Despite cold and rainy conditions in the Northwest and Central Plains and severe weather in Texas and Oklahoma, Kampgrounds of America (KOA) locations saw more campers this Memorial Day Weekend than in 2014, according to an announcement from KOA Inc. Total Memorial...
Angel Fire Resort, located in the Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico, opened its RV resort for its first summer season, according to an announcement. The resort has announced a series of expansions that will be completed in time for summer travelers. The new...
Scott Hunter, a sales coordinator who helps people pick out their million-dollar babies at Ancira RV, near Fort Worth, Texas, told Yahoo Travel that people who buy models priced over $1 million usually pay cash and use them only a few times per year. That begs the...
Field and Stream stores in five states will host federal agency representatives during June — Great Outdoors Month — to help share information about the opportunities across the nation in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges and other public...
In Bastrop, Texas, Darryl Katay spent Tuesday (May 26) watching the water slowly creep into the Bastrop Colorado River Kampgrounds of America (KOA) Campground just off Highway 71, television KVUE reported. With word late Monday night that a flood was coming, Katay...
According to the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) survey of manufacturers, total RV wholesale shipments were reported at 38,343 units in April, a gain of 4.9% over March and 13.5% over April 2014. This was the 40th consecutive month in which RV...
Sometimes, a fresh set of ideas is all one needs to change one’s perspective. In the case of Dream Lake Campground in Warsaw, N.Y., new ownership comes with new ideas, the Wyoming County Free Press reported. The Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism joined...
Brevard, N.C., officials have given the green light to plans for the city’s first campground site and short-term lodging development just a mountain bike jump away from the border of Pisgah National Forest, the Times-News reported. The proposed Pilot Cove...
Lloyd Delgado has dedicated most of his life to serving his country. He spent 12 years with the U.S. Marine Corps, another nine in the U.S. Army, and then six years as a police officer. But during his last tour of duty in Iraq, he realized he, too, wanted a chance to...
The Grant County sheriff’s office says at least four people have been injured at the Gorge Amphitheater campground in George, Wash., the Associated Press reported. KHQ-TV reports (http://is.gd/uuEBxl ) a 19-year-old drove his car through the campground on...
Council members in Westlake, La., in a 3-2 vote, upheld the city’s zoning board denial of a rezoning request for a property the owner hoped to use for an RV park, the Sulphur Daily News reported. The property’s owner, Arnold Basco, expressed his displeasure over the...
For the past nine years, the current owners, Gary Willis and Suzy Beaird, have built and managed the Brookeland/Lake Sam Rayburn Kampgrounds of America (KOA) in Brookeland, Texas. Their KOA is located on the shores of Lake Sam Rayburn in East Texas, a U.S. Army Corps...