This week on the RV Podcast:




* Confessions of a Camp Host: In our conversation of the week, you’ll hear all about the Good, the Bad, and the Wonderfully Weird



* Gas prices are sky high again, but they’re blaming it on a flood at a refinery and say prices should drop again soon.



* How not to get burned out from driving to your next camping spot



* All this plus the RV News of the Week and your questions coming up in Episode 562 of the RV Podcast




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RV NEWS OF THE WEEK







​Labor Day Price Spike? Blame the Midwest Refinery Flood​



If you are from the Midwest and winced at the sudden fuel pump price hike right before Labor Day, we feel your pain! Flooding temporarily closed the Midwest’s largest oil refinery. The result was a sudden 27-cent per gallon price hike everywhere from Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, to some parts of Illinois and Indiana. The good news is that the BP Whiting Refinery in Indiana is now operating again. And experts expect prices to drop in the next week.



Overwhelmed and Understaffed: Leaked Report Reveals Strain on U.S. National Parks​



The National Parks Service lost about one-quarter of its workforce this year, and a leaked internal parks report from July 2025 shows, "staff are overwhelmed, conditions are deteriorating, and visitors are being left without the services or protections they count on," says the National Parks Conservation Association, an advocacy group. The effects of the staffing cuts vary and are based on how many employees were lost at a particular location through the government's early retirement offer and probationary employees' cuts. For example, Yellowstone reports no problems, while Yosemite reports a temporary halt to ranger-led tours. Zion reported a reduction in cleaning capabilities and less capacity to respond to emergencies, and Indiana Dunes dropped ranger programming from 575 last year to 100 this year. 



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