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Letters From the Road Podcast

Jamie Schumacher

Letters From the Road sends you stories and encouragement from your traveling friends, Jamie and Clay Schumacher. The pair are nomads traveling North America in their RV with their kids and dogs, checking out all the hikes and breweries they can along the way. Grab your favorite beverage and pull up a chair to our cozy campfire chat. We share a bit about our recent travels, a letter from Jamie’s Substack, and a discussion in each episode. Join us every Sunday. lettersfromtheroad.substack.com

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LFTR Episode 71 - What’s Next? (Plus Traverse City,...

Letters From the Road Podcast ·

2024/07/28

LFTR Episode 71 - We’re nearing the end of our Summer of Song and wondering What’s Next? We discuss our week in 3 different Michigan State Parks including beach days and family bike rides.Highlights include:* An interesting bike path detour in Traverse City* A campsite by a rocky beach with fossils in Petoskey* Beach Party in Holland* Hiking through woods and over sand dunes in Warren Dunes* We can’t really know what’s next… and that’s probably good* Biden is stepping aside and Harris feels…

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61:34

LFTR Episode 70 - Joy, the Musical (plus Toronto, Mt....

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2024/07/21

LFTR Episode 70 - We can barely contain our Joy this week, but we’re not sure why! Maybe you can let us know.. We left the gin out of our G&T’s and got sillier. 🤷 We recount our week in Toronto and seeing Mt. JoyHighlights include:* Dry July, y’all (so much good N/A stuff out there)* TMI about sleeping habits* Seeing Mt. Joy as a date night * Shout out to the broad squad!* Maybe the best crowd all summer* The beautiful and garish Niagara Falls Canada side* A Burger King roller coaster* Doing

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78:47

LFTR Episode 69 - Butterfly Effect (plus Airstream...

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2024/07/14

LFTR Episode 69 - This week we have a (nice) chat about how the hell we ended up here? We recount the emotional rollercoaster of realizing we had issues with the rig and blowing up our plans for the week to take care of it. We also wax nostalgic about our first camper - and how our Butterfly Effect was a broken tent set off a series of events that changed our lives forever.Highlights include:* Flint, MI is cute!* Airstream alignment is weird* An unplanned trip to “the mothership”* jk we do have

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LFTR Episode 68 - Uneasy (Plus The UP, a Mackinac...

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2024/07/07

LFTR Episode 68 - We were feeling a bit Uneasy this week (and specifically on an intense ferry ride) and Jamie wrote a letter about it. Things were back on track for a bit this week until they weren’t. We discuss our time in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Mackinac Island, as well as being uneasy (both personally and for our country).Highlights include:* A hike that ended up being a trip to the beach.* A hike that did happen to a picturesque lighthouse on a rocky

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71:18

LFTR Episode 67 - Lemonade (plus the south shore of...

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2024/06/30

LFTR Episode 67 - Do you ever get handed lemons by the universe? Big or small, sometimes it can feel like you got a bunch of lemons dumped on you and you’re just expected to make Lemonade for everybody. You don’t have to. Don’t worry about it. That and our time at Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin.Highlights include:* Getting blasted on Madeline Island (not the fun way).* Bailing out of the island to Ashland* A date night! Friday Fish Fry in Wisconsin!* What’s a pasty?* A (past) kayak adventure on

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70:59

LFTR Episode 66 - Big Life (plus Duluth, the North...

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2024/06/23

LFTR Episode 66 - What is Big Life? Do you have one? Do you wish you did? Do we? Who gets to decide and why? We explore this and other Big Questions during a rainstorm. We also catch up about our week in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, Madeline Island, and how we ended up at an indoor water park in Duluth.Highlights include:* Jay Cooke State Park near Duluth, MN is great camping and hiking* What do you do when there’s high wind and up to 3” hail predicted in your area while camping?* Go to a

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67:19

LFTR Episode 65 - Before and After (Plus getting to...

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2024/06/16

LFTR Episode 65 - This week before the show we were in a silly mood and you might be too after you listen! We review our week driving from Indiana to St Paul where we had time with friends and saw Noah Kahan, then talk about the trap that is the before and after framing.Highlights include:* Stopping at ALDI with the rig.* A weird Harvest Host* Redeemed by another HH at Cedar Ridge* A windy drive north* Dinner with an old friend and a new one!* Noah Kahan in St Paul was amazing!* The Counting Crows

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67:54

LFTR Episode 64 - Summer of Song (Railbird, Kentucky...

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2024/06/09

LFTR Episode 64 - We waited for just the right moment to talk about this one, which apparently was from another Cracker Barrel parking lot on the way back north from Lexington! We talk Railbird Music Festival, Kentucky Horse Park Campground and then get into why we’re spending all the money we don’t have this summer on Music.Highlights include:* Why is Kentucky Horse Park Campground so popular for Airstreamers?* Railbird highs and lows* The Red Clay Strays’ unreal crowd for the small stage* Icky

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78:30

LFTR Episode 63 - Pivot! (plus Devils Lake State Park...

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2024/06/02

*** LFTR Diaries is now available on the LFTR YouTube channel. ***LFTR Episode 63 - Coming at you from a parking lot once again, we teach you our secret to not getting bored with long term travel (or life). As Ross and Jared famously said, we Pivot! Highlights include:* Still love Devils Lake SP even after sheltering in the restroom* Go up the steep parts when hiking* Hiking meals are fun. Also full of fiber and sodium!* Madison is top ten* Our 5 pivots this week* Do we pivot more now?* Was getting

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59:31

LFTR Episode 62 - We Get To (plus New Glarus and more)

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2024/05/26

*** LFTR Diaries is now available on the LFTR YouTube channel. Ep. 3 is a tour of our Airstream packed for travel! ***LFTR Episode 62 - We reunited with Jason, Abby and the kids for a birthday weekend full of camping fun in Wisconsin! We talk about that, our last week in Iowa, and then reflect on how lucky we feel that We get to.Highlights include:* Beers and cheese and sausage * The Iowa we know and love!* Except Cedar Rapids has a lot of cool new stuff since we lived there* Pickleball aka “lazy

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66:22

LFTR Episode 61 - I Don’t Know What to Do With My...

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2024/05/19

*** LFTR Diaries launched Friday May 10 on the LFTR YouTube channel! Subscribe now! ***LFTR Episode 61 - We’re continuing our time in Iowa with a great Harvest Host stay at our favorite distillery ever, plus a promising Airstream service appointment and another Planet Fitness shower review. We then talk about how we never know what to do with our eyes, and the journey it seems we’re joining many others on in the last couple decades - understanding our own brains a little better.Highlights include:*

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79:34

LFTR Episode 60 - Follow the Rules! (Plus lots of...

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2024/05/12

*** LFTR Diaries launched Friday May 10 on the LFTR YouTube channel! Subscribe now! ***LFTR Episode 60 - These days we’re not all about rules, having ignored them all and hit the road. However that doesn’t mean there isn’t lots of “Follow the Rules!” out there in the RV/Camping community. Our hot takes on that, plus our travel week from Bozeman, MT to Iowa.Highlights include:* “Would you like another ‘beer’, Luke?”* Our date afternoon in Bozeman* Bikes on the road* Winter just keeps callingâ€¦ and

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69:13

LFTR Episode 59 - Scared to Start (plus more Oregon...

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2024/05/05

LFTR Episode 59 - After a brief interlude at the house we are out for the summer! We discuss the end of our long weekend in Oregon, a few errands at home, and our time in Bozeman, MT. Then we get into how it’s Scary to Start things, but oh so worth “doing it scared”. Then we let you in on some of the new things we’re starting!*** LFTR Diaries launches Friday May 10 on the LFTR YouTube channel! Subscribe now! ***Highlights include:* Cannon Beach + Public Coast* How we did school on the road* Truck

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57:36

LFTR Episode 58 - Oceans (and Astoria, Oregon)

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2024/04/28

LFTR Episode 58 - We’re back on the road!! We’re hanging out with our PenPals Thomas and Erin on the Oregon coast at Ft. Stevens State Park this week having tons of fun at beaches and breweries and campfires! Then we talk about Oceans for a bit!Highlights include:* A mouthful of oyster meat* A crawl of Astoria on a perfect rainy PNW day* Views and huge slide at a neighborhood park in Astoria* Picnic on the beach with a beautiful shipwreck at Ft Stevens* Remembering our previous Oregon coast

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69:37

LFTR Episode 57 - RV Community (and preparing for a...

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2024/04/21

LFTR Episode 57 - our second week back in Studio Flo and we are getting so pumped to get back on the road and hanging out with the Community for the summer! We discuss today’s camping community, how (while improving) it’s still hard to be a minority or be differently able in it, and welcoming everyone who welcomes everyone.Highlights include:* Surprise taxes are fun* Frantically preparing for our summer travels* Frankie’s 1st birthday!* A train tangent* Getting ready to leave town checklist* The

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70:33

LFTR Episode 56 - Two Different Lives (and Tahoe)

Letters From the Road Podcast ·

2024/04/14

LFTR Episode 56 - We’re back home but now have a big shiny object in the driveway (and a new friend or two living with us). The OG LFTR recording studio (Flo the airstream) is back! We review the rest of our time in Lake Tahoe and the drive back, and discuss the idea of living (or wanting) two different lives.Highlights include:* Heavenly in Lake Tahoe pt. 2* Moguls are my nemesis* Skiing in two states* We had to stay in Tahoe til Saturday (darn)* If anyone wants mens 11 snowboard boots hit me up* A

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64:00

LFTR Episode 55 - Turning Chores Into Adventures...

Letters From the Road Podcast ·

2024/04/07

LFTR Episode 55 - We did it, friends! We got back into the Airstream and took it to Lake Tahoe! We discuss the timely topic of Turning Chores into Adventures and being ready for adventure anytime.Highlights include:* KOA Cabin review* Pineapple Chicken Recipe* Hey friends - most of Nevada is mountains!* Midnight bathroom needs* Flo is good to go!* The drive from Vegas to Tahoe* Our first Tahoe ski day* Are we just easily distracted, or do we stop to smell the roses?* Finding the fun in our daily

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78:43

LFTR 54 - It’s Been a Year! (and a city weekend in...

Letters From the Road Podcast ·

2024/03/31

LFTR Episode 54 - We’re back in travel mode and we’re ready to go! On this official, for real, actual one year anniversary episode we’re talking about our favorite LFTRs from our first year. We also can’t contain our excitement about our city weekend in Seattle for oldest’s birthday, and we bring you the highlights.Highlights include:* You’re not obligated to chat with us if you become a PenPal (but please do)* Who wants maraschino cherries?* Parking the dually in downtown Seattle* Did you go to

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62:14

LFTR Episode 53 - Always Leaving (and Las Vegas)

Letters From the Road Podcast ·

2024/03/24

LFTR Episode 53 - This week Jamie’s a little sick, but it couldn’t keep us from talking into your ears through our microphones, whether you like it or not. We look back on our time in Vegas for Thanksgiving 2022, dropping off the Cougar and buying the Airstream. Then we bring the feels back in force with Always Leaving - the bittersweet reality that with every new adventure the previous one is history.Highlights include:* End-of-the-semester sick* Drinks that are snacks* Vegas is actually pretty ok*

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76:19

LFTR Episode 52 - Clothes and Gear We Love (and Lake...

Letters From the Road Podcast ·

2024/03/17

LFTR Episode 52 - On this 1 year anniversary of LFTR we take a break from feelings and talk about all our favorite clothes and gear for road life. Nearing the end of our 2022 travel flashback we talk about the strange but beautiful Lake Havasu, AZ. The letter this week was Clothes where Jamie reveals the dirty secret that she loves clothes.NOTE: Not a sponsored episode. We’ll link you our favorites here because we like them and you might too, but we are not getting any of it free or getting paid

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