Month: May 2012

(May 28, 2012) -- Westlake officially has no RV parks within city limits, but a local businessman is looking to change that by purchasing Broussard’s Trailer Park and turning it into a 35-site RV park, reports the Sulphur Southwest Daily News.

(May 28, 2012) -- The Deseret News reports that the Lewis family of East Millcreek, who was staying at the Spruces campground in Big Cottonwood Canyon, was surprised Sunday morning when they awoke to find their tents covered in snow.

(May 28, 2012) -- The Buffalo County Zoning Board of Adjustment has issued a land-use permit for a 4.36-acre, 20-site campground in Milton, reports the Winona Daily News.

(May 28, 2012) -- The East Valley Tribune reports that boat and RV owners in Mesa, along with city council members, are scratching their heads, trying to make sense of the city's anti-blight ordinance.

(May 28, 2012) -- KGTV San Diego reports that the evacuation order issued Friday afternoon for the Stage Coach Trails RV Resort in Julian was lifted later that evening, and the approximately 50 people who had been evacuated were allowed to return home.

(May 28, 2012) -- "All RVers are cordially invited to attend and we are extending an invitation to vendors as well," said Pelchat.  "We will make available a table and chairs for all inside vendors and outside vendors are also invited to participate and may display from their site if you intend on camping with the group.  If you would like to present a seminar please sign up early."

(May 28, 2012) -- People representing 23 campgrounds and one vendor worked in four-hour shifts. They not only distributed directories, but also made s’mores and spread the word about the camping experience.  Handouts included the 2012 PCOA directory, hot gooey s’mores for everyone and a coloring book for the kids.  A total of 2,300 s’mores were made and distributed, nearly 2,000 PCOA directories were handed out and 984 coloring books.

(May 28, 2012) -- Rand McNally has expanded its award-winning travel community Best of the Road with a new microsite dedicated to RVers. The “Best of RVing” site, at bestoftheroad.com/rv, kicks off with a prize-a-day giveaway featuring items such as Rand McNally RV GPS devices, e-reader tablets, and campground memberships. In collaboration with the Good Sam family of RV clubs, the site also features an “RV stories” contest in which RVers can win up to $5,000.

(May 28, 2012) -- The new law requires any new units being sold in Alabama to be inspected and approved to ANSI A119.5 by independent third party inspection agencies, said Bill Garpow, executive director of the RPTIA. "The new law eliminates a redundancy in inspections, the required submittal of plan approvals for each model being certified by an Alabama P.E. and significant costs added to the selling price that failed to provide additional value to the customer," he added. 

(May 25, 2012) -- Priority RV Network dealerships that participate in the Coach-Net dealer program increased by nine recently, bringing their total participating dealers to 29 representing 45 locations. McLaughlin’s RV & Marine, Summit RV, Tacoma RV Center, Pontiac RV, Wichita RV, Tom Schaeffer’s RV, Holland Motorhomes, Leisure Time RV and Dave Arbogast RVs have joined the ranks of dealers across the United States and Canada who can expand their after-hours support to their customers.