Month: April 2015

(April 9, 2015) -- Outdoor Family Weekend, May 29 to 31, offers campers a chance to learn basic outdoor skills, sample various recreational activities, and spend time together as a family at Stillwater State Park in Groton, Vt.

(April 9, 2015) -- People living in their RVs in a south Louisiana subdivision will sound off Thursday night about an ordinance that would leave some temporarily homeless.

(April 9, 2015) -- Authorities are investigating what caused a family’s motor home to burst into flames in Tooele, Utah. A fuel line may be the cause of the fire.

(April 9, 2015) -- The health of the economy and consumer sentiment are the primary drivers of new sales, dealers and industry officials said. But there are other factors at play, including changing demographics and weather, that could improve or reverse those fortunes, they said.

(April 9, 2015) -- Fleetwood Plossl and other RV owners tried to convince members of Fayetteville, N.C., City Council to change an ordinance governing RVs at their Tuesday meeting

(April 9, 2015) — Winnebago Industries, Inc. launched the company’s new 2016 motorhome and towable lines today at The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. The Adventurer and Suncruiser, Winnebago’s flagship Class A gas models, have been totally redesigned inside and out.

(April 9, 2015) -- A Gladwin County, Mich., man is upset because he said the Department of Natural Resources ruined the beauty of two Mid-Michigan campgrounds by cutting down too many trees.

(April 9, 2015) -- The Camper Obscura is a camper with an optical device built inside that uses a periscope to display live moving images of St. Ives that are projected inside the camper for visitors to see. The camper will be in St. Ives, England this weekend.

(April 9, 2015) -- The national average price of gas is forecast to fall 32 percent from a year ago to $2.45 a gallon between April and September, the period when Americans do most of their driving. That would mark the lowest seasonal average since 2009.

(April 9, 2015) — Australian RV production statistics for January and February released by Caravan Industry Association of Australia show a 16 percent increase year on year. These new figures for 2015 are on the back of yearly production in 2014 that was the second-highest in two decades.