Nearly two years after his brother Gordon was killed in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, Chris Jones had planned to drive in from Baton Rouge with other relatives to attend the start of the federal trial over the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster. But...
Yellowstone National Park’s plan to add 7 acres of pavement to a Fishing Bridge campground is “bizarre,” a conservation group asserts. The park proposes paving treed land in the Fishing Bridge RV campground to accommodate bus-sized recreational vehicles. The Lake Area...
South Dakota State Fairgrounds officials and the community of Huron announced that they will host the 2013 Wally Byam Caravan Club International (WBCCI) Convention and Rally next year. The Airstream camper rally will officially begin June 28, 2013, and last through...
Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2012 and, as part of its ongoing support for outdoor fun, sports and all kinds of “recreational vehicles,” renewed its sponsorship of the United States Bobsled/Skeleton teams through the next...
Woodall’s Campground Management debuts its “Webtalk with WCM” featuring an interview with Peter Pelland and Evanne Schmarder in today’s featured video. Pelland and Schmarder have written their first book together, titled “Unconventional...
Residents at a mobile home park in Dickinson, N.D., say management is giving them the boot to make room for oil companies with deep pockets. Christie Mendenhall and a handful of her employees live in RVs at Heartland Homes Village in Dickinson. She said a manager...
The owners of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Ind., are expected to begin up to $20 million in renovations to a Kentucky park this spring. The Kentucky State Fair Board has approved a 50-year lease with a group formed by the Koch family for...
Click here to watch a video, courtesy of WSVN-TV, Miami. A South Florida teen is speaking out for the first time after he and several others were rescued from a swamp. It was the second day Albert Rodriguez and three friends ventured out by canoe from the Flamingo...
Sun Communities Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities, today (Feb. 23) reported its fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2011, results. Highlights: Years Ended December 31, 2011...
Editor’s Note: Following is a copy of the official address delivered today in Miami by President Obama. Hello, Miami! Thank you, Erica, for that introduction. I also want to thank your president, and this country’s former Secretary of Health and Human Services,...
The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) has joined “Friends of America’s Byways,” a coalition of 25 RV, outdoor recreation, travel and tourism organizations, in urging Congress not to repeal the popular National Scenic Byways program. The United States...
Sunny Daytona Beach is the stage for the Florida/Alabama ARVC Conference & Expo May 9-10. The event will be held at the Shores Resort & Spa, the only AAA Four-Diamond luxury beachfront hotel in Daytona Beach Silvana Clark will deliver the keynote address at...