(Oct. 31, 2012) -- Texas Tech students are camping out at Raiderville to prepare for Saturday's game against the Texas Longhorns. Game admittance will be based on the day students begin camping out and the number of times they are checked in, writes MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park plans to implement changes to its current backcountry reservation and permitting process in early 2013, reports Waynesville Smoky Mountain News.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- Blue Ridge Parkway officials are asking motorist to avoid traveling the parkway over the next several days, especially those sections in Virginia.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- Jim Turley and Brian Scobey, of Tampa-based SignaTour Campers, are constructing homes that are 8 x 24 feet, with less than 300-square-feet of living space, a housing trend that's catching on nationwide, reports ABC Action News.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- The date marks the fourth consecutive commemoration in what has become an annual event to raise awareness of the vital role automotive restoration and collection plays in American society. Campgrounds and RV parks may wish to capitalize on this opportunity by hosting classic car shows that weekend.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- The Gisborne Herald reports that Rhythm and Vines promoters have gained permission for extra campers on the Waiohika Estate site in Gisborne without having to go through a hearing.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- Preliminary plans for Tennessee's “park in progress” include an access road, ranger station, primitive campground, picnic areas and trails, in addition to interpretive efforts to share the historic Revolutionary War-era battles site.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, hunters, campers and hikers should take special precautions this winter to avoid a newly problematic, winter-resilient tick breed that could transmit Lyme disease, writes the Marietta Times.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- ABC30.com reports that 23-year-old Jessica Garcia spent the summer working in Yosemite National Park. Three weeks ago, before beginning a new job at the Wawona Hotel, she decided to explore her new surroundings, and that decision almost killed her.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- "Zach Bonner walked across this entire country so that homeless youth could one day stop walking and have a safe place to go to get off the streets," said Harold Oehler of the Lazydays Employee Foundation. "If our community will join the Lazydays Homeless Youth Program in helping these kids, one day, there won't be any more homeless kids to help."