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A decade on the road
2006-01-29 - Detroit Free Press - United States
Ten years ago, Cahn sold his cooking school and home in New Orleans, bought a 36-foot Holiday Rambler and visited every single National Football League stadium in the country within a year.
 
Civic Center boat and RV show continues today
2006-01-29 - Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls, NY, USA
John and Kris Dingman of Corinth browsed the aisles looking for a motor home that might be an improvement on the one they just purchased last fall, which didn't turn out to meet their needs.
 
Lifestyles of rich road warriors
2006-01-08 - Contra Costa Times - CA, USA
... With the exception of the burl wood inlay.". The motorhome, which gets 8.5 miles to the gallon, is roughly the size of a Greyhound bus. ...
 
An Answered Prayer
2005-12-13 - Duluth News Tribune - Duluth, MN, USA
HURRICANE SURVIVORS:Two Ely women are delivering a motor home to a New Orleans pastor and his family.
 
Motorhome slams into back of semi-truck on I-5
2005-11-01 - Katu.com - Portland, OR, USA - [Pictures]
By KATU Web Staff. SALEM, Ore. - A crash involving a motorhome and a semi-truck shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 Tuesday morning. ...
 
Coachmen Industries, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results
2005-10-25 - Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Company announced the relocation of Georgie Boy Manufacturing (GBM), LLC from Edwardsburg, Michigan to a newer, more efficient motorhome production facility ...
 
Woman Rams Minimart With Motor Home
2005-10-04 - NBC4.TV - Los Angeles, CA, USA
SAN DIEGO -- A woman repeatedly rammed her motorhome into a gas station mini-mart in the city's Point Loma neighborhood, police said.
 
Campervan company takes tourism award
2005-09-26 - Stuff.co.nz - Wellington, New Zealand
... However, the group was mollified when the Kea Campers advertisement flashed on to the big screens featured a Kea motorhome parked on the summer slopes of Mt ...
 
Couple donates motorhome to assist Salvation Army hurricane ...
2005-09-14 - Grand Traverse Herald - Traverse City, MI, USA
... Last week, Tom and Julie Bielman donated their 24-foot 1982 motorhome to the Salvation Army for use as a mobile shelter and command post. ...
 
Evacuees return to home in Mississippi
2005-09-08 - Troy Messenger - Troy, AL, USA
Last week, The Messenger featured Lee and Donna Hutcheson, residents of Biloxi, Miss., who had evacuated to Troy in their motorhome. ...
 
Local efforts to help hurricane victims
2005-09-08 - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL, USA
Al's Motorhome and Trailer Sales, 3442 Merchandise Dr., Rockford is providing approximately 200 RV's to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to set up ...
 
Motorhome Crime Spree
2005-08-25 - WJXX - Jacksonville, FL, USA
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- An expensive motorhome cruised the city on an early morning crime spree before crashing and waking up a neighborhood along Pearl Street. ...
 
RV industry hopes to entice a new generation of travelers
2005-08-15 - Elkhart Truth - Elkhart, IN, USA
NOTRE DAME -- Stepping out of a new motorhome, Bill and Laura Stutzman of Plymouth insisted they were "just looking.". Even so, without ...
 
Family’s motorhome goes up in flames
2005-08-07 - Jasper Booster - Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Jasper Booster -- A family of five on a recent visit to Jasper saw their motorhome go up in flames, but they managed to escape the fire without any injuries. ...
 
Crash snarls traffic in Newport (photo)
2005-08-06 - Newport News Times - Newport, OR, USA
... A motorhome in the inside lane of opposing traffic had stopped to allow Rehfuss to turn, but when she did so, she was struck by another southbound motorhome ...
 
Record high gas prices don't deter tourists
2005-07-28 - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman, MT, USA
By the time the gas pump kicked off for Scott Brown Monday, he'd spent $70 filling up his 32-foot-long motorhome. Brown, of Eureka ...
 
Winnebago Teaches Woman to Drive a Rig
2005-07-24 - KIMT - Mason City, IA, USA
... Whatever it is you get to say..I can do that. But, when you get to drive a motorhome and you learn you can do it well you can say..I can do that!". ...
 
Motorhome Catches Fire on I-15
2005-07-17 - KSL-TV - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
... reading. A traffic camera caught another motorhome fire in... in the middle of the afternoon rush hour near a ramp leading to I-15. ...
 
Dangerous Crossings
2005-07-11 - Albany Democrat Herald - Albany OR, USA
Drivers should think long and hard before nudging their 34-foot motorhome, heavy-duty pickup, or even the family sedan over any private bridge in the mid-valley ...
 
Illinois group will buy Workhorse
2005-07-06 - Palladium-Item - Richmond IN, USA
... Wiley said Navistar wants to purchase Workhorse because the acquisition makes Navistar a major player in the motorhome chassis and commercial step-van vehicle ...
 
The World's ONLY Expedition Class AWD Motorhome
2005-06-20 - Gizmag - Victoria, Australia
It's the world's only expedition-class AWD motorhome. Shahn Torontow ... anywhere . It's the world's only expedition-class AWD motorhome. Shahn ...
 
Motorhome enthusiasts love life on the go
2005-06-20 - Canada East - NB, Canada
... the past decade. Fredericton residents Glynn and Marie Salter count themselves among those who love motorhome travel. The two are ...
 
A Motor Home Fire Stops Traffic on I-15 (Video)
2005-06-18 - KSL-TV - Salt Lake City UT, USA
A motor home fire stopped traffic on I-15 near the Layton Hills Mall exit during this afternoon's commute...
 
Winnebago Industries Inc.: Third-quarter earnings and deliveries down from 2004
2005-06-18 - Elkhart Truth - Elkhart IN, USA
said its third-quarter earnings dipped slightly from the year-ago period because of lower motorhome deliveries, reduced factory production and a higher level ...
 
Company, hot RV industry rolling in orders and sales
2005-06-01 - Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis IN,USA
... The company's 100,000th class A gasoline RV chassis will roll off the assembly line at Workhorse's Union City plant at 10 am Indianapolis time. ...
 
Gas guzzling no road block for RV lovers
2005-05-29 - Boston Herald - Boston MA, USA
... ``We absolutely love it.''. Nearly seven out of 10 RV owners are planning trips this summer. Motorhome shipments rose 6 percent in 2005. ...
 
Traveling Medicare Coverage
2005-05-23 - Kiplinger.com - Washington DC, USA
We are full-time RV-ers, living in our motorhome and traveling throughout the country all year long. Are there any restrictions...
 
Monaco has record sales during 2004 Published: Thursday, May 19 ...
2005-05-19 - Elkhart Truth - Elkhart IN, USA
... from towable RVs. The company was one of the few manufacturers to turn a profit on its motorhome business, Toolson noted. He said ...
 
Motorhome makers search for workers
2005-05-08 - Seattle Times - Seattle WA, USA
... And he certainly didn't know that the Eugene area -- home of Country Coach, Marathon Coach and Monaco Coach -- was a hub for high-end motorhome manufacturing ...
 
Winnebago Temporarily Cuts Back Employee Hours
2005-04-30 - KIMT - Mason City IA, USA
... R-Ving. The crew has been on the road in her motorhome since October and paid a number of different prices at the pump. But none ...
 
High fuel prices have motorhome owners traveling shorter ...
2005-04-29 - The Decatur Daily - Decatur AL, USA
... The couple still travels by motor home at least once a month, though they're more likely to opt for closer destinations these days. ...
 
Experiences outweigh fuel expenses for RV enthusiasts
2005-04-29 - Jefferson City News Tribune - Jefferson City MO, USA
... They've had this 36-feet-long motor home five years. ... "We enjoy a motor home," Charles said. "Everything is with you and all you have to do is stop.". ...
 
Gawkers cause multiple car crashes
2005-04-12 - KPHO Phoenix - Phoenix AZ, USA
... Mile exit. With traffic backed up for miles, two landscaping trucks and a motorhome rear-ended cars in three separate crashes. The ...
 
Visitors' home found
2005-04-07 - Toronto Sun - Canada
... was reunited with their two cats and a hamster last night, but is still looking for their two parrots after the pets were pinched with their motorhome from a ...
 
RV dealer scheduled to be back in court today
2005-04-04 - Corning Leader - Corning NY, USA
... A former Painted Post RV dealer accused of defrauding dozens of customers will seek to have statements he allegedly made to state officials suppressed ...
 
Road often leads RV owners to Wal-Mart
2005-04-04 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee WI, USA
... RV owner Joan Johnson of Burlington says she has never stayed at a Wal-Mart parking lot, but thinks RV owners have a right to do so. ...
 
Connected Kerouac hits the road
2005-03-29 - Times Online - UK
... them must have been astonished when they sold the highly desirable South Kensington flat, the Rover 200 and almost all their possessions, and bought a motorhome ...
 
176 Recreational Vehicles rallying in Albany
2005-03-17 - WALB-TV - Albany GA, USA
... luxury bedrooms. It's important to show this off when your average owner buys a new motorhome every three to five years. "Some of ...
 
Sonny's RV to expand showroom
2005-03-08 - The Casper Star Tribune - Casper WY, USA
... each in there," he said. "So we'll go from the little tent-trailer guy clear up to the $100,000 motorhome.". Rone said the vehicles ...
 
Atlantic City set to showcase campers and RVs
2005-03-02 - Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park NJ, USA
The truck camper, motor home, travel trailer, camper van or mini-home is a good way to put the sportsman and his family on the shores of the Great Lakes, the ...
 
Giving Grandma A Vacation
2005-03-02 - CBS News - USA
... "We would like to present you with six free weeks of motorhome rentals," said Kirby Sandberg. "Unlimited mileage in this 31-foot ...