Archive for May, 2008

>Are you an RV enthusiast who embraces the dream of space travel? If so, The Great Outdoors RV and Golf Resort located just minutes from Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida should be on your “must visit” list this summer.

Space shuttles are due to launch on May 31st, and again in August and October. Watch the space shuttle begin its incredible flight to rendezvous with the space station right from our resort, or–for a more up close and personal experience–from the Indian River directly across from the launch pad–just a 5-minute drive from our resort’s front gate!

Take advantage of our summer special RV site rental rates by calling for reservations at 800/621-2267.
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>Recreational vehicle dealers say sales are down dramatically this year — as much as 40 percent, according to one longtime Nashville company — as consumers deal with higher fuel and food prices, as well as the slowing economy.
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But the cost of fuel is the hardest blow to take, said Tom and Penny Maulding, who gave up their home in California 10 years ago to become full-time RV travelers. It now costs more than $600 to fill up their 40-foot Fleetwood motor coach, with its diesel engine and 150-gallon tank. It gets about 7 miles per gallon.

“Every time we pull into a truck stop, I cry,” said Penny Maulding, 66, as she and her husband relaxed in the motor home recently at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park campground off Briley Parkway near the Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

“These high fuel prices won’t stop us from traveling, and we probably will be staying longer in each place we visit,” she said. “But I can see now that we’ll eventually have to give this up and settle back into a house somewhere.”
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