Month: July 2016

Florida’s Bay Bayou, which bills itself as Tampa’s premier RV resort, announced the expansion of Bayou Grande, which consists of 53 newly developed, paved sites scheduled to open Nov. 1. According to a press release, Bayou Grande features a variety of amenities including extended concrete pads, angled at 60 degrees for easy back-in with all-in-one […]

(July 29, 2016) -- The Fifth Annual St. Jude’s Benefit at Huggy Bear Campground will take place Aug. 12-13. The event is open to everyone.

(July 29, 2016) -- Positivity and levelheadedness helped two hikers lost in Badlands National Park get through the night until searchers could find them.

(July 29, 2016) -- A group of campers left their jar of nuts unattended on their site, along with a bottle of whisky and some water, in Ontario.

(July 29, 2016) -- Bryon Nevis outlines his RV experience from renting RVs to eventually buying one and notes that many issues relayed in the RV Industry Death Spiral series are, indeed, true.

(July 29, 2016) -- The fire was reported by a neighbor who saw smoke coming from the camper. While the camper was a total loss – $10,000 – firefighters were able to save two nearby sheds.

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based TriMas Corp. announced it has replaced David Wathen as president and CEO at the diversified manufacturing company, after reporting midyear revenue was off about $43 million from early 2015. TriMas completed the spinoff of its Cequent businesses last July to TriMas shareholders as a newly formed company named Horizon Global Corp. Crain’s Detroit […]

(July 29, 2016) -- The Casco, Maine, Board of Selectmen has been grappling with a solution to campers being driven away and tax debts being left unpaid with no forwarding address.

(July 29, 2016) -- Police identified stolen property consisting of a 35-foot 5th wheel camping trailer, (stolen from Barrie in December 2015), as well as a Honda motorcycle and a space heater, all worth a total of $72,520.

(July 29, 2016) -- Tom Getchell was standing outside of his camper at Big Lake smoking a cigarette at 3 a.m. Thursday enjoying the quiet morning.