The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation of Natural Resources (DCNR) is offering gift cards so residents can more easily experience state parks. Spokeswoman Christina Novak told Public Radio 90.5, Pittsburgh, that state parks are an economical choice for a fun...
Confirming what many attendees had come to assume, preliminary figures from the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) showed that overall registrations at the 49th Annual National RV Trade Show were down 6.2% to 8,159 from 8,696 in 2010, including a 9.4% drop...
An ordinance change for campgrounds has residents of Dickinson, N.D., afraid they could be on the streets. Concerned tenants at campgrounds said Monday (Dec. 5) the Dickinson City Commission should make clarifications on language that would require owners to limit...
Officials on Monday (Dec. 5) identified a body found in the Merced River as one of three young people swept over a waterfall last summer in Yosemite National Park, the Huff Post San Francisco reported. Meanwhile, searchers found another body that could be the last...
Jeff and Lori Shaffer are one step closer to reopening their Drake Campground near Fort Collins, Colo. However, the next step will be no easy journey. The Larimer County commissioners on Monday (Dec. 5) bucked a staff recommendation and removed the “residential...
Click here to watch a news video, courtesy of WEAR-TV, about the following story. Early next month a new RV resort will open in Navarre, Fla., creating at least six new jobs and giving tourists another reason to visit south Santa Rosa County. Despite the economic...
Ocean Lakes Family Campground, a subsidiary of The Jackson Cos., received three national honors on Dec. 2. The Myrtle Beach, S.C., campground was named 2011-2012 “Park of the Year” in the Mega Park category by the National Association of RV Parks and...
The Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW), Maine’s 92-mile-long ribbon of lakes, lakes, ponds, rivers and streams that winds through northern Maine’s vast forests, is providing winter campgrounds at Chamberlain Bridge and Kellogg Brook. Registration for the campgrounds...
All 50 state park systems will sponsor free, guided First Day Hike Programs on New Year’s Day 2012. America’s state parks First Day Hikes offer individuals and families an opportunity to begin the New Year rejuvenating and connecting with the outdoors by taking a...
Final attendance at last week’s 49th Annual National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., stands at 8,159, down 6.2% from the 2010 show, according to a preliminary, unaudited report from the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). In the largest category,...
The Mobile (Ala.) Civic Center announced that a limited number of spaces have been released for the 2012 Mobile Mardi Gras RV City. It’s a Mardi Gras tradition in the Port City that brings in the regulars and newcomers each season, but now even more will be able to...
Thirty years ago, Arizona’s snowbirds were a largely monolithic flock. They stowed months of supplies in their RVs and fled the cold Midwestern winters to soak up the sun at mobile-home parks in the state’s East Valley. Most were middle-class retirees who...
