Month: June 2012

(June 13, 2012) -- Thom Watson, operator of the Sweet Home Alabama Campgrounds in Andalusia, is looking to upgrade the privately leased campground, but would like more time to do it, reports the Andalusia Star-News.

(June 13, 2012) -- MyrtleBeachOnline.com reports that a 16-year-old Surfside Beach teen was taken into custody Tuesday after police say he broke into at least seven vehicles at Ocean Lakes Campground in Myrtle Beach.

(June 13, 2012) -- Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn will debut its new APEX trackside campground on Thursday, June 14. Examiner.com writes that the 20-site camping area will provide Class A motorhome owners with a stunning view of the racing oval from the apex of Turn 3.

(June 13, 2012) -- “It appears that this will be a classic David versus Goliath battle,” said Bresnahan. “However, the facts are that Magnalight handheld portable lighting products have been sold under the Magnalight name throughout the USA and Canada as far back as 1968. Larson Electronics manufactured and sold Magnalight handheld, portable lights first, and despite Mag Instruments’ founder Tony Maglica’s threat to spend millions of dollars to alter reality, all of the money in the world won’t change that fact.”

(June 13, 2012) -- The ThermalTreat Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Sewage Elimination System, invented by Nassef, uses a small 5 gallon or less tank, grinds up the solids, and then dissolves the solids in the liquid. It then pressurizes this liquid and injects it into the hot exhaust gas of the engine. The system is small, lightweight and uses no chemicals. It produces no odors, liquid, or solids to handle.

(June 13, 2012) -- LakeLanier.com writes that there's a new way to enjoy Lake Lanier: by camping at one of the new Van Pugh South Campground’s 55 sites in Flowery Branch.

(June 13, 2012) -- Councillors discussed an electrical upgrade to the Ferry Island Campground in Terrace during Monday's council meeting, which would include providing power to an additional 12 sites. The upgrades will cost the city $26,000, reports CFTKTV.

(June 13, 2012) -- "Our assumption that the volume of retail sales activity held up in the month, combined with the earlier reported solid 0.3 percent increase in real consumer expenditure in April, remains consistent with our expectation that real consumer spending grew at an annualized rate of 2.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012 to match the like-sized gain seen in the first three months of the year," said Jeffries.

(June 13, 2012) -- The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation recently awarded the city of Buhl an $80,200 grant to construct an RV parking area. The city's Chamber of Commerce hopes the proposed park will lure sleepy drivers to pull over instead of pass through, reports the Twin Falls Times-News.

(June 13, 2012) -- On Tuesday, a van rolled down a hill and broke through the back wall of the Redding RV Park's office building. Park owner Dave Green said the van had been connected to a motorhome at the top of the hill, reports the Record-Searchlight.