Month: May 2018

Truma is continuing its focus on customer support with the opening of four new service centers in the U.S., adding to its existing facility in Lakeland, Fla. According to a press release, Truma has hired two experienced mobile service technicians in Arizona and Colorado and will soon hire two more in California and Oregon to […]

(May 11, 2018) -- A local RV maker is looking to future of its workforce, reported WSBT.

The Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) announced that Protective Asset Protection is the Gold Partner for the 2018 RV Dealers Convention/Expo. According to a press release, Protective has been a foremost sponsor and consistent top-level supporter of the premier dealer education event for 22 consecutive years. The convention/expo will take place Nov. 5-9 at Paris Las Vegas, […]

(May 11, 2018) -- Family is one of the most important influences in a person's life. My trip this spring revealed itself to be about family. There are many types of families and I have experienced a few on this eastward journey.

(May 11, 2018) -- It began the way most just-so-crazy-it-might-work ideas do. Jennifer and Deas Nealy were dog owners and frequent travelers who kept running into the same problem. Every time they went out of town—which was often—they would either have to board their Australian Shepherd, German Shepherd, and corgi or tailor their vacation so that they were only staying at dog-friendly hotels.

WASHINGTON — The Strait of Juan de Fuca spans about 102 miles long between Western Washington’s Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island in Canada. It is part of the Salish Sea, which includes several waterways like Puget Sound along Seattle, and is the Sea’s outlet to the Pacific Ocean. A scenic byway runs along part of ...

(May 11, 2018) -- When someone mentions boondocking, you typically think of public land in the western states. Mention boondocking and snowbirds in the same sentence and most people will narrow it down to the desert southwest and places like Quartzsite, Arizona where RVers migrate by the thousands every winter.

Thor Industries Inc.  announced that the preliminary date for its fiscal 2018 third quarter earnings release will be June 6 after market close. The final release date will be confirmed approximately one week prior to the release. Upon the release of Thor’s earnings, the company will concurrently provide a comprehensive question and answer document, as well […]

This week’s “Rollin’ On TV” Show looks at buying a used RV in the light and ultralight travel trailer market, focusing on two of the more popular models, the R-Pod by Forest River Inc. and the Jayco Inc.’s Jay Feather hybrid model. Also RV Education shows how to avoid common RV buyer mistakes. To view the […]

(May 11, 2018) -- Ernst Lamothe and Edward Lareau have launched RV There Yet, a website that lets people rent RVs and campers from local RV owners in Northwest Indiana and the Chicago south suburbs.