With the return spring and warm weather, many RVers are making their first trips to the great outdoors this time of year. And seeing wildlife in or adventures is always exciting, especially when we encounter newborn animal babies out in the wild.

But what is the best way to behave when we come across these little critters?

Too many people make too many mistakes when encountering wildlife babies and this week, in our interview section, we talk to an expert who sets us straight on how we can best protect those animal babies… and ourselves.

Also this week, lots of RV news, Tips, a bucket list report and, as always, your comments and questions.

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Complete shownotes for Episode 137 of The RV Podcast by Mike and Jennifer Wendland

WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THESE DAYS:

Join us this weekend at the huge: Super B RV Show [spp-timestamp time="2:22"]

University of Phoenix Stadium Class B RV Show

Dates: Thursday, April 27th to Sunday, April 30th.
Time: 9am to 7pm

Location:University of Phoenix Stadium (Inside)
1 Cardinals Dr.
Glendale, AZ 85305

FREE PARKING & ADMISSION

Here is your opportunity to compare Class B & C RVs side by side from these manufacturers: Roadtrek, Hymer, Leisure Travel Vans, Winnebago, Thor Motor Coach, Tiffin and Jayco! Plus, get a sneak peak of concept vehicles on display to see what may be coming in the future. Almost 100 different floorplans to consider in vehicles that are 26 feet in length and shorter.

Attend a FREE seminar from Roadtrek. Learn about their EcoTrek system, VoltStart system and solar!

Meet factory personnel including:

Jim Hammill, President & CEO of Erwin Hymer Group North America
Trent Tiffin of Tiffin Motorhomes
Royer Allman of Mercedes Benz
Mike and Jennifer Wendland, Roadtreking.com

We’ll be doing Facebook Live videos on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 3PM Eastern time on our Roadtreking Facebook Page at

The show is an indoor RV show, so you can leave the heat outside and shop comfortably indoors

Also... Our YouTube Channel has been redesigned and reorganized, now offering hundreds of RV videos on just about every topic. It’s called Mike and Jennifer’s RV Lifestyle Channel and we put up new videos all the time. We invite you to subscribe! [spp-timestamp time="5:22"]

JENNIFER'S TIP OF THE WEEK

Jennifer

The RV community is a very sharing group of people and one of the most enjoyable things for me as Mike and I travel about reporting on the RV lifestyle is hearing from members of our RV community who have great tips to pass along. [spp-timestamp time="9:18"]

So it is today with one from Tom, from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada who has a suggestion about choosing a mattress to put on our bed.

Specifically, Tom mentions the Therm-a-Rest type of mattress…. And he has five reasons why it may make sense for your RV.

Like Tom said, you can find Therm-a-Rest air mattresses at most outdoor stores. There’s also a bunch of them on Amazon. We’ll put a link on the shownotes for this episode at Roadtreking-dot-com-slash-137

And be sure to send me your tips and suggestions for the RV lifestyle. You can use the “Leave Voicemail” link at Roadtreking.com. Just click it and then use the built-in microphone on your computer or mobile devise to record a message to me. You can do it over as many times as you want, until you are satisfied. And then you just click a button and it comes right to my email inbox.

I love hearing from you!

Jennifer's tip of the week is brought to you by RadPower Bikes (www.RadPowerBikes.com_… an electric bike manufacturer offering direct to consumer pricing on powerful premium electric bikes. Now with free shipping!

LISTENER QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK:

Wade has a great DIY solution for dimming the bright lights of various displays in the RV so as to be able to sleep in darkness. [spp-timestamp time="14:14"]
Scott wants to know about the ProAir undermount AC and its availability [spp-timestamp time="18:07"]