This week, 94 years of history were overturned when a law went into effect allowing guns in National Parks.  Advocates of the new law say that it is long overdue because guns have been allowed in often adjoining National Forest and other Federal lands for many years.  Those against the new law argue that guns don't belong in US National Parks because it still remains illegal to kill any animals and most rangers still do not carry weapons.  Guns, they argue, will just increase the chance of deadly accidents and intensify any confrontations between park visitors (or between park visitors and wildlife).  

So, what do you think?  Is your next RV Vacation camping packing list going to include bug spray, food, and your rifle?  Or, do you prefer that guns stay out of National Parks?

This year, 2010, the RV industry celebrartes 100 years.  As the RVIA pointed out in an article released to mark the RV industry centennial, the year 1910 marks the invention of the first motorized campers. It also points out that,  RV's were around even if ample gas stations, paved roads, and highways were not. 

A centennial celebration is quite an accomplishment, so we at RVingPlanet thought that it would be fun to look at what other organizations and businesses were also founded in 1910 and will celebrate right along with the RV industry:

Businesses
Westar Energy
Hallmark Cards
Morton Salt
Black & Decker 

Organizations and Industry
The Boy Scouts of America
Columbia Music and Entertainment

So, just think of it, we can now drive around in our RVs, listen to music while repairing the RV with our Black & Decker tools, and help our sons/grandsons on their Boy Scout badge.  In the meatime, we can remember our nieces birthday with a Hallmark card and she can read the card under a lamp powered by Westar Energy.  Lastly, we can sit down to a nice evening meal to celebrate another great RV vacation and salt our favorite foods, all because of the things that happened in the year 1910. 

Happy birthday to the RV Industry!  May there be many more RV sales and RV adventures to come.