Several campgrounds in northern and southern California have dodged the forest and brush fires that have ravaged the state in the past two weeks. Most recently, the Auburn Gold Country RV Park was in the path of a rapidly spreading fire on Sunday that reportedly...
Firefighters tried to hold back a massive wildfire from consuming thousands of homes and a communications center in California’s Los Angeles County today (Aug. 31) as they mourned two firefighters killed when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side. About...
Jim King and his traveling companion, both of Daytona Beach, Fla., were hot, tired and grubby from a long day of sightseeing in and around St. Louis, Mo. When they returned to their 40-foot motorhome at Sundermeier RV Park in St. Charles, Mo., they didn’t feel...
 Nancy Heckert of Panama City, Fla., has won a new Keystone Outback travel trailer valued at more than $26,000, the management of Keystone RV Co. announced Thursday (Aug. 27). The Outback, the second of four grand prizes Keystone will award during its year-long Live...
Despite a cooler summer Manitoba campsite reservations were up this year. A report issued Aug. 28 showed an 8.6% increase with more than 58,000 Â reservations, according to CJOB-TV, Winnipeg. Minister Stan Struthers said he had hoped eliminating park entry fees might...
Pehdzeh Ki First Nation is conducting a series of projects with the goal of promoting Wrigley in Canada’s Northwest Territories as a tourist destination. The band has four projects underway to improve the campgrounds and trails in the remote community located at...
The state of Oklahoma recently completed a $750,000 renovation of the Seminole Campground in Sequoyah State Park near Hulbert, 30 miles southeast of Tulsa. The renovation includes construction of 40 RV campsites, campsite amenities and associated utility systems....
It appears tragedy has, once again, struck at Virginia Tech University as two students were found shot dead near campus on Thursday. The students were found dead at a popular student campground about 15 miles from the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg. According to...
 Recreational vehicle owners have a new place to call home, at least for a few days or weeks before they move on down the road. River Bend Resort in Harrisburg, Ore., offers 95 RV sites, a 19-room motel, meeting space and a restaurant and lounge as well as views of...
 The Rusk KOA Kampground in Rusk, Texas, will be the site of the 9th annual Texas Potjie Festival on Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-7. Yvonne and Fred Reinhardt, festival creators and organizers, again selected the Rusk KOA after the 2008 festival, saying, “This...
The campground at Canton Lake near Canton in west central Illinois have taken a financial hit since camping rates were raised. Many of those who do not live in Canton who camp there decided to camp elsewhere this year, Alderman Rick Reed said Tuesday at a meeting of...
The American Automobile Association (AAA) projects that 39.1 million travelers will take a trip of 50 miles or more away from home over the Sept. 5-7 Labor Day weekend. The numbers represent a decrease of 13.3% from Labor Day 2008, when travel was the highest this...
