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By now the summer camping season is in full force. For RV
owners, now is the time to service your A/C units and do some last
minute repairs. Safe travels everyone. See you on the road.
Some interesting RV facts and trivia:
• Travel trailers are the most popular type of RV.
• 68 percent of RV owners travel with a pet.
• Pinnacles National Park in Central California is the least visited
national park.
• The first motorized campers were built in 1910.
• The average RVer uses their RV about 28-35 days a year.
• 94 percent of all RVers travel with two to seven people.
• Elkhart County, Indiana, is known as the RV manufacturing
capital of the world.
• Almost 9 million families own an RV.
• The average RV owner travels 190 miles to go camping.
• There are over 16,000 public and private places to camp for
RVers in the US.
• More than one million Americans live full time in an RV.
• 20 percent of RV owners use solar panels to power their RVs.
• 42,000 plus people are employed by the RV industry
• The average age of an RV owner is 48 years old.
• Celebrities who own RVs include Jeff Daniels, Gary Burghoff,
John Ratzenberg, Matthew McConaghey, Vin Diesel, Alan
Jackson, Dolly Parton, Sean Pean, Brad Pitt, and Bob and
Dorothy Hoffecker.
So what are you waiting for? Let's go camping, the Solera way! Our
next meeting is Fri., Aug. 11 at 3 pm in the Arts & Crafts Room. Hope
to see you there. ~ Ron Monroe, (909) 732-6139
RV GROUP
