Archive for September, 2005

>Beginning Sunday Olympic National Park in Washington state will change hours at its visitor and information centers, and campgrounds and roads will be closed for the season. Full Story…

>”You start out in your 20s with a tent and by the time you reach your 70s you’ve graduated to luxury,” said Joyce Korsten of Richfield. “But you deserve it. You worked hard for it.”

Her friends, Gen Neururer of Minnetonka and Edna Peterson, couldn’t agree more. They laughed while remembering camping years ago in tents and the backs of their pickups.

“It’s not roughing it at all,” Peterson said of her modern-day accommodations.

The ladies and their husbands joined 23 other couples from the Minnesota Loons Chapter of the Newmar Kountry Klub for a “campout” at the Freeborn County Fairgrounds through Friday. The campers are from all walks of life from throughout the state. Full Story…

>The rental motor home industry is getting a welcome pull from hurricanes Katrina and Rita as major corporations rush in rigs from as far as Alaska, Canada and New York to use as emergency worker housing.

They join trailers and other vehicles helping to alleviate the corporate housing shortage along the Gulf Coast for both evacuees and companies dealing with the catastrophes.

“It’s an ocean of good news for every aspect of this industry,” says Sherman Goldenberg, publisher of RV Business, a trade publication.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is trying to provide many trailers in different locations for evacuees, rather than motor homes, which are typically driven from place to place. Full Story…