Month: January 2016

(Jan. 25, 2016) -- The cross country ski trails, maintained by the City of Storm Lake Parks Department, are ready for public use. Weather permitting, the department will groom a ski trail through the Sunrise Pointe Golf Course and Sunrise Pointe Campground area about once weekly through the remainder of the season.

(Jan. 25, 2016) -- Sheila Buck is the co-owner of Beaver Dam Campground in Berwick, Maine. The campground garnered the Small Park of the Year by the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) at its annual Outdoor Hospitality Expo and Conference, Nov. 2-6, in Daytona Beach, Fla.

(Jan. 25, 2016) — The King Tripod Mount allows customers to elevate the King Portable Satellite TV antenna for best line of sight to the satellite while protecting the antenna from moisture on the ground.

(Jan. 25, 2016) -- The Miami County, Ohio, Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request to rezone land near Brukner Nature Center to allow development of an overnight campground.

(Jan. 25, 2016) -- The Wayne National Forest has set the following recreation fee waiver dates for summer and fall. The forest offers more than 400 miles of multiple-use trails, which include horse, all-terrain vehicle, off-highway motorcycle, mountain bike and hiking trails.

(Jan. 25, 2016) -- Officials said 30-year-old Jonathan James Stroud set his estranged wife’s camper on fire with their child inside, in Marion, N.C., last month after ongoing issues with her. Now, he’s facing new charges including arson and child abuse.

Editor’s Note: The following article appears in MutualWealth Management Group’s newsletter chronicling the career of BJ Thompson. Owner of  Elkhart, Ind.-based BJ Thompson and Associates, he has been an ardent industry supporter while also serving in several capacities with the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). BJ Thompson was young, ambitious and hungry. Mostly hungry. He […]

(Jan. 25, 2016) — The RV Absorption Refrigeration course begins Feb. 15, and runs through March 13. The online program allows students to gain an in-depth understanding of recreation vehicle maintenance with intensive, competency-based instruction.

(Jan. 25, 2016) — Connor Lawrence and his team at Jellystone Park at Lazy River scored the highest year-over-year gains in occupancy and revenue of any park of its size in the 82-unit Jellystone Park network in 2015.

A study recently published by the Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan indicates that Millennials are increasingly choosing to give up cars. As reported by the Christian Science Monitor, it was once a coming of age ritual: before eating cake and opening presents, newly-minted 16-year-olds would make a white-knuckled pilgrimage to the state […]