In this newsletter, we often celebrate the fact that more than half of Americans loved to be outdoors in 2021: walking, cycling, fishing, boating, camping and the like. The pictures and the sad news leave me speechless. We mourn for those who lost family members, homes, businesses, pets and prized personal possessions. Ian was the deadliest storm to strike Florida since the 1930s. That said, a half a days’ drive to the south of us or a 2-hour drive to the north of us, it was entirely a different situation. We were spared and only received a rainstorm and minimal gusts of wind. My wife, Bonnie, and I were on the border of Georgia and South Carolina during the second landing of the hurricane. But that other one percent of the time, her forces can be tragic and devastating. It’s impossible for me to start this newsletter without sending our deepest sympathies to those in the path of Hurricane Ian, as well as our greatest gratitude for the heroic efforts of all the first responders and medical care teams that came to their aid. 99% of the time, the forces of Mother Nature are a gift to this earth. BALENCIAGA Ace Hardware Corporation At Home Group Inc. Please see our CFR Newsletter: Lazard Getaway Winnebago Industries Margaritaville Freedom Boat Club Airstream #rvlife National Retail Federation The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Well, we are nearly half way through summer so please embrace the beauty of this time of year. And, of course, our Thinking Green series. This week we also look at record food prices, the chances of a recession, how beauty brands are lowering prices and more. And you haven't RVed until you've stayed at a Camp Margaritaville RV park and you haven’t camped unless you've camped at Getaway Campground (pictured here). They and other boat clubs have made boating far more convenient and accessible, especially for those that do not live with access to water.
Freedom Boat Club is nearing 400 locations both domestic and overseas. Campgrounds will be full, as well.Īnd I love to see the industry morphing to the new norm of RV, camping and marine life. People will spend less time on the water, but they’ll still be on the water and RVers will make short trips. And, best of all, you can take your pets with you! It may catch up to us, but likely more in sales than in use. But then, when you think deeper, with hotel occupancy soaring, which in turn is pushing up prices (even though the hotels haven’t returned all of their services to pre-pandemic levels) and the thousands of cancelled flights, it starts to make perfect sense. One would think that that would put a “hold” not only the sale of RVs and boats, but the use of them as well. Mid-grade gas averaged $5.19 per gallon nationally yesterday compared to $3.48 on January 1, a nearly 50% increase. And our lead story this week partly validates such at least through the first third of the year. To my eye and surprise, it anecdotally feels like it hasn’t impacted it all that much. I was curious to see how new record high petrol prices would alter RV travel and boat traffic. We’ve also spent a lot of time on the water both on the pontoon as well as the fishing boat. My family and I have been doing quite a few road trips this summer traveling for graduations, weddings and, very importantly, fishing trips.
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