Month: January 2016

(Jan. 7, 2016) -- Saturday’s "Second Day Hike" on the North Country Trail, a three mile snow hike through the interior of Itasca State Park, was the first of 12 hikes to celebrate the state’s 125 year milestone as well as 100 years of the National Park Service.

(Jan. 7, 2016) -- Vandals tagged multiple buildings at Maudslay State Park sometime Tuesday night, prompting Department of Conservation and Recreation employees to spend much of yesterday removing spray paint from the buildings.

(Jan. 7, 2016) -- The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved the purchase of 32 acres of forest land adjacent to Cunningham Falls State Park.

(Jan. 7, 2016) -- A man who threatened to detonate his recreational vehicle outside a Tucson police substation was arrested after a nearly 10-hour standoff Wednesday in which he showed officers a can of gasoline and a hammer and said he had propane tanks and guns.

(Jan. 7, 2016) -- There will be more than 300 brand new RVs at the Indy RV Expo and each one is different from the next. There a different makes, models, floorplans, colors, sleeping capacities. There’s something for the first-time camper, along with the veteran RV owner, Wish TV reported.

(Jan. 7, 2016) -- A number of recreational vehicles were destroyed by fire at La Mesa RV in Port St. Lucie, Fla., overnight. Officials said it took about an hour and a half to get the fire out, but not before five or six RVs went up in flames.

(Jan. 7, 2016) -- Bossier City will soon be home to the first Camping World Store in Northwest Louisiana, according to Marcus Lemonis, chief executive officer of Camping World.

Blue Ox President and CEO Ellen Kietzmann announced that the company has just expanded the RV sales representative team again by adding Ryan T. Miller as a sales representative for the Central Midwest serving RV and truck accessory customers in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. According to a press release, Miller previously worked in sales […]

The RV Preventive Maintenance course, offered by Northampton Community College in conjunction with the Pennsylvania RV and Camping Association (PRVCA), begins Jan. 18 and runs through Feb. 14. The online program allows students to gain an in-depth understanding of recreation vehicle maintenance with intensive, competency-based instruction. Students simply log on to access the lecture notes, hands-on assignments, quizzes and […]

Gary Bunzer, the RV Doctor, interviews RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury about the reasons someone would choose to travel with an RV. Woodbury explains the many ways people use their RVs, from weekend camping to traveling with them full time, sometimes pausing along the way to help support their travels. This video was produced for the […]