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PCOA's York RV Show Coming March 11-13
The 2016 Campers World RV Show will be held at the York (Pa.) Expo Grounds March 11-13. This unique show is in its 38th year and the event promises to be bigger and better than ever with more than 130,000 square feet of indoor display space, according to an...China Eyes Promoting Motorhome Tourism
About 200 RV campsites will be built within three years in northwest China’s Gansu Province, local authorities told the Shanghai Daily. Camping headquarters will be set up in 12 cities and two autonomous prefectures in Gansu, mainly on land near highways and...FreeStyle Slides Sets Guinness World Record
FreeStyle Slides announced that it earned the Guinness World Records title for the Tallest Inflatable Slide in the world. On Feb. 19, measuring 73.5 feet high, Guinness World Records Adjudicator Solvej Malouf witnessed and approved the world record for the FreeStyle...Yeatts Departs As FMCA's Head, Search On
The Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA), an international organization for motorhome owners based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced a search for its next executive director. After more than 16 years of service to the association, Jerry Yeatts has resigned from...RV Park Owner Rescues Tornado Victim Pets
The owner of the Sugar Hill RV Park in Convent, La., that was devastated Tuesday (Feb. 23) by a tornado is taking in lost pets until they can be reunited with their owners, television station KSLA reported. Mark Anderson said as many as 30 animals have been rescued...Victims IDed In Louisiana RV Park Tornado
The names of those killed in a tornado that struck a Louisiana RV park have been released, the Associated Press reported. St. James Parish Coroner Dr. Randall Poche’ said 59-year-old David Eugene Swann, of Satsuma, Ala., and 51-year-old Scott Ellis of North...Group Turning Campground To Visitors Site
The Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) Regional Municipality (CBRM) will schedule a public hearing on a request to turn over a former campground site in Louisbourg to a group working to develop a visitor experience center, the Cape Breton Post reported. The decision to set a...Ariz. Town's Residents, Snowbirds At Odds
A clear conflict has emerged between winter visitors who own RVs and people who own property adjacent to where those RVs are parked in the snowbird area of Florence, Ariz., the Coolidge Examiner reported. There’s talk of state health codes and county policies, but it...Colo. Campground In Reservation System
The San Juan National Forest Pagosa District’s most popular campground in southwest Colorado is now available for reservations and will remain under a reservation system into the future, the Pagosa Daily Post reported. Williams Creek Campground, located 23 miles up...New Jersey 2016 Camping Guide Available
The 2016 edition of the New Jersey Campground & RV Park Vacation Guide, published annually by New Jersey Campground Owners Association (NJCOA), is now in circulation. It is free and available to order online here, or view in digital format here. You can also call...Fla. Motorcoach Resort Sees Demand Rise
Naples Motorcoach Resort & Boat Club in Florida announced a significant rise in demand for its RV lots, with a total of seven of its 184 lots having closed or being placed in escrow over the past two weeks alone. With shipment of new RVs hitting a five-year high...
