Month: April 2012

(April 26, 2012) -- The Jellystone Park Yogi Bear RV Camp in Horn Lake has just been named in the top 300 parks in America, a big honor for a park that some said would never make it, reports MyFox Memphis.

(April 26, 2012) -- Following the recent foreclosure of the Dance Country RV Park in McCloud by Southern California-based OneWest Bank, the fate of the park will be determined at a public auction on April 30, reports the Mount Shasta Herald.

(April 26, 2012) -- Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will visit the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum Friday at 9 a.m. to meet with RV company executives to discuss the status of the state's RV industry, the governor's office announced today. The governor will host a press conference starting at 9:30 a.m.

(April 26, 2012) -- Court documents indicate that a 30-year-old homeless man allegedly sneaked into the RV of some German tourists as it crossed from Port Townsend to Central Whidbey in a ferry on Feb. 28, reports the Whidbey News-Times.

(April 26, 2012) -- A Texas couple sold their house last year, and are now living in a motorhome and traveling the country. It's not unusual for retired couples to live the RV lifestyle, but Jason and Nikki Wynn are just 30 years old, less than half the age of most full-time RVers, reports WPDE.

(April 26, 2012) -- When longtime RVer Scott Thompson checked out the industry’s national Hall of Fame a few years ago, he couldn’t rest until Nelson and Mary Emily Jackson, founders of Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C., had their pictures on that wall, reports MyrtleBeachOnline.com.

(April 26, 2012) -- The Westrich family was devastated when the longtime, iconic lodge at Jellystone Campground, located just east of Austin, burned to the ground on Oct. 11, 2011. But the family set forth on rebuilding its dreams, and six months later, have done just that, reports the Austin Herald.

(April 26, 2012) -- After an overflow crowd overwhelmingly opposed a proposal that would make it illegal to live in a camper that is not part of an RV park, Williston commissioners delayed a decision on the proposal Tuesday, instead giving people 30 days to submit comments on it, reports In-Forum.

(April 26, 2012) -- Georgia Department of Natural Resources officials announced that on May 1, Watson Mill Bridge in Comer will return to state park status, reports Online Athens.

(April 26, 2012) -- HollandSentinel.com reports that hundreds of equestrians will hit the trails this weekend at Silver Creek Park and Campground in Hamilton for the 38th annual Allegan Pleasure Riders benefit ride.