Archive for August, 2005

>Winnebago Industries Inc. has laid off 4.5 percent of its workforce at its four Iowa plants, blaming a softening market for recreation vehicles.

The RV industry posted record sales of $14 billion last year, but sales have plummeted in 2005, according to Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Statistical Surveys Inc., which monitors the industry. Full Story…

RV Trips – Two Book set!

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>Spending about $750 in gas to get from north Boston to Draper in a 36-foot motor home is a small price to pay for Don and Eileen Veitch. Especially because the trip to Utah ends with a long visit with Sam and Jackson, their grandchildren.

“I can’t see not taking the trip,” Don Veitch said as 3-year-old Sam slept in the driver’s seat of their motor home and 4-year-old Jackson tried to scare his grandmother with a stuffed toy snake. “We would give up other things before giving up a chance to see the family.” Full Story…