On the
road WITH JOHN SCHNEIDER By Cele & Lynn Seldon This month, we chatted with actor, writer, recording artist, dancer, philanthropist and Renaissance man, John Schneider.
he’d have time to do anything else. Let alone travel in his RV.
Probably most well-known for his stint as Bo Duke on the 1979-1985 series, Dukes of Hazzard, John Schneider has much more to his credit than simply cruising around in his Dodge Charger and getting into mischief with his cousins Luke and Daisy. A musician with 19 albums (including two that came out in 2019 – Redneck Rebel and Recycling Grace), other television credits including Jim Cryer on Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots, and Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a dancer with a stint on Dancing with the Stars, an author with his memoir, My Life, My Way, screenwriting, movie producing with his wife, Alicia Allain, and being a co-founder of the Children’s Miracle Network, you wouldn’t think
How did you get into RVing?
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We caught up with John as he and Alicia were setting out in their RV on a promotional tour.
I’ve had an RV forever. When I did Dukes, I had a Vogue motorhome. The next show I did I had a Lance Cabover Camper over a Chevy 454. From there I went to a Coachman fifth wheel. From that I went to an Alfa See Ya. So, I’ve always RVed. My dad had an 18-foot olive green GMC and camped with my family in the good old days. When I had the Alfa and the fifth wheel, we’d take the kids out and go camping. One of the great memories, hopefully, of their childhood. Do you RV for work, pleasure or both? We try to travel for fun. But we’re promoting a movie and
a new single, so it winds up being more for work. But it’s great. Currently it’s probably 90 percent work, 10 percent pleasure. We love what we do so if we’ve got an 8 or 12-hour drive, we’ll have the driver stop halfway through and we’ll go play a round of golf somewhere while he takes a nap. We also love to antique. So sadly, I say jokingly, this coach has a lot of bins underneath it. So, there is lots of room for lamps and knick-knacks you find in an antique store that you couldn’t possibly live without. What’s your favorite thing about staying in an RV versus a hotel room? I don’t like hotels. I like my coffee pot, we like our pillows, our drawers, toothbrushes in the same spot. My favorite thing? Everything. You have your own bed. So, you have your own mattress, pillow and sheets. You know where your
