Many British Columbia residents headed to the campgrounds for the first “long weekend” of summer. Click here to watch a video, courtesy of CBC News, about business at the Porteau Cove campground near Squamish.
More than 120,000 NASCAR fans are expected to come to Kentucky’s Gallatin County this week to see Kentucky Speedway’s first Sprint Cup race, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Ask residents whether the community is ready, and they’ll typically...
West Shore, British Columbia, RCMP are investigating the suspicious death of a Sooke woman at Goldstream Park Campground Saturday morning (July 2), the Goldstream News Gazette reported. The woman is identified as 34-year-old Amanda Lee Langford. An autopsy is...
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. (ELS) on July 1 closed on the acquisition of 35 of the Hometown Properties along with certain manufactured homes and loans for $451 million, the company announced. In total, ELS plans to eventually acquire a portfolio of 76...
High gas prices may have some people rethinking their summer plans. But there’s a group of hardcore travelers who are defying the pumps and hitting the road this summer in recreational vehicles, KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, reported. Las Vegas is a popular stop on what...
A 2007 Keystone Copper Canyon travel trailer was stolen off the lot this past weekend at the Campers Inn dealership in Fruitland, Fla., just outside of Leesburg, with the VIN # 4YDT3002471530284. Estimated time of the theft is between 6 p.m. Friday (July 1) and 8 a.m....
Woodall’s, a Camping World company and the leading brand in campground directories, today (July 5) announced the launch of RV & Camping Copilot, the most comprehensive campground mobile application available for iPhone and iPad. The free app provides RVers and...
After rebounding from nearly $6 million in damage from Hurricane Ike in 2008, Dellanera RV Park in Galveston, Texas, has reopened, The Daily News reported. The West End RV park reopened to beach visitors on June 18, just in time to welcome tourists for the Fourth of...
Editor’s Note: Chuck Woodbury, editor of RVtravel.com, published the following column in the current issue of his online newsletter. Most RVers would rather pay for a campsite than stay for free in a Wal-Mart parking lot. In a May edition of this newsletter we...
At least six drownings were reported at the nation’s RV parks and campgrounds over the long July 4 weekend. Among the reports were the following: MICHIGAN From WTVG-TV, Toledo, Ohio: There are new details surrounding a drowning at a Morenci, Mich., campground....
Code Enforcement Officer Ben McDougal has issued a notice of violation and order for corrective action to Flagg’s RV Resort LLC located on the Maine coast, saying the York Beach campground changed its use when it replaced recreational vehicles with park model...
The “temporarily closed” sign hanging outside of Minnesota Interstate Park isn’t keeping Amy Frischmon from working. Frischmon, vice president of Wild Mountain, used to have a canoe and kayak rental business stationed in the state park but since the...
