Month: August 2014

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- A man was rushed to the hospital by medical helicopter, after his friends say he fell off a ledge at a campground in Franklin County, Ind.

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- This week, Delaware State Parks are reporting fully booked campgrounds at Killens Pond, Cape Henlopen and Delaware Seashore State Parks for the Labor Day Weekend. While some sites remain open at Lums Pond and Trap Pond State Parks, officials are urging campers to make reservations now.

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- Sports fans take RV living to a different level, parking their campers early on game-day and enjoying a full day's worth of tailgating fun.

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- The Drake Campground in Drake, Colo. is on the mend and, despite being hit hard by the flood, has since become a temporary home for volunteer recovery workers in Big Thompson Canyon.

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- Labor Day offers an extended weekend of camping which means more campfires and barbecues. But it's also late in the summer when fuels are really starting to dry out. That's why Nevada officials are asking people to control those fires and make sure to put them out.

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers enlists the aid of a few people each summer to help take care of the campgrounds on Barren River Lake.

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- Forest officials are temporarily closing some camping areas affected by a wildfire in eastern Arizona's White Mountains earlier this summer.

  Editor’s Note: The following column, authored by Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) President Phil Ingrassia and appearing in the August issue of RV Executive Today, promotes the importance of personal, face-to-face contact – a key component of the RV Dealers Convention/Expo – versus Internet communication. Like a lot of people in the RV industry, I am […]

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- An unauthorised group of 15 campers pitched their caravans in the city park’s pre-booked campsite on August 19 causing the park to cancel bookings with scheduled campers.

(Aug. 29, 2014) -- A Manitoba camper who was lost in the woods for three days says he relied on skills he saw on TV to survive, as well as a lighter and a bag of all-dressed potato chips.