For years residents of Sanlan RV Park in Lakeland, Fla., have enjoyed wandering along miles of trails ideal for wildlife viewing. Now the public can do the same, according to the Lakeland Ledger. The 7.5-mile trail network that winds around the edge of Bramble...
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...
Even though he has lived in the same home for 10 years, retired schoolteacher Jacques Bertrand didn’t know how big it is until he took out a measuring tape last week and did some calculations. “Let’s see now,” he said, starting with the bedroom...
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...
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...
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...
The idea of “roughing it” has taken on a new meaning. The Coleman outdoors company sells air mattresses with built-in alarm clocks and night lights, and tents outfitted with “integrated lighting systems” and auto-roll windows. For those who...
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...
A record attendance highlighted the 30th annual Tennessee Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds Conference and Trade Show Aug. 11-13 at the Deer Run RV Resort in Crossville, Tenn. The event drew 62 members representing 20 campgrounds and 26 vendors for the trade...
The first named storm of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season to make landfall in the United States struck the Florida Panhandle early today (Aug. 17). Tropical Storm Claudette, with maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph, came ashore near Panama City, moving...
The Ziesemers were promising their kids something special Saturday (Aug. 15) after a long trip from Waconia, Minn., to Yellowstone National Park – a moose or maybe a bear. Instead they got President Obama. After coming up empty on the moose front, the Ziesemers...
Over an inch of snow fell Saturday morning (Aug. 15) above 10,000 feet in Utah’s Uinta Mountains and in the Wasatch Mountain range after a cold front swept through Friday night, according to KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, Utah. Not only did it snow at a peak time for...
