Archive for November, 2009

>Just in time for the holiday shopping season opener, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Mark Holsten unveiled the new Minnesota state parks gift card today at Fort Snelling State Park.

“The gift card is another way to help people connect to Minnesota’s great outdoors,” Holsten said. “We’re billing it as the ‘gift that goes all out,’ because it can be used for camping, lodging, and vehicle permits, as well as the clothing, books, and other items sold at Minnesota state parks.

“Ideally, we think people will give Minnesota state parks gift cards to their children or grandchildren with a promise to take them fishing or canoeing or snowshoeing. The memories of spending time together will last a lifetime, and the experience will help introduce the next generation to the fun of outdoor recreation.”

The gift card – which features a photo of the state’s highest waterfall, the main attraction at Grand Portage State Park in northeastern Minnesota – went on sale today and can be purchased any of three ways:

* By phone at: 1-866-85PARKS
* Online at: stayatmnparks.com
* In person at Minnesota state parks.
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Honeywell HW2000i Portable Inverter Generator, 2000W Rated, 2100W Max Output (CARB and 50 State Compliant)

When you’re ready to go camping, tailgating or just need a portable power supply, the Honeywell HW2000i provides portable, quiet and clean power for all your recreational needs. The HW2000i provides a powerful 2000 watts of power and weighs only 59 lbs. This unit uses unleaded gas and will run for 5 hours on a full tank, providing 120V duplex outlet power. The HW2000i is an inverter generator so it provides very clean power to run high performance electronics like plasma TV’s and computer equipment. For safe, clean, portable power you can take anywhere, the Honeywell HW2000i is just the right size for you.

>In a survey recently conducted by the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, seven of 31 independent, privately owned U.S. campgrounds given an overall A-rating are located in Pennsylvania.

The high-ranking Keystone State campgrounds were Dogwood Acres Campground, Newville; Gettysburg Campground, Gettysburg; Keen Lake Camping and Cottage Resort, Waymart; Kozy Rest Kampground, Harrisville; Mountain Vista Campground, East Stroudsburg; Pioneer Campground, Laporte and Buttonwood Campground, Mexico, Pa.
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Xantrex Technologies XPower Plus 400-Watt Inverter

>Into every motorist’s life, there comes a moment when the paved road turns unexpectedly to dirt, streetlights give way to starlight, and regardless of where you thought you were going, where you have arrived is the middle of nowhere.

For Roger Scott, that moment came as darkness fell Wednesday, as he was nosing his 28-foot Winnebago over a railroad crossing on Palm Avenue in Morgan Hill, not far from the Coyote Creek Golf Club. The only direction that made sense to Scott at the time was to go back the way he came, but because he was towing a 15-foot SUV, backing up was not an option.

Then Scott, 88, and Betty Nelson, his 81-year-old girlfriend, heard metal grinding on metal and felt their RV suddenly shudder to a stop. Scott stood on the tracks trying to see what had beached his vehicle. “That’s when I saw the headlight of a train coming,” he said.
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