Month: August 2012

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- Although the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 weekend is still a week away, eager campers have already started to line up for campsites in the unreserved campgrounds, writes WhoWon.com. The campgrounds will open tomorrow at 8 a.m.

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- After nearly 30 years of running the Lost Lake Resort and Campground, located in the Mount Hood National Forest in Hood River, Roy and Barbara Hillmick have sold the resort, reports OregonLive.com.

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- It seems more Albertans are enjoying the great outdoors in recreation vehicles, reports Global Edmonton. The province is leading the country in RV sales this summer.

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- The Columbus Dispatch writes that 48-year-old Mount Vernon resident Crystal Metz boarded a 32-foot RV in July, not for a vacation, but for a job.

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- OregonLive.com writes that during the past four years, Washington's state parks have eliminated or reduced about a third of their full-time positions. And Sandy Mealing, public information officer for Washington State Parks and Recreation, said park visitors can see the impact.

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- The lightning-sparked Black Beach fire, burning in the Beartooth Wildlife Management Area as well as on private and Bureau of Land Management lands, has grown to about 1,450 acres, reports the Helena Independent Record.

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- The Utah Paiute Tribe’s Koosharem RV Park and Campground, located in Sevier County, has received a $70,000 Business Enterprise Grant from USDA Rural Development for technical training of its employees, reports KCPW.

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- Managing Director Terry Mackin and Vice President Kyle Coe led the Generational Equity deal team that advised Lee's RV Superstore on the transaction. "This transaction offered the ultimate opportunity for our client to be acquired by the undisputed leader in the RV space, and for Camping World to get a major foothold in one of the few states they did not have a corporate presence," said Mackin. 

(Aug. 24, 2012) -- With just a week to go before the last major summer holiday of 2012, reservations at KOA’s 484 campgrounds in the United States and Canada are still rolling in at a pace well ahead of the same period last year, said Hittmeier. In fact, Kampgrounds of America is running more than 2 percent ahead of 2011, year to date, in the number of short-term camper nights in the system. 

(Aug. 23, 2012) -- "We had the worst storm I have seen in my 21 summers here," said Leslie Pringle, owner of Eagle Lake RV Resort. "Most of the damage was to trees, although we did have road and roof damage as well. Some trailers have been damaged or destroyed, but thankfully no-one was hurt.