I'm a follower of Jesus, husband, father of five & outdoor enthusiast. I help families simplify the RV & boat buying process and find the right fit for their lifestyle. Proudly serving customers at Bretz RV & Marine in Liberty Lake, WA. 🇺🇸
A Beginner’s Guide to Finding the Right Balance Between Space, Performance, Towing, and Ownership When you're shopping for a boat, length is one of the first specifications you'll notice. 18 feet. 21 feet. 24 feet. 27 feet. And it's easy to assume that
A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing a Boat With Enough Room for the People Who Actually Come With You When you're shopping for a boat, passenger capacity can look like a simple specification. Six people. Eight people. Twelve people. Maybe even more. But there's an important
A Beginner’s Guide to Purpose-Built Watersports Boats If wakesurfing or wakeboarding is one of the main reasons you're shopping for a boat, you'll eventually encounter a category designed specifically around those activities: Wake and surf boats. At first glance, they can look like other
A Beginner’s Guide to Finding the Right Boat for How and Where You Fish Walk through the fishing-boat section of a dealership and it can quickly become obvious that “fishing boat” doesn't describe one type of boat. A relatively simple aluminum boat with an outboard is
Which Family Boat Is Right for You? If you're shopping for a versatile family boat, deck boats and bowriders can look surprisingly similar at first glance. Both usually have an open bow. Both can provide comfortable seating for family and friends. Both can be used for cruising, swimming,
Which Type of Boat Is Right for You? If you're shopping for a family boat, there's a good chance you'll eventually find yourself comparing a pontoon and a bowrider. Both can be excellent recreational boats. Both can carry family and friends, spend an afternoon
Essential Boating Terms Every New Boater Should Know If you're new to boating, sometimes it can feel like everyone around you is speaking another language. Port. Starboard. Beam. Draft. Deadrise. Trim. Bilge. Then someone tells you to grab the bow line while they back down the ramp, and
A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Right Type of Boat If you're new to boating, one of the first things you'll discover is just how many different types of boats there are. Pontoons. Bowriders. Deck boats. Bass boats. Wake boats. Center consoles. Cruisers. And that&
A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Right Boat Size Buying your first boat is exciting. It can also get overwhelming pretty quickly. Start walking through boats at a dealership or browsing listings online and you'll find everything from compact fishing boats and bowriders to pontoons, wake boats,
Know what to bring for your first trip, what to verify before buying, and which extras can wait. Buying an RV can quickly lead to another shopping project: outfitting it. Search for “essential RV gear,” and you will find enough recommendations to fill every storage compartment before your first trip.
Plan for the purchase, the setup, and the trips ahead—not just the monthly payment. You have found an RV that fits your family, and the purchase price looks manageable. Then a few more questions come up. Where will you store it? What will insurance cost? Is the towing equipment
Understand what winterizing protects, when to plan for it, and why your RV’s equipment determines the right process. The camping season does not always end with an obvious final trip. Sometimes you return home expecting to go out again in a few weeks. Then schedules change, the nights get