Month: August 2013

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- Motor Home Specialist today announced it made a donation to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund in the amount of $108,000. During the month of July, each new motorhome sold resulted in $1,000 allocated to this worthy cause, the dealership noted in a press release.

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- Fifty-eight manufacturers and 190 suppliers were assigned display space totaling 711,649 square feet for RVIA’s 51st Annual National RV Trade Show during the annual space drawing held July 19 at association headquarters in Reston, Va.

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- Members of the RV Industry Association will begin voting this week to select eight representatives from a field of 13 candidates for seats on the association’s board of directors, which holds the highest level of authority in the association's organizational structure.

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- King along with other Sports Illustrated writers and staffers embarked from New York on July 29 for a three-week RV odyssey that will visit 19 cities. Along the way, King and other writers will write and blog about their RV adventures in addition to their normal football reporting on the widely-read MMQB site as well as other Sports Illustrated properties.

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- Alyssa and Shanan Zavocki had the opportunity to go full-time RVing for 14 months, ending last year. The 10- and 12-year-old girls visited 40 states together on their cross-country journey, and Shanan has been to five others as well.

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- “We’ve used all of KOA’s camper feedback tools to learn about and implement the amenities our campers want. We have always been pro-KOA and one of the first ones to implement any of the programs. We’ve tried to adopt whatever KOA moves forward with,” said co-owner Mike Groseclose.

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- Winnebago Industries is recalling 150 model year 2011 Vista and Itasca Sunstar motorhomes. The vehicles have incorrect tire inflation pressures and wheel rim sizes on the Vehicle Certification Label.

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- The three mini-cabins each offer a screened porch, bathroom with shower, kitchen, master bedroom and kids’ sleeping loft.  Guests bring their own linens, cooking supplies and sense of adventure.  Outside, they’ll find a picnic table, grill and fire ring surrounded by beautiful Live Oaks and Spanish moss.  

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- From mid-August through the first weekend of November, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts will be celebrating Halloween with costume and campsite decorating contests, haunted walks in the forest, trick-or-treating and other activities.

(Aug. 5, 2013) -- An overly aggressive cougar was found and killed Thursday at the edge of Entrance Bay Campground in Cultus Lake Provincial Park, reports the Chilliwack Progress.