ROUGHING IT - A LITTLE LESS NEW CAMPGROUND CABINS CATER TO NOMADS, VACATIONERS.Byline: Peggy Peggy may refer to:
ACTON Acton, town (1990 pop. 17,872), Middlesex co., E Mass., NW of Boston; settled c.1680, inc. 1735. Among its manufactures are electrical machinery, chemicals, prefabricated houses, and precision equipment. - For people who desire the nomadic See nomadic computing. lifestyle or just a week away from home without the worry of maintaining a recreational vehicle, there's a new national campground system. Thousand Trails Inc. has begun adding cabins to its away-from-home accommodations. Thirty cabins should be added to the system of 59 campgrounds by the end of the year, with four of the cabins currently located in the system's Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. campground. ``What we wanted was something special that people would really get excited about,'' said Jerry Jer·ry n. pl. Jer·ries Chiefly British Slang A German, especially a German soldier. [Alteration of German. Gelinas, vice president of sales and marketing for Thousand Trails. ``Most of our buyers at this point are people that already have an RV.'' The prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and cabins include decks and landscaping. The cabins are 400 square feet with one bath each and can sleep six adults, with space for kids in a loft. They all come equipped with a stove stove, device used for heating or for cooking food. The stove was long regarded as a cooking device supplementary to the fireplace, near which it stood; its stovepipe led into the fireplace chimney. It was not until about the middle of the 19th cent. , refrigerator, microwave and television. ``All the comforts of home, except you're in the middle of a nice campground,'' said Gelinas. For $9,995, members can use a cabin free for one week a year for a total of 11 years. Rentals for additional nights are $49. Gelinas said the company began adding the cabins after discovering that many RV owners sold their vehicles because of the bother of maintenance and storage, but still wanted the experience of camping. Other potential customers had never owned an RV but enjoyed the camping experience. ``That's the way we see ourselves going in the future,'' said Gelinas. ``We think it's a big deal. A lot of campgrounds are doing it, because there are people that just can't own (RVs). There's a real appeal to this because there's a large group of people that want the quality of life that comes with camping.'' Thousand Trails' Soledad Canyon Preserve is on 266 acres at 4700 Crown Valley Road in Acton and features playgrounds, RV storage, spa and swimming pools, tennis courts and children's activities. For more information or to make a reservation, call (800) 205-0606. Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Members of Thousand Trails leave the new little cabin on a tour at the campground in Acton last week. (2 -- 3) Above, the deck of the Thousand Trails cabin, part of a new national system, provides a view of local scenery. Right, the group looks at the interior of the cabin, which is 400 square feet and has sleeping room for six adults. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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