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Fewer campers are leaving the East Coast for short-term camping vacations in other regions of the country.

With increased demand, campground owners are allotting an increased number of sites for seasonal campers, cutting the number of sites available to traveling campers who may discover a shortage of sites this summer.

Impacting the Northeast’s campground availability is generally decreasing numbers of available sites in recent years, as several large campgrounds were purchased and converted to condos and other non-camping-related uses, such as housing.

Lucrative offers from real estate investment trusts are changing the shape of campground ownership in the Northeast, with acquisitions of sizable parks in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts within the past year.

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There’s always a lot of confusion and discussion of the different wheel mounting systems - which is better, whether steel or aluminum wheels are better, interchangeability, nut lubrication, stud length, and the like, and most truck and bus guys have definite opinions.

“What do Wheelmakers want us to Know?“
brings a somewhat technical but not hard to understand discussion to the maintenance, choices and do’s and don’ts of wheel systems issues.

Interviewed are wheel manufacturers Bill Noll of Accuride Corporation and Mark Holtz of Alcoa.

Thanks to Gordon on the MCI Bus Nuts Yahoo Group for the find.

Tonya Poole has a short list of a handful of out-of-the-way places you might want to consider in “Hit the Road for Mystery, History, Trails and Bails this Spring” - sure makes me want to get out there!

Thermometers are creeping up all over the Rockies, and with the rising mercury will soon come droves of road warriors crawling out of their garages – on bikes, in cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, station wagons and RVs. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have the road to myself. So we don’t wait for summer around here: as soon the scarves are packed away for another year, we throw the backpacks in the truck and make tracks for the road.

New West is a network of online communities devoted to the culture, economy, politics, environment and overall atmosphere of the Rocky Mountain West.

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A real quote on a real blog posted just the other day: “After loading up I think my RV was probably over its weight limit, but luckily no-one ever checks.” (no, I’m not going to post who wrote this)

Terry says, on one of the Escapees Forums, “I was reading something yesterday that stated 70% of RV’s are over weight.”

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Among the resources offered by the Escapees RV Club is a pdf download booklet, “How to Become a Real Texan” detailing how to deal with the issue of domicile once you’ve decided to sell the house and become an RV fulltimer.

Escapees offers a complete support network for the serious RVer. Get the Escapees information kit for further info.

Many folks follow the famed ‘Vagabonders Supreme’ Tioga and George. As they prepare to head north this week after a nice summer in Santa Rosalia, MX, George prepares his garden for his absence during the next many months.

He’s been helping friend Michel get a custom desk and working area built in Michel’s Lazy Daze RV. What got my attention was the beautiful custom cabinetry that cost $250 USD labor and materials for the new office desk.

Man, I’m heading to Mexico for my cabinetmaking and finishout!