Signs of the tough economic times are everywhere. There are stories every day of companies cutting jobs and we all probably know at least one person who has lost their job recently.
In the last week the only reports of increased sales I heard about were those at WalMart, McDonalds and for several distilleries. I guess some people are taking the phrase “drowning your sorrows in a glass of beer” literally.
Even the “smaller camping unit” segment of the RV industry is feeling the pinch. Jayco announced Monday that it is closing it Topeka, Indiana plant where Starcraft products were manufactured, resulting in a loss of over 200 jobs even though the manufacturing of the Starcraft products is going to be transferred to a plant less than 20 miles away. 
Sid Johnson, the director of marketing for Jayco said “We plan to move as many people from Topkea to Middlebury as possible…..But right now, I think that would be very few.”
If you are not familiar with Starcraft, they manufactured popups, truck campers, travel trailers and fifth wheels.
For more information about the plant closure, click here.
I signed up for Google Alerts a few months ago so that instead of surfing the Internet every day to see if there are any new or interesting stories about camping and camping products, I get daily emails. A lot of it is garbage but a blog post I read this morning put me in a good mood.
It is one Mom’s account of a recent camping trip with 4, eleven year old children. The pictures that accompany her blog post are great. I think I like them so much because it looked warm and sunny where she camped versus the 30 degree temps and snow on the ground where I live.
It’s pretty entertaining. I laughed at the picture of her kids “loving on each other” while watching a sunset when actually one of the kids is biting the other on the arm. And I also got a kick out of her story about “Stalker Steve.”
The post will only take a couple of minutes to read. Click here to read it and see if it puts a smile on your face.
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