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Utah Nat. Park Visitor Center Funds Running Out
Utah National Parks only have enough money to keep visitor centers open until the end of January, according to the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget. While the partial government shutdown stretches into its second month, the state of Utah said it is...Mo. Park Owner Seeks 160-Site, 3-Year Expansion
Deer Valley Campground in Lake of the Ozarks, Mo., sits next to the popular lakefront restaurant Franky & Louie’s and could be expanding by 160 sites over the next three years, according to lakeexpo.com. Deer Valley currently has 300...Williams & Jones Join Leavitt Rec. & Hospitality
Vance Williams and Mike Jones have joined Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality Insurance (LRHI) in Sturgis, S.D., the company reported. Both Williams and Jones will focus on commercial insurance for the recreational industry, including RV parks, campgrounds, trailer...State Associations Flock To ‘19 Tampa Show
Featuring 1,500 RVs displayed on 24 acres, the Florida RV SuperShow, which is hosted by the Florida RV Trade Association each January at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, is one of North America’s largest RV shows in terms of attendance, venue, vendors and...Quartzsite Show Ready to Rock Out in Ariz.
While keeping a vigilant watch on Weather Channel updates with his cell phone, Kenny King was readying this week for what he anticipates could be the largest gathering yet for the Jan. 19-27 Quartzsite Sports, Vacation & RV Show — an annual...Nat. Park Damage May Take Decades to Fix
Photos of felled Joshua trees went viral last week, a casualty of the government shutdown and the related lack of oversight in the eponymous national park, according to Popular Science. Other arid lands have been similarly abused. At Death Valley National Park, also...Great Alaskan Holidays Celebrates 34 Years
Great Alaskan Holidays, an Alaska RV rental, sales and service business headquartered in Anchorage, is entering into its 34th season in Alaska’s travel, tourism and leisure industry, according to a press release. Since 1985, Daryl Bennett, owner and...Outdoorsy Looks to Expand Internationally
After raising $25 million from investors last year, Outdoorsy packed up shop and relocated its headquarters from the Bay Area to Austin. While our city welcomed the peer-to-peer RV rental company with open arms, it seems investors, too, were eager for...Park Redo Vote Is Tabled by Town Officials
After two hours of public comment, and little discussion from the Franklin County (Va.) Board of Supervisors, the board tabled a request for a special use permit for a campground at Smith Mountain Lake, according to The Franklin News-Post. Union Hall Supervisor Tommy...N.M. Owner Says Shutdown Hurting Business
New Mexico tourism officials said the shutdown in 2013 cost the national parks, monuments and surrounding communities more than $2.3 million. The current shutdown is nearly twice as long, but the full scope of the economic impact is still unknown, according to KOB4....RV/MH Hall of Fame Announces ’19 Inductees
The board of directors of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation (Foundation) has announced the names of those who will be inducted into the RV/MH Hall of Fame (Hall) in August as the Class of 2019. Foundation President Darryl Searer said, “Congratulations to the ten new...
