Month: April 2017

(April 18, 2017) -- "We applied for the sign, it was approved. We applied for the flag and it was denied because the city told us it was essentially just another sign,” Lemonis said.

(April 18, 2017) -- The Easter weekend proved to be golden for the Tamworth region as flocks of campers, tourists, travelers and locals made full use of perfect weather and the four day break.

(April 18, 2017) -- The operation of www.recreation.gov will continue through September 2018 under Active Network, which has been a leading force in technology solutions for the outdoors for more than 30 years, said Derrick Crandall, president of ARC.

(April 18, 2017) -- Pinellas County Parks are on high alert as fire danger looms across the state. Park rangers are begging you to stay safe and be careful lighting fires around your home or on your campsite.

(April 18, 2017) -- Easter campers took over this weekend, per tradition. But another Easter tradition, the annual post-Easter park cleanup, is surely setting the bar.

(April 18, 2017) -- “Often there are barriers that stop people from just giving it a shot … when they do the Learn to Camp program, people get more comfortable with the outdoors, they get curious about camping and they gain that confidence to give it another shot on their own,” Parks Canada spokesperson Laura Judson said.

(April 18, 2017) -- The wide roads have been narrowed by 15 feet to allow more room for campsites with paved pads. More more than 100 RV sites now have electric connections, which were not previously available. Each site has its own water connection as well.

(April 18, 2017) -- Six camper cabins are under construction on the other side of Lee Creek from the original cabins built decades ago by Civilian Conservation Corps workers. Camper cabins are small cabins with bunk beds, a table and chairs and a small front porch, said Tim Scott, assistant superintendent.

(April 18, 2017) -- Members of the RV owners group will gather at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, Ga., March 15 through 18, during a time when thousands of snowbirds are passing right by the fairgrounds each year, FMCA noted.

Along with sponsor NTP-STAG, Blue Ox  held the largest spring OXSMART Training session in the company’s history with 34 service technicians attending the hands-on seminar in late March in West Point, Neb. “Even as we continue to expand our OXSMART Training and Education classes to venues nationwide and in Canada, we still really love the opportunity […]