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John Bolva

RVer who, with his wife Cindy, drove their RV across the country on Route 66, sharing their journey as a guest on the RV Podcast's Stories from the Road.

Sep 30, 2026

9:46
John, tell us what you're traveling in and what you did to prepare your RV for this, what, a couple months long trip? That's a lot of miles you're going to be putting on that thing.
9:56
Yeah, basically for the truck, which I got a 2023 F350, and that kind of just did the basic do the oil change, do the minor maintenance, new set of tires on it.
10:12
The trailer is a 2022 reflection fifth wheel, 31 footer.
10:20
That, I went through all the bearings, greased everything, put new tires on the trailer, checked the brakes, did all the normal maintenance stuff, and basically hitched up and keep our fingers crossed, and we're
13:56
And did you map up the entire journey? Do you know we're going to stop every night or do you leave room for serendipity?
14:04
Mostly, we had our planned stops.
14:08
Just because of the research that she did in the areas that we wanted to see and visit, we planned our campgrounds probably close to within a half hour to 45 minutes from the campground.
14:25
Driving through some of the towns along the way so far, They're a little tight.

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