Month: June 2014

(June 23, 2014) -- Kevin Maine will be working with marine, awning and other outdoor fabricators to bring attention to the technical and performance attributes of the company's patent-pending fabric.

(June 23, 2014) -- FMCA’s 90th Family Reunion and Motorhome Showcase will take place at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center. Approximately 2,000 motorhomes and some 6,000 people are expected to come together for this fun-filled event, which has been dubbed “High Desert Sunrise.”

Blue Ox CEO Jay Hesse, a product innovator and an avid RV industry supporter, passed away Sunday (June 22) after privately battling cancer. In addition to building Pender, Neb.-based Blue Ox into one of the industry’s leading towing product suppliers, Hesse was highly active in industry affairs. Most recently, he was named to serve on the RV/MH Hall of […]

(June 23, 2014) -- Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a Soldotna, Ala. woman at a Kenai Peninsula campground.

(June 23, 2014) -- A Northam, England husband-and-wife team have officially launched their first business with the unveiling of a new name for their campervan venture, Bearfoot Campers.

(June 23, 2014) -- An all-star cast that reads like a ‘who’s who’ in the world of sports, entertainment and the great outdoors joins together to help Bass Pro Shops celebrate a spectacular evening for conservation, July 9 at 6 p.m. at the new Bass Pro Shops Anchorage Outpost.

(June 23, 2014) -- Little River Park in Waterbury, Vt. is hosting an event for campers and others to learn to identify poison ivy, medicinal jewelweed and other plants.

(June 23, 2014) -- The National Park Service announced Friday it is prohibiting drones from all NPS-controlled lands and waters. That includes 84 million acres in every state and territory, including monuments, battlefields, historic sites, seashores, rivers and trails.

The Travel Channel’s “RV Week” debuted Sunday (June 22) night with four program premieres, including a “Mega” motorhome owned by an 18-year-old who was given the 2009 Millennium Fuego as a high school graduation gift. It may not have the same bite as the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, but the Travel Channel’s “RV Week” will […]

(June 23, 2014) -- The S-R Outdoors Department has compiled 15 summer activities essential to the rèsumè of any local outdoor enthusiast who expects to have any credibility in the Inland Northwest