full advantage, but we are gonna do our best.
Tony
Yeah. So anyway, there will be a full article with more pictures at our home on the web at stresslesscamping.com. And, uh, good people, so, uh, we love supporting a locally owned, family-owned campground that has... that's nicely kept and has nice people. Well, that's all we have for you this week. It's a shorty, but, uh, hopefully, you'll make the trip and maybe see us at the great...
Tony
uh, America's largest RV show. That's what they officially call it, the Hershey RV Show. Whatever you call it, we'll be there.
Peggy
Or the Renaissance Fair.
Tony
Or the Renaissance Fair, or maybe on our way back here at Rustic Acres. Who knows?
Peggy
Who knows?
Tony
But hopefully you're out there enjoying yourself. Um, you can find the story about Rustic Acres and a whole lotta other resources here at our home on the web at Stress Less Camping, which is also where you'll find all kinds of discounts, deals, and our favorite RV products. Um, we also are in all the social places where you enjoy wasting time, so you can go from our website and, and link out and go waste time just like what we're doin'.
Tony
And lastly, uh, we do have a weekly newsletter. It has no spam unless we write about the Spam Museum.
Tony
So, uh, you can sign up and know that we protect your email address and never share it. We just send you our weekly updates. So with that, that-
Peggy
Can you tell that we did all that without a script?
Tony
Yeah, I know.
Tony
Usually we have it written. It's shorter. It's probably better. People are like, "Oh, thank God."
Peggy
People are, yeah, "Thank goodness they're not saying all those words this week."
Tony
"Yeah, thank God you're here. Ugh." So anyway, that's what we have for you this week. We really appreciate your being here once again. We will see you in Hershey, and most of all, stress less camping.
Peggy
Stress less camping.
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