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Traveling Preachers Serve Campers’ Needs

Circuit-riding preachers in the 19th century journeyed through uncharted wilderness to spread the gospel in any available setting – family cabins, courthouses, meetinghouses or open fields. They traveled with few possessions, carrying only what would fit in their...

Texas Agency Offers Services Nationwide

Texas Advertising Inc., a 14-year-old marketing company and advertising agency that publishes local area attraction/guest guides for roughly 40 campgrounds in Texas and surrounding states as well as the annual Texas RV Travel & Camping Guide, is now offering its...

South Dakota May Hike Campground Fees

South Dakota campgrounds would get hit in a number of ways as the state government looks to raise fees to businesses to help solve its financial budget shortfall. The administration of Gov. Mike Rounds is lobbying for five pieces of legislation that will come before...

Failing Resort Taking 2009 Reservations

A receiver likely will be appointed Friday to oversee the Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park campground in Warrens, Wis., after a federal judge dismissed the campground owner’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, according to the La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune. That means...

Texas Parks Begin New Parking Policy

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Whitney Lake north of Waco, Texas, is implementing a new parking policy this year at several parks due to an increase in visitation at the campgrounds. The changes to the parking policy will allow three vehicles per campsite and...

N.C. State Parks Add Reservation System

Beginning April 22, a reservations system will replace the first-come, first-served system of assigning campsites, cabins and shelters at North Carolina’s 37 state parks, according to the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal. “We’re very sensitive that a lot of...

Developer Questions ‘Pricy’ Hookup Fees

The ongoing discussions of a proposed RV park in Hardin, Mo., shifted to the cost of 10 separate water and sewer line hook-ups during a recent town council meeting. Hardin resident Jason Raasch is trying to get approval to build a 10-unit, two-acre RV park in the town...

New Florida Keys RV Park Opens

Florida’s Middle Keys has a new year-round “home” for vacationers with recreational vehicles – and pets. Grassy Key RV Park & Resort, located at Mile-Marker 58.7 bayside, recently celebrated its grand opening. On land formerly occupied by the...

Texas Parks Begin New Parking Policy

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Whitney Lake north of Waco, Texas, is implementing a new parking policy this year at several parks due to an increase in visitation at the campgrounds. The changes to the parking policy will allow three vehicles per campsite and...

N.C. State Parks Add Reservation System

Beginning April 22, a reservations system will replace the first-come, first-served system of assigning campsites, cabins and shelters at North Carolina’s 37 state parks, according to the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal. “We’re very sensitive that a lot of...

Developer Questions ‘Pricy’ Hookup Fees

The ongoing discussions of a proposed RV park in Hardin, Mo., shifted to the cost of 10 separate water and sewer line hook-ups during a recent town council meeting. Hardin resident Jason Raasch is trying to get approval to build a 10-unit, two-acre RV park in the town...

New Florida Keys RV Park Opens

Florida’s Middle Keys has a new year-round “home” for vacationers with recreational vehicles – and pets. Grassy Key RV Park & Resort, located at Mile-Marker 58.7 bayside, recently celebrated its grand opening. On land formerly occupied by the...