Month: July 2012

(July 9, 2012) -- True Form RV & Marine is dropping its marine element and changing its name to Wine Country RV, the News Register reported. “We became more of an RV dealer rather than an RV repair center,” Gardner said, noting he is adding Arctic Fox, Nash and Snow River products to his inventory.

(July 9, 2012) -- Some condominium owners in Ocean Towers, near the Boardwalk’s southern end, aren't pleased with plans to possibly allow RVs to access wide beaches, the Cape May County Herald reported. A plan to allow RV beach access has been floated to keep taxes down.

(July 9, 2012) -- "The simultaneous release of the BOS and SLOS provided a read on credit conditions from both the borrower and the lender’s perspective. The two surveys suggested some modest weakening in credit conditions," said Ferley. "This was most evident in the BOS where the diffusion measure (i.e., the difference between those seeing tighter versus easier conditions) swung to 7 in the second quarter of 2012 from -20 in the first quarter of the year."

(July 9, 2012) -- The increased number of campers continues a trend from last season, said Michael J. O’Neil, director of Lisbon Campground, who noted the campground has spent most weeks near maximum capacity than it did last year.

(July 9, 2012) -- Deputies found the body at 3:45 p.m. Saturday in the lake at the campground, after the man was first reported missing about 2:40 a.m. Saturday. Searchers employed sonar equipment and a cadaver dog, besides relying on divers, the Salisbury Post reported.

(July 9, 2012) -- “In a canvas structure, you hear the noises, you hear the birds. You can sense the outdoors. You can feel the wind blowing,” Pat Jensen, owner of ConTENTment Camping in Buffalo, told the Buffalo News. His company provides tents and furniture for campgrounds. “Once you shut the door to an RV or a cabin, you’re inside again.”

(July 9, 2012) -- Chloe Langen,4, and Annabelle Heyer,5, were burned on over half their bodies after someone poured flammable liquid on a campfire while they were staying at Money Creek Haven Campground in Houston County, The Republic reported.

(July 9, 2012) -- Residents are now limited to one RV per household as log as they keep it parked behind or to the side of the house and not in their front yard, and the RVs must be at least 1.5 meters from property lines, CBC News reported.

(July 9, 2012) -- President Obama signed the transportation bill that provides $85 million for the Recreational Trails Program through Sept. 30, 2014. Since the RTP was first authorized in 1991, the program has become the foundation for state trail programs nationwide, providing essential funding for tens of thousands of trail projects and fostering effective partnerships among diverse trail enthusiasts.

(July 9, 2012) -- Of the nearly 1,400 RVers who responded to an RVtravel.com survey, approximately 68 percent said that researching an RV and finding it on the Internet was important or very important in their buying process. Only 21 percent reported they did not use the Internet at all when purchasing their current recreational vehicle.