Stories

These articles cover a range of topics in the RV world. Read about vintage campers, RV-related contests, culinary recipes, important news and tips and tricks to make your camping experience even better.

Meat skewers on grill.
Food On Fire

Secret to granny’s burgers and meatballs revealed

Once you know the secret, making perfect meatballs, skewers or burgers for the campfire is perfectly simple.

View of campers and RV parked in a campground.
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CBC outs camping pet peeves

Best rule of thumb? Show some consideration for your fellow campers

Bed of flowers in foreground with campers in background in RV Park.
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Camp-California.com features campground and RV resorts with onsite activities and entertainment

California’s campgrounds offer a wide variety of family friendly activities ranging from scavenger hunts and other competitive events to pet fashion shows

by Jeff Crider
Matching 1965 Galaxie convertible and 1972 Boler.
Vintage RV

Vintage RV: A passion for renovating RVs

Tina Myers, of Penticton, B.C., is the proud owner of an Esta Villa trailer - turns out, her love of vintage RVs extends to more than one.  

Vivek Sharma, new CEO of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.
RVwest Insider

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort announces Vivek Sharma as new CEO

Sharma brings over 25 years of global hospitality management experience to the role

Shortcake, strawberries and cream are a delicious way to celebrate the arrival of summer.
Food On Fire

Ripe Strawberries? Make shortcake

Adjust regular biscuits by adding sugar, vanilla and grated orange as a base to highlight the start of summer berry season.

Britannia Mine Museum’s BOOM! live-action special effects experience inside the historic Mill building.
RVwest Insider

Britannia Mine Museum’s “BOOM!” launches June 1 & 2

Live–action special effects Mill show sheds light into the mystique behind the almost 100-year-old architectural icon

Aerial view of highway through mountains.
RVwest Insider

Contract awarded for Illecillewaet Highway 1 widening

This is the first project on the Trans-Canada Highway between Kamloops and Alberta to be built using the Community Benefits Agreement. 

View from a Naramata winery.
RVwest Insider

Okanagan Valley pouring wine from two new distinct areas

Consumers will soon be able to purchase bottles of wine with Naramata Bench and Skaha Bench on the label - there are now four sub-geographical indicators (sub-GIs), or sub-appellations, in the province of B.C. 

Cutthroat trout being measured.
RVwest Insider

Horne Lake anglers offered reward for catching tagged fish

Provincial fisheries staff are partnering with the BC Conservation Foundation and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC to complete a three-year study on the health of Horne Lake’s cutthroat trout population. 

A covered wagon at Frandy Park Campground.
RVwest Insider

A new twist on camping: Three California campgrounds now offer pioneer-style covered wagon rentals

Covered wagon rentals range from rustic units with sleeping cots and electricity to more amenitized units with beds, LED lighting, air conditioning and heating

by Jeff Crider
Outside of restored Esta Villa trailer.
Vintage RV

Vintage RV – 1963 Esta Villa Travel Trailer (restored)

A big shout out to Tina Myers for sharing her Esta Villa project photos – the before and after pictures are very dramatic. 

RVDA group shot.
RVwest Insider

RVDA applauds new steel and aluminum tariff deal

The RV industry has been particularly affected with steel and aluminum being key to RV production.

Summerland Beach RV Park.
RVwest Insider

Good News: Summerland RV Park expanding

12 trailer pads at the resort will be operational within days, and there are plans for more expansion.

Vintage Airstreams at AutoCamp Russian River in Guerneville.
RVwest Insider

Take a trip into the past with historic Airstreams, Boles Aero and other retro-style travel trailers

A handful of California campgrounds provide their guests with opportunities to take a trip into America’s past with iconic Airstream, Boles Aero, Spartan, Superior as well as modern retro-style travel trailer rentals.

by Jeff Crider
Emily Carr's Le Paysage (Brittany Landscape) painting.
RVwest Insider

Emily Carr’s radical transformation to be revealed at the Audain Art Museum this fall

Drawn from national and international public, private and corporate collections, this exhibition provides a rare opportunity for AAM visitors to view over 50 paintings, watercolours, and drawings by Carr.