{"id":2906,"date":"2020-03-31T13:03:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T17:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2020-04-05T01:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T05:58:53","slug":"an-uncertain-future-for-motorcoach-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/2020\/03\/31\/an-uncertain-future-for-motorcoach-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"An Uncertain Future for Motorcoach Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>S<\/strong>urviving in an uncertain world \u2026 motorcoach operators are suddenly, virtually without warning, navigating in a new world \u2014 and not from the driver\u2019s seat. In episode #23 of the EightWheels Across America podcast, Sean O\u2019Meara and I discuss the new reality and what the future might look like from this viewpoint. But first, several drivers post their messages of encouragement for other motorcoach operators. Be optimistic, hang in there! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13781750\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/3a3ea9\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-gallery-2 wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barry-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2910\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barry-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/?attachment_id=2910#main\" class=\"wp-image-2910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barry-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barry-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barry-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barry-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barry-1-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barry-1.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Barry Howell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"705\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2912\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/?attachment_id=2912#main\" class=\"wp-image-2912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-1.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-1-610x610.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sean O&#8217;Meara<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2911\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/?attachment_id=2911#main\" class=\"wp-image-2911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ginny-1.jpeg 1684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ginny Stromberg<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surviving in an uncertain world \u2026 motorcoach operators are suddenly, virtually without warning, navigating in a new world \u2014 and not from the driver\u2019s seat. In episode #23 of the EightWheels Across America podcast, Sean O\u2019Meara and I discuss the new reality and what the future might look like from this viewpoint. But first, several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-driving-from-home.jpeg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-driving-from-home.jpeg","author_info":{"display_name":"Bob Bergey","author_link":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/author\/eightwheels\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sean-driving-from-home.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2940,"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions\/2940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eightwheelsacrossamerica.com\/eaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}