Library of Congress Publication ISSN 2692-2851
Caly Behymer & Randy Behymer
Editor-in-Chief & President
Randy and Caly Behymer are avid RV travelers, hikers, and photographers. They have been RV’ing together for years, visiting states and many countries of the world. Their love of RV travel and documenting that travel to share with others turned into creating RV Destinations Magazine.
They have a successful financial planning practice and have been in the financial services industry since the early ’90s. Photography has always been a creative outlet for them eventually leading them to open a photography business.
Randy and Caly are from a small rural town in Kentucky. There they live with two dogs and a cat. Two Boxers, Bella and Zoe, and Gus the cat. Randy has three children from a previous marriage that has blessed them both with several grandkids.
When not in their stationary home, they can be found traveling the United States and Canada in their second home, their 2018 Winnebago Journey, and documenting their adventures through word and camera lens.
Their wish for their readers? “We created RV Destinations Magazine for the traveler and adventurer. For those who want to explore new places and revisit the familiar with a new eye. We designed this magazine to make our readers want to get out, explore and memorialize the world around them, with tips on places to see, things to do, and tricks for photographing it the best.”
Lee Hetherington
CMO
I have enjoyed a robust magazine publishing career spanning some 3-decades. My greatest joy and fulfillment have come when the content of the magazine is intertwined with my personal passion. Enter RV Destinations magazine. Being able to embrace the RV lifestyle while helping the team publish RVD magazine, podcast, and e-newsletter is a welcome adventure that my wife Cindy and I are grateful to be a part of.
We love the ability to work remotely and travel in our 5th wheel. Last year we enjoyed 90-days on the road and this year we’re booked for some 120 days at 8 destinations. When not travelling with the RV, we can be found in Minnesota & North Carolina with our 3 adult children, family & friends.
Maria Witte
Lead Editor
Maria Witte is a lifelong Kentucky native who graduated from Northern Kentucky University many moons ago. A former managing editor for Writer’s Digest Magazine, she is now a freelance editor living in Union, Kentucky, with her husband and three kids. Maria and her family enjoy traveling, especially for baseball games, football games, concerts, and to take in the local scenery. Avid Cincinnati Reds fans, the family hopes to watch the team play in all the stadiums in the US.
Colin Daugherty
Art Director
Colin is passionate about art and design. He holds degrees from Morehead State and Northern Kentucky Universities. In his free time, you can find him at his local bowling alley or, in the summer, out on the water boating with friends. He’s been traveling around the US his whole life and has recently been working on filling the empty pages in his passport. “The open road is a blank canvas. Every mile a brush stroke. Every stop, a color on the pallet. The destination is only part of something that is only finished when you pull into your driveway after the journey.”
Casey Kilgore
Advertising Representative
Casey is wife to Kevin and mom to four teenage girls. She and her family have traveled full time in their fifth wheel RV for three years. In the summer of 2021, they founded their non profit ministry organization, Through the Eyes of our Tribe, which has guided their travel schedule. In three years, they have visited all 48 of the lower states and 4 Canadian provinces. If you ask some of her family’s favorite places to visit, you’ll get a mixed bag of responses ranging from major cities to national parks! Their favorite part of this nomadic season of their lives is collecting memories together.
You can follow their journey on Facebook and Instagram @throughtheeyes_ofourtribe
Agata Wisniowska
Contributor
Agata Wisniowska, her husband, Marcin, and their 2 dogs, have been traveling full-time in their RV since Dec. 2019. They were recently joined by their now toddler Tomas in May after taking a year off from RVing after his birth. They are committed to helping you learn about destinations in Canada with an enriched look at history and local cultures. You can follow them on Instagram or YouTube at @wenowrv
Anne Klumpp
Contributor
Anne Klumpp, her husband, Brian, and their dog, Skipper, have been traveling full-time in their Class A motor home since April 2019. They share their adventures, including their experiences of local culture through food and beverage, home cooking, and RV travels
Instagram: @ontheroadofadventure
Lindsay McKenzie
Contributor
Lindsay McKenzie took a life detour in 2016 and traveled full-time for over two years in her RV with her husband and two dogs. They went all over the country and even into Canada and Mexico! Now as a mom with a home base in Colorado, she spends most of her summers out camping in their RV and her winters dreaming and planning those adventures. Having the opportunity to share her love of RVing with others, but especially her son, has made it that much more special. You can usually find her on the river fly-fishing, hiking to sunset spots, or at a local brewery.
Peggy Dent
Contributor
Peggy is an author, writer, and full-time RVer, currently traveling in the US and Canada. She’s driven a motor home more than130,000 miles and learned the secrets, delights, and pitfalls of RVing through her own experiences. She shares her knowledge and insights in numerous RV industry publications. You can contact her through her website at www.APenInYourHand.com
Sandi Barrett
Contributor
Whether she is leaving on a jet plane or road tripping across the country, Sandi loves to visit destinations that offer cool and interesting activities, fabulous culinary creations, and fun libations. Semi-retired from a long career in marketing, Sandi is making the most of her boomer traveling, go-go years, with a goal to visit as many places as possible. Having 35 states and territories, 26 countries, and a grand collection of national and state parks in her travel log; her current goal is to visit all 50 states in the next 5 years.
Sarah McGraw
Contributor
Sarah McGraw is an outdoor adventure seeker, mountain admirer, hiking addict, part-time van-lifer, country music jammer, fruit addict, photo snatcher, cactus lover, backpacking fanatic, fly-fishing enthusiast, and sunset chaser. She’s traveled far and wide in her van and spends most nights seeking out remote boon docking camp sites. Follow her adventures on IG @Sarah_mcgraw_explores
Tessa Miller
Contributor
Tessa Miller and her husband, Philip, are endlessly curious travelers who have been on the road for at least six out of every twelve months since 2013. They love RV’ing as a way to enjoy all the comforts of home while visiting unique places and seeing amazing sights in their Fleetwood Southwind 34C, called “Elsie.”
Follow them on Instagram @charmingrvadventures or subscribe to their travel blog: charmingrvadventures.com
Vanessa Russell
Contributor
Scott, Vanessa, and their 13-year-old daughter have RV traveled full-time for 7 years. They provide tips on RVing, travel destinations, and the full-time RV lifestyle at www.TheAdventureDetour.com and on Instagram @theadventuredetour. Reach out to them and say hi!
Whitney O’Halek
Contributor
Whitney O’Halek is a travel writer, author, and blogger currently living in the D.C. area. She started traveling in 2006 and basically never unpacked.
You can follow her journey on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest @quickwhittravel.
Visit her website quickwhittravel.com for more.
Robb and Lori Good
Contributor
Robb and Lori Good have loved traveling for most of their adult life. They are semi-retired and enjoy RVing with their two dogs.
Lori’s love of photography is always spreading their wings and taking them to new destinations and adventures. They view each city as a big scavenger hunt and love finding the perfect photo.
Carrie Hanrahan
Contributor
Carrie Hanrahan is a travel and landscape photographer with a passion to inspire others to explore amazing places through her images and writing. As a frequent traveler, she is able to find the hidden gems among the more visited destinations and loves writing about both.
Visit her at www.carriehanrahanphotography.com to see her images, follow her blog or look for stock photography
Pamela Hunt
Contributor
Pamela Hunt is a freelance writer and editor in Burlington, Vermont. She lives to travel, whether in her camper van with her two dogs or further afield, to places where she can practice a new language, sample the local cuisine, and learn something new every day.
Gwendolyn Call
Contributor
Gwendolyn, her husband Brittan and 3 kiddos full time travel in their RV along with their 2 pups! They love to share tips and tricks on how to live the full time RV life, road school, and find awesome off the beaten path locations, all while keeping their sanity and having fun! Gwendolyn’s love of exploring amazing hiking locations for families, chasing sunsets and waterfalls and her love of photography have made rv life a dream come true to share!
You can follow along their journey on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube
@chaoskiddosandharmony
Or drop by their blog:
Kristy Fouts
Contributor
In 2019, Kristy hit the road with Willa, her shiny Airstream Trailer. With her adventurous pup and Sony camera by her side, she has documented the journey on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and other social media accounts. @WillaWanders is an outdoor travel account that features a mix of conservation education and inspiration for scenic recreation. Posts include a mix of nature and lifestyle photography, State/National Park information, travel and tourism itineraries, wildlife photography, and recreational product reviews. Information about sustainability and conservation is woven into posts, with the goal of encouraging followers to “Leave No Trace” in nature.
Follow along to see where Willa wanders next…
Brooks Smothers
Contributor
Brooks Smothers has been to all 50 states, but he grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, which he currently calls his base camp. A few years ago he and his wife bought a tent trailer as an anniversary present to dip their toes into the RV life, they quickly realized how much they love RVing, and now they tow a travel trailer around the American West. Brooks is also the host of a RV podcast, called RV Out West which focuses on RVing around the Pacific Northwest.
Follow along on his adventures: https://www.instagram.com/rv_out_west/
Tami Brooks
Contributor
Tami Brooks is a freelance writer living in East Texas. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, and she is the author of Stuff I Wish I’d Known Before I Went Hiking: A Few Tales and Fails from the Trail. When her children were young, she and her family vacationed throughout the U.S. with their travel trailer making memories. The kids have grown, and the travel trailer has gone to a new family. To take its place, she’s building out a Ford F-150 to continue the adventure.
Brooks prefers to explore new destinations at a slower pace, often by hiking, pedaling, or paddling. When she’s not on the trail, in the kayak, or on the bike, she can be found on the back deck with a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon, plotting her next adventure.
Lucinda Belden
Contributor
Lucinda Belden has been a travel content writer since 2010 and started RVing full-time in 2019. She is a team writer for several travel magazines, blogs, and books – Escapees Magazine, Ride Texas Magazine, RV books on Amazon, RV Travel Newsletter, and RV Life. Lucinda also hosts RV events across the U.S. with her husband Will and they share their adventures at Direction Wide Open. If there is anything she has learned, it is to travel like a local, not a tourist, and – you never stop learning!
Hailey Groo
Contributor
Hailey (they/them) is a national parks, rollercoaster, and local history aficionado who’s been with RV Destinations Magazine since the very first issue. They travel the world with their dog, Pip, while working remotely as the owner of Groo Media, which provides complete PR and digital marketing services for small businesses and nonprofits. Hailey has a M.A. Public History degree from Colorado State University and almost two decades of published writing experience.
Keith and Carla
Contributor
Keith and Carla are lifetime travelers and have visited most of North America overlanding, tent camping, car camping and in different types of RVs. They live in Idaho with Clover their German Short Haired Pointer and enjoy photographing wildlife and unique landscapes. Carla’s photography can be seen at https://www.CarlaGuise.com
Lynne Fedorick
Contributor
Lynne Fedorick is a professional dog trainer, writer, and admitted RV fanatic. To say Lynne has enjoyed the RV lifestyle for more than 30 years is probably an understatement. Lynne went traveling full-time in her RV 5 years ago and she hasn’t looked back since. There are always new places to see and explore. Lynne travels throughout Canada and the USA with her 2 English pointers Jolene and Annabelle. You might find all three of them at a dog park near you, as they explore the best dog parks throughout Canada and the USA.
Lynne currently writes for RV Destinations Magazine, RV Life Magazine, Camper Report, Camper Smarts, Do It Yourself RV Magazine, and RV Magazine. She loves sharing her enthusiasm for RVs and RVing in Canada in articles and photographs. You can read all about Lynne’s travel adventures at Rpodadventure.com.
As an accredited professional dog trainer, Lynne has helped thousands of dog owners solve a multitude of dog behavior problems from dog aggression to separation anxiety. Lynne works directly with dog owners one-on-one in online training sessions or private sessions at www.mydoggeek.com.
Julie Chickery
Contributor
Julie Chickery is a travel writer with a passion for exploration. She caught the travel bug while serving 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. Julie and her husband, Sean lived in their fifth-wheel RV for six years before settling down near their first grandchild. Now they enjoy sharing their love of RV travel with him. She’s passionate about giving readers the information they need to plan their own adventures.
Visit her website at www.chickerystravels.com or follow her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chickerystravels/.
Nicole Bandes
Contributor
Nicole and her husband Jeff have been RVing since 2020 but it wasn’t because of COVID! They take a summer trip every year to get out of the Phoenix heat. While Nicole isn’t a full time writer, she has published a book and writes frequently for her work and as a hobby. When traveling, Nicole and Jeff seek out lots of history, small towns and outdoor activities. You can see more of Nicole’s travel writing and photography at www.touringwiththebandeses.com or some of her more creative work at www.nicolebandes.com.
Shannon Murray
Contributor
Shannon and her husband Bobby have been traveling fulltime since 2021 in their travel trailer, all while working remotely. They love sharing outdoor adventures and RV living tips on Instagram and YouTube @snorkelsandsnowpants, and their blog www.snorkelsandsnowpants.com.
