When it comes to vacations, Americans have always loved the great outdoors. Fishing, camping and just driving around are great American pastimes. But now, welcome to the early stages of the era of “glamping” — glamorous camping. It’s a visit...
Through months of negotiation and compromise, an RV park in Montrose Colo., is one step closer to hooking into the city’s wastewater treatment system, according to the Montrose Daily Press. The Montrose City Council approved a resolution for annexation and an...
Realizing that Frostburg, Md., has become a popular second-night-out destination for hikers and bikers traveling from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., on the Great Allegheny Passage, city officials Thursday (Aug. 20) established a policy for overflow camping in city...
RV Resort on the Lake in Nanaimo, British Columbia, narrowly missed being sold this month, averting any immediate risk of tenants being evicted to make room for a new subdivision. A buyer for the 150-site park on Vancouver Island, which Matterhorn Village Developments...
Hotels have been offering great deals this summer as they struggle through another year of recession. But if you ask Tom Ervin and David Ussery how they plan to spend Labor Day weekend, they’ll tell you it won’t be in a hotel. They’ll be spending...
Seven RV park and campground owners are vying for four seats on the board of directors for the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC). Voting will take place on Nov. 10 at the ARVC InSites Convention in Orlando, Fla. Absentee ballots are available for...
Many of the outdoor recreation companies in and around Nanaimo, British Columbia, are reporting brisk sales of everything from fishing rods to canoes this summer. Wholesale Sports just opened the largest outdoor sporting goods store on Vancouver Island in Nanaimo, to...
Jim Spinelli, executive director of the Hailey, Idaho, Chamber of Commerce, hopes recreational vehicles and tent campers will soon have a place to spend the night in or around Hailey. City and county officials are behind the idea, but have yet to find a suitable...
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says the number of people camping in state parks is nearly 11% ahead of last year. The agency said the numbers remained strong last month, according to Associated Press. Bob Schneider, state park assistant director,...
The America Outdoors Association’s (AOA) 21st annual Marketing and Management Conference will take place this year in Reno, Nev., Dec. 8-10. Over 600 owners and managers from whitewater rafting outfitters, outdoor recreation programs, guest and dude ranches,...
There has been an increase in business each year at Hardwood Lake Campground near Prescott, Mich., since Geraldine and Jack Lawrence took over as caretakers in 2006. And this year has been no exception, according to the Ogemaw County Herald. “We’ve had...
Storm Lake, Iowa, officials are working on the plan for a major renovation and construction of tourist cabins at the publicly owned Sunrise Campground, in hopes of getting the work underway yet this fall. Currently, $1.5 million is budgeted for the projects, the two...
