Month: January 2013

(Jan. 1, 2013) -- Experienced camper Joyce Collins has created a website featuring camping products.

(Jan. 1, 2013) -- A couple dozen people are living in a Kansas state campground permanently, for different reasons, says the Lawrence Journal-World.

(Jan. 1, 2013) -- A recreational vehicle park isn't a compatible use on or near airport property, a Federal Aviation Administration official said in emails to officials associated with the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport. The news was reported by The Lewiston Tribune Online.

(Jan. 1, 2013) -- Never mind a summer holiday visit, some campground operators are being inundated with people wanting to move in full time, reports the New Zealand News.

(Jan. 1, 2013) -- Unusually cold and wet weather inundated California's Central Coast, yet travelers still filled local campgrounds, hunkering down in motorhomes and trying to keep warm with cups of hot coffee, reports the Lompoc Record.

(Jan. 1, 2012) -- "There's this puzzling gap between strong wholesale shipments and tepid retail sales," said Roberts, who noted his researchers heard about manufacturers offering significant discounts to dealers who increased their orders at various industry trade shows last Fall. "Unless things are picking up amazingly," surmises Roberts, "they are stealing from next year's orders."

(Jan. 1, 2013) -- Mark Zimmerman, director of the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department, told The Bismarck Tribune it’s hoped a new campground can be added at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park to accommodate bigger motor homes and campers.

(Jan. 1, 2013) -- National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, Intermountain Region Director John A. Wessels and Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott have announced that the National Park Service has purchased the second of four parcels of Wyoming school trust lands within Grand Teton National Park.

(Jan. 1, 2013) -- Roland Gaebert managed tens of millions of dollars in loans as a senior bank executive before deciding at age 51 to make a sharp career turn – the Contra Costa Times reports he quit his job to become a state park ranger.

(Jan. 1, 2012) -- Fire Chief Cary Williamson said the origin of the fire appeared to be from an extension cord from the house into the camper, which was used as an office and closet. The same cord was used to run a computer and other electrical devices, the Daily Ardmoreite noted.