Episodes

Send us Fan Mail It's 4 p.m. on a Friday, you're two hours from home, and your slide won't go out. Do you call a mobile RV tech, wait five days, or grab a wrench and screwdriver? ASE master certified mechanic and Army veteran Jeff Malatesta of RV Diagnostics joins Jennifer and her guest co-host, Ashliy Sutterfield from Wander About Fulltime RV to share the three questions he asks before anyone touches a tool, the mistakes he sees most often, and how to know when to put the tools down an...

Send us Fan Mail This season, Community Spotlights are woven right into our main episodes. Jennifer sits down with Mary Walker of Life in the RV, who went from a 3,500 square foot house to full-time RV life nine years ago with her husband Tim. Mary Walker discusses her experience transitioning to her super C RV, sharing insights and tips for those considering their own RV journey. Finding the Perfect RV Mary initially hesitated to choose a super C RV due to its appearance. Howeve...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I navigate the Top Host contest and beyond. Hey there, I never envisioned starting a podcast. Until the summer of 2025, it was just a thought. A friend nudged me into it, and here I am, Jennifer Schillaci, a homeschool mom living in an RV, now in the third round of a national search for a podcast host. My Unexpected Journey When I entered the Top Host contest, I didn’t expect to progress beyond the first round. Yet, here we are. Every vote I received came from real...

Send us Fan Mail Fall RV travel doesn’t mean waiting for the leaves. When you live on wheels, you can go find it. 🍂 In this episode, Mr. Road Trip himself, Rick Steelman, joins Jennifer to share his “WOW calendar” (Wacky, Offbeat & Wonderful), a running list of fall and holiday festivals, RV rallies, light displays, and roadside oddities from October through December. Plus: fall camping, leaf peeping beyond New England, how to find off-the-beaten-path attractions, and Rick’s three-part fo...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded onsite during 2026 Hershey RV Show Jennifer sits down inside a 1937 Hunt Housecar at the Hershey RV Show with Brian Artherton of the RV/MH Hall of Fame Museum & Library. The unit was built by a Hollywood cinematographer who was tired of working out of a hot tent on movie sets. It’s believed to be the first RV with a built-in shower and toilet. Brian shares the history behind it, why the museum’s library matters, and how to turn an Elkhart County trip into a full ...

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer is Team Fall Festival, cider in hand, and she's outnumbered. She brings in three of the biggest Halloween fans she knows: Ashliy Sutterfield of Wander About Full Time RV, and Jeff and Monica Grant of Dean and Gertie Explore the World. They cover where to trick-or-treat in an RV, how to build Halloween traditions when you never park in the same neighborhood twice, and why it's worth leaning in even if you'd rather skip the haunted house. In this episode: Where t...

Send us Fan Mail Staying Active on the Road: Real Talk and TipsHow to make fitness a priority while traveling Traveling in an RV can be a whirlwind of excitement, but it often comes with the challenge of maintaining an active lifestyle. In this episode, Jennifer, Ashley, and Joanie dive into the realities of staying fit while on the road, sharing their personal experiences and practical tips that can help anyone, regardless of their travel style or fitness level. The Challenge of Stayi...

Send us Fan Mail This year marks America's 250th birthday, and the RV Industry Association built an entire initiative around celebrating it on the open road. Jennifer sits down with Monika Geraci, who leads PR and communications for Go RVing, the RV Industry Association, and the RV Technical Institute. Let's unpack what the RV 250 is, how it started, and where it's headed. Monika brings 16 years inside the RV industry and a lifetime of RVing in her own family to the conversation. She an...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there, fellow RV enthusiasts. Today marks a special milestone for us... it's the hundredth episode of Learn to RV! It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come since the early days less than a year ago, when we weren't even sure if starting a podcast was the right move. A Journey Together As we reflect on this journey, it’s clear that this podcast has transformed into a collective experience. It’s no longer just about sharing our adventures; it’s about creating a commun...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jenny Herman, host of The HighlighterHer Network, where she highlights inspiring women in business. This episode was unique, as Jenny's son is curious about RVing, so we tackled his questions together in last weeks episode From Reluctance to Passion Jenny shared that she never planned to become a podcaster. In fact, it was her husband's suggestion that first planted the seed. She was initially resistant, thinking, "...

Send us Fan Mail Role Reversal — A Mom's Questions About RV Life for Her Son This episode flips the script. Jennifer sits down with Jenny Herman, host of The Highlighter Network podcast, whose RV-curious son has her full of questions — and for once, Jennifer takes the guest seat, fielding a parent's real-world questions about sending a young adult out on the road. Jenny asks the questions every new-to-RV parent wants answered: What's the bare minimum skill set to survive as a begi...

Send us Fan Mail Every day is an adventure... even the eight hours stuck on the shoulder of Highway 101 with a collapsed trailer tongue dragging metal on asphalt. In this Community Spotlight, Jennifer sits down with Amy and Mike Morris of Today Is Our Adventure — a Navy-retiree couple who sold everything, hit the road during a cross-country PCS, and never looked back. They talk frame flex and why they landed on a Brinkley, the Dalmatian rescues that turned them away for being full-timer...

Send us Fan Mail It's back-to-school season, but for full-time RVing families, there's not always a first-day photo, no bell schedule, and no hallway pass. In this Not Back to School roadschooling panel, host Jennifer Schillaci of Learn to RV brings together three fellow full-time RV moms — Kristina Bram (Traveling with the Brams), Rhea Gibson (Wandering Rocks Family), and Ashliy Sutterfield (Wander About Full Time RV) — for an honest, funny, and practical conversation about educating kids of...

Send us Fan Mail Christmas in July: How Gathering of Nomads Is Making Holiday Magic for RV Families Join us for a heartfelt conversation about how Gathering of Nomads is helping RV families experience the joy of Christmas, regardless of their financial or personal hardships. This episode highlights the power of community, faith, and giving, inspired by Kristina Bram’s personal story and Shane Boyd’s vision. Key Topics: The origins of Gathering of Nomads and its mission to create Jesus-c...

Send us Fan Mail There's a truck that shows up in Tampa every year before we even get the booth set up, and it's Jim's. Jim Shutt has been in our corner since before we owned RV Roofing Solutions, since before anyone called us the voice of Learn to RV. He was the very first technician who said "yes" to working with us, and years later, this show, Technically Speaking, was actually his idea. So it's only right that the first chair in this new series belongs to him. Meet Jim Shutt. A former Air...

Send us Fan Mail The RV Summer Slowdown Is Sponsored by RV Roofing Solutions Emptier campgrounds. Last-minute reservations that used to be impossible. Rigs sitting in driveways instead of racking up miles. In this episode, Jennifer and Tasha get honest about why this summer feels different out on the road, from fuel prices and industry data to the comparison trap that convinces RVers they’re doing it wrong. They also open up about burnout behind the scenes of the podcast itself and wha...

Send us Fan Mail Community Spotlight Is Sponsored by RV Roofing Solutions A used RV with ants crawling through it. A 27-foot Winnebago bought on the spot instead. And six years later they’re still rolling. Our Captain’s Logs are a Chicago-area family of four + three dogs who RV part-time around two full-time jobs, two teenage daughters, and a full school and activity calendar. Tasha sat down with the self-proclaimed Captain Pete and his Co-pilot Meghan to talk Disney strategy, packing ...

Send us Fan Mail Tracking Weather on the Road Is Sponsored by RV Roofing Solutions Weather isn’t just small talk when you travel in an RV — it’s a safety issue. Jennifer and Tasha discuss how they track weather on the road, the specific apps that have saved their trips (and maybe their rigs), and the hard lessons they’ve learned from brownouts, water spouts, tornadoes, and hail. From AQI (listen to learn what it is!) to evacuation strategies, they cover the weather topics RVers don’t t...

Send us Fan Mail Sponsored by RV Roofing Solutions What would you do if a breast cancer diagnosis landed in the middle of your full-time RV life? Jennifer Skinnell and her husband Mike have been living their don’t wait motto since 2019, and when life threw them the ultimate curveball, they didn’t stop rolling. Jennifer, a creative writer, quilter, and Learn To RV contributor, shares the raw, real story behind the Skinnell’s life on the road, their unforgettable Alaska and Baja Californ...

Send us Fan Mail Slow Travel, New Horizons Is Sponsored by RV Roofing Solutions Most RVers know how to dump their tanks and boondock overnight at Walmart, but taking that same adventurous spirit overseas can feel intimidating. Jennifer and Tasha sit down with Suzy May of Wander WorldSchool to map out how RVers can take slow, long-term travel global. Whether traveling with teens, as a couple, or solo, dig into the mindset shift, the money, and the logistics that make international trave...

Send us Fan Mail Community Spotlight Is Sponsored by RV Roofing Solutions An RV power inlet on fire, a wife yelling, and a fire extinguisher emptied. For Navy-trained electronics tech and master-technician’s son Matthew Putman, that night didn’t end the adventure. It sparked a mission. Jennifer visits with the veteran inventor behind Strain Guard to talk about the failure point most RVers never think about, the two-year search for a fix that didn’t exist, and how a challenge from his w...

Send us Fan Mail Pesty Buggers Is Sponsored by RV Roofing Solutions A farmhouse view, wildflowers, a soul finally at rest — and then a trail of nibble marks straight down a sleeve of lemon Oreos. In this episode, Jennifer and Tasha trade their most unforgettable RV pest stories, from scorpions and ghost ants to animals with a taste for roof sealant, then get practical about keeping the pesty buggers out. Because RVs have thinner walls and more ways in than a sticks-and-bricks, they foc...

Send us Fan Mail Community Spotlight Is Sponsored by RV Roofing Solutions A year and a half of planning, a camper and a truck bought a week apart, and a launch date set. Then twenty-four hours on the road that would have sent most families straight home. Nearly five years later, Ashliy and Jake of WanderAboutFullTimeRV are still rolling in that very same rig. Jennifer met the full-time RV couple at an Xscapers event and sat down with them to talk roadschooling, workamping with kids, and the h...

Send us Fan Mail Beyond the Brand Is Sponsored by Tow Tether If your trailer broke away at highway speed, you’d trust your breakaway cable to do its job. But where did you hook it up? Jennifer sits down with Andy Garcia, co-founder of Tow Tether, to unpack a towing safety gap most RVers don’t realize exists. What began as a fleet compliance fix for a concrete company grew into a simple, made-in-America device that could change the way you hook up your rig. Learn How: • &nb...