Month: March 2013

(March 7, 2013) -- It's hard to imagine spending Halloween at a Christmas-themed campground, but at Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort in Santa Claus, Ind., ghosts, goblins and fun-loving people gather every year for seven weeks of fun.

(March 7, 2013) -- Nappanee, Ind.-based Newmar Corporation announced today that it has invited its dealers, as well as a number of prospective new dealers, to its Partnership Meeting and 2014 Product Preview to be held April 9-11, 2013 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine, Texas.

(March 7, 2013) -- Crews normally begin plowing roads into Yellowstone National Park on the Monday after the first weekend in March. Budget cuts due to the impacts of sequestration prompted the park to take many administrative actions, including delaying the start of plowing until March 18.

(March 7, 2013) -- In Wisconsin, both houses of the Legislature have approved a bill that would allow the sale of alcohol at Peninsula State Park Golf Course, reports DoorCountyDailyNews.com.

(March 7, 2013) -- Dozens of folks went to the Jenny Wiley State Park in Kentucky yesterday looking for jobs, reports WKYT.

(March 7, 2013) -- A more than $2 million expansion project at Lake Fort Smith State Park first announced during the 2012 The Compass Conference has been completed, according to a statement from the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism in The City Wire.

(March 7, 2013) -- The Westerly reports that the signage at Mussel Beach Wilderness Campground in Ucluelet was vandalized earlier this week, according to co-owner Lori Fendelet.

(March 7, 2013) -- ARVC is working alongside the U.S. Travel Association and others on several fronts to develop a strategy to help end this man-made crisis known as the sequester.

(March 7, 2013) -- The Longview News-Journal in an editorial writes: “What should have been a steady funding source for (Texas) state park operations began in 1993 when the Legislature set aside sporting goods sales tax revenue to pay for parks. However, only a fraction of the revenue has been used for its intended purpose."

(March 7, 2013) -- The Camping & Caravanning Club has announced that it will be delivering a world tours seminar at the National Motorhome Show in Peterborough on Sunday, April 20, reports Out And About Live.