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RVers rescue Paradise residents fleeing flames

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RVers helped rescue Paradise residents on foot trying to flee the horrific onslaught of the fire that devastated their town and took lives. The couple, Jane...

UPDATE: Sat. a.m.: CA wildfires force hundreds of thousands to evacuate

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Not a single resident of Paradise, California, can be seen anywhere in town after most of them fled the Northern California community that may...

Announcements from the editor, Nov. 10, 2018

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A few odds and ends to discuss this week. —Chuck Woodbury, editor NASTY POLITICAL COMMENTS First, many readers posted nasty political comments this past week to...

State of Emergency in L.A. & Ventura counties; Homes burning in Malibu

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This is the most recent news on the Malibu area fire, UPDATED, at 1:00 PM Friday: Authorities now say the Woolsey Fire that is...

UPDATE: Golden Ears Park will still have first-come, first-served camping

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On Thursday afternoon, Canada's BC Parks backed off the 100% reservable site plan for Golden Ears Provincial Park after a public outcry and will...

Man jailed for burglary after motorhome break-in in Carson City

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James Robbins, a 27-year-old transient, was booked at midnight Wednesday for suspicion of vehicle burglary, a Carson City Sheriff’s Office deputy said. Robbins had...

UPDATE: California wildfires, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, Friday

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As another series of wildfires spread rapidly through California, more than 20 million people in the state are under red flag warnings Friday, reports...

Wildfire erupts in Ventura County, threatening Thousand Oaks

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A wildfire erupted in Ventura County causing the closure of the 101 Freeway in both directions. The fire is just miles away from where...

Man surrenders after threatening to blow up RV in downtown Fresno

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After a tense hours-long standoff with Fresno, California, police on Thursday, a man who threatened to blow up his RV near Fresno City Hall...

Camp Fire rages toward Chico, evacuation warnings issued

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Northern Californians flee flames and smoke as the Camp Fire devastates the town of Paradise and now threatens Chico. An evacuation warning was issued...

Camping World’s third-quarter financial report disappoints investors

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Investors hoped to see some sales growth for Camping World in the third-quarter financial report but results were up just 6% to $1.31 billion and...

RVBusiness Top 50 RV dealers honored in Las Vegas

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A standing-room-only crowd gathered at the Paris Las Vegas Wednesday night for the RVBusiness Top 50 Dealers Awards honoring North American RV dealers for...

New fire erupts in CA’s Butte County, evacuations ordered

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A wildfire in parched Northern California erupted Thursday morning in Butte County and quickly spread to thousands of acres, prompting evacuation orders, reported Patch. The...

Visit a national park for free on Veterans Day this weekend

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Get out your map of our National Parks and if you're anywhere near one you can visit it for FREE on Veterans Day, this...

Tragedy strikes Canadian couple: RV rolls over, man dies, wife in hospital

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A tragic accident on Wednesday, Nov. 7, left a 78-year-old Canadian man dead when the motorhome he was driving rolled on Interstate 15 near...

Get around in this solar-charging, belt-driven, electric pedal car

Bob Difley -
Many RVers do not choose to tow a vehicle behind their RV, or would rather not drive their huge fifth-wheel-towing pickup truck for simple...

Yellowstone geyser erupts, spewing debris and rubbish 30 feet into the air

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Ear Spring Geyser: Wikipedia A shower of debris littered the ground with cigarette butts, rocks, a cinder block, and even a grizzly bear warning sign...

Winter Texans increase after years of decline

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The Rio Grande Valley’s Winter Texan population ticked upward last season after nearly a decade of declining numbers. That’s the good news from the...

Last caribou in the contiguous U.S. will be relocated to Canada

Bob Difley -
If wildlife watching is one of your favorite RV activities, you had better hurry if you want to see caribou in the contiguous U.S. According...

San Francisco bans RVs on De Wolf Street, but no solutions offered

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In an unusually contentious vote (4-3), and despite the lack of a clear policy on such bans, San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency Board of...

Astoria, Oregon, closes free dump station saying it could overload system

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Astoria, Oregon, will close a free RV dump station in an effort to avoid overloading the city's wastewater system. The dump station is a...

Paddle miles of kayak trails in Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta

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Alabama State Lands CANOE TRAILS Like many of you paddlers, I (Bob Difley) hauled my kayak on the roof of my toad wherever my wanderings...

Low bridge crushes fifth-wheel’s A/C – driver continues on

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Some RVs, especially motorhomes and fifth-wheels, are quite tall, but their drivers already know that. So you wonder what they were thinking when they saw...

North Carolina county considers allowing tiny homes in RV resorts

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North Carolina's Brunswick County is considering allowing tiny home communities with proposed code changes for outdoor RV resorts and campgrounds. If passed, up to...

Motorhome bursts into flames on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast

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When the Hancock Fire Rescue arrived on the scene of a fire at around 9:30 last night they found a motorhome totally engulfed in...

Salem, Virginia, firefighters contain trailer fire from spreading

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Firefighters' rapid response not only extinguished a travel trailer fire within minutes in the 1900 block of 12 O' Clock Knob Road in Salem,...

Motorhome driver leads Arcata PD on slow-speed pursuit

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At approximately 2:50 p.m. on Sunday a motorhome driver led Arcata (CA) Police officers on a slow-speed chase west onto Hwy 255 in NorCal's...

West Seattle Health Club ordered to clean up homeless RV dwellers’ trash

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A conflict between the West Seattle Health Club and the city of Seattle continues as homeless RVers throw trash on the club's property, the...

Injured border-crosser’s signal fire ignites brush in San Diego County

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This dry seasonal weather has caused every Californian's nose to tune in to the smell of smoke as a warning of potential devastating wildland...

Five-vehicle crash caused by motorhome sends 18 to hospital

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A small child, who was critically hurt and airlifted to a hospital via Flight For Life, was one of 18 people who were hospitalized...

New data to influence San Francisco’s plans for RV dwellers

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The first ever count of vehicle dwellers conducted in San Francisco and released by city officials last week revealed that there are roughly 430...

Big changes at Parker, AZ, area state parks result in controversy

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There are big changes already in progress at Arizona state parks on the Parker Strip and Lake Havasu through a budget allocation of $2.5...

Locals complain of sewage from campers on Scottish beach

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Beachgoers and locals complain that raw sewage from RVs is washing up on a Scottish beach, which has become a health hazard. Portobello Beach, located...

Seattle says No-Parking signs to deter homeless RVers a “public nuisance”

Bob Difley -
Homeless RV dwellers living on parking spaces in front of Seattle businesses have been plaguing business owners and the city has done nothing to...

Kid-sized trailer is cuter than cute!

Chuck Woodbury -
We found this photo on the Instagram page of LittleVintageTrailer.com. If you have small children or grandkids think twice about showing them this: They may...

“Tear Jerkers” rally on South Whidbey Island, WA

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Despite the rain that pounded the Tear Jerkers “Last Bash” rally, it didn’t keep them from visiting John Norris's sprawling property on South Whidbey...

Last chance (for awhile): Nearly all Yellowstone NP entrances and roads close Monday

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This is your last chance. If you want to visit Yellowstone just one more time, this weekend is your last chance to drive to...

Cummins’ Garry Enyart elected Chairman of RVIA

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Garry Enyart, Director of Cummins Mobile Generator Business, has been elected Chairman of the board for the RV Industry Association (RVIA), reports Business Wire. Enyart...

County forces evacuation of tenants from overcrowded RV park

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Trying to do the right thing by providing homeless RV dwellers a place to live puts the trailer park owner into conflict with West...

East Palo Alto candidates differ over solution to RV influx

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The coming election may decide where RVers living on the streets of East Palo Alto will be able to live, but the candidates for...

Woman dies in collision with RV pulling a trailer

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A woman died when her small sedan turned onto Geer Highway in northern Greenville County and collided with an RV pulling a trailer. Jeff Fowler,...

Hipcamp will find you a campsite on a goat farm or at a hot spring

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RVing is fun, and sometimes you can try different styles of campsites just for the experience – like many of the campsites offered by Hipcamp. How...

West Sacramento residents challenge RV parking ban on private property

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How much city administrators can control where you can park your RV or boat on your own property has raised the hackles of some...

Oakland awarded $8.6 mil. grant to open housing, RV parks for homeless

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With an $8.6 million grant from the state, Oakland plans to open three new “Tuff Shed” shelters and lease land for four sanctioned RV...

Unfold this tiny trailer into a 100-square-foot cabin

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If you're fascinated by what creative minds are able to do, and by the tiny trailer craze happening now, you will like this innovative...

Nevada state parks lost $1.2 million in uncollected entrance fees last year

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Hey, you deadbeats! Did you know that nearly a third of the 3.5 million people who visited a Nevada state park last year didn’t...

Motorhome and toad engulfed in flames in Pilot Flying J parking lot

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One place where you would not want to encounter a fire in your RV would be in the middle of a large truck stop...

AZ State Parks bulldozes Native American sites in park development

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The Arizona Republic reported this week that the state Parks agency may have bulldozed archaeological sites in a rush to develop state parkland. Four...

Another investor files lawsuit against Camping World and Marcus Lemonis

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Marcus Lemonis, Chairman and CEO of Camping World, had another federal securities lawsuit filed against him and other company officers for allegedly selling stock...

Mobile unveils new RV City plan for Mardi Gras

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Mobile quickly backtracks on statements about closing RV City for Mardi Gras season with an outline of how RV City will re-open for at...
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