Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan is staying at Texarkana KOA while completing her 3,159 mile run from California to New York City. The purpose of her cross country run is to raise awareness for uninsured truck drivers. Interested parties can contribute to The St. Christophers Truckers Development & Relief Fund.
The RV Art Gallery has added leather belt buckles to their collection of unique gift items celebrating the RV Lifestyle. Gift items that celebrate the Fifth Wheel are hard to find; this buckle is a response for those seeking something unique and interesting.
Crafted by leather artist Becky Dawson, the buckles are individually carved, stamped, painted, and sealed with leather wax to brighten and protect the design. The buckle can fit up to a 1 1/2 inch wide belt.
The buckles come in three varieties: the canned ham travel trailer, vintage silver trailer, and fifth wheel.
The travel trailer recalls the “Canned Ham” trailer of the 50’s.
The vintage silver trailer evokes memories of the Airstream, Spartan, Silver Streak, or Avion brand of aluminum clad travel trailers.
The RV Art Gallery announced today the availability of “The Happy Camper” fabric collection. Featuring RV themes by artist Richard Neuman, the cloth is high quality 100% cotton sheeting, ideal for quilt making, and other custom, handmade fabric items.
The collection is produced by Seattle, WA based Clothworks. Clothworks is a fabric design and wholesaler distributing to independent quilt shops nation wide. The RV Art Gallery is pleased to retail the “Happy Camper” collection of RV theme designs.
Quilt makers can download the RV Quilt Pattern from Clothworks, or interested customers can order the completed quilt from the RV Art Gallery.
In addition to the quilt, The RV Art Gallery is producing custom made to order, Hawaiian style shirts, kitchen aprons, and pot holders.
According to Jerry Bergman, General Manager of the RV Art Gallery, “Today is the culmination of a phone call to Clothworks almost 2 years ago. I suggested that Clothworks produce a collection to appeal to those enjoying the RV lifestyle.”
According to Clothworks, orders for “Happy Camper” have exceeded expectations. The entire collection was sold out to pre ordering retailers by delivery in April 2009. Clothworks has reordered to meet continued demand. Delivery of the second production order is slated for June 2009.
Monaco Coach Corporation filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2009. The Coburg, Oregon, based company manufactured Monaco, Holiday Rambler, Safari and Beaver brands of Motorhomes.
According to the Portland Business Journal, “Despite a litany of cost-cutting measures, the company in January hired Imperial Capital to help find a buyer.” “…On Monday the company announced it would lay off all but about 150 of its 2,225 employees.. ”
“The decision to restructure the business through a Chapter 11 filing should provide us with the opportunity to strengthen our balance sheet, create a more efficient expense structure and move expeditiously toward a sale of parts or all of the company, CEO Kay Toolson said in a statement. “In the meantime, we are committed to maintaining our dealer and customer relationships which should benefit all parties in the long run.”
Jerry Bergman, General Manager at Texarkana KOA, said “Over the past 9 years we have provided campground accommodations for many motorhomes made by Monaco. RV’ers driving Monaco manufactured motorhomes have been enthusiastic buyers of RV themed art and gifts in the RV Art Gallery.”
For interested collectors, The RV Art Gallery has Monaco themed scale models, ceramic coffee mugs, and women’s and children’s clothes available. Owners can celebrate the RV Lifestyle with RV art and gifts.
