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THIS is camping?!

Nevada RV Resort to Offer ‘Room Service’

Developers of Iron Horse RV Resort, Elko, Nev. — scheduled to open with 103 sites on seven acres in August — are taking the concept of customer service a step further by offering full-menu room service from their adjoining Hilton Garden Inn.

The Hilton Garden Inn’s Great American Grill will serve room service to the adjacent RV resort by employees in golf carts.

[RV Business]

Excerpts from a 2005 University of Michigan Survey Research Center Study:

More American households — an estimated 7.9 million — own RVs today than at any time previously, with some 8% of U.S. households owning a traditional RV last year. That’s up from 7.6% in the last survey conducted in 2001 and it’s 58% higher than when the first survey was taken in 1980.

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22nd Annual Quartzsite RV Show - Jan 21st thru 29th, 2006

More Facts & Figures than you ever wanted to know…
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Don’t Follow Trucks (or busses!)

There are many reasons why you shouldn’t follow trucks.

They are bigger than you.

They have to fit inside a lane that was made for cars. They might have 2 feet to spare if you add up the space on either side.

You can’t see in front of us - so when we inch over into the other lane to avoid that chunk of tire in the road it might end up causing you some problems if you end up hitting it. Or if we inch over because there is a guy is changing his tire on the side of the road, you might not notice and that too might cause some problems if you hit him. There is also the occasional deer carcass, the christmas tree, a boat, insulation, baggage that fell off someone’s car, plastic in many forms, a bicycle, mystery bag with something in it, large rocks, and the suicide rabbits that love that joke that goes…

“Why did the rabbit cross the road?” “Rabbits and deer have no concept of speed vs. size vs. distance.”

more at: Truck Driver Journal

Got those $1,000 tickets yet?

Due to the Large Crowd Expected for the 2006 Rose Bowl Game, RV Parking Will Be Sold Out as of January 1, 2006

Some regard Wednesday night’s Rose Bowl clash between No. 2 Texas and No. 1 University of Southern California as a once-in-a-lifetime happening.

As of Friday afternoon, single-ticket prices ranged from $905 to $4,648. Friday morning, a VIP Rose Bowl parking pass went for $390.

Heck - RV parking is a steal at $50 and will be available in Lot 3 at Pasadena City College.

Fans deciding to drive to the Rose Bowl on Jan. 4 can expect significant delays and long walks to the stadium.

Fans desiring additional information or for questions regarding alternative transportation to the Rose Bowl, please call: (626) 577-3101, or visit the Rose Bowl Stadium website at http://www.rosebowlstadium.com.

[Pasadena Tournament of Roses]

It rides smooooth, baby!
Nick Russell, editor of the famed fulltiming publication, the Gypsy Journal, writes in the December ‘Meandering Down the Highway’ column:

“So how smooth does our MCI bus conversion ride with its air bag suspension? We have our manual DirecWay internet dish mounted on the roof of our bus and access it through a safety hatch over our bed.

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