We have a collection of great reads by and for RVers. The authors we spoke with are RVers who also happen to be authors and have some great reads. From mysteries to tips to recipes to ways to save money, this is a great collection of books and their authors.

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Podcasts with our author friends

• Our friend Nick Russell has also written a number of series. As a former full-time RVer Nick knows his travels and has also written several guidebooks. We interviewed Nick Russell as well for the StressLess Camping RV podcast - you can hear that here.

  • Nick has several guide books on Arizona

  • The John Lee Quarrels is an 11-book series surrounding a Sumner County Sheriff’s deputy and the things he runs into in the small Florida town including some pretty entertaining members of the local sheriff and more. These are quite captivating books.

  • Nick lived near the setting he has for his Big Lake series, a 21-book series. These are a little less gritty than the John Lee Quarrels series, but are equally captivating. There are some fun characters in this series whom the sheriff of Big Lake has to deal with.

• Our friends Heath and Alyssa Padgett - you can find their books here.

• Karen Musser Nortman has several series of books. Karen is an RVer herself whom we’ve interviewed on the StressLess Camping RV podcast. Karen has several book series:

  • The Time Travel Trailer - a 1937 camper that turns out to be a time machine. The antics the subjects get into can alter their own future - and are very entertaining.

  • We absolutely love the Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries. This ten book series involves Frannie Shoemaker who travels with her husband and others. Somehow when Frannie’s around, things go haywire and she and her husband have to solve the mystery.

  • The Mystery Sisters is a four-book series where sister travel around in their vintage Studebaker. Of course trouble ensues wherever they go and they have to solve the mystery. Another good series!

  • We have a number of authors whom we’ve spoken to. Here are a few whose works you might find enjoyable:

• Marc and Julie Bennett from RVLove have written several books and share some stories with us about the writing process as well as their own works on this episode of the StressLess Camping RV podcast.

• Author, hiker, boondocker and adventurer John Soares has written a number of books on boondocking, travel, hiking, adventuring and more and we get the low down and some great tips in this episode of the StressLess Camping RV podcast.

• We speak with Nathan Pettijohn about his inspiring first-time RV adventure with his dog Hafa and the book he wrote inspired by that journey on this episode of the StressLess Camping RV podcast.

• Driven to Wonder author Michael Boyink shares his stories, tips and thoughts about spending eight years on the road with his family. He talks about starting and ending the journey and even how he redefined worship on the road. Further, as introverts, he speaks to finding community on the road. The book is a compendium of over 100 adventures with beautiful pictures and is an enjoyable read.

• Learning to build your adventure habit and be an untourist with Ordinary Sherpa founder Heidi Dusek. She has literally written the book on family adventures and Heidi talks about ways you can have an adventure near or far. You can meet her on this episode of the StressLess Camping RV podcast.

• Author and YouTube star Kent Rollins was such a pleasure to speak with. He has two books and spoke about them both in this episode of the StressLess Camping RV podcast.

Plastic fantastic - some of our favorite fiberglass egg trailers:

• The Meerkat - under 1,000 pounds and very unique - read story

• The Armadillo Backpack - small trailer with huge storage - read the story

• If I ran a trailer company I would run it like Escape - here’s the story on their 21C

• We have a Bigfoot sighting - the Bigfoot 25RQ travel trailer

• Did you know that U-Haul made travel trailers? Yep! We have the story of the unique U-Haul travel trailer here.

Join us at Doran State Beach where we explore the seaside town of Bodega Bay and go crabbing - join us