Month: September 2012

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- On Tuesday evening, a fire, which appears to have started because of a malfunction with a refrigerator, damaged a camper-trailer at Pine Point campground on Illinois' Lake Jacksonville, reports WLDS.

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- The Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC) is sponsoring the 23rd Annual Fall Detroit Camper & RV Show, Oct. 3-7, 2012, at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. Over 200 new recreation vehicles will be on display.

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- When Hermit Park in Larimer County, Colo. opens next spring, five newly remodeled campsites will allow for horses with larger sites, corrals that house two animals at each site, and a parking lot big enough for trucks towing horse trailers, reports ReporterHerald.com

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- The Western Star reports favorable summer conditions in late spring got campers out early in Newfoundland, and that remained the trend throughout the season.

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- The chair of the Islands East Tourism Group, told CBC.ca the weather can probably take some credit for the good business on Prince Edward Island, but he also believes effective social marketing by operators is having an impact.

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- WISH reports that the Hoosier Outdoor Experience - Indiana’s largest, hands-on outdoor recreation event - will be held on the grounds of Fort Harrison State Park from Sept. 15-16, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources website.

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- Living Forest Oceanside Campground and RV in Nanaimo, B.C. came in at the top spot for privately owned campground, in the best campsite category of the B.C.'s Best People's Choice Awards. That’s according to a report in Nanaimo News Bulletin.

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- Carpenter’s Campers, which has been a fixture in Pensacola since 1964, contributed more than $170,000 to sponsor four single-family Habitat homes located on a quiet street less than a mile from the business’s eight-acre lot in Pensacola, Fla.

(Sept. 12, 2012) -- In celebration of National Public Lands Day on Sept. 29, amateur and professional photographers alike are again being invited to share some of their favorite images of Yellowstone National Park, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, or any of the other nearly 400 units of the National Park system.

(Sept. 12, 20120 -- On Sept. 16, the River Plantation RV Park in Sevierville, Tenn. is set to welcome the “Sold Out” 2012 iRV2.com National Rally. The rally is scheduled to run from Sept. 16 to the 22.