RV Daily Report

(April 23, 2012) – Displaced workers from FTCA, formerly Fleetword Folding Trailers, are still trying to put their lives back together more than a year after their company was shuttered. They group together to support one another. “There are worse things than losing a job,” said Brenda Roberts, peer counselor for the Community Action Partnership for Somerset County, who is herself a former FTCA employee.

(April 23, 2012) – Kelley Blue Book’s sudden suspension of its RV valuation products leaves some industry professionals and consumers with some uncertainty about vehicle values. Another major player in the valuation business, NADAguides, offers an alternative to Kelley Blue Book’s RV-related products.

(April 23, 2012) -- The last vestiges of MVP RV were sold last week to a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm for an undisclosed amount, reports the Press-Enterprise.

(April 23, 2012) – Five trailers, three cabins and two boats were reduced to charred rubble Wednesday night in a Canadian RV park when fire broke out. A seasonal resident and his wife – the only people in the park at the time -- called 911, saving the remaining 90 lots on Nicola Lake.

(April 16, 2012) -- Central Oregonians are dusting off their recreational vehicles despite high gas prices. Some are even looking to buy new RVs. With high gas prices plaguing much of the High Desert (and other parts of the country), many shoppers at the Central Oregon RV show at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond say mileage could be a deciding factor on what kind of RV they buy.

(April 16, 2012) -- The National Park Service, in conjunction with the National Park Foundation, has declared Apr. 21-29 to be "National Park Week."

(April 14, 2012) -- Not everyone is worried about high gas prices. Even with gas averaging $4.11 per gallon, RV enthusiasts made the trip out to the Western New York Boat and RV Show.

(April 14, 2012) – This spring’s warm weather made campgrounds in South Dakota's state parks busier than usual. State Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hofer says many campgrounds opened shower and toilet facilities ahead of schedule to handle the early spring surge of campers.

(April 9, 2012) -- According to the Yuma Sun, every winter, residents at Sun Vista RV Resort turn their quilting talents into an opportunity to support Amberly's Place, the nonprofit organization in Yuma, Ariz., that serves victims of abuse.

(April 9, 2012) -- Seth Kugel, writing for the New York Times News Service, describes camper-vanning is a way of life, or at least a way of leisure, in New Zealand, a beautiful country that begs to be hiked and climbed and camped in.