Today’s delivery of RV Travel.com newsletter is once again chockfull of interesting tidbits about the RVing lifestyle.
One item talks about the habits and behaviors of RVers. For example: “Did you know that 25 percent of RVers have ordered a pizza delivered to their campsite, or that seven percent of RVers would not loan their RV […]

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If you are like many other generous RVers, you want to make a difference in this life. One organization using RV volunteers is Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
RV Care-A-Vanners […]

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The Daily Green Web site has a post from Chris at Squob who reports on his “Top 5 Coolest New Green Campers”

Chris writes: “Squob has put together some greener options for recreational vehicle fans who value style as well as utility. This selection has a decidedly European slant, because RVs from the other side […]

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Bill Moeller writes a comprehensive article on full-timing in MotorHome magazine’s November 2008’s Web Exclusive “Motorhoming ‘Round-the-Clock: Full-timing is the ultimate adventure for the RV enthusiast. ”

Moeller touches on: The economics of full-timing, towing a dingy, television, keeping in touch and safety.
Read more by clicking here.
Photo: MotorHome Web site.

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Rick Vasquez wrote in Stars and Stripes about the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law’s on-going national Mobile Law Office tour that provides low-income veterans with free assistance.
After more than 18-months on the road, ‘Project SALUTE’ (Students and Lawyers (assisting) U.S. Troops Everywhere) continues to make stops across the country.  (Click here for schedule […]

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Just in time for Holiday shopping for your favorite RVer — The RV Bookstore is having a huge sale on more than 200  RV books and DVDs.
One of the DVD specials is Joe and Vicki Kieva’s “Choosing An RV: A Logical Approach” at $9.95, a 50-percent discount off the regular retail price.
Another favorite of many […]

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RV Travel Newsletter reports that the “Financially troubled Coachmen Industries, Inc., has sold its RV assets to Forest River Inc., which will acquire its brands, product lines, central manufacturing operations in Middlebury, Ind., and its dealership in Elkhart, Ind. Read more.
In another item, the newsletter also states that Bigfoot RV, “one of Canada’s largest RV […]

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I’ve been following fulltimer Jim Jaillet’s adventures off and on for several years … ever since I came across his book, “Panama or Bust.”
(For a February 2007 article I wrote on him click on: “Central America venture leaves memories aplenty”, in The Spokesman-Review.)
Just recently I spotted a posting by him on the Seattle Post Intelligencer’s Reader […]

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In an AP wire story a couple of days ago, Juan A. Lozano reports that hundreds of southeast Texas residents are living in tents and FEMA trailers months after Hurricane Ike–upwards of 5,000 trailers are needed.
Lozano writes that “last week, FEMA Administrator David Paulison as well as Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff have visited southeast Texas, […]

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According to Keith Lansdale in The (Nacogodoches, Tex.) Daily Sentinel, Foretravel Motorcoach is expanding into the custom, living quarter horse trailer market.
Landsdale writes that the “desire for a new product comes from sales on motorhomes slowing in the last few years.
“‘With the industry being depressed, we’ve been looking for other ways to maintain our production capacity […]

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