Month: January 2013

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- One of the Portland area's most popular campgrounds is now offering reservations so folks can secure a spot during the busiest times of the year, reports KATU.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- The Burley city council has given the go ahead for the Parks Department to apply for a $250,000 grant from the State of Idaho that, along with local matching funds, would allow the city to build a 10-space RV park complete with bathrooms and a shower facility, reports the Weekly News Journal.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- In Oklahoma, the Durant Fire Department put out flames at the Choctaw RV Park yesterday afternoon when a fifth wheel travel trailer caught fire, reports the Durant Daily Democrat.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- Cacheapalooza 7 (CP7), an annual geocaching event, is being held now through Sunday, Jan. 21 at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, reports TCPalm.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- The Columbus Dispatch reports that a realignment of Rt. 664 in Hocking Hills State Park will make it safer and easier to enter the popular tourist destination, officials said last week.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- Rancho Casa Blanca is a large 55-and-over RV resort in the north part of Indio, Calif. with 801 spaces, that is a bustle of activity during the season, which includes the winter and spring months, reports The Desert Sun.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- In a tie vote Wednesday, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors denied an application for a 48-space camping facility on the banks of the James and Rockfish rivers in Howardsville, reports Charlottesville Tomorrow.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- On Wednesday, National Park Service officials announced the discovery of the devastating bat epidemic known as white-nose syndrome at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Mammoth Cave is the ninth national park to report the illness.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- The Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC) is sponsoring the 47th Annual Detroit Camper & RV Show, Feb. 6-10, 2013, in Novi at the Suburban Collection Showplace, MARVAC announced today.

(Jan. 18, 2013) -- Today Cummins Inc. announced that Jennifer Rumsey has been named Vice President – Engineering Heavy, Medium Light Duty Products, effective Feb. 1.