Month: November 2018

(Nov. 12, 2018) -- On Facebook last week, I saw a post about an “All Things Detroit” market day at Eastern Market that was happening on Sunday. It sounded interesting, and having lived almost my entire adult life in the Detroit area, I’ve never been to Eastern Market . . . so we decided to go.

(Nov. 12, 2018) -- Jim’s Las Vegas birthday celebration wasn’t all fun and games. Technically, we were there for business: our annual excursion to the Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Association Show (SEMA).

(Nov. 12, 2018) -- All workamping jobs must come to an end, including our time working at a pumpkin patch. The final ten days saw crowds swarming in after 5 PM on weekdays and all day on weekends, despite the rain and cold temperatures.

(Nov. 12, 2018) -- If you're someone who enjoys boondocking, you're sure to have discovered the treasures to be found in the US National Forests. Some of these tracts are huge, and most of them include at least some variety of campsites.

(Nov. 12, 2018) -- I have been going camping for as long as I can remember. Perhaps my first camping experience was when I was just 10 or 11 (I can’t say for sure), nonetheless from then on wards I haven’t wasted a single year of my life without going to some untamed natural camping site.

Year-over-year Canadian motorhome sales showed a 4.8% increase for the first nine months of 2018, according to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. Thor Industries Inc. was the Canadian motorhome sales leader during the period, capturing a 44.8% market share, followed by Forest River Inc. (33.4%) and Winnebago Industries Inc. (9.5%). Class A registrations edged […]

Region One of the Florida RV Trade Association (FRVTA) will host its annual admission-free fall recreation vehicle show at Hertz Arena in Estero, Fla., on Nov. 16-8, according to a press release Called the “Fall Clean-Sweep RV Show,” the three-day-event features local dealers cleaning out their new and used inventory to make room for new […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce said it would impose final antidumping and countervailing tariffs on Chinese common aluminum sheet products of 96.3% to 176.2%. It’s the first time that final duties were issued in a trade remedy case initiated by the U.S. government since 1985, according to Reuters. The final aluminum sheet duties, however, were […]

Recreational vehicles are catching on among drivers in China as the country is witnessing a booming tourism industry, industry insiders said. Xinhua reported that Wang Kai, an exhibitor at the China Tourism Industries Exposition that opened Friday (Nov. 9) in Tianjin, said he has received many visitors during the three-day event, an indicator of people’s […]

Two Southern California’s wildfires Friday shut down campgrounds and hiking trails as well as state parks and beaches in the Santa Monica Mountains and Malibu ahead of a three-day weekend marking Veterans Day. The Los Angeles Times reported that the Woolsey fire that began north of the 101 freeway above Thousand Oaks closed down the Santa Monica […]