Archive for June, 2008

RV Show The Place To Buy

There is a big RV sale every year about this time in my hometown of Payson, Arizona which, if you don't know the area, is about 90 miles northeast of Phoenix and in the cool pines at 5000 ft elevation. RV fans from all over the country come here to camp and play in the largest stand of Ponderosa pines in the world, natures lung we call it. The RV show is being put on by my friends at Star Valley RV and from all reports is doing quite well. Rim country's largest RV event will run for two weeks and is located at the junction of Hwy 87 and Hwy 260.

If you are in the market for a motorhome, 5th wheel, pop-up camper, travel trailer or toy hauler – new or used, I urge you to go check them out – they have a huge selection of RV's to choose from and they really hate to haul them back to the lot!

Great Deals On RV's – Using A Small Town Approach

As reported previously in this blog Star Valley RV is where I purchased my KZ Durango, 28ft fifth wheel. Ray Vela, the manager there, gave me one heck of a deal and I encourage you to visit his website or call him before you purchase any RV.  His low-overhead, small town dealership allows him to make some great deals and his no-pressure approach to sales will have you telling all your RV'ing friends. 

Are Super Mileage Cars The Future Or Just A "Green Dream?" 

With the advent of last summer's (2008) disgustingly high gas prices now topping $4. per gallon and rising and with the media fueling gas rage by reporting that petrol prices could get to $8. per gallon by next summer (shoot, you guys, I am still trying to get used to the possibility of $5. per gallon, why can't you let us adjust to that figure first before you doom and gloom me again?) I am seeing a lot of cars like the Aptera on the drawing board with claims of super mileage. These kinds of cars that combine electric motors with combustion engines have been around a long time but only now are gaining widespread attention (and investment capital) due to gas prices going through the roof.

RVing Baby Boomers Will Suffer

As a baby boomer who just retired and is on a fixed income I hope things will soon stabilize or the feds will get involved and do something to help this situation. How about it Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain, any plans to do anything about this mess? Our great and wonderful capitalist society is to blame, but who can fault a company for trying to make as much money as possible – isn't that the way the game is played here in the Magic Kingdom? (more…)