Month: July 2015

(July 8, 2015) -- If millennials go camping and don't post a photo of the trip on social media, were they really there?, asks the Argus Leader newspaper, noting that sharing the experience is just part of the draw for younger campers who are embracing the outdoors and starting to put their signature on the industry.

(July 8, 2015) -- An F-16 fighter jet collided with a Cessna aircraft over an RV park in Moncks Corner, S.C., around 11 a.m. Tuesday, WJBF-TV reported, noting that one of the F-16's engines came to rest next to a travel trailer.

(July 18, 2015) -- “Goosebumps is probably the easiest way to describe it,” Tim Mitchell, camping specialist at Momot Trailer Sales, told Denton Publications. “To see the smile on Rowan’s face, as well as the entire family, was pretty touching.”

(July 8, 2015) -- Mac McVicker lives half a mile from Rainbow Falls road. Two homes in his subdivision have been hit with stray bullets during recent years. He decided to craft a petition to ask the U.S> Forest Service to ban shooting within two miles of homes, farms and barns, KDRO reported.

(July 8, 2015) -- Stone used ladders to smash the motorhome's windows in the attack which left it with every window and panel put through and so badly damaged, the insurance company wrote it off. Both men had been drinking and were arrested at the scene, The Press reported.

(July 8, 2015) -- The motorhome was taken overnight on Monday from Neville Terrace after Jay and Abigail Christie spent a year transforming the van into a camper, the paper explained. It was used as the wedding car at their nuptials June 27 and they were planning to take it on a budget folk music tour in Nashville, Tenn., for their wedding anniversary.

(July 8, 2015) -- Jennifer Blomquist, 41, of Dresden was arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office after she allegedly broke into a Dresden man's camper, left behind a note and stole $180, the Wiscasset Newspaper reported, adding that Blomquist was charged with a felony crime.

(July 8, 2015) -- The Brandon/Tampa Outdoor World features customized design and inventory that salutes the natural beauty of the region and rich traditions of fishing, boating, camping, hunting and hiking. This destination store is the company’s 10th in the Sunshine State and will feature 130,000-square-feet of outdoor gear, apparel, footwear and nature-themed gifts.

The RV Rental Association of Canada (RVRAC) announced that RV rentals are “shaping up to be one of the best on record,” reported Lineke Kereluk, president of RVRAC and VP, RV Rentals at Fraserway RV. Robust demand from the UK, central Europe and Australia is driving RV rentals and campground occupancy to new levels across […]

(July 8, 2015) -- Tropic Island in Port Aransas, Texas, needed a complete website refresh, while TXAD launched a brand new site for River Walk RV Park in San Antonio, Texas.