Archive for October, 2008

>Branson Daily News – MO, United States
Nothing can stop them, the die-hard campers, who, despite bad weather, the failing economy or high fuel prices, keep traveling to Branson.

“The economy hasn’t stopped us from camping,” said Ronnie Dunigan, of Tulsa, Okla. “We don’t come quite as often as we did before, but now we stay longer. It’s just not feasible to come to Branson to camp for only three or four days, because of the price of gas.”

This time around, Dunigan is setting up for a month-long stay.

“My RV gets about six miles to the gallon, so when we travel, we try to get our money’s worth,” he said. “We have been (camping) for 58 years and we don’t plan on stopping because of a little bad weather or gas prices.”

Campground owners agree there has been some decline, but reservations haven’t stopped and November is looking up.
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>Michael Dautel’s life was a model of success. He was married, held a $200,000-a-year job with a fiber optics company and owned a four-bedroom home in a pricey Atlanta suburb. There was just one problem. He hated it. “I was living in an airplane and hotels,” said Dautel, 58. “I decided I’d had enough of that rat race.” So when his fourth marriage ended in divorce in 1999, Dautel put all his furniture into storage. He bought a 30-foot trailer and hit the road.

Nine years later, he’s still on the road.

“My family wanted to have me committed, because they knew what I walked away from,” said Dautel, who for the past several months has parked his newer, 40-foot fifth-wheel at Tampa East RV Resort.

“The funniest thing was, I didn’t miss a bit of it.”

It took Dautel five years to get rid of his storage locker, the last vestige of his former life. He has traveled across the country but often returns to Florida.

He typically supplements an Air Force pension with work, either for the parks where he stays or outside. He spent three years managing a restaurant in the Keys, despite having no experience.

Lately, he sells RVs at Bates RV, next door to Tampa East. “I sell the lifestyle,” he said. “I love the lifestyle.”
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>Hannibal.net – Hannibal,MO,USA
Mark Twain Lake, MO — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is extending the camping season for Mark Twain Lakes’ Ray Behrens and Indian Creek Campgrounds to Nov. 24. The extension is the result of visitors requesting camping sites during hunting season.

Hunters are reminded to to follow all safe hunting practices, leave a hunting plan with someone, be a responsible and ethical hunter, and be prepared for any problems.

There are approximately 45,000 acres of land and water available for hunting. The lake is surrounded with hunter-fisherman access areas. All “No Hunting Zones” posted around recreation areas should be obeyed. No off-road vehicles are allowed.

For more information, please phone the Mark Twain Lake Project Office at (573) 735-4097 or email marktwaininfo@usace.army.mil.
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