Arizona RV Park Is First to Install a ‘Putting Purple’
May 26, 2011
Phillip Harison has been coming to Desert’s Edge RV Village in Phoenix almost every winter for 15 years. Harison loves the Arizona sunshine and the park’s amenities, which include a heated swimming pool and spa and exercise room. But he has also been lobbying park owner Saundra Bryn for years to... Read more »
Some Campgrounds Discounting RV Sites for Louisiana Flood Evacuees
May 20, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La., May 20, 2011 – Several Louisiana campgrounds are willing and able to accommodate Louisiana residents who need a temporary place to stay as a result of the Mississippi River flood. “Campgrounds are one place where families can stay until the flood waters recede,” said Sharon Vennen,... Read more »
KOA Sponsoring Great American Backyard Campout Event
May 4, 2011
Kampgrounds of America Inc. is now an official sponsor of the National Wildlife Federation’s annual “Great America Backyard Campout” event. The Great American Backyard Campout, planned for Saturday, June 25, will bring thousands of people across the nation out into their backyards, neighborhoods,... Read more »
Upstate New York Campground Plans Solar Kolony
April 19, 2011
HERKIMER, N.Y., April 19, 2011 – With more than 40 inches of annual precipitation and three times as many cloudy days as sunny ones, upstate New York seems like the wrong place to determine the extent to which people can satisfy their energy needs with solar energy. But Dr. Renee Scialdo Shevat argues... Read more »
For Some Families, Easter Marks Start of Summer Camping Season
April 15, 2011
Shirley and Eugene Goles and their family, from Baltimore, Md., have camped at the Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Quarryville, Pa. almost every Easter for nearly 40 years. “That’s when our family starts our summer camping trips,” Shirley said, adding that the tradition started even before the 175-site... Read more »
Electric Car Owners Use Campgrounds to Re-Charge on Long Trips
April 7, 2011
COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 6, 2011 – Cherry Hill Park is probably one of the greenest campgrounds in the country, having made substantial investments in solar panels for water heating and power generation. But two years ago, a visitor from the University of Delaware opened park owner Mike Gurevich’s... Read more »
Newport Dunes Launches Ongoing Fundraiser For Tustin Nonprofit
April 5, 2011
Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort has launched an ongoing fundraising program benefiting the Blind Children’s Learning Center in Tustin, Calif. For every night booked at the RV park, the Dunes will donate $1 to the nonprofit that offers educational services and adaptive therapy to approximately 200... Read more »
Woodall’s Combines North American Campground Directory With Camp Club USA
October 13, 2010
Woodall Publications Corp., publisher of the most comprehensive and reliable campground directories available, has announced that the 2011 Woodall’s North American Campground Directory, the most respected national campground directory, will be combined with the 2011 Camp Club USA Directory in... Read more »
California Desert Resort Features Healing Waters, Other Amenities
October 13, 2010
Photo courtesy of Fountain of Youth Spa When Idelle Hanna and her husband, Robert, need to take a breather from work and the stresses of city life, they head to Fountain of Youth Spa, a vacation resort in a remote part of the Southern California desert near Niland that most people never see. Originally... Read more »
Staying Outside the Box: Gateway Parks
October 10, 2010
Jeanette Copeland-Hood and her husband, Frank, travel extensively in their 30-foot Winnebago motorhome. But whenever they visit national parks or national forests, they stay only briefly in government-run campgrounds. “Occasionally, we’ll find (government-run) campgrounds with electrical hookups,”... Read more »
