Month: July 2018

Editor’s Note: The following article by Jeff Crider appears in the Family Motor Coach Association’s (FMCA) magazine Family RVing. When Victor and Jessica King opened Lake George RV Park in Lake George, N.Y., in 1966, it was one of the most modern campgrounds in the United States. Each of its then 200-plus campsites had 30-amp electric […]

A decade after the Great Recession decimated the RV industry in Oregon’s Lane County, an iconic RV name has re-emerged as one of the region’s largest players. Iowa-based Winnebago Industries capitalized on the collapse of Country Coach, paying $9 million for the Junction City company’s intellectual property and large manufacturing plant in late 2015 as […]

The RV/MH Hall of Fame’s annual induction dinner celebrating the Class of 2018 is only a month away, set to run Aug. 6 at the Hall’s Northern Indiana Event Center in Elkhart, Ind.  Darryl Searer, president, RV/MH Heritage Foundation, said in a press release, “We are on track to break the all-time attendance record for our induction […]

All Valley RV Center founder Roy B. Padgett passed away on June 29 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 78. Padgett was born in Watertown, S.D., in 1939 to Lyle and Floy Padgett. He grew up on the family farm in South Dakota, and at a very young age learned the value of hard […]

It was one of the biggest, splashiest camper van debuts of 2017, and now it’s heading to highways and byways. Volkswagen’s California XXL concept will officially give way to a Crafter-based production camper van at this year’s Düsseldorf Caravan Salon. As reported by New Atlas, the camper will certainly lose some of the wilder features and flair […]

In accordance with its ongoing commitment to promote safety in the workplace, as well as in the local community, Jackson Center, Ohio-based Airstream Inc. hosted a tactical training drill for several local law enforcement agencies. The Troy Daily News reported that Airstream agreed to allow specialized law enforcement officers to use its main manufacturing facility […]

A motorhome on two wheels?! We’ve seen everything now! Created by 26-year-old American, Jeremy Carman, the Moto Home prototype is based on a 1993 Honda CBR 1000 F motorbike and a Honda CR 500 motocross bike, according to report by Out & About Live. The so-called ‘Sleeper Box’ mounted at the rear is 183in long, […]

Editor’s Note: The following op-ed by John Boyd Jr., principal of the Boyd Co., appears on Industry Week and offers the perspective that Donald Trump’s tariffs are business-friendly. The Trump administration’s easing of costly and onerous regulations is boosting companies’ interest in reshoring jobs to the U.S. At last count, some 22 regulations were repealed, cutting […]

(July 5, 2018) -- Every year, millions of people visit Yellowstone National Park. It’s an amazing experience and one of our favorite national parks to explore, but the fun doesn’t have to stop at the park’s borders.

Despite a quiet mid-week July 4, families still traveled en masse to inhabit their favorite campgrounds for the holiday, according to The Goshen News. Flags flew mounted to truck beds. Golf carts bedazzled in shiny spangled banners zipped down the lane toward the pool. And in the still morning hours at Pla-Mor Campground in Bremen, Ind., […]