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On a quiet corner of
Pensacola Naval Air Station, one of the base’s most popular retiree perks, the
recreational vehicle park, is readying itself for the annual snowbird
migration.
The Pensacola Press
reported that tucked in a shady live oak grove on the north shore of Pensacola
Pass, the RV park sees a surge of visitors each winter as retirees venture
south to escape the frigid winter.
The park is one of more
than 200 military RV parks and campgrounds scattered across the country at
military bases from Key West to Seattle.
For many retirees, RV
parks are more than just rustic getaways — they’re home.
“We’ve been all over the
country, from Nova Scotia to California, staying at military bases,” said Navy
retiree Bob Hutchens, 76, who was halfway through a two-month stay at Pensacola
NAS with his friend, Jo Ann Beauchamp.
On a recent September
afternoon, the pair lounged in the shade of a pull-out awning beside Hutchens’
35-foot motor home.
The two became friends
after both of their spouses died. For the last five years, they’ve been
traveling companions, living on the road and staying at military RV parks.
They’re not the only
retirees enjoying a traveling retirement.
“RVing has taken off so
much in the last three to five years. A lot of times you’ll get people doing a
‘staycation’ and living here for three to four months,” said Kerry Shanaghan,
director of Morale, Welfare and Recreation at Pensacola NAS.
Hutchens said military
RV parks, which only admit people eligible for military benefits, have some of
the lowest rates around.
At Pensacola NAS, sites
with utility hookups cost $19 to $29 per night, with discounts for extended
stays. Private RV parks in the area charge $32 to $50 for similar services.
In Key West, Hutchens
rented a military RV site for about $20 a night. A civilian RV park nearby
charged $120.
Not bad for a home in
paradise, Hutchens said.
“Home” is an accurate
description of many of the RVs, which look more like rolling condominiums than
campsites. They come in many forms — camper trailers, motor homes and monstrous
motor coaches the size of Greyhound buses.
For
additional information on Military RVing, visit: http://www.militarycampgrounds.us/
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Pump Prices Heading for 8-Month Low
Gasoline is tumbling to
an eight- month low as reduced U.S. growth causes pump prices to follow crude
oil’s decline after lagging behind since April.
Prices may drop 20 cents
to $3.19 a gallon by early November, according to the median estimate of eight
analysts in a survey by Bloomberg News. Gasoline has fallen 15% from
this year’s high of $3.985 on May 4, according to Heathrow, Florida-based AAA,
the largest U.S. motoring organization. West Texas Intermediate oil, the
most-traded U.S. crude grade, retreated about 30% over the same period.
“The worry that the
economy could slip back into a recession is putting pressure on oil prices, and
prices at the pump are coming off,” Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil
Associates LLC in Houston, an oil-industry researcher and former trader for
Vitol Group, the world’s biggest independent oil trader, said in a telephone
interview on Oct. 4.
Oil Prices Crude oil for
November delivery traded today as low as $81.79 on the New York Mercantile
Exchange, down from its 2011 peak of $113.93 reached on April 29. Pump prices
have dropped to $3.39 a gallon from the high in May, according to AAA data.
“Gasoline prices are
going to bottom out pretty soon and it will be supply-driven,” Sander Cohan, an
analyst with Energy Security Analysis Inc. in Wakefield, Massachusetts, a
global energy-forecasting and consulting firm, said by phone on Oct. 5.
“Everybody knows demand
is pretty awful and there’s shutdowns for economic reasons like Trainer and I
think you will see a lot of quiet shutdowns where maintenance is dragged on for
months.”
