Month: November 2012

(Nov. 16, 2012) -- Lippert Components and Kinro announced today that Dana Gehman has been hired as a motorized engineering manager to help better serve the unique requirements of the motorized RV industry.

(Nov. 16, 2012) -- For every campsite registration it receives by Dec. 31 for upcoming rallies, Airstream announced this week it will donate $10 to the American Red Cross to assist in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

(Nov. 16, 2012) -- “The addition of the Mission, Texas store gives us almost complete coverage of Texas," said Franklin. "This store will service all of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and will be popular with the traveling Mexican nationals that have had to go all the way to San Antonio to pick up a rental RV in the past.”

(Nov. 15, 2012) -- Good Sam Enterprises released its financial report today for the quarter that ended Sept. 30. The company posted a $3.3 million net income off total revenue of $139.6 million. That figure does not include RV sales sold through its Freedom Roads dealerships, which are a separate entity that is not required to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(Nov. 15, 2012) -- Joshua White, of Austin, and two others were in the Sierra Mountains this past August on a two-week hiking adventure. They were just a day away from the summit of Mount Whitney when a storm moved in, bringing rain, hail, and lightning, writes KVUE.

(Nov. 15, 2012) -- Visitors to Indiana state parks and reservoirs will see some changes in user fees in 2013, but the daily entrance rate of $5 will remain the same, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced today.

(Nov. 15, 2012) -- On Wednesday, the Nevada City City Council adopted a first reading of a no-camping ordinance that requires a permit to lodge on public property, reports The Union of Grass Valley.

(Nov. 15, 2012) -- Clarice and Don Karton made the choice to stay at Farreny’s Family RV Park & Boat Basin in Holgate during the approach of Superstorm Sandy, thinking they'd be fine. But as the storm made landfall, they realized things would be anything but fine, writes The SandPaper.

(Nov. 15, 2012) -- Human remains found Monday by hikers at Brantley Lake State Park may belong to 28-year-old Eric Ahlskog, of Roswell, who was reported missing last year, state police told the Carlsbad Current-Argus.

(Nov. 15, 2012) -- Dowdy Lake Campground, near Red Feather Lakes, and Ansel Watrous Campground, in the Poudre Canyon, both have one loop open for camping year-round. The water is turned off, so site fees are discounted 25 percent.