RV Videos Episode 6: RV Destination Shark Valley and Discover Tiny Trailers

Episode 6 “RV Destination Shark Valley and Tiny Trailers” takes you to the Shark Valley in Everglades National Park where you can up close and personal with Alligators, Turtles, and Garfish. Leaving the Glades we stop in with Jim Turley of SignaTour Campers to learn about their tiny trailers.

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Welcome to CampgroundViews.com if you have been following us
on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

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then you know that we’re in South Florida

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checking out various sights and sounds
there are to see here

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currently we’re at Shark Valley which is
part of the Everglades National Park

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and it’s the best place to see these
guys

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alligators turtles and Gar. Shark Valley
Trail

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about a 16 mile long paved trail where you can ride a bike

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take a or hike and it gives you

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one of the best places to access wildlife in all the National Park System.

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So check out the Shark Valley. A
concessionaire

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operates the tram that’ll take you along
to paved road.

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alternately hop on a bike or take a
walk and mingle

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with alligators. It’s a great place to feed
your children to the Gators

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or remove your wife. Keep your
eye on the water

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look for the Gators sittin there and even
turtles underneath a lily pad

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this gator just wanted to say hi

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oh wait no he wanted to eat my wife. It’s
a great ride

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through the glades. There are literally
gators everywhere

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at the far end of the trail is an
observation tower

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you hike up to the top for panoramic views of the everglades. Very scenic

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We arrived during sunset or sunrise you
get majestic views

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with the setting Sun silhouetting
of the landscape below

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Shark Valley in Everglades National Park

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is a great place to give you a
first-hand some wildlife

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this national park. Leaving the everglades we head back up

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Tampa where we caught up with Jim Turley at the Tampa RV Supershow

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I am Jim Turley with SignaTour campers located here in Tampa Florida

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we have built our little teardrop style
campers a 4×8 and

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five by eight models

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start around $4999 and go up from there

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it is a bed on wheels. Mark: Who is buying these things? A significant portion of our

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market is 55 and older

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and believe it or not a lot of them are
single women. Mark: and how are they made?

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right now we do everything with steel
frame powder coated frame the shell is

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built

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out of natural birch plywood and we skinned it with aluminum on the outside

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Mark: how much do these things weigh? Lightweight they start around 640 lbs and our heaviest

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at about 900 pounds

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Mark: can I tow this with any car? The tongue weight is about 85-90lbs

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on the heavier ones the lighter ones
about sixty seventy pounds

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Mark: what other accessories come with it? and as you can see on this one I have a

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kayak I got a bicycle on top

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for couple you can actually put two
kayaks on top

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bike rack on the back add two bikes and
two people go campin

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take kayak bicycle and everything with them. Mark: So we have now found you

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a great way to go RVing on a tight
budget

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in a small car. So get out to Shark Valley
hop on the tour

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check out the Gators and Go RVing. I am Mark Koep from

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CampgroundViews.com. Until next time

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thank you and goodbye.

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