Increased Caution Advised: With States dealing with unprecedented budget woes, it's easy to foresee increased diligence is needed for RVers to ensure their status is properly established, maintained and documented. This is of specific importance to full time -- or even extended time -- RVers; and for those who are seeking to avoid state sales or registration taxes.
New Zealand/Australia Trip: We've published commentary, pix, videos and a few very interesting GPS Google maps that detail our recent travels down under. See:
http://www.mytripjournal.com/BearTrek10
Census: We've heard a few reports that full time RVers might not be receiving adequate consideration in the current census. We have no direct information, but if there are readers who have information, we'd like to learn more and perhaps some avenues for recourse.
Guest Editorial: We've enjoyed David Eidell's very practical advice and guidance about RVing in Mexico. Wearing a different hat this time, David has submitted a guest editorial that analyzes Mexico politically, culturally, and economically in ways that many may find of interest.
RV Industry Trends: While we see continued signs of recovery, it appears the current consumer demand is highest for towables. One also notes increasing references to "green" RVs, with major chassis makers beginning to experiment with significant options to the traditional fuel thirsty rigs of the past. It's still a bit early to confirm any "trends", but there are certainly some things out there that bear close surveillance.
National Award to Springs at Borrego: Congratulations to Dan Wright and his outstanding team for being selected as the "Best Small Park of the Year" by the national organization of RV Park owners. We've had this park among our "Top Picks" ever since opened only a few short years ago. And it just keeps getting better.
Website Software: Since upgrading to the latest Mac OS, our website software package, Adobe CS2, has been showing signs of instability. If for some reason it becomes entirely unuseable, I can foresee a time when we'd have to acquire and learn a completely different package before we could resume updates. Hopefully that won't be the case -- but it seems advisable to at least make mention of the possibility....
SPECIAL EVENTS OF INTEREST TO RVers
RV Lifestyle Conference, Kelowna, British Columbia: A very informative and economical learning experience for RVers on either side of the border. This annual Conference covers both RV technical and lifestyle topics. See their website at http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/rvlife for further information.
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