John Holod Productions & RV Adventure Videos

Come along on the adventure of a lifetime! The Rocky Mountains are the back-bone of North America and include some of the most beautiful scenery in the world! We'll take the back-roads as we follow the Rockies from New Mexico to Yellowstone, exploring the familiar and not so familiar natural wonders along the way. The video includes:

Las Vegas NM - Taos NM - Bandelier National Monument NM - Cumbres & Toltec Steam Era Scenic Railroad Tour NM - Royal Gorge CO - Garden of the God's CO - Pike's Peak Cog Railway CO - Durango/Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway CO - Silverton CO - Historic Mountain Jeep Tour Telluride CO - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park CO - Independence Pass CO - Aspen/Snowmass CO - Rocky Mountain National Park CO - Big Horn Sheep - Dinosaur National Monument CO - Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area UT - Green River Float Tour UT - Museum of the Mountain Man - Grand Teton National Park WY - Historic Lodges - Moose - Yellowstone National Park WY - Bison, Elk, Bears - Old Faithful
* video approx: 85 minutes *

EXTRAS: detailed maps – visual campground guide , B&B's, and more – great restaurants - attractions contact information – save valuable time and money by seeing and planning your trip "before" you leave home!
* approx. 45 minutes *

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Come along on the adventure of a lifetime! Over twenty-five years ago John Holod traveled 1400 miles of dirt road up the Alaska Highway to visit the last frontier by motorcycle. The lure of the great state has brought him back again and again over the years. This time he invites you to come along in the luxurious comfort of an RV. John will share his favorite places and show you the best routes to save you time and money on your next Alaska adventure. The video includes:

The Alaska Highway history – Dawson Creek – Liard Hot Springs – Watson Lake sign post forest– Whitehorse museums – Dawson City Diamond Tooth Gertie’s – Chicken beautiful downtown – Tok – North Pole Santa House - Fairbanks Discovery River Boat Tour, El Dorado Gold Mine - Denali National Park wildlife, flight-seeing - Talkeetna Moose Dropping Festival– Anchorage State Fair – Kenai River fishing salmon, trout – Ninilchik clam digging – Homer – Seward Sealife Center, Mountain Marathon, Kenai Fjords National Park – Valdez Prince William Sound – Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge – Haines – Skagway White Pass & Yukon Railroad -
* video approx: 85 minutes *

EXTRAS: detailed maps – visual campground guide , B&B's, and more – great restaurants - attractions contact information – save valuable time and money by seeing and planning your trip "before" you leave home!
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The adventure begins on beautiful Vancouver Island in British Columbia with a visit to Telegraph Cove, possibly the best place on Earth to view Orca (killer whales). We continue north to Ketchikan, Alaska's first city on the Inside Passage. Here we explore the spectacular Misty Fjords National Monument by kayak and float plane. We also learn about the art of totem pole carving and watch as they are created. A short side trip by ferry takes us to Prince Of Wales Island, which has more than 2,000 miles of logging roads for exploration. The island is also known for its luxury fishing lodges.

Wrangell calls itself "Alaska's Hidden Jewel" and is paradise for those seeking outdoor adventure! Many say that if you're looking for the real Alaska, you'll find it here. The Anan Bear Observatory is considered to be one of the best in the state and the only place where black and brown bears feed together. We take an exciting jet boat tour up the Stikine River - the last great un-dammed river on the continent - and visit Telegraph Creek as well as the Grand Canyon of the Stikine.

The ferry becomes part of the adventure as we head north through the Wrangell Narrows - the single most difficult navigational stretch on the Passage. Petersburg is Alaska's "Little Norway" and Southeast's busiest processing port, home to the area's largest fishing fleet. Sitka was once the Russian capital of Alaska and is one of the most beautiful spots on our route. We explore the town's history and native culture. The Alaska Raptor Center offers a close-up at eagles. A wildlife cruise to St. Lazaria Island lets us observe whales, puffins, sea lions and otters. A snorkeling tour reveals Alaska's underwater world.

Juneau is the state capital. The biggest attraction is Mendenhall Glacier, which we explore with an exciting helicopter tour and glacier trek. Some of the best humpback whale watching is within a short boat ride of town. Incredible glacier calving and towering cliffs can be seen at nearby Tracy Arm. Side trips take us to beautiful Glacier Bay and the quirky little town of Pelican.

Our adventure ends with a tour of historic Skagway and more wilderness adventures in Haines, including a river tour, an air boat ride and panning for gold.

Imagine taking a tour of Alaska and bringing your home along for the ride! Join us on our RV adventure and get helpful tips to plan your own.

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RV travel experts Joe and Vicki Kieva tell you what to expect and how to prepare for an RV trip to Alaska. Topics include:

Joe and Vicki Kieva are best known for their "how-to" RV books, magazine articles and seminars. Their RV travels have taken them throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and six European countries.
* video approx: 60 minutes *

EXTRAS: detailed maps – visual campground guide , B&B's, and more – great restaurants - attractions contact information – save valuable time and money by seeing and planning your trip "before" you leave home!
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During the summer of 2005 the gulf coast was devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Despite the destruction there are still beautiful places to visit and wonderful things to experience. The people living here are the most hospitable on earth and their stories will warm your heart. They are working to rebuild their beautiful coast and you can help by paying a visit and putting some much needed tourism dollars back into the economy. This 1700-mile adventure begins at Sanibel Island FL and ends at Padre Island TX. Along the way we observe an amazing array of birds, mammals, marine life, flora, fauna, and let you experience the lives of hard working gulf coast residents. The story of the gulf coast is one of courage and compassion, come along for the ride! The video includes:

Sanibel Island shelling – J.N. Ding Darling NWR - Cabbage Key & Cayo Costa S.P. – Siesta Key Beach – Mote Aquarium - "old Florida" highlights Tarpon Springs sponge divers, Weeki Wachee mermaids, Homosassa manatees, Cedar Key red fish & birding, and Apalachicola – St. George Island – St. Joseph Peninsula S.P. -Panama City Beach dolphin swim – Pensacola FL Aviation Museum – historic forts – Gulf Shores AL – Dauphin Island nature – oyster tonging – Bellingrath Gardens – Mobile AL – Biloxi MS – Jefferson Davis Home - Gulfport – Gulf Islands National Seashore – Ship Island - Pass Christian – Bay St. Louis – New Orleans LA – volunteer workers – Cajun Country – music - crawfish farm - Lafayette – Tabasco Factory Avery Island - Atchafalaya Swamp – Lacassine NWR – Port Arthur TX – Galveston – Aransas NWR – Laguna Atascosa NWR – Sea Turtle Rescue Center - Padre Island National Seashore – (approx 85-minutes)

EXTRAS - detailed maps – visual campground guide – attractions – great restaurants, B&Bs, and more. Save valuable time and money by seeing and planning your trip before you leave home! (approx: 45-minutes)

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When you think of the Northeast Coast you usually think of big cities and crowded beaches, but there are still many "natural wonders" to explore. This 1500-mile adventure begins in busy Virginia Beach and ends at the Maine/Canada border. Along the way we observe an amazing array of birds, mammals, whales, insects, amphibians, flora, and endangered species. We also experience kayaking, sailing, aerial tours, lobstering, crabbing, and over thirty lighthouses. This is a true adventure! The video also includes:

Virginia Beach – Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Chesapeake Bay – Maritime Museum -Tangier Island watermen, blue crab harvest – Tilghman Island skip-jack sail – Chincoteague ponies – Assateague Island National Seashore – endangered plover program – Delaware Prime Hook NWR – horseshoe crab/shorebird migration – Cape Henlopen – ferry to New Jersey – Cape May – Monarch Butterfly migration – marsh tour - skimmers – songbirds – Wetlands Institute turtle rescue – Atlantic City area – Edwin B. Forsythe NWR – shorebirds - Sandy Hook National Seashore – Long Island NY – Fire Island National Seashore – wineries – Montauk Lighthouse – Shelter Island Mashomack Preserve – wildflowers – insects up-close - ferry to Connecticut – Mystic CT Seaport Museum & town - Newport Rhode Island – Block Island – Cape Cod National Seashore – Monomoy NWR – famous Wellfleet oysters – whale watching – Provincetown – Race Point Light House overnight – Plymouth Rock – Boston Harbor Islands – Parker River NWR – Portsmouth New Hampshire – Isle of Shoals sail & kayak – seals - Maine lobster fishermen – Bath ME Maritime Museum – Monhegan Island – Windjammers – Lighthouse Museum - Isle Au Haut Lighthouse – Boothbay Harbor – Bar Harbor – Arcadia National Park – Machias Seal Island puffins – Lubec – Canada border – a great adventure awaits you, come along for the ride! (approx: 85 minutes)

EXTRAS (DVD ONLY) detailed maps – visual campground guide – attractions – great restaurants and more. See and plan your trip before you leave home. Save valuable time and money! (approx: 45 minutes)

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When you think of the East Coast you usually think of big cities, but there are many natural areas that have been set aside as well. Our adventure begins in Virginia Beach as we follow the coast south through the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This is where the Wright Brothers made their first flight and where we try our hand at hang-gliding, take a 4-wheel adventure along the beach to find Wild Mustangs, and explore the many lighthouses the dangerous coastlines famous for. A scenic ferry ride takes us and our RV back to the mainland where we head to South Carolina and Myrtle Beach. Just outside of Charleston we take a kayak trip to an island with a pelican rookery. At Hilton Head we find wild dolphins, painted buntings, and take a trip on a shrimp boat to learn how one of our favorite foods is harvested.

One-third of all the saltwater marshes along the East Coast are located in Georgia. An eco-tour explains how important the marsh is to the creatures that inhabit it, like oysters, crabs, wading birds, and manatees. On Sapalo Island we learn its history of plantations and slaves. A hike around Cumberland Island reveals its miles of beautiful beaches. We follow famous highway A1A south along the Florida coast stopping at historic St. Augustine to see the Fountain of Youth. The Kennedy Space Center is world famous but did you know that the surrounding Merritt Wildlife Refuge is a natural hot spot bursting with wildlife? Nearby we observe the age old ritual of the giant loggerhead turtle coming back to the beach to lay its eggs.

The Everglades is the place to visit for natural wonders. The national park is one of the most unusual in the country. Alligators and crocodiles are king here along with hundreds of other species of wildlife. The drive over the bridges of the Florida Keys is a spectacular display of colorful water and sand. Along the way we scuba dive with sharks, catch giant tarpon, film the endangered Key Deer, kayak through mangroves, and take an ultra-light flight. Our journey ends in quirky Key West with a trip to the beautiful Dry Tortugas. The East Coast contains many natural wonders that most people are not aware of, come along for the ride!

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Come along on the adventure of a lifetime! In 1975, future filmmaker John Holod traveled the 1,060 mile Transpeninsular Baja Highway from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas by motorcycle. He now returns in the comfort of his RV to make a video about this incredible desert paradise.

The adventure begins at the busiest border crossing in the world. We take a tour with the US Border Patrol to see what is being done to secure this hot spot. Today's Tijuana is much different from the rundown place many of us remember. Ensenada is famous for its fish market, the blowhole, Estro Beach and Hussong's Cantina - "the bar that built a town". A side trip takes us to San Felipe on the Sea of Cortez, a beach playground for RV'ers. Sierra National Park, looking much like Northern California, is home to the Pico Diablo, the highest mountain in all of Baja. Our route south takes us to San Quintin and El Rosario, the home of Mama Espinosa's famous restaurant where we talk to Mama herself. Bahia de Los Angeles, one of the most beautiful places on the peninsula, is home to a wide variety of wildlife and provides access to the Midriff Islands and life forms found nowhere else on Earth.

Guerrero Negro is famous for salt production and the world's friendliest grey whales...who get close enough to pet! We also visit a preserve protecting the endangered Peninsula Pronghorn, which have a population of less than two hundred. In San Ignacio we tour the mission and enjoy a parade honoring its patron saint. Santa Rosalia's history features mining and French colonial style architecture. Mulege - the oasis in the desert - offers palm trees, dorado fishing, birding and a hike to nearby cave paintings. Camping on the beach a few feet from the sea makes many consider Bahia Conception the ultimate Baja destination. Loreto is one of the most pleasant towns in Baja featuring a mission museum and a 4 wheel drive side trip to San Javier and its well preserved church. A visit to San Carlos allows us to explore Magdalena Bay with its mangroves and estuaries. La Paz is noted for an attractive waterfront walkway and some of the best scuba diving on the peninsula. The adventure ends in the popular tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas. This is an adventure-packed 75 minute experience!

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Mention Cuba and one image comes to mind...Fidel...but Cuba is more than that - much more. American documentary film producer John Holod entered Cuba through the "back door", without official help or intervention, to find out the true story of this "mysterious" island. The filmmaker spent several months exploring the cities and back roads while talking to the "real" island people. Cuba is like nowhere else on Earth. It is the largest, most diverse and most beautiful island in the Caribbean with a deep sense of history and culture. It is called the "Pearl of the Antilles" for good reason. Come along on a true adventure! Walk in the footsteps of Columbus - learn about the island's fascinating history, the early Indians, the slave trade and Cuba's greatest hero, Jose Marti - Batista, Havana, and the mob - Fidel, Che, and the freedom fighters - the spectacular Sierra Maestra mountains - Guantanamo Naval Base - Cuban cowboys - rural workers - La Faroa, the island's most scenic drive - amazing flora and fauna - Santiago de Cuba - Carnival! - Trinidad, a colonial jewel - the Bay of Pigs story - Zapata Swamp, nature's showplace - Isle of Youth, underwater paradise - stunning Vinales Valley - story of the Cuban cigar - Varadero, tourist haven - vintage cars - Columbus Cemetery - the Hemingway Trail - Havana, the heart of Cuba - Old Havana, UNESCO world heritage site.

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In an informative and entertaining style, documentary film producer John Holod explores the human side of twelve centuries of history and politics as well as modern ecological problems and solutions in progress. Tour Prague, the city of the golden spires, and Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Wander through the narrow streets of the picturesque medieval town of Czeke Krumlov and take part in the reenactment of a 15th century battle. Relax in the hot springs at Karlovy Vary. Observe the production of pilsner beer and Bohemian crystal. Then step into the modern world of mines and foundries. Meander through the quiet countryside and hike among the snow-covered peaks of the High Tatras. All of this and more in Czech/Slovakia - Land of Beauty and Change.

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Captain Ken Neidlinger has been chartering trips in Michigan for 30 years. Ken fishes year round, spending winter and spring in the St. Joe River and summer and fall in Lake Michigan.

Over the years Ken has had the opportunity to take out such legendary greats as Bobbie Unser Jr. and Indiana's own Bobby Knight. Many have wanted to know his secrets to successful fishing, so he has produced a video that is now available called "Captain Ken Neidlinger's Secrets to Successful Fishing for Trout and Salmon". In this video, Ken shares his secrets to summer steelhead and salmon fishing on Lake Michigan.

This video promises to make the beginner fisherman good and a good fisherman better! Ken shares tips about tackle and lures, water temperature, trolling speed, downriggers, sea anchors, outriggers, netting fish and using a fish finder.

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Great Lakes and St. Joe River guide Captain Ken Neidlinger has earned a reputation by first locating trout and salmon, and then putting them in the boat. He averages 2,000 fish each year!

In this 55 minute video, Captain Ken shares his secrets of over 30 years of guiding with you. He explains - in layman's terms - his secrets for how you can catch salmon and trout in any river they inhabit by using the following tips and techniques:

Boat recommendations - tackle and lures - water conditions: temperature, high/low, clear/cloudy - spawn fishing techniques - sliding downstream - and many other "where, when and how" tips to maximize your time on the water.