RV Daily Report

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- More campers will be able to enjoy Lake Vermillion Recreation Area near Canistota, S.D., this summer, thanks to the addition of a new 28-site campground.

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- Starting this year, there will be an expansion of the 14-night, maximum stay program during the peak period of June 24 to the September long weekend in most provincial park and recreation sites in Saskatchewan.

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- In Florida, Lake City police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Thursday morning in a recreational vehicle parked at the Ramada Inn Limited off U.S. 90, according to Officer Steve Shaw, who is quoted in the Gainesville Sun.

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- Recreational vehicles are not necessarily getting smaller, but they are getting lighter. The Press of Atlantic City describes how.

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- An RV show sponsored by the London and St. Thomas RV Dealers Association in Ontario draws about 8,000 visitors and targets an older, rather affluent crowd, but the London Free Press reports younger buyers also attended the show.

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- People were not only browsing, they buying at the Boat, Sport and Travel Show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, according to George Diehl of Denny's Marina, who is quoted in a WTHR report.

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- WSBT helps with a food drive and talks to a woman who lost her job in the RV industry in 2009.

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- Central Florida News 13 reports there are fewer RVs because the speedway changed the scheduled racing dates adding an extra week during Speedweeks.

(Feb. 20, 2012) -- A daughter of an Oregon woman who died in an RV fire in December is trying to raise money to pay for cremation fees, reports the Statesman Journal.

(Feb. 17, 2012) -- A Texas man turns a vintage travel trailer into a cabana. The San Antonio Express tells the story.