RV helps advocates help Wyoming vets

RV helps advocates help Wyoming vets

| RV Life, RV News, RV People
RVs are often used in many different ways. This time as a mobile office for veterans' advocates in Wyoming who are reaching out to vets returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan to link them to medical, mental health and financial services.Leon Chamberlain bought a smal
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Olympian Dawn Fraser part of RV fuel run in Australia

Olympian Dawn Fraser part of RV fuel run in Australia

| Celebrity RVers, International RVing, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Life, RV News
"Winnebago is conducting an RV Fuel Consumption Run from the Gold Coast (Australia) to Winton Raceway in Victoria to prove that motorhome travel can be almost as economical as driving an average family car," according to an article published in the Coffs Coast Indepe
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Sharing wilderness with wildlife

Sharing wilderness with wildlife

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Chuck Woodbury, editor of RVTravel.com, writes in this week's RVTravel Newsletter about his childhood encounters with bears in Yellowstone National Park and how attitudes have changed over the years. Back then, in the late-50s, it was common for tourists to feed wildlif
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'Fuel savings on RV makers' minds'

‘Fuel savings on RV makers’ minds’

| Lite / Green RVing, RV News, RV Types
Rodd Cayton writing in (Riverside, Calif.) The Business Press reports that Kevin Broom, spokesperson for the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association says ….“Motor home manufacturers increasingly work with the Class C Dodge Sprinter chassis, rather than the larger,
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NASCAR RVers reminded to check carbon monoxide levels

NASCAR RVers reminded to check carbon monoxide levels

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Francesca Jarosz writes in the Indianapolis Star that "RVs at Brickyard get carbon monoxide fliers""The warnings follow the May death of a 43-year-old Illinois man during the Indianapolis 500. Police said Michael Thies' RV likely sucked in carbon monoxide emissions from
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RVers almost 1/3 of all campers

RVers almost 1/3 of all campers

| RV Life, RV News
About 1 in 5 Americans regularly go camping and of those about 30-percent do so in a recreational vehicle according to "Who is the typical camper" posting on "Pathfinder's" blog on Uncooped.comThe survey was conducted by Responsive Management, a survey resource firm spe
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Never underestimate the height of your 5th-wheel trailer

Never underestimate the height of your 5th-wheel trailer

| RV Life, RV News
Click HERE and watch what a bank surveillance camera caught when a Texas man (towing his brand new fifth-wheel trailer) suffered a momentary lapse in judgment."He was not trying to drive under the awning, he was attempting to go around the awning but caught the awnin
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Many Canadian RVers facing 'End of the Road'

Many Canadian RVers facing ‘End of the Road’

| International RVing, RV / Camping Destinations, RV Life, RV News, RV People
"For hundreds of thousands of Canadians, rumbling across the continent by motorhome is not just a vacation, but a lifestyle," writes Patrick White in yesterday's (Toronto, Ontario) Globe and Mail. "They are children of a continent-wide cruising culture that germinated
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'Camping Life'

‘Camping Life’

| Lite / Green RVing, RV Life, RV News
For lite RVers, consider checking out Woodall's Camping Life magazine and Web site.Camping Life targets individuals who use a pop-up trailer, truck camper or tent as a base of operations.If you enjoy taking your children on day hikes in your favorite state or natio
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RVers drive historic Red Buses in Glacier National Park

RVers drive historic Red Buses in Glacier National Park

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Life, RV People
A number of the Red Bus Tour drivers in Glacier National Park are RVers who use their motorhomes or travel trailers as their living quarters during their summer jobs.The historic (1936 -1939) Red Buses are both a symbol of Glacier National Park and a reminder of a time
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