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Trailer Beacon Light Sheds Light on RVs

Oregon City, Oregon-based transportation service provider NWCR Inc. recently announced the launch of a new product for the RV world: Trailer Beacon Light. This device allows RVers to illuminate the outside of their travel trailers without the necessity of a … Continue reading

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Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know about Ticks…And Stay Disease-Free

Blacklegged ticks (also known as Deer ticks) take two years to complete their life cycle and are found predominately in deciduous forest. Their distribution relies greatly on the distribution of its reproductive host, white-tailed deer. Both nymph and adult stages … Continue reading

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Top 10 things RVers Should Know about Ticks

There ARE more ticks in more places than ever before. Tick encounter rates are soaring, and experts are predicting 2012 to be one of the worst years for Lyme disease transmission due to higher than normal deer tick infection rates. … Continue reading

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Camping Without a Car or RV

A non-profit group is making camping without a car possible with a regular bus service between Toronto and key national and provincial parks in Ontario. Starting June 29 (2012), the Ontario Parkbus Initiative will be running buses between Toronto and … Continue reading

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Lake Guntersville Rebounds One Year after Storms

On April 27, 2011 Lake Guntersville State Park was hit by multiple tornadoes. Thirteen months after three tornadoes tore a path of destruction through Lake Guntersville State Park, the park has rebounded and is still a primary vacation spot in … Continue reading

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Chalet RV Receives Capital Injection for Expansion

Albany, Oregon-based Chalet RV Inc. has received a significant capital injection from a private equity investor earmarked for expansion in the RV industry. The company has plans for “significant growth in the industry” and is positioning itself “as a leader … Continue reading

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Have RV, Will Promote Tourism Terrace

The Kermodei Tourism Society has taken on a more mobile approach to promoting hunting, fishing, and other recreational opportunities in the northwestern region of British Columbia. The society is leasing a recreational vehicle from Nor-Burd RV Sales and Service in … Continue reading

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Coleman & NWF Partner to Sponsor Great American Backyard Campout

The Coleman Company, Inc. has partnered with National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to become a national sponsor of Great American Backyard Campout. As part of its sponsorship, Coleman will be inviting families across the nation to get outside during the annual … Continue reading

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Indoor RV Park Opening Soon

A family joke about living in an RV parked in a pole barn has led a Minnesota contractor to come up with a new housing solution for the Bakken Oil Patch: an indoor RV park. Chad Lekander of Mahtowa, Minnesota, … Continue reading

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Updated Forest Service Campground Guides Available

Fred and Suzi Dow, authors of ForestCamping.com, the comprehensive website for camping in national forests and grasslands, announced publication of revised and updated U.S. National Forest Campground Guides for the Pacific Northwest, Eastern, and Rocky Mountain regions. These guides include … Continue reading

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