Month: August 2017

Dometic recently launched the CT Bluetooth Thermostat (CTBT) app for iOS and Android to control the temperature of Dometic single zone air conditioners and the furnace in the RV.   According to a press release, the CTBT app can be used to monitor and control the Bluetooth thermostat from a distance when you connect the device […]

In honor of Rex Floyd, a $3,000 contribution has been made to the Mike Molino RV Learning Center by his son, Robert Floyd, and Floyd’s RVs. The pledge makes Floyd’s RVs a “Champions” level donor and brings the dealership’s total giving to $13,500. According to a press release, Rex Floyd founded Floyd’s Recreational Vehicles in 1969, […]

The U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in July, according to government data released Friday (Aug. 4) morning, surpassing economists’ expectations and suggesting the economy continues to thrive after an extended streak of job gains in recent years. The Washington Post reported that the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3% compared with 4.4 % in June, and […]

The Orlando man accused of dragging the manager of Florida Outdoors RV across the floor at gunpoint took steps to trick employees, according to a Stuart police arrest report. TC Palm reported that Chalin Christopher Merrihew, 41, was arrested just before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday after a nearly four-hour manhunt for him and was charged with robbery and […]

The Mike Molino RV Learning Center offers a preview of a workshop slated for the RVDA’s convention presented by Rich Moore, director of sales training for Protective Asset Protection. This informative session shows seven steps to overcoming objections F&I personnel receive daily. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of […]

Nexus RV has purchased a new 27,000-square-foot facility for pre-delivery inspection and camping simulation prior to shipments to dealerships. The building, located at 2994 Paul Drive in Elkhart, Ind., is a former Battista Customs facility. “Each and every unit we build goes through a camping simulation which takes around four hours to complete,” stated Claude […]

Editor’s Note: The following article, authored by Mark Polk, appears in the latest RV Education 101 newsletter. To access the entire newsletter click here. I have done about every type of camping imaginable. I camped under the stars with nothing but a sleeping bag, I camped in pup tents with the boy scouts, I camped […]

(Aug. 3, 2017) -- Don Yanick said sometime in mid-July, someone backed a camper onto the grounds of the Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery and dropped a load of sewage.

(Aug. 3, 2017) -- State parks across Michigan are holding “Meteors & S’mores” viewing parties Aug. 11-12.

(Aug. 3, 2017) -- Avalon Landing RV Park / Pensacola East, based in Milton, Fla., announced that they have been named the best RV park Pensacola has to offer in a local community poll.