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Eric Stark: Are safety flares worth having when traveling? We'll discuss this today. While on the road, they're essential, and I'll explain why.
In today's RV life segment, we will discuss design engineering. That company has a website, designengineering.com. They make sound and heat insulation. You'll see why.
The next stop will go to Buellton, California. Back to California. We have to get out of that state, man. We're there. Too much rubbing off on me. I want to get rid of my house and live in a tent.
Oh, my God. All right. Now, then, we're going to talk about RV envy. Why on earth do RVers need dehumidifiers? Some of you might already know why.
Some of you might have one. This is Eric Stark, the host of TheSmartRVer Podcast, delivering the smarts.
You need to enjoy the freedom of the RV lifestyle without the fear of breaking down. So let's talk about everything RV. This is episode 151. Welcome back to the show, Alexis—one more round.
Alexis: Thanks. I'm glad to be here.
Eric Stark: All right, good. So you're enthused. Ready to go?
Alexis: You know it.
Eric Stark: All right. I always ask that question. Are you ready to go?
Alexis: I'm ready.
Eric Stark: Ready. All right. It's a high-energy show.
Alexis: Yes, it is.
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Alexis: Go there now.
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Alexis: But, yeah, but really, the confetti.
Eric Stark: in our latest video, we also have confetti.
Alexis: Hey.
Eric Stark: Yeah, it's fantastic. We've got our brand of confetti. All right, so let's get into enjoying the RV life.
Today, we will talk about design engineering, which has a website, designengineering.com. Why are we talking about these guys? First, they make sound and heat insulation for almost anything, including race cars.
Race cars are a big deal. They're in a NASCAR, all that kind of stuff. I mean, they have things on space shuttles. Wow. Yeah.
If you need something insulated or sound-darkened, these are the guys. But more importantly, they're also down to earth. They learned to drive a race car, so that's cool.
However, they make insulation kits for Ford, Mercedes, and Ram vans.
Alexis: Oh, that's cool.
Eric Stark: You know, Ford is just the transit. They don't do the e-series, but that's all right.
I bring this up because so many people are living in RVs today, or, I mean, living in vans or traveling in Vansen. It's a new trend that is very cool, minimalist, and easy.
Getting things appropriately insulated and the proper insulation may be simple. However, you need to use the right stuff, or you'll be wasting your time.
Alexis: Right.
Eric Stark: These guys sell kits for vans. So it's like this is a kit. The sprinter van had about 400 pieces in a kit when I talked to them.
Alexis: Wow.
Eric Stark: It comes on a pallet—not in a box. It comes in a giant box on a pallet, and you just pull out the pieces. But he said, "What do you say?"
It took about two hours to insulate like a sprinter van. That's okay with their pieces.
It will take you much longer than that, cutting all your insulation and trying to shove it in and make it work. Yeah, they got step-by-step instructions. It's lovely.
Their insulation will keep the van warmer, but they also have sound-deadening material, which insulation will do some of. They have stuff specifically for sound-deadening.
Alexis: Cool.
Eric Stark
If they don't have your vehicle, you can call and talk to them, buy the insulation in a roll or how you want it, and do your custom installation job. The point is, you can go to Home Depot and buy that pink stuff.
You know, you can shove it in there or buy foam and try to cut it into sizes and make it work, but it's. It's just barely going to do anything.
Alexis: Yeah, exactly.
Eric Stark: When you're all said and done, it will be just as hot or just as cold.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: Me just as noisy.
It seemed like it did nothing; when you buy stuff like this, it is made for these design engineers to create excellent-quality products. You know, insulation products—as I said, they're on race cars, spacecraft, everything—so check them out.
Especially if you're into the van life, you know if that's what you're doing, check it out. If you have a spot in your RV where it's just getting super hot, you've tried other things called design and engineering. I guarantee you they'll be able to help you.
Alexis: It makes me want to buy a van.
Eric Stark: Yeah, sometimes the stuff we discuss will have one. So I could do that.
Alexis: No, seriously, right?
Eric Stark: Yeah, buy a new Jeep and load all the junk overlanders can do on it. Or if someone wanted to buy me a studio and deck it out.
Alexis: Yeah. Hint, hint, hint, hint.
Eric Stark: Somebody's bored out there, a lot of money. We could use an updated studio. Yeah, somebody adopted cameras, microphones, lighting racks, and stuff. And cables. The cables are excellent—colored cables.
All right, now we're getting off track here. Now, let's get back on track. And by the way, I just made a YouTube video about road safety flares.
I was highlighting the triangles, but there's a video on YouTube. After you finish this, we'll also put a link here so it'll be there. So, road safety flares. Why are these things a big deal?
They're precious for everyone. This great tool will enhance your safety when traveling and breaking down on the road. You know, things can happen anytime, anywhere. Recently, I had a friend that went to Idaho.
He was in a car, probably better than an RV, but on a two-lane road. It's right next to a river and follows the river, and the shoulder is about a foot wide. And that's where his car decided to break down—on a curve.
So, here he is with his wife, and they're like, holy smokes, what do we do? And they had a flashlight, and they're trying to wave people around until help came, you know, pretty dangerous.
They're out of the car, and probably not so much for them, but someone comes around that corner, and they don't see that car. Oncoming traffic's right there. You know, what do you do? You know, you hit the car driving to the river or the oncoming traffic.
Also, these decisions, you know, so if he had added safety flares, it would have made his life easier and better for travelers. Or it's the guy who breaks down and sits on the side, in the road, trying to fix the problem.
And then here comes somebody who needs to pay more attention. They're texting or, who knows what, changing the radio station. They look away for a moment and plow right into them.
You know, he's like, the safety chains came off his trailer or something. Rather than pulling off the road and doing something, they do it on the road. And sometimes you can't help that.
But people get killed and maimed, and severe injury happens, and it's not always to the person that's out of the car. So these flares are, you know, relatively inexpensive, and they give you excellent visibility. People can see you from a long distance away.
It's not like 10 feet away or 5 feet away. Yeah, I don't know. If you ever drive up on a car that doesn't have tail lights on at night, you're going down the road.
Also, there's a car in front of you. Where did he come from? There are no taillights. You see a little glitter of chrome or something, and that's it.
Suddenly, you're on it; sometimes, it can be too late.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: So they give you that visibility. And, you know, lower light conditions are critical—or inclement weather. Sometimes, people need to pay more attention to things.
And those safety flares, every. They're universal. You know, everybody uses something like that in an emergency.
You see red and blue lights on, you know, emergency vehicles, you know, red lights on fire trucks, red lights for road flares. You know, road flares are always red, or they burn red, or they are the old, old-school type. So, it just makes it more noticeable.
You stand out to other motorists, alerting them to a problem. And then, if you have a breakdown, like what my friend did on a curve somewhere, it's very uncomfortable.
If you have safety flares, you can put them on the road.
You can also have someone somewhere down the road who needs to signal people. They've got something bright, holding up like a flare, saying there's a problem ahead. You know, slow down. Then people come up and see the next flare, and they say, okay, we have a problem here.
Then, you can set up those flares to guide the car or the people around your vehicle. You know, it's a hassle, but, man, you can save lives, your own lives of others.
You do not have to deal with crazy insurance claims or be sued. You come across something that someone's trailer fell off. They just kept on going. Who knows?
What will you see out on the road anymore?
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: You could have an animal or a body in the middle of the highway. You can mark it with a flare or set it up so people don't hit it. And until that thing gets removed or taken care of, it's marked, you know, safety zones.
Even if you're off the road, sometimes having those flares up—and you notice a lot of truck drivers do that—even if they're off the road and maybe broke down, they put them out there so people know, you know, you're here. This is why it kind of marks the territory of a problem, and we're just trying to let you know.
Alexis: Yep.
Eric Stark: Even though you're off the road, it's still good. So it's a safety zone where you're at, but you're just making a safety error. And then there are certain states and areas where you have flares; you have to use them.
If your car breaks down, specific laws in certain areas force you to be safe, which should come naturally. When a car or RV breaks down, the last thing you want to do is start looking for that kind of stuff.
Alexis: Right.
Eric Stark: But that's where having it and being prepared come into play. Yes, it's still a pain, but well worth it. It saves lives.
You know, there's more than just one type of flair, you know, today in this modern world we live in, you know, I remember the old days with, you know, a little kid, you come up to an accident. We lived off a major street, and there was an accident. Sometimes, it was foggy out; there'd be cops there and be like 50 or 60 flares.
And those you hit and light, you know, they set them on the road, then they burn out. They go out and put another one out. And, you know, flares have come a long way since then.
You know, what you can buy in the store, what even professionals have people, you know, like search and rescue or paramedics, off-duty cops or on-duty cops. Some of the stuff they have is even better than what we can get, you know, it doesn't matter as long as you have something.
Alexis: Yeah, exactly.
Eric Stark: Yeah, I remember we came up to an accident out of the middle of nowhere in Arizona, and we stopped, and we're trying to direct traffic, trying to get, you know, we just got there, and an off-duty cop showed up, and he had these flares, or, you know, flares. They're just these lights. They look like the pucks out on the road that you glue that are glued down.
And he turned them all on, just started chucking them out there, and they're bouncing and hitting. But there, you know, people could see him because he didn't want to walk out there and get them set up.
Initially, he took control, and people were going around, so that's pretty cool. You know, he was right about that. And they worked. And they're rugged. It's probably more challenging for us to find as regular folk, but having something's better than nothing.
So I talked about the flares that you strike, and light, you know, those are. Those are pyrotechnic flares to be, you know, technical about it, and they weren't good. They're relatively inexpensive. You see, they're about $4 each.
You can buy three packs now or two, three packs, a 50-pack, a big box because they're not as common anymore, so they're not selling this variety of flavors like they used to. You can go to an auto parts store and buy one or two or three. I've never looked. Um. They're just not popular anymore.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: But those things are an excellent way to go. I think so, especially if you bought a box. It will cost $150, but you got it, man. Yeah, you're covered.
And, you know, they have a four or five-year shelf life, so if, you know, you don't use them in four years, you just have a big flare party, you know. Yeah, they go and just use them up. Yeah, but they're so universal, and they work in, you know, bad weather and things like that.
So if it's raining out, snowing, and the accident or the problems cleared up, you just leave. You know, you can just leave them on the road burning if you have to. They will only hurt something if you're in a fire zone. But the point is, they're not something you paid $20 for, and you need to retrieve it, which can also put you at risk.
Then you have the LED type with LED lights at strobe and do all that, and, you know, they're red and flash and, you know, like, every LED light is made. A flashlight has 15 functions on it. Why is that? Why not just turn it on and off like a flashlight?
Why do we have to have all this stroke-inducing nonsense on a flashlight?
Alexis: I don't know.
Eric Stark: Well, that's how these LED flares are, too. They got like, you know, six functions on them. It's stupid. At least, I think so. But anyway, those are a good option because they're led.
So the batteries last longer. You know, they're going to go longer. You know, the batteries still deteriorate just sitting, like all batteries do, so you do have to check them.
Then there are battery-powered flares, similar to LED lights, except they don't have the LED light. They're a fluorescent light or something similar to that.
Incandescent, they may work. They're not as common anymore—the tiny Led, round pucks are trendy square ones.
You want that red because it signifies danger, you know, so that helps people get it. Then, you can get the chemical light sticks. We're familiar with going to Magic Mountain, Disneyland, or elsewhere.
They have those green sticks. If you twist one, it makes a snap noise and turns fluorescent green.
Alexis: Oh, like a glow stick.
Eric Stark: Yeah, and glow stick. There you go. You know, backpackers carry them. Hikers do, you know, use their TV sets.
Throw 50 of them down a well to see little Timmy, whatever it might be. But you can get ones similar to that. They're made more for this industrial situation. Yeah, they have red, green, orange, and white.
Red is the best. These things aren't going to double as extra light. They're just going to serve their purpose, and I like that.
I need to remember what they cost, but they were $4 a piece, too. They were similar to the flares, which were the cheapest, so they were right in price. And I sometimes forget the life of these.
The life of. Of these glow sticks, they say it is two or three years, but they last much longer than they.
And, you know, when you break and activate them, they last for 8 hours. You see, it's like, put this thing out already.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: And then there's the old standby, the reflective triangles you see most truck drivers have. You know, you set them up, man. These things they're designed so they don't fall over. You must take advantage of them.
It's got that triangular shape, so it's pronounced they stand out. And that's what I like. The electronic ones are good, but you must keep up with the batteries.
And, like, today, we have so many things with batteries.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: All you do is change batteries, and if you don't catch it in time, you go to use them. They don't work, or the batteries corrode out and ruin everything.
Alexis: Then what's the point? Yeah, right.
Eric Stark: And, speaking of batteries corroding out, you're better off keeping the number of batteries you needed for those in the car but not in the device. Once they go in the device, they start leaking.
Alexis: Yep, yep.
Eric Stark: You don't put them in there; they don't leak.
Alexis: Agreed.
Eric Stark: So that's just a tip from Eric, the smart rver. But many of you probably already figured that out, so it's not much of a tip.
Alexis: That's okay.
Eric Stark: So, each type of flare has its little purpose, how it can be used, and how it's stored. Some are easier than others. Having some of those little round pucks, the LED type, inside the car is suitable because they're small. If you have to use them, you can get out with those in your hand already turned on and start the process.
Then if you have some of the safety flares, the triangular type flares, you get to the trunk or the back of the RV or wherever and get them suckers out on the road.
Alexis: Yep, yep.
Eric Stark: So you start the process with the little ones and put in those triangles. If you have the flare type you like, those are great, too, because you can just toss them, you know? Yeah, and those are good, too, especially if you're.
If someone else needs something like that and you want to get going, they're okay.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: And. But you don't. You know, you've got to leave them something.
If you have those, you know, the throwaway flares, you just, like, you give them, you know, six of those or whatever. Here you go, man. And you can take off knowing that now they're okay.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: You know that saying, abandon people out on the road, but, you know, sometimes they're changing their tire. Things are under control.
Alexis: Right.
Eric Stark: You know, but. Why don't we put these out, and then you can just leave?
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: You know if you must, but you might want to stay. So that's it in a nutshell, these reflectors, but it's remembering to get them, have them, and be.
Have them ready, and you can buy them at all the horrible places you can shop online or at your local store.
The prices might be slightly higher, but you'll get some customer service, and you can touch and feel them and buy a little better quality.
Alexis: That's right.
Eric Stark: We always like to skimp and save money, but, man, you know, your life's on the line—the life of your family.
Alexis: Don't skimp.
Eric Stark: It's like the last episode where we talked about torque lift and camper tie-downs.
You have a $40,000 camper, a $60,000 truck, or a $100,000 truck, and you want to buy $300 tie-downs rather than spending a couple of grand and doing it right.
Alexis: What the heck, you know?
Eric Stark: It's the same thing, man. Spend the money. Get the good stuff.
Alexis: Yeah, peace of mind.
Eric Stark: Is there a commercial? Get the good stuff—something like that. I don't know.
Alexis: We're telling you, though, get the good stuff.
Eric Stark: Right? And, like I said, we did a video on this.
It's pretty much everything I said here, except a lot quicker and shorter—probably three minutes rather than 20 or 15 minutes. Whatever this has gone on, remember to get those.
Make it a priority, put it on your list, and have something in all your cars because you need to know when and where your vehicle will break down. And that's the other thing, too. You look at those flares; you have to light the pyrotechnic flares.
If you bought a box of 50 and got three or two cars in an RV, it's a few. Spread out, you know, what, 16 and a half each or something like that. You give some to your neighbor.
If you don't think you need that many, sell them to them, whatever. Give them to a kid. You got a little pyromaniac in the neighborhood. I mean, I'm just kidding there. Don't do that disclaimer.
But, you know, that way it's not as painful when you're buying them because if you buy those led pucks, you know, that gets expensive, you know, and there's a set for each car, batteries and all that, where those pyrotechnic ones, they work, they just have a, you know, lifespan of four or five years. I'm sure it goes beyond that.
Everything's underrated anymore, you know, and I've learned, you know, I'm the guy that, with eating, like, yogurt, the day it expires, the day after that, to me, is no good. Now I eat it one or two days later.
Alexis: Yeah. Cause it's.
Eric Stark: That's it. I think about that on the day it expired. Okay, that's it. That's cutting it close.
But everything else we're learning goes on much longer. The expiration dates are for litigation or something. Who knows, man? Keep them in the vehicle. They have an advantage.
And, you know, it makes you the intelligent rver. Make people jealous, whatever. They're great to have when you need them. And it's something you'll need only some of the time.
You might have to get them out occasionally, open them up, and ensure you know how they work. Again, you should have remembered.
All right, with that being said, when you listen to this podcast, look at the details of your podcast player, who, whichever brand you're using—Spotify, Apple iTunes, whatever it is—and make sure you like us. Give us a thumbs up. We like that.
Alexis: Send us some love.
Eric Stark: Now, you get a thumbs-up and confetti on YouTube. What do you get with all the other ones?
Alexis: Peace of mind.
Eric Stark: There you go—peace of mind. You're supporting the best show out there. All right, now let's go to the next stop. Alexis is going to, again, take us somewhere.
And this is Builton, California.
Alexis: Yes, sir. We're going to Buelton. This is an excellent place.
Eric Stark: And Buelton's in the Santa Barbara mountains. For those that don't know that.
Alexis: Yes, it is.
Eric Stark: So you're above. You're above and behind all the crime. Yeah.
Alexis: Oh, there we go.
Eric Stark: It's a firewall, if you will.
Alexis: You're primarily safe, right? Yeah.
Eric Stark: You don't hear. It's incoming. Alexis, why will we risk our lives and go to Buell Ten?
Alexis: As you know, it's a pretty cool place. There's a lot to see there. I will list a few; you can look at more on the website.
But first, there's ostrich land, which was pretty cute, especially if you have kids. Or if you just like ostriches, you can go and pet, interact with, and learn about these birds.
There's a unique Hans Christian Andersen museum and park, a hot spring, and many places to eat. There's a Danish pancake place, which sounds good.
And that makes sense because there's a Dutch village close by. What is that called again? I need to remember Solvang's name. Solvang. So that's close. Bye. You can hit that town, too.
That's a cool little town, but many RV parks are nearby. I listed a couple of flying flags: RV Resort and River Park, RV campground. Just check them out before you book.
But I do recommend this place. It's unique, and it's an excellent place to visit. It doesn't have to be expensive, and it's a neat road trip. So get on it, people.
Eric Stark: Get on it. You heard her, man. Get on it. So Buell ten. I've been there a few times. Yeah, that whole area.
Alexis: Cool.
Eric Stark: Very cool. If you're considering buying a new Ford vehicle, stop by Vreeland Ford. They have great people and will take care of you. Tell Meric to send you.
Alexis: Hey. Yeah.
Eric Stark: And they'll go, Eric who? And he said, well, Eric from the more brilliant podcast. They'll still say, Eric, who?
They might ask you to leave after a little bit, so don't say that. But it's a great place to buy a vehicle, man. That old town sitting in the showroom and banging out a deal. Great place.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: You have a lot around there. Faubang is pretty cool, but there's also an Anderson split pea soup. Yes, Buleton, there is. So you have to go there.
That's one of those places you just got to do.
Alexis: Yeah. Yep.
Eric Stark: What else is there? Lake Kachuma and Pismo Beach are nearby. We talked about going to Pismo Beach.
Alexis: Yes, we did. Now, we're doing the opposite.
Eric Stark: Although I bash the living daylights out of California, it's. Well, just. They deserve it. The state does. They still have some lovely pieces.
Alexis: They do.
Eric Stark: I mean, I was there a year or so ago, and I made it there and back alive, you know, unscathed, you know, just a couple of bullet holes in the car, and we were good.
Alexis: Yeah. From you or somebody else?
Eric Stark: Someone else. Someone else. But there's a lot in that general area. So, even if you didn't stay in Buell ten, you can stay someplace else and make day trips.
Alexis: Absolutely.
Eric Stark: It's one of those great places for that.
Alexis: It is excellent.
Eric Stark: The OSHA is not far away. Santa Barbara itself is a, you know, we're seeing. That whole general area is excellent. So check it out. Buy a Ford truck there.
Eat lunch at Anderson's. There's not another thing I had in mind about there. Oh, well, it doesn't matter.
Alexis: Check it out. You'll find it.
Eric Stark: Yep. Go there. It's a beautiful place.
Alexis: Yes.
Eric Stark: I think Ronald Reagan once owned a house up there, too. San Diego's Valley. That rings a bell. Oh, yeah. Hence Christian Andersen.
Alexis: I know. Isn't that cool?
Eric Stark: I know that name from my childhood children's books.
Alexis: Yes, he did. Children's books
Eric Stark: Considering the kind of garbage taught in the school systems, that would be worth seeing. Taking your children there, give them something worthwhile, something with some substance, some moral clarity, you know? Yeah. I mean, that.
Alexis: Yeah.
Eric Stark: That might not be their cup of tea or your cup of tea, but heck, you know, that's the kind of stuff that will disappear soon enough.
Alexis: No, for real.
Eric Stark: You know, people ignore that. They don't appreciate it. It just finally dawned on me, oh, that's my childhood, you know. So anyway, I'm getting sidetracked there, but check it out.
There is some good stuff to learn about—for example, dehumidifiers. Now, many people know what they are. You see, you have big old commercial ones. You know, you're trying to dry out a house.
But we're talking about RVs. Most people think of RVs as just removing moisture from the air. It's pretty straightforward.
You know, you live in your RV or go places with moist air, which gets it out. It also helps if you live in the Midwest during the summertime when it's much more humid and have them in your RV.
In places like Montana, you use your RV in the wintertime, and your furnace is on. Well, you've got all this humidity. You've got to get rid of it. It's on the walls and everything, but it's more than that.
It's a comfort thing at one point, but at another point, it turns into something that makes sense because it keeps the moisture out and mold and mildew from growing. And it happens. And once it starts to grow, have you ever seen mold in a sink?
There's a little speck one day, and the whole sinks green or something the next day. It's an exaggeration, but suddenly, it's like, what the heck is happening here? You know?
It ruins stuff because the moisture is not only on the surface of the RV's interior; it's behind it. It gets in the windows, the curtains, and the furniture so that it can ruin everything.
And it makes it much more uncomfortable. For example, in the wintertime, when you go to bed, if you're sleeping in your RV, as women know this, they wake up with their hair frozen.
That's because of all the moisture in the air; things are damp after the heat has been on for a little while. What is that? It's weird. You get that smell, you know, it's like living on a boat in the marina.
Alexis: It's the worst.
Eric Stark: And then, you know, in some places in the Midwest, maybe during the summer, you're using them, and you have to when you're camping. I recommend leaving them in your RV all the time.
A dehumidifier can remove it from the air if you live in an area with humidity, even if it's just a little bit. And these things are relatively inexpensive. You can buy a dehumidifier for under $20.
The replacement pellets are available in three packs for $12. There's also a little go-around where you can make them yourself. Overall, they're not that expensive. But here's the thing.
Humidity is present in the air for people who live in cold areas or who travel to cold climates.
If you reduce the humidity, your furnace will be more efficient, and your RV will warm up several degrees because you remove moisture from the air. However, the humidity doesn't warm up. You know, you're not in the rainforest. It's cold in your RV and can't warm up, and you get new moisture, making it colder.
Then everything feels damp and cold. It's like camping. If you bring a sleeping bag and you're sleeping in it, it's, you know, 20 degrees out.
If you start sweating, your sleeping bag is going to get cold.
And then the next night, when you go to bed with that sweat in the sleeping bag, if it's not dried out, you're going to start cold, and you're going to wake up freezing. You won't even get through the night. So that's what humidity does, that moisture in the air.
Dehumidifiers have many purposes, sometimes just that general: keeping the moisture out when you need to make your RV warmer and more comfortable and stop mold from taking over and destroying it. So there, that's my two cents on dehumidifiers, and every RV store sells them.
Alexis: Yep.
Eric Stark: So walk down, drive, visit your local RV store, and buy one.
Alexis: Yep.
Eric Stark: Alright, so that's my pushing. I am shopping locally. And speaking of shopping, there's a subtle segue.
Summer's upon us, and you're camping outside because you don't want to be inside your RV. After all, it's too wet and moist in there. So you go outside and roll out that nice awning you have, and then you grab a little Sun Pro Mfg Awning Drop and slide into it.
You must keep the sun out from underneath the awning, so go to sunpro mfg.com. There, you can look at the shade drops for RV awnings. They're awesome. Yeah, I own one myself.
All right. Yeah, imagine that. Right? Okay. Anyway, go to sunprofg.com. Yeah, we make fantastic slide-out fabrics.
Windshield covers slide out or the sunshades for RV awnings. And we make good stuff. We don't make that junk you get in the big ghetto shops or on the Internet. Oops. Alexis always frowns when I say that.
Say that.
Alexis: I do.
Eric Stark: I hate some places because they have no customer service and low-quality stuff. Not all of them, but some of them. That brings us to the end of the show today, episode 151.
Next week will be episode 152, and we'll discuss your RV refrigerator that just died. What do you do? Do you have a funeral for it, or do you just punt, or do you do neither? We'll find out next week.
I want to thank everybody for listening. We appreciate the support, the listening, and the sharing of the show with other RVers, family, friends, and so forth.
So, this is Eric Stark with TheSmartRVer Podcast. It's been great hanging out with you. If I don't see you on the road, let's connect at TheSmartRVer.com.
