Month: September 2012

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- Most Jellystone Park locations offer several consecutive weekends of Halloween-themed activities, including pumpkin carving or painting contests, campsite and cabin decorating contests, costume contests and, of course, trick or treating. Activities here are listed by state with links to each campground.

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- When Carpenter’s Campers moved to Ensley in 1971, it was in the boonies. But the Pensacola News Journal says that now it operates in the middle of it all, surrounded by strip malls, restaurants, big-box stores, hotels and city life.

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- Visitors to the Covi Motorhome, Caravan and Outdoor SuperShow, being held Sept. 14-16 at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds, will have the opportunity to win the trip of a lifetime thanks to Motek and its global sister brands, reports Voxy.

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- "Those who feel up to the task are finding out that the RV lifestyle is a great way to accentuate a good home schooling program. It offers additional opportunities for cultural variables, extensive access to a wide variety of historic sites, museums, and more. You might even say that home schooling and RVing is the perfect combination.”

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- For now, Arcadia residents can park their RVs within public view, writes Patch.com. Last Tuesday, the City Council voted to table the issue and revisit it in a study session that is likely to take place in the coming months.

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- John Brandon writes in Popular Mechanics that he and his wife decided to test out the new Winnebago Via. In their nearly 25 years of marriage they've camped in pop-up trailers and camper cabins, but never in an RV together. In fact before this trip, they'd never even driven one.

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- At this evening's Richmond County Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustments meeting, the board will hear a request by Bruce Ray Jones of Sanford, who wants to develop and operate an RV park in Rockingham, reports the Richmond County Daily Journal.

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- Pivot Legal Society has joined the legal battle between the City of Courtenay and the owners of Maple Pool Campsite, writes the Comox Valley Record.

(Sept. 11, 2012) -- On Wednesday, a final site plan for the proposed 57-lot C&C RV Resort in Stuart was submitted for development review, says Stuart News. The project is now in its final steps before it goes before the Martin County Commission.

(April 11, 2012) -- This week, Toutle River RV Resort in Castle Rock added a vintage 24-foot, 1971 model year, Class A Winnebago motorhome to the campground’s overnight sleeper lineup, reports Examiner.com.