A week ago I reported on the nifty R10 Citioen Nemo mico motorhome manufactured by Romahome, Ltd., in the United Kingdom.
Romahome’s Duo Outback is another remarkable small motorhome that is said to have an “amazing fuel economy with up to 50 mpg.”
Right now, RVers in the States can only look at these incredible rigs with envy.
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RVTravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury writes an amusing piece about rainy nights in his first used motorhome in this weekend’s edition of RVTravel newsletter.
Click here for the answer to — “On a rainy night, what do you do at 2 a.m. when your RV’s roof leaks right over your bed?”
Photo: Chuck Woodbury and his classy 1977 leaky […]

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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, that Halloween icon and quirky symbol of all things spooky, isn’t exactly a typical RVer.
One could picture her comfortably riding in a hearse maybe, but not a Winnebago Chieftain motor coach.
That’s not far from the truth. In reality, Elvira’s alter ego, Cassandra Peterson, has made only one trip in a […]

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According to a report from Coachmen RV, the Freelander 2100 CB with its Mercedes 3.0 L V-6 turbo diesel engine gets an estimated 17-19 mpg, with a price tag starts around $89,000.
Read more details by clicking here.
Photo: “Coachmen designers packed a ton of features into this smart floorplan. On the outside the Freelander 2100 has […]

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Glastonbury 2009 music festival runs from June 26 - 28 at Pilton Farm in Somerset.
More than half of the tickets have been sold. So act fast if you are thinking of going, click here for more information.
The UK ticket sales line is 0844 412 4635. The International Ticket Sales line is 0044 1159 934 183.
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Don’t look for John Madden in the NBC’s announcers booth during the Bucs-Seahawks game Sunday night (10/19).
Madden, who has long refused to fly to games, has decided not to make the cross-country trip to Tampa Bay in his custom motorhome.
“I still enjoy the travel, but you’d like to be home once in a while. I’ve […]

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Leslie Albrecht writes in the Modesto (Calif.) Bee …
“In these dark economic times, a bright spot is flickering off Highway 99. Three months after announcing that it was going out of business, Dan Gamel’s RV Centers says it will stay open after all.”
The “retailer has pared its operations to the bone, shedding dealerships, employees and […]

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Neil Nisperos, staff writer with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, reports that thousands turned out over the weekend for the annual California RV show in Pomona.
Read more by clicking on  ”RV show attracts deal-seekers in hard-hit industry.”
Photo: The 56th Annual California RV Show Saturday, October 11, 2008, at Fairplex in Pomona. (Jennifer Cappuccio-Maher/Staff Photographer)

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Regina Medina writes in the Philadelphia Daily News …
“Drivers from all over the country stay in the South Philadelphia Wal-Mart parking lot for a night or two - or five. They say they do it because the store’s manager lets them, because it’s free, because the area is safe and because they have no other […]

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According to a report earlier this week by Jackson Holtz in the Everett, Wash., Herald –
A man told neighbors that “Max, a big, black shaggy dog, woke him up and both the man and the dog escaped a blaze that destroyed the travel trailer where they lived.” Read more of the article by clicking here
Each […]

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