We’re Tony & Peggy Barthel and we’re working to help you be a StressLess Camper.
A podcast to make the great American RV adventure a StressLess Camping experience. RV tips, tricks, hacks and deals for making RVing more fun and less stressful and even safer. Every week there are interviews with people in the RV industry who feature products, services or ideas to make RV life better. Peggy and Tony Barthel host this fun and light-hearted look into the world of RV travel.
StressLess Camping was born out of Tony Barthel’s days at an RV dealership where he heard the same questions over and over. The idea was to take those questions and put honest answers in one place to make them easy to find. Since that idea Peggy and Tony have gone at this full time and have a weekly podcast, RV event calendar, honest RV reviews and so much more.
How has Oakdale RV Resort and Motor Court stood the past century?
Our review of the Coachella Lakes RV Resort near Palm Springs
Our review of the River Sands RV Resort near Blythe and Quartzsite
We found a lovely tent camping site at Curt Gowdy State Park in Wyoming.
StressLess Camping returns to the Palm Springs/ Joshua Tree KOA Holiday in Desert Hot Springs, CA whenever we are in the area.
Our review of Two Creeks Crossing resort in Livingston, Texas
We visit Clear Lake Park on Lake Lavon near Dallas, Texas and explore some interesting things to do in the area.
Exploring and camping at Vista Linda Campground in Jemez Mountains in New Mexico
Exploring and camping at Rockhound State Park in New Mexico
Golden Shore RV resort in Long Beach, CA
Honest review of Valencia Travel Village in Castaic, CA
Honest review of the Albion River Campground on California's Mendocino Coast
Honest review of Roam America Horseshoe Bend campground
Cochiti Lake Campground near Santa Fe in New Mexico
Amana Colonies in Iowa is a town with a German heritage that’s a great place to go with your RV
The geology and story of Bottomless Lakes State Park in New Mexico. Some of the unique geology of this affordable place to camp and RV along with a collection of day trips and activities while visiting.
After hearing about Camp Margaritaville for years we finally visited the newest one in Crystal Beach, Texas. We got some boat drinks and went when it wasn’t so crowded, so there weren’t fins on the left nor fins on the right. We wish we had taken the weather with us as we were trying to reason with the hurricane season but that’s okay. It’s Five O’Clock somewhere and I’m glad I live in a trailer.
Where should you camp if you’re visiting New Orleans, Louisiana? We have some great suggestions on affordable camping near the Big Easy that is also near hiking and bicycle trails. You don’t have to spend a lot to have a great RV camping experience.
We took a very pleasant break in Pismo Beach, California at a wonderful RV park during the big Monarch Butterfly migration. Oh, and don't forget the cinnamon rolls.
We visit Coronado Camp Ground near Albuquerque, New Mexico and discover many of the local eateries and breweries.
Established in 1948, Camp Dearborn, the city’s unique 626-acre recreational retreat in Milford, offers a wide range of overnight camping options, including rustic cabins and resort cabins, as well as sites for camper-provided tents or trailers. Camp Dearborn’s exceptional amenities include: a half-mile of sandy beach, athletic fields and tennis courts, shaded picnic areas, swimming and fishing lakes, concession stand and a 27-hole championship golf course.
Indiana Dunes National Park hugs 15 miles of the southern shore of Lake Michigan and has much to offer. Whether you enjoy scouting for rare species of birds or flying kites on the sandy beach, the national park's 15,000 acres will continually enchant you. Hikers will enjoy 50 miles of trails over rugged dunes, mysterious wetlands, sunny prairies, meandering rivers and peaceful forests.
The Shipshewana Trading Place in Shipshewana, Indiana includes an RV Park, RV service center, Shawna Rae’s restaurant, and the Shipshewana Flea Market (seasonal), which also hosts antique and livestock auctions. All this just by parking the RV in one beautiful location!
Benton Hot Springs is well off the beaten path, about 45 minutes from Bishop or Mammoth Lakes in California. The campground is located on Highway 120 near the junction of Highway 6. It's a little more than 300 miles northeast of Los Angeles, near the Nevada border, and about 365 miles east of San Francisco.
This is now one of our favorite campgrounds and is a truly hidden gem in Arizona along Route 66 that features large sites, lots of kitschy Americana, a restaurant, motel, pool and even some hidden caverns where you can experience a tour hundreds of feet under the ground.
Located near Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama! Enjoy 100 full hook-up, gravel, pull thru sites. From the moment you check in, Time Away RV Resort will do its utmost to cater to your every need.
Surrounded by awesome vintage trailers, curious curios and even a hubcap tree the Enchanted Trails RV Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico is definitely a must-visit along Route 66.
We stayed at Eagle RV Park in Thermopolis, Wyoming and found the park immaculate but, even more, we were surprised at how much there was to do in this little town that might not be on your radar, and possibly should be.
We pay a visit to Fort Bragg, CA and check out all the cool happenings and place in this former logging town on the California coast.
We RV Champions in Tyler Texas offers Texas-sized camping spots in an area known as the rose capital of the world.
Martin Stream Campground offers just the right happy attitude and beautiful surroundings so that you may not want to leave. We speak with Zach Vanier who brings a level of enthusiasm and positivity to the campground along with weekend activities and much more. This delightful campground is a great place to stay in Turner, Maine.
We speak with the Big Chief at Big Chief Campground, none other than Alan Warren from the RV Show USA. The Wingman shares some great local spots if you even want to leave Big Chief.
We pay a visit to Grand Lake, Colorado and check out Elk Creek Campground where moose visit guests.
Learning more about North Carolina and the Riverwalk RV Park on the shores of the Yadkin River in Jonesville, North Carolina
Visiting with Ed O Bridgman from Homestead RV Community in Theodore, Alabama
Visiting with Billie from Loons Haven Family Campground in Naples, Maine
The Mendocino Redwoods RV Resort, formerly the KOA in Willits, is a park that offers a lot of amenities that families will appreciate including:
We speak with Lisa Wilson of Clear Lake Campground in the beautiful California wine country region where the Audobon Society celebrates incredible bird watching.
Enjoying beach camping at Northern California’s Doran Beach State Park including crabbing while RVing.