Jellystone Park Touts Range of Teen Activities
June 19, 2012
Lynne Maloy said there’s one question parents always ask when they arrive at the Jellystone Park in Lincoln, Del. “What am I going to do with my 14-year-old who will not disconnect from the Internet?” Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Parks, however, are known for having a wide assortment... Read more »
Great Outdoors Award Goes to Minnesota Senator
Press Release
June 11, 2012
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., was presented with the 2012 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award, the recreation community’s most prestigious award, at a special Great Outdoors Week celebration on June 6. The award is presented to individuals whose personal efforts have contributed substantially... Read more »
Mesa Verde: A Treasure among National Parks
Gary Wescott
May 7, 2012
Of all the amazing national parks in the West, Colorado’s Mesa Verde is surely one of the most impressive. Mesa Verde National Park was established on June 29, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt to, as he put it, “preserve the works of man.” It was the first national park of its kind.... Read more »
RV Storage: What is Necessary?
Joe and Vicki Kieva
May 4, 2012
Wow! Look at all the storage in that motorhome’s exterior cabinets.” That’s what you think when you see a brand new coach sitting there with the storage compartments empty. And then you start filling them up with all the “necessary” stuff you have to carry. Here’s an inventory of what we... Read more »
Proposal aims to create tribal national park within South Dakota’s Badlands
Press Release
April 27, 2012
South Dakota’s Badlands National Park could be home to the nation’s first tribal national park thanks to a recommendation from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Jon Jarvis of the National Park Service. The proposal was announced April 26 and would create the park, in partnership with... Read more »
What’s Your RV Arrival Routine?
Joe and Vicki Kieva
April 16, 2012
Most motorhome owners have a leveling and hookup routine they follow once their coach is in a campsite. And we all know the importance of having an uninterrupted disconnect routine when preparing to leave a campsite. But we seldom hear anyone talking about what they do from the time they pull into the... Read more »
RV Camping in Alaska’s Denali National Park
November 21, 2011
Denali National Park was established in 1980 when the Mount McKinley National Park — established first in 1917 to protect Dall sheep — and Denali National Monument were combined into one park. Denali is best known for its wide variety of wildlife and the 20,320′ tall Mount McKinley,... Read more »
Calif. Bill Would Allow Nonprofits to Run Parks
October 24, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will allow some state parks scheduled for closure to remain open if qualified nonprofit organizations agree to run them, according to a report by the Bay Citizen. Assemblyman Jared Huffman’s Assembly Bill 42 authorizes the California Department of Parks and Recreation... Read more »
Fire-Scorched Texas Park Set to Reopen Dec. 1
October 21, 2011
Bastrop State Park The new target date for reopening Bastrop State Park located 30 miles southeast of Austin, Texas, has been pushed back to Dec. 1 due to scheduling delays for ongoing and start-up capital repair projects affecting the cabins, campground, park roads and refectory, The Memorial Examiner,... Read more »
Massachusetts RV Park Rebuilds After Tornado
October 18, 2011
Village Green Campground When it comes to rebuilding Village Green Family Campground in Brimfield, Mass., which was smashed to pieces in the June 1 tornado, owners Lester and Margaret Twarowski have ambitious goals and have made some progress, but there are individual decisions and realities to face... Read more »
