Using Your RV as a Rest Stop!

This week we are sharing all of the ways that we like to use our RVs as a roadside stop, whether as a clean, safe bathroom, an inexpensive restaurant or a place to literally rest up and wait out traffic, plus some tips to make your stops smoother!

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Welcome to Camp Mindowinia, where we're reviving the vintage camping vibe in the Midwest. There is so much to see and do in the Midwest, and we want to share it with everyone. So on this show, we'll be talking about all things camping as we explore the states of our name. Glad to have you back at camp, everyone. I'm Liv and I'm here today with my longtime camping buddy and sister Ab. Hi, everybody. And today we are talking about something that has become a theme for us without any intention. And this is using our RVs as a rest stop. Yes. So this is kind of one of the slightly more hidden uses of an RV, or maybe something that you just sort of take for granted. And it's that, you know, your your RV is kind of like a portable house slash safe space slash waste station. And today we're bringing you some of our favorite ways to use our RVs in this capacity, and also some tips and kind of hacks for how you can use your RV on the side of the road for those kind of random or last-minute spur-of-the-moment stops, even better. Yeah. And some ways to help you save money on your trip as well. Yeah, that is a really important part about using this. It's like so many times when you need to pull over, you end up spending money for whatever reason. You end up spending money using local facilities at businesses or whatever when you have this basically free option towed behind you the whole time. Yeah, because you're basically towing a porta potty and food truck simultaneously. Right. Think of the savings. So we have a few topics to consider when you're preparing to use your RV as a rest stop. And those are things like where to stop safely, what can you actually do? Like what are the purposes of your RV on the side of the road? Uh-huh. Some tips for conserving power, water, and some general tips just to make the whole process easier and smoother. And then an easy on the road recipe that you can utilize while you're pulled over at one of these rest stops. Yes. Or as the rest stop. So starting with where you can stop safely, we have a few that we have used again and again. And I would say the first one that comes to mind for me is like off ramps. Yes. So especially when you're on interstates and you're on that long haul, and it's like it may be two hours from one town to the next. Uh-huh. Especially when you're in places like South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska. But even rural everywhere else. They, you know, this is a common factor. We know that there's a lot of travel between one town that has things you can actually use and the next, clean bathrooms. Yes. Um, and something that I have done more times than I can even count is, you know, I'm on kind of the rural inner state. I just pull off on the off-ramp, and now you have some place where you can safely park for a short time to just use your camper in a semi-emergency situation. Just make sure there is also an on-ramp so you can get back on that inner state. Yes, of course. And I'm not talking from personal experience. Right, yeah. So I typically stop, I feel like on the off-ramp because people are already slowing down. Right. On the on-ramp, people are speeding up. I could just be sort of splitting hairs here, but for some reason that makes me feel like the off-ramp is a little bit safer. I get that. Yeah. I guess when people are getting on the freeway, they are like they're starting slow. So I don't know. That's true. Do with that as you will. Right. We do rest stops fairly often, just because they're usually easy. And then I'm almost always camping with Mitchell. So it's a little bit of a safer situation when you definitely have two people, of course. Right, yeah. Solo, you you would exercise more caution. Yes, exactly. And we definitely do exercise caution in that if we pull off to it and it is not like lit at all, like sometimes they will have no lights. Yeah. And that just doesn't feel safe enough for me. So then I'm like, nope, we'll keep looking. Right. You know, any red flag. Yes. Just drive on past. It's not like unless you know it's an extreme emergency. Right. And then I would recommend having one person stay in the car while the other person's in the camper, you know, just to monitor what's going on around you. That makes sense. So we usually look for well lit, also ones that have enough space. So you're not going to have to worry about, you know, anyone running into you or something because there isn't adequate space for your camper. We've had one rest stop in, I believe it was South Dakota, that was really tight and small. And Mitchell was kind of like, oh, I don't know where we're going to go so that we don't get hit by someone. Yes. Because it was very busy and very tiny. So, you know, those are just kind of some things to think about and consider with rest stops. Another one is, especially if you're driving through towns or more suburban areas, is um the local parks. Yeah. Like most towns have, you know, just a little city park. And oftentimes they have par rather large parking lots, sometimes they don't, but sometimes they do. Or even on-street parking, you know, if the road isn't too crazy busy or anything like that. And those can be really nice places to pull over, especially if you're pulling over for a slightly longer stop, or if you have kids and you or pets and you need, you know, some outdoor space, those can be a really great option. And then of course the last one is um at attractions. You know, any kind of activity you'd stop at, any tourist destination, you know, the parking lot of these places can be a little temporary makeshift camp.

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For all intents and purposes. Though I just thought of one more lift. Oh, yeah. If you stop at boat launches, sometimes you then get an incredible lake view. Oh my gosh. And they're huge parking lots because they're planning on trailers, you know, parking there. That is a really good idea. Yeah, we did that in Iowa one time. We pulled off at a boat launch, and I was like, oh my gosh, we have a great view, and the parking spaces are huge. Right. Yeah, because they're already expecting you to be towing something. Right. A boat. Or if you have a motorhome, you'd also fit there very well. Right. Yeah. So you've found a safe place to pull off and park your camper. Mm-hmm. What are you gonna do there? My number one reason for pulling off on the side of the road to use the RV is to have a clean, safe, reliable bathroom. Yes. There is like nothing worse than having to use one of those bathrooms where you're like, do not let any of your clothing touch the walls. Right. Because they're so dirty and so gross. And, you know, you may not even feel very safe there. Yes. Um, yeah, having a clean, safe bathroom where you know that the water's gonna work, you know that it's clean because it's your own bathroom. Right. Is just invaluable. Which brings to mind that you also don't have to worry about a mouse running over your feet or under the door of the bathroom. Oh my gosh, I remember that. That happened to us when we were in Kansas. We were long hauling it down to Arizona, and we were not camping. We were hoteling, and we had to stop at a gas station, and we went in to use it, and all of a sudden I'm in the bathroom, and under the door comes careening this mountain. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, it was horrible. And that was what kind of inspired me to be like, you know what? Let's use the camproom and let's bring our own bathroom. Yes. Cause it was awful. And then on a more serious note, I did recently hear in a travel group about a woman who was traveling with her husband and small child, and her and I believe it was her daughter, ran in to use the bathroom. And when they got into the women's restroom, they didn't realize this before they got in there, but as soon as they got in there, they saw a sign that said, Ring this doorbell to have the door unlocked. Oh my gosh. Now, so it was locked from the outside, apparently, and then there were stalls inside there. But thank goodness her husband was in the car and she called him immediately while her daughter was using the emergency bathroom stop and was like, You need to come in and you need to be right outside this door. And when I ring the doorbell, you need to make sure they're letting us out. Yeah. So but imagine if that were to happen if you didn't have someone in the car, you know? Yeah. Do you know where that was? I'm not sure. It was not in the Mendouinia. I think it was maybe in like Illinois or Ohio. Okay. But still, yeah, you know, it could be anywhere. And that's what you know what you're getting into. Yeah. And it would be such a bad situation. Yeah, absolutely. So that especially emphasizes the safety of having your own bathroom. You can literally go into your RV, lock the door, yeah, and you know, you know that you're going to be safe in there and it's not a compromising situation. Yes. So the savings aspect is that when we stop at a gas station or something to use the bathroom, we're probably snackish. And then if we're snackish, we go in and use the bathroom and we find ourselves maybe buying a snack. Yeah. Which can make your trip budget go crazy out of nowhere. Yeah. Especially if you have those road trip munchies, which I always get. Yeah. And that's aside from the fact that I have never felt like, oh, I feel so healthy and energized and good at the end of a long day of driving where I was eating gas station snacks. Yes. Not all that healthy. No, they really aren't. And they're also not very satisfying or satiating. So true. You're gonna be hungry in like, you know, half an hour at the next stop. Mm-hmm. So what we like to do is we like to have sort of a meal plan of easy things that we can whip up fairly fast while we're at a rest stop. We have been known, and this has happened multiple times, to pull over and make a pizza. But even your pizza that you're bringing with is usually going to be a little bit healthier than your gas station stop item. Right. And it hasn't been sitting there for like three hours on a warmer. We've also stopped to make a pizza other places. Like one time there was a clinic parking lot, and we were on our way ice fishing, and there was like no large parking lots. We pulled over there, we turned on the heat, we made a pizza. We've also done things like sandwiches or potato salad, just a bunch of options. In order to make having an easy meal actually easy on the side of the road, it may take a little bit of forethought and pre-planning. Yes. And I honestly think it's so worth it. So something that I do, and this also is part of our tips for conserving power and water or conserving resources, yeah. Is having the food that you know you're gonna eat on the road, anything that needs to be in a cold spot, in a cooler. Yes. And then you can store that in your vehicle, and then you just bring that into the camper, and you don't even have to open your fridge. So you don't have to worry about any cold loss in the fridge while you're stopped and not on power. Obviously, if you have gas, it may not be a concern. Mine is um 12 volt, my fridge is 12 volts only. So if I'm stopped on the side of the road, I guess my battery is powering it, but you know, that's a draw in your battery and not necessary. If you have a cooler, you can just open your cooler and get out your snack food from there. Which is especially applicable for us because ours only works when we are plugged into shore power our fridge. So we have to make sure we get it freezing cold, shove the stuff in there quick, close the door, let it sit running for a few hours before we leave. Yes. Yeah, when I had my vintage camper, my 1964 Forester, uh-huh, it had the same kind of fridge. It only worked on 110. Right. So pretty much it was like when we are driving, we do not open the fridge. Yes, things will defrost or will get too warm. Yeah. So having a cooler, especially in those days, that was when I would bring I bred a little cooler bag and have all of my lunch fixings in the cooler bag. And then nobody has to open the fridge. Yes. Some of my favorite places that I have pulled over to make lunch in the camper were actually, I feel like most of them were in South Dakota. But one is, you know, at I think it's at Wall Drug or in Wall, South Dakota, where they have that really giant dinosaur, the green dinosaur. Yeah. Is that I can't remember what kind of dinosaur that is. But one time um our youngest sister and I stopped there and made our whole little picnic, and then we got out and took pictures of the dinosaur. It was just a fun memory and something that if we had gone to a local restaurant or something, we would have missed out on this kind of like very just traditional, iconic camping road trip feel. Yes, absolutely. And that specific dinosaur, I think, is like really old. Yeah. So I'm like, I know that for decades, families, couples, individuals have been stopping here for their little picnic lunch on the side of the road on their way to like Mount Rushmore or something. Yeah. And that reminds me of like vintage camping magazines. They frequently have that kind of more laid-back, economical, you know, we're gonna stop by the side of the road and have our picnic lunch look and feel. Like frequently there's a photo of them with their big old ice chest with all the stuff in it. And yeah, sometimes it's a coke advertisement, but you know what I mean. Right. Yep. Yeah, like the 1920s look like there's the people out there with their little stove cooking up like a full-on meal. Yes. Or the 1980s. I know that's not all that vintage, it's a little bit vintage, you know, the Woody Station wagon, and they've got their meal out the back door. I mean, it's just it's very vintage camping vibe. Another use for your RV on the side of the road that I kind of learned a long time ago. I've never, I don't think, used this. This was an interesting tip though that I heard from um the Girl Camper podcast years and years ago. And that was when you're on a really long drive or a long, kind of a long haul road trip, especially if you're traveling by yourself. So you don't have another driver who can sub in. Or if you know that you're kind of prone to getting drowsy behind the wheel, especially on those long, boring roads, yes, is pulling over and taking a nap. Yeah. And you know, your camper has a bed. You've got a bed with you. You can literally go in there, lock the doors, lock your car, and take a pretty comfortable nap on the road. And then you can be refreshed in order to get to your destination without it becoming dangerous. Yes, because it's always better to be a little bit behind schedule than to fall asleep at the wheel. Yes, 100%. And I know that under the right circumstances, like I didn't get enough sleep the night before, it's sunny and warm, you know, and the road is flat and straight. Like I'm prone to getting a little drowsy. And so I haven't ever needed to do this yet, but it's something that I kind of keep at the back of my mind for this is how I could use my RV as a rest stop. Literally, get some rest on the side of the road in order to not, you know, doze off while I was driving. Yeah. Another thing you could do is you could pull over to wait out bad traffic or to just avoid rush hour if you have to drive through a metropolitan area. Yes. Yeah, avoiding rush hour is such a good idea because who likes towing in rush hour? Nobody likes driving in rush hour and then let alone towing throw in a trailer. Yeah, just miserable. But another thing, like you said, about avoiding traffic. So one time we were on a road trip through Pennsylvania, and this is again without our RVs, but you know, if you had your RV, it'd be so much nicer. So we ended up spending money because we didn't have the RVs, so there we go. Savings. Um, we were driving along on this highway, and there had been a pretty bad accident of like two miles down the road. And the traffic was backed up for like two miles and it was not moving at all. No. We were gonna be stopped there for hours for them. Because the accident happened between entrance ramps. So there was no and exit ramps, so there was no way for people to get off. Right. So you were just literally stuck. Yes, yep, and it was just absolutely dead stop. And we were there for a little while, and then I think what ended up happening was because it was such an extensive accident, um, the police showed up and they had people making U-turns and they had like a stop back at the most previous exit ramp, and they were directing people to turn around and drive back to that exit ramp because they thought they were going to be there that long, cleaning up the accident. So that's what we did, you know, along with everybody else. And I think some people probably opted to stay, but I think that it ended up being like multiple hours that they waited there. However, so we we turned back and we drove through a little kind of side community, which, you know, has merits of its own. It was really fun. We went to an Amish food stand on the side of the road. We had these soft pretzels that were the literal best pretzel I've had in my entire life. They were amazing. Yeah, they were flavorful and melt in your mouth so good. I wanted to just like move in with them for a while so we can eat a lot of them. Right, yeah. You can eat these every day. And they would not sell us the recipe. I think we suggested somebody asked that maybe. Yeah. They said they kind of just knew it in their head. Yeah. And I was like, we don't know that might not be careful. All right, fine. We'll just have to put a pin in here and come back soon. Get more pretzels. So that was, you know, that was a fun stop. However, if we had had our RVs with us at the time, you know, we could have just pulled out over someplace, made our own food, or even eaten the pretzels that we purchased there and had a comfortable place to just sit and kind of wait out the traffic. We could have played games, we could have just relaxed. And had a bathroom because there was nowhere with a bathroom. I think for maybe like a solid 45 minutes after we got turned around. Do you remember that? Yeah. And even then it was just like this little tiny farm store. And then, you know, you kind of feel bad if you have a whole crowd of people or caravan of people like we did who all have to file in and go, Well, I have to make a little purchase that I can use their bathroom, and you still feel kind of bad being that many people, but what do you do? So if you had an RV with you, problem solved. Yes. Next up are some of our tips for conserving energy while you're pulled over on the side of the road, and also some tips for how you can do this well. Yes. So I think the thing that really makes this work the best when Mitchell and I stop is we have things like wet ones wipes for washing our hands, so that we can kind of reserve our freshwater tank for flushing the toilet or if we need to rinse anything. Yes. That does also bring up a thing. I know a lot of people drive with their tanks completely empty, and that has tons of benefits. Like one, it's obviously just good for them to not have a lot of contents in the tanks. Right. It's makes your camper lighter weight, so you get better gas mileage, it's easier to tow, things like that. And bearing that in mind, I put just a little bit of water in my fresh tank. Yes. I do, you know, maybe like five gallons worth. And then it's plenty to use as I'm driving, but you know, with just turning on the pump and then you can flush toilets, wash your hands, whatever. But it's not enough that it's making any significant difference in actually towing the unit. Yes, for sure. Since we're trying to limit water so we're not carrying that extra weight, we can not wash dishes by having a couple of other options available for these kind of emergency stops. I know a lot of people do bring paper products on their trips usually, but for this, I would just say, you know, make sure they're ones that will work with what you have. Obviously, if it's pizza, you might just need a napkin. But if you're doing a box of mac and cheese, you're gonna need that fork or spoon and a plate. A plate. Yes. And then make sure you pack them, of course, in an accessible location. Right. So this is something that I hadn't really thought of on my own because my camper doesn't have any slides. You know, you just go in there and everything is immediately accessible. Yeah. But in our parents' fifth wheel, they have a really large slide out that when it's in, it covers the cabinet where they store their dishes. It actually covers like half of their kitchen, honestly. It really does. But the sink is still accessible. So they store like paper plates and, you know, disposable cups and utensils and things like that above their sink. Yeah. So that they can still use, you know, they can still access those and they're obviously not stored with their regular dishes. Yeah. And then, you know, they can still use the sink and then they have their dinette is obviously accessible too. So it does make a difference, especially if you have Something like a slide to work around. Or if you're in the fish house like we are, and for us, we have bins with all of our kitchen stuff that have to go under the dinette because they're not like bolted in. We don't have cabinets, so they just go up on a ledge. Yeah. So for us, they're not easy to get to. So I always make sure that I have something kind of set out like a basket or something where we can easily access them. Or I put them in one of my IKEA shoe holders that I have on the wall. Not for shoes. Not for shoes. Yeah. Because it's just super easy and accessible right there. I'm like, oh, I've got a couple of plates, forks, cups, whatever. Right. Yeah. On that note, do fish houses not typically have cupboards? Newer ones do. I think the problem, and if you ask manufacturers, they will agree. The problem is when they were first being designed, it was all men. Oh, okay. And they're like, we just didn't really think you needed storage. And then our wives got on board and they were like, um, where are the cabinets? Yes. And I'm like, yeah, where are they? Like we have stuff we need to bring with, especially the RV editions, you know, because it's not just ice fishing. Right. You use it in the summertime. And yeah, they're intending on you camping and presumably with your significant other and family, but you know. Right. If you are tenting or car camping, obviously you won't have the benefits that we have talked about with the RV. So a couple of options for that would be we frequently will bring like a camp stove with us and then have something maybe pre-made that just needs to be heated. And then we'll throw that camp stove out at a picnic table at a rest stop or in a park and heat it up. We did this a ton when we were camping in Wisconsin last year, and it was just super convenient. I was like, we can just pull over and make lunch. And then we weren't necessarily tempted to stop at every single cute little restaurant we saw for every meal. Right. Because we had an easy plan to be able to make it so we could make food on the road between tent camping sites, of course. But then another option is we have one of those really cool pop-up like shower tents. It's that type where you just like go flip and the whole thing pops up into like a full little tent. And so we have one of those easy up or something. Yeah, something like that. So we have one of those, and then I have this little collapsible portable toilet that folds. Collapsible? Yeah. It folds down. Yeah, because it's just kind of like a frame and a seat. Okay. So it's like maybe two and a half, three inches deep by like ten inches tall and eight inches wide about, or maybe ten inches wide-ish. Okay. And it c folds down to that size in the bag and then has a little carry bag. But then you just pop it up. And then to go inside it, I have commode liners, which you can get on Amazon for very reasonable. You can also pick them up at Walgreens, Walmart, random places like that. In like the pharmacy stores have them too. Yeah. Usually. And so these you just put in, they're very sanitary, very easy to dispose of. And then you can do your business in your little tent, pop it all back down. And I mean, it takes like under two minutes to set up, under two minutes to tear down. You can just close off that bag and pitch it in the trash if they have it at the rest stop or the park. Right. Yeah. Something else that you can buy two of the luggable loos. It's just like a toilet seat that you put on a five-gallon pail. Yeah. And then also you put the the same bags in there, of course, and they've got, you know, the powder and stuff inside, and it's very sanitary. Yes. Anyway, and I have used those when tent camping several times, and I think they work fantastic. It's, you know, it's significantly better than pit toilets a lot of the time. And of course, better than a lot of the roadside stops too. Yeah. And you're controlling your environment, so you're not going to have bugs and gross things too, which is really nice. So nice. But there's lots of options. So you can either do the five-gallon bucket style or on Amazon or at different sporting goods stores, you can find ones that collapse really tiny. Yes. If you need that is really nice. Yeah, that reminds me of this one time we were at Afton State Park in Minnesota. Mm-hmm. And we approached the pit toilet. You may remember this. I do. And there was a spider like on the front of the door, like he was the decoration. Yeah. And he was, what would you say? Probably four inches, five inches? Across. Across. Five inches. I mean, like body and legs, but oh yeah. It did include the legs. I mean, he was so gross. I was like, I'm not going in there. And not like a daddy long legs or house spider. No, like an actual honest to goodness spider. He was so gross. Anyway, so we ended up leaving the park to find a gas station and then had to come back to the park. I mean you know, if you bring your own resources with you, bring your own facilities with you. Yes. Then you can completely sidestep these problems. Exactly. On to our easy roadside recipe. This is what I call kitchen sink chicken salad. This is especially good for the return journey when you may have like unused vegetables and scraps and things in your fridge. And this is a good way to use them up so that you don't have to like get those into your fridge at home and try and incorporate those into your meals in the next few days before they all go bad. Uh-huh. And they might even already be like, you know, on their last leg. So the first thing is, of course, starting with some chicken. I use canned chicken a lot of the time. You can use leftover chicken that you had had for a previous meal on the trip, grilled chicken. You can pick up a rotisserie chicken. Any kind of chicken we'll do. Chop it up or shred it up small. Yes. Then add to that mayonnaise, of course. We like a homemade fermented mayonnaise. And we don't have the recipe right now, but you can look that up online if you want to try that for yourself. It is phenomenal. Best ever mayonnaise I've ever had. And it has a very long fridge life, which is super convenient when you're camping. Yep, absolutely. And of course, it has health benefits as well being fermented, and it tastes just like mayonnaise, but better. Yes. Like you don't taste the ferment part. You just, I mean, it's just so good. It's like ultra, ultra fresh, real ingredient mayonnaise. Yes. Then to this, I add chopped literally anything I find in my fridge. Yeah. So that has included finely chopped broccoli, carrot, tomato. Tomato does not like keep very well in the chicken salad. So if you're not going to eat the whole thing in one sitting, maybe just add the tomato individually to sandwiches. Right. And then it doesn't, because like if you put it in the fridge, it'll separate and it gets kind of too wet and it's not ideal. But it is really good in there. Um alfalfa sprouts, I love taking sprouts on camping trips. They're something that you can get started a couple days before you go, and then they can kind of stay out on the counter and green up while you're traveling. And they're so good and they're ultra fresh. Uh, green onion andor chives. Finely minced raw onion would be really good in here too. But why I choose green onion and chives over onion is when you're cutting up onion, like you want to wash your hands, it leaves a stink. And so, but with these, you know, less strong onion varieties, it's, you know, they're a little bit more low water cleanup friendly. You could just do onion powder though, right? Oh, absolutely. Okay. Onion powder, onion salt. Oh, like the Trader Joe's one. Yes. I do like that one, but I feel like it needs to be a little bit like reconstituted. Oh, see, I like that little bit of crunch. Yep. Yep. See the onions, the dehydrated onions are just the tiniest bit crispy. Yes. Which I can see some people would like that texture. Grapes andor apples, if you have them, are always good additions. I especially have apples in the fall, and I'm more likely to have grapes probably in the summer. So whatever you have on hand. If you have zucchini, chop that up into cubes, throw it in. If you have cauliflower, chop that small. Cauliflower is more crunchy, so I definitely cut that into really kind of small pieces. If you have radishes, you can cut or shred those up and throw those in. And then I just season with a little salt and pepper, and it is good to go. And it seems a little bit excessive, but as many ingredients as you have, it's like the more flavors and textures that you add in there, the better it is. Oh, celery. I forgot about celery. Oh, yeah. If you have celery, throw that in too. And then, of course, the best way to eat this, in my opinion, is on a croissant. Yes. But any other bread you have is good. Or even on a lettuce leaf. Yeah. Yeah. Make it like a lettuce wrap. Yeah. You could even do it on a tortilla shell as a wrap, too. Yeah. Then you can throw some slices of cheese on there. Yeah. Chop up some walnuts, throw in those dry roasted peanuts. Oh, yeah, absolutely. I mean, this is sounding so good. Chicken salad is such an like it's so easy to make it like versatile and to change, change up little parts of it and get a completely different flavor. Yeah. So it's similar. And it's easy to carry on the road. Like these things, especially if you have them in a cooler, or if you're able to open your fridge and access the stuff in there, you know, that's also easy. And it's pretty low mess. Yeah. But just make it in a bowl. You can make it in a tupperware and then just close the tupperware up and put it in the fridge when you're done. If there's leftovers, no cleanup. And if you're really thinking ahead, you could chop these things up before you leave camp so that it's easy for you to just dump and go prep it on the road. Yep. 100%. Yeah, when you're making the meals and you're chopping these things up on the camping trip or even before you leave home. Chop a few extras and have those. You can even start a bag and start throwing all these things into a bag or a storage container. And then you can just dump them in when you get to your rest stop. And super, super easy and delicious. Mm-hmm. All right. I think that is everything we have to say when talking about using your RV as a rest stop. And with my upcoming trip to Iowa, I have plans already on how I can stop, where I can stop, and how I can use my RV to make the drive that much more comfortable. Yes. And that is our show for this week. Thanks for listening to the Camp Mindowinia Podcast. If you want to connect with us, head over to our Facebook group, Camp Mindowinia, or follow us on Instagram at Camp Mindowinia. Take us on Instagram in your camping posts for the chance to be featured on our page. And if you're enjoying the show, please follow us on your favorite podcasting platform, and we'd love it if you leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a comment on Spotify. Join us next Monday for another episode. Bye, guys!