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Florida's Sun-N-Fun RV Resort Marks 50th Year

When the first two groups of campers came to the Sun-N-Fun park on Fruitville Road in Sarasota, Fla., original co-owner Dick Hysell feared it would become another failed business venture. One camper asked where he could buy a case of scotch as he handed over the $2...

Man's Invention Rids the Stink from Latrines

Don Sifers never forgot his first trip to a latrine at Boy Scout camp when he was 12. “I had never been around anything that smelled like that,” the Fairway, Kan., man remembers. Someone should do something about this, he thought. And now, more than 50...

Resort to Treat 110 Families to Dream Weekend

Lakewood Camping Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C., will sponsor a “Labor of Love” essay contest for people without jobs living in the area and provide 110 families free camping over the Labor Day weekend. Beginning today (Aug. 17), the resort invites Grand...

National Park Visits Top 127M, up 4% over '08

The Obama administration says visits to national parks are up nearly 4% this year compared to a year earlier, according to Associated Press. The National Park Service said today (Aug. 17) that 127.7 million visits were made to national parks in the first six months of...

Fire Destroys Missouri Resort's Sports Complex

The hub of a popular resort in Gasconade County, 25 miles west of St. Louis, Mo., has been destroyed by fire. The Lost Valley Lake Resort near Gerald is 530 acres of lakes, condos, and campgrounds, off Highway 50. On Sunday (Aug. 16), it lost a 20,000-square-foot...