Month: September 2014

(Sept. 8, 2014) -- Carlisle Events opened the gates of the Carlisle Fairgrounds, Pa. to the second annual Carlisle Sports & Outdoor Show at noon Friday, Sept. 5. New this year is an area of vintage campers.

(Sept. 8, 2014) -- U.S. Forest Service rangers said humans are to blame for the black bear trouble in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness near Aspen, Colo.

Forty-five parks in the Jellystone Park network now have business listings on TripAdvisor.com as the online travel rating service expands its presence in the outdoor hospitality market. “We think this is the right move for us as we continue to expand our online marketing capabilities,”said Michele Wisher, director of marketing for Leisure Systems, Inc., which […]

(Sept. 8, 2014) -- A 400-acre wildfire in Yosemite National Park, Calif. has prompted the evacuation of about 100 campers around Little Yosemite Valley and Half Dome

(Sept. 8, 2014) -- The search is on for Ryan Silsby, 25, a Montana camper last seen Aug. 16 on his way to camp at Blodgett Canyon in Hamilton, Mont.

(Sept. 8, 2014) -- Law enforcement agencies have captured James Michael Murphy, an escaped inmate from the Decatur County Courthouse in Leon, Iowa, after finding him hiding in a camper.

(Sept. 8, 2014) -- At the annual Düsseldorf, Germany Caravan Salon Mercedes launched its new Marco Polo Activity RV. It seats or sleeps up to five people and comes complete with wardrobe and retractable table.

These are scary times at Ford Motor Co. as workers rip out the body shop at the company’s 2.6-million-square-foot Dearborn, Mich., truck plant and replace it with a radically different one. By converting its best-selling F-150 pickup from a steel body to aluminum, Ford is replacing the tried-and-true spot-welding process with a far more complex […]

Organizers for the Caravan Salon 2014, held Aug. 30-Sept. 7 in Düsseldorf, Germany, are reporting the best attended edition in the event’s history. “With extremely satisfied exhibitors and 192,000 visitors the Caravan Salon far exceeded our expectations and we are delighted to have hit a new all-time record this year. We are particularly pleased that our new […]

Fueled by rising sales and innovative new models, RVs have drawn significant media attention throughout the summer. According to a report in RVIA Today Express, the RV lifestyle and the RV industry have been the subject of several high-profile stories and interviews in major news out­lets around the country. Major stories resulting from the Recreation […]