Month: January 2014

(Jan. 22, 2014) -- Saturday, Jan. 25, is the official 2014 Tybee Island Arbor Day. Mayor Jason Buelterman picked that date to coincide with a planned tree planting at River’s End Campground by Savannah Tree Foundation volunteers.

(Jan. 22, 2014) The DOC decided to offer a week's free stay at its popular Whitehorse Hill site in New Zealand to campers who could check up on visitors from 4pm until 9pm each day when the DOC wardens were not on duty.

Today’s video comes courtesy of  Saskatchewan-based Pleasure-Way Industries Ltd. offering an in-depth look at the company’s Ascent Class B motorhome. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.

St. Martin Parish, La., is about to become home to 30 dinosaurs, including a life-size T-Rex and a brachiosaur taller than a three-story house, the Lafayette Advertiser reported. Their new owner, Lee Venable, insisted the dinosaurs’ dimensions and skin be scientifically accurate when they were created in a Philippines factory. They are now on cargo ships headed [...]

A Nova Scotia RV dealer is wondering why his recreational vehicle company was targeted after a weekend fire completely destroyed four trailers and may have damaged two others, according to a report by the Cape Breton Post. “Someone came in and burnt my trailers — that’s all I really know,” said Scott MacKenzie, the owner [...]

(Jan. 22, 2014) -- In January, the owners of the Leander/Northwest Austin KOA Campground are making all of the campsites full-service by adding satellite television, something they said guests have often requested.

(Jan. 22, 2014) -- Kamp Modoc, a family campground and play lake in southwestern Randolph County last week received a 2014 Economic Development and Growth through Entrepreneurship (EDGE) award.

A Fresno, Calif., RV dealership and three of its employees have been ordered to pay more than $4.5 million for defaming a competing dealership. The Merced Sun Star reported that Fresno County Superior Court Judge Jeff Hamilton concluded that Paul Evert’s RV Country and three of its employees — owner Paul Evert, vice president and [...]

The Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show, one of the largest events in Michigan, is set to open Thursday (Jan. 23) and run through Sunday at Devos Place. According to a press release, more than a dozen dealers will display hundreds of RVs while exhibitors will show the latest camping equipment and RV accessories [...]

(Jan. 22, 2014) -- A Whyalla, Australia man was arrested last week after he allegedly abused CFS members putting out a camp fire at Coffin Bay that he started during a total fire ban day.