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Written by Mike Ward
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Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00 |
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The conventional wisdom is that people who start out camping in tents will eventually find their way to an RV. If so, there is good news for the RV industry. The number of visitors camping in tents at National Park Service sites rose more than 6 percent in 2009, according to the Outdoor Industry Association.
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Written by Mike Ward
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Friday, 01 January 2010 00:00 |
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Although Monaco Coach Corporation had become one of the nation’s largest RV manufacturers, it began 2009 in terrible shape, with most of its remaining 2,000 employees on furlough. Within a few months, it had filed for bankruptcy and was out of business.
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Written by Mike Ward
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 00:00 |
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The campground directory for big RVs that Ken Hamill and his wife, Ellie, publish these days is nothing like the one that they started in 2001, when, as Ken readily admits, they knew nothing about writing, printing and advertising.
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Written by Mike Ward
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 00:00 |
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Harvey Wells is spending this fall traveling in his motorhome with his grandsons to every road game of the Cleveland Browns football team, and he hopes to spend next summer visiting every major league baseball park in the country.
But that’s not what’s remarkable about Wells. It’s the fact that he is roaming the country while undergoing dialysis treatment six days a week.
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Written by Mike Ward
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 00:00 |
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Fleetwood Enterprises went bankrupt, but Fleetwood motorhomes are being produced once again, and Fleetwood RV, the new company that acquired the brand, has begun its existence by reaching back into Fleetwood’s history for inspiration.
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Written by Mike Ward
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00 |
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It was great,” said Brad Herzog, summing up a 56-day summer trip with his wife, Amy, and two young sons in Winnebago’s first—and so far only—hybrid motorhome.
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Written by Mike Ward
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Saturday, 01 August 2009 00:00 |
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We know better days are ahead for the RV business, not only because that’s what the industry’s chief forecaster says but also because our instincts tell us that things can’t get much worse.
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Written by Mike Ward
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 04:00 |
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We know better days are ahead for the RV business, not only because that’s what the industry’s chief forecaster says but also because our instincts tell us that things can’t get much worse. |
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Written by Mike Ward
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Monday, 01 June 2009 03:00 |
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A $750,000 motorhome is beyond the reach of all but a few, but it’s the sort of rig Dan Fendel would like to have when he retires and hits the road. Whether he gets it may depend on how well readers respond to the RVing hero he has created for a series of mystery novels. |
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