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Looks like tent, feels like hotel
If for some reason you decided to hike for three-four hours on the amazing flowering, watery, yet slightly exhausting trail of Nahal El Al, it would be nice if there would be a pampering Jacuzzi waiting for you at the end of its rocky steep ascent. You can arrange this. All you need to do is stay at the new yurts for couples at the Waterfall Campsite of the Indian Village. Whoever has heard the name or visited here will definitely be thinking of the Indian teepees that have been at the campsite for the past ten years. But the yurts are new upgraded tents, and when you peek into one of them you will definitely not think about sleeping bags and camping in nature. Maybe it is the parquet floor, or the large space of the round interior, maybe it is the double beds, the spa robes next to them, or the air-conditioning or LCD televisions.
RV and camper show coming to Augusta
AUGUSTA - One of New England's 10 best camper and RV shows will be at the Augusta Maine Civic Center Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 16-18.
The entire building is sold out, according to Robert J. Cole, president of America's Best Shows Inc., producer of the event.
RV camping is still regarded as an economical way for families or couples to spend vacations, or to have a home away from home. Visitors will see many campers outdoors, and inside the civic center there will be campground exhibits, finance and service exhibitors, RV exhibits from tent trailers to luxurious motor coaches, and a Maine Campground Owner's Association booth, which will provide free campground guides.
Free RVing DVDs will also be handed out to new camping families or to anyone wanting to learn more about the RV lifestyle.
The Old Battered Tent
It arrived on my porch one day a decade ago, delivered by the folks with the brown trucks. I opened the long box and inside was a bright new tent. A camping tent. I ordered it from one of those catalogs that show pictures of tents with happy families standing and sitting around the tent just being happy. Maybe far back in the recesses of my mind (my mind has lots of recesses) there was a flash of Lurey and me lounging near the tent door, sipping hot coffee and stirring the stew on the campfire. Never mind that Lurey had not tented with me since that one and only time when we were newlyweds. My aging friends already had motor homes and camper trailers. The things are really nice, what with running water, showers, cook stoves, air conditioning and of course central heat. They even have recliner chairs and color television.
18th Street tent city could move
The 18th Street tent city, considered a growing nuisance by some business people and residents, is going to be moved soon, officials said this week. The tents and those using them could be relocated to the original tent city site at St. Vincent de Paul's Sophie Sampson Center for Hope, said Goliath Davis, deputy mayor for Midtown. "Right now, we're negotiating with St. Vincent de Paul," Davis said. Any move, Davis said, would be a "collaboration" among city government, St. Vincent and advocates for the homeless. Meanwhile, the City Council Thursday will consider enacting an ordinance that would outlaw tents and camping in the right of way. It is aimed at the tent city on 18th Street between First Avenue N and Central Avenue, where the camp began springing up in January.
Livermore students have stars in eyes
LIVERMORE The black, nylon dome Marylin Avenue Elementary students crawled into Tuesday resembles a tent, all the way down to its zippered opening. Though not for camping, it certainly helps provide an under-the-stars experience. "I like it when he zoomed in," said fifth-grader Elizabeth Gosney after a lesson in the Livermore school district's new "digitarium." The equipment, which works as an inflatable, portable planetarium, was recently bought with donations given the district for science instruction. Alane Loisel, a Livermore teacher on special assignment at the district headquarters, said the equipment is now being used in elementary schools, and also will be available to middle and high schools. It was paid for with a $25,000 donation from Sandia/California National Laboratories and a $5,000 donation from General Electric.
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