This RV Podcast episode 544 digs into the challenges and obstacles involved in going from dreaming to starting your RV Adventure, with two compelling messages from our readers. Plus, we have the social media buzz, your RV Questions, and Mike and Jen's Storytime about one of our many adventures.







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RV LIFESTYLE NEWS OF THE WEEK







​Federal staffing cuts hit the heartland hard: COE campgrounds, more close for 2025 ​







It’s not just National Parks that are being affected by staffing shortages.







 Now we’re learning that many US Army Corps of Engineers federal campgrounds, recreation areas, and visitor centers in Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana will be partly or fully closed this year, starting May 1, due to federal staffing cuts. 







The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Omaha District issued a press release stating that these are “temporary adjustments,” but provided no indication when, or if, the facilities would reopen. 







They also announced that, because of limited seasonal staffing, Safety patrols would be reduced, especially during peak weekends and holidays. 







Besides closures of some facilities,  janitorial services for comfort stations and trash removal in those still open will be reduced from seven days to an average of three per week







​Luxury Trailers once overtaken by the homeless invade quiet California neighborhood sparking outrage ​ 







Remember the story we shared a couple of weeks back of luxury travel trailers stored on a vacant lot near LA that were overtaken and vandalized by homeless squatters? 







Well, about 70 of those Black series travel trailers - many apparently the same damaged and graffiti-tagged trailers from that incident - just showed up on a quiet, vacant lot in a neighborhood in the city of Wildomar in nearby Riverside County







That has drawn outrage from nearby homeowners, who are worried about the same thing happening again. 







The city says the owner of the trailers- Black Series RV - did not obtain the necessary city approvals to place them on an empty lot that sits near several homes. 







And the mayor says the city is in the process of obtaining a warrant to remove the trailers.







​Yellowstone's Most Clever Canine? Limpy the Coyote Is Back!​ 







Have you heard of Limpy, Yellowstone National Park's famous "con artist" coyote? 







He made it through the winter and is back panhandling the tourists in the Lamar Valley area of the park.







 \For those who don't know, Limpy somehow learned that by hanging out near the roadside and greatly exaggerating an old leg injury by looking absolutely pathetic, tourists stop to leave him food.