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RV Park Owner Raffles Park to Pay Off Debt
Click here to watch a video from KCRA-TV about the following story. A $1 million piece of dream land in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains northeast of Sacramento, Calif., can be yours for just $100, if you win Rob Mowrey’s raffle. “My dream is really...Centennial Caraventure Assembles in Indiana
The owners of 50 towable and motorized RVs assembled today (July 16) at the Elkhart (Ind.) Campground as a prelude to The Rally, a four-day gathering of RVers July 22-25 at the Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC) in Louisville, Ky. With the RV industry celebrating 100...RVing Women Visit Michigan's Upper Peninsula
To watch a video on the folowing story, click here. It’s been 51 years since actor Jimmy Stewart charmed viewers as the leading man in “Anatomy of a Murder,” the feature film that seemed to put Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on the map. Half a...25 Campers Rescued from Wisconsin Campground
Click here to watch the WBAY-TV, Green Bay, telecast of the flood. Brown County, Wis., officials evacuated 28 people from Apple Creek Campground northeast of Green Bay, Wis., Thursday (July 15) after heavy rains caused flooding up to 5 feet deep at the campground, the...KOA's Jim Rogers Earns Top Scouting Honor
Jim Rogers, CEO and chairman of Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA), was recently presented with the prestigious Silver Antelope Award by the National Court of Honor of the Boy Scouts of America, according to a news release. Rogers, who has led KOA since 2000, is an...Many Gulf Coast Parks Still Buffeted by Spill
Three months after the BP oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, some RV park and campground owners say their businesses are beginning to recover while others report summer occupancy rates off as much as 50% as the region continues to combat the perception that...Snowbirds' Vacant RVs Full of Loot for Thieves
RV parks in the Casa Grande, Ariz., area apparently are being targeted for theft, the Casa Grande Dispatch reported. On Tuesday (July 13), Foothills West RV Park reported 32 units had been broken into. A resident reported that thieves targeted the RVs of winter...CalARVC Members to Offer Free Sites to Vets?
The board of directors of the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC) may undertake what it is calling “Operation Reconnect” to help U.S. armed forces upon their return from overseas deployment. In Wednesday’s (July 14) issue of...RV Fires at Campground Darken Wisconsin Music Fest
An overnight fire that may have started with a leaking LP tank destroyed two camping trailers and damaged two others at the north VIP campground at the Rock Fest campgrounds near Cadott, Wis., according to the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. A 1985 26-foot Fleetwood...Learn More About the 'Yogi Bear' Movie
From OnlineMoviesHut.com comes this peek at the upcoming “Yogi Bear” movie due out in December. Officials with Leisure Systems Inc. and Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort franchisees hope the movie introduces the cartoon legend (and Jellystone...Arkansas City's RV Park Fails Perc Test
The Beaver, Ark., city council is looking at alternatives to what it had hoped would be fertile ground for a septic drain field in the 32-site RV park after the town attorney reported land in the park failed a “perc” (percolation) test. Burdened with...
