Month: April 2012

(April 5, 2012) -- The PowerPot uses thermoelectric power, originally developed to power satellites, to generate electricity. Like solar power, thermoelectric generators operate with no moving parts. All the PowerPot needs to generate power is heat and water.

(April 5, 2012) -- The new site contains an expansion of the Owner Center to include additional product resources and service features to help improve the overall Fleetwood RV customer experience.  These new features, available at FleetwoodRV.com, provide easy access to the company’s factory service center, product information and parts.

(April 5, 2012) -- The Desert Sun reports that residents of Happy Wanderer RV Park in Indio were able to raise $27,264.30 for the American Cancer Society Indio Relay for Life event held last month.

(April 5, 2012) -- Scenic Campground in South Sioux City was one of the first areas devastated by last summer's historic flooding. But now almost a year later, the campground is set to reopen, reports KCAU.

(April 5, 2012) -- The Texarkana Gazette reports that Gay Cunningham Moss and Swan Moss III, whose seven-year-old daughter died in the 2010 flash flood at the Albert Pike campground, have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service.

April 5, 2012) -- From a one-man truck camper business in an old gas station to a full-line towable RV manufacturer with 300 employees: It’s a fulfillment of the American dream. Forty years later, KZ RV is inviting dealers to celebrate its history and future during the upcoming dealer open house May 30-31 at its location in Shipshewana, Ind.

(April 5, 2012) -- Riverside RV Campground in Tweed, Ontario is celebrating its second season of operation. Riverside opened in spring, 2011 as the newest gay camping destination in Ontario to target adult gay men.

(April 5, 2012) -- Canadian employment jumped 82,300 in March with the goods-producing sector adding 24,900 positions and service-sector jobs rising 57,500. In the United States, the four-week moving average of initial claims, which better controls for weekly volatility, dipped to 361,750 from 366,000 the previous week.

(April 5, 2012) -- Fans looking to spend their entire Labor Day weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway can do so with multiple camping options for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 weekend, Aug. 31-Sept. 2.

(April 5, 2012) -- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Richard Allan yesterday encouraged Pennsylvanians to vote for Presque Isle State Park in a national contest to honor America's Best Restored Beach.