SNOWBIRDS ARE FLOCKING TO SUNBELT RV PARKS
Five years ago, Jim Harrison’s campground 30 miles northeast of New Orleans was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
Undeterred, Harrison spent his life savings rebuilding the park, only to have the economy pull the rug out from under him with the worst recession in decades.
But despite these calamities, snowbirds have filled up Harrison’s 120-site New Orleans East Kampground in Slidell, La. this winter, and he expects to have his best winter season yet.
“We’re doing much better than last winter,” he said during an early February interview. “In fact, we’re running plumb full. I don’t think we’ll have any spaces left.”
2/9/2010
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