Archive for February, 2007

>What: 23rd Stockton RV/Boat Show and Sale featuring 60 exhibitors, including 10 RV dealers and six boat dealers; vacation destinations; seminars; and demonstrations.
Where: San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, Airport and Charter ways, Stockton
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Admission: general, $5; children younger than 12 free with paid adult; seniors free today; Friday free with valid fishing license
Parking: free
The Stockton show will include 10 RV dealers and a half-dozen boat dealers.
Information: www.rvboatshow.com includes more show details and schedules for daily fishing seminars.

>Perhaps your grandfather owned what he affectionately called his “fishing car,” a smelly station wagon that stayed full of rods and reels and old metal tackle boxes.

There weren’t any “fishing cars” Tuesday as the 50 anglers who will compete in this weekend’s Bassmaster Classic began rolling into Birmingham.

These days, anglers and their families travel to tournaments in rigs that rival haulers on the NASCAR circuit. Springville’s Randy Howell travels the shortest distance to the World Championship of Bass Fishing at Lay Lake, but he’ll do it in style.

His $400,000, 66-foot-long rig includes a 38-foot motor home complete with washer and dryer and a 28-foot trailer that hauls his boat on one level and his Chevrolet Avalanche on the other.
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>Damon Motor Coach will boost its production of gas-powered motor homes by a third and add 20 people to its payroll, the company said.

Damon, which produces exclusively Class A motor homes, said it has seen “record demand” for gas-powered versions of the large motor homes.

Damon credits its success to changes within the company and the increase in demand is nationwide and that an expanded dealer base also helped.

Damon’s gas lineup includes the Outlaw, Daybreak and Challenger models of motor home. The Outlaw is a gas-powered toy-hauler Class A: Think of a motor home with a garage.
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