Archive for March, 2006

>Camping World today announced the Grand Opening of a new retail store in Burlington, Washington. The store is co-located with Foley’s RV, a member of the FreedomRoads RV dealer network, along I-5 one hour north of Seattle and 30 minutes south of Bellingham at 1240 Old Highway 99 off Walton Drive (exits 231 and 232).

The store will kick off the Grand Opening on Thursday March 30th with a ribbon cutting to take place on Friday, March 31st at 7:30 a.m. The celebration will continue through Sunday, April 2nd where the public will enjoy free gifts, product specials, free lunches daily between 11 and 1 p.m., and several contests. These include an opportunity to win a two-week vacation in a luxury RV as well as a once in a lifetime chance to win a trip to the June Daytona Beach Stock Car Race which includes the use of a luxury RV and an opportunity to meet the #10 FreedomRoads/Camping World/RVs.com Ford driver John Andretti. Other prizes will be given and sweepstakes held, as well as free RVing seminars which begin at 11:00 a.m. each day. Full Story…

301 Ways to Make RV Travel Safer, Easier and More Fun – save time, money and effort.

>In a manufacturing plant conference room, 10 casually dressed men pore over diagrams, manuals and notebooks.

They pepper their leader, Mike Cody, with questions. He answers them using insider words and phrases — “MMDC,” “body builder,” “Cat C7.” The men nod, take notes, ask more questions.

This is Camp Freightliner. It’s not your typical camp.

The campers come to learn about the “guts” of their vehicles — the Freightliner chassis on which the essential systems of their vehicles, including steering, engine and suspension, are mounted. Full Story…

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>Six family members who disappeared more than two weeks ago after leaving for a trip to the coast in a recreational vehicle were found alive Tuesday in a remote area of southwestern Oregon, surviving in their snowbound vehicle on dehydrated food and other provisions.

At one point, the RV slid off the road and eventually got stuck in the snow. The family tried to hand-dig the RV out but could not, he said.

The family sustained itself on snow and dehydrated food they had loaded up for the trip. They had enough propane to keep the RV heated.

Two parents were found first after they had left the recreational vehicle — which had become stranded by snow — on Monday to seek help, and hours later rescuers located the RV and the four others, who include two children. Full Story – Full Story…