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Motorhomer Cries "Foul!" at Colorado State Park Policy

By Russ and Tiña DeMaris | June 29, 2007 - 3:23 pm - Posted in RV Walmart Colorado, government, motorhomes, towed cars

An RVer with a motorhome and a “toad car,” visiting Colorado’s Cherry Creek State Park feels the state discriminates against motorhome owners. On pulling into the state park, the RVer was charged–in addition to his $22 per night campsite fee–$7 for his motorhome and $7 for his towed car. These latter two charges are assessed […]

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Danger warning on cheap Chinese tires

By Chuck | June 28, 2007 - 9:07 pm - Posted in Uncategorized

Nearly a half million tires manufactured in China may be rolling time bombs on light trucks and some RV recreational vehicles. A lawsuit filed in June blames cheap Chinese tires for a fatal Pennsylvania traffic accident. The suit says tread separation caused a cargo van carrying four passengers to crash, killing two passengers and injuring […]

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RV Travel editor to appear Sunday on The Travel Show with Arthur Frommer

By Chuck | - 4:20 pm - Posted in Uncategorized

RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury will appear on the Travel Show with Arthur Frommer on Sunday, July 1. The show airs from Noon to 2 p.m., EST, on radio stations across the USA. Woodbury’s segment in which he talks about the popularity of RVing with Pauline Frommer will most likely be in the show’s second hour […]

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Newspaper Columnist Blogs and Flogs RV Cross Country

By Russ and Tiña DeMaris | June 22, 2007 - 10:12 am - Posted in general

Dawn Witlin as a newspaper journalist used to cover crime on the east coast. She gave it up, and it appears by the paper trail she’s left behind, her life is a lot more interesting now.
Dawn and husband Curt decided to leave the east and head west, looking for jobs, education, and cheaper housing. […]

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RV Media Founder Dies

By Russ and Tiña DeMaris | June 19, 2007 - 5:11 pm - Posted in general

If you read Trailer Life or Motorhome magazines, or are a member of the Good Sam Club, chances are Art Rouse had a hand in your RV life. Art bought the little industry produced Trailer Life magazine in 1958, seeing what he felt was a surge of interest in the recreational trailer industry. “For […]

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The Return of the Embalmed RV

By Russ and Tiña DeMaris | June 18, 2007 - 11:42 am - Posted in FEMA, formaldehyde, toxic trailers

About a month ago we ran a piece regarding alleged high levels of formaldehyde in FEMA commissioned RVs sent for Katrina disaster relief. In that story we said, “The question for all of us could be: What levels of formaldehyde are present in regular production line RV models? Have you ever had your RV […]

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Famous RVer is named "Bachelor of the Year"

By Chuck | June 14, 2007 - 11:06 pm - Posted in Uncategorized

Matthew McConaughey, actor and RVer, has been named People magazine’s “Bachelor of the Year,” the first avid RVer to receive the honor.
“I love warm weather and summertime,” the actor says in the magazine’s “Hottest Bachelors” issue, on newsstands beginning Friday, June 15.
And what the 37-year old movie star also loves is traveling with his […]

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Confessions to an Insurance Company: RVer’s Blunders

By Russ and Tiña DeMaris | June 11, 2007 - 3:26 pm - Posted in general

The morning starts out like most do in your RV — traveling down a quiet highway with a hearty breakfast under your belt and a good cup of coffee within reach when you realize that blowing white thing behind you is your now-shredded awning, the bang you heard earlier was your toad coming unhooked, […]

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