New Orleans Rv & Camping Show

From March 3-5, 2017, The 26th Annual New Orleans Spring RV & Camping Show was in full effect at the Kenner Pontchartrain Center. The event was blessed with beautiful weather on Saturday and the crowds reflected it, as there were a lot of people on site; which is good for the venue. Admission was $10.00 for adults and children 15 and under received free admission. There was lots of free parking and kudos to the event for having a shuttle bus to run people back and forth from the parking lot to the venue. There were 3 seminars with Billy Thibodeaux of Premiere RV, Inc.; one each day of the event. As you walked in the door, you were immediately met by a 1923 Model T Dream Camper which tows its own outhouse. The owners, 78-year-old Rod Cathcart and 83-year-old Bob Barkwill, also provided live musical entertainment for the arriving guests.This event featured both indoor & outdoor displays, as well as several camping related vendor exhibitions. Local favorites such as Bent's RV, Berryland Campers & Dixieland RV were all on site and eager to make a sale; and I saw plenty of sales taking place during the 3 hours I was there. For the record, I am an RV fan and am fortunate that my father-in-law has a 36 foot RV that I get to use all the time. However, even if you are not in the market for an RV or a trailer, this venue is a perfect and inexpensive way to keep your young children occupied for a good half a day. Now if your child is anything like mine, he'll want to board nearly every single trailer, toy hauler and RV at the exhibition, and you'll be pretty tired by the time you chase him/her around all day. This is good wholesome fun for the family and I hardly wait till next year.There is something for everyone here, as you can get a travel trailer for as little as $10,000.00 or a luxury Class A Diesel Motorhome for $500,000.00. There were so many brands on display, that I actually cut & pasted the below listed major brands so you get an ideas as to how big this show actually was.2017 Brands On Display:Chateau Motor HomesCoachmen - Motorhomes & TrailersCrossroads - TrailersDayCruiser - Sprinter MotorhomesDutchmen - TrailersDynamax - Motorhome & trailersEntegra - MotorhomesEvergreen - Lifestyle Luxury 5th WheelsFleetwood - MotorhomesForest River - R-Pod Tent Trailers / Travel Trailers / MotorhomesGrand Design - Toy Haulers & TrailersGulfstream - Travel TrailersHeartland - Travel trailers & toy haulersHighland Ridge - trailersHoliday Rambler - MotorhomesJayco - Motorhomes & travel trailersK-Z - trailers & toy haulerslKeystone - 5th Wheels / travel trailers / toy haulersLittle Guy - Travel TrailersMonaco - MotorhomesNewmar - MotorhomesOpen Range - Roamer & HourneyerPalomino - Travel Trailer / toy haulersPleasure Way - MotorhomesPrime Time - Travel TrailersRedwood 5th WheelRenegade - Class C MotorhomesRoadtrek - MotorhomesShasta - Phoenix 5th WheelsSkyliner Weekender RVStarcraft - AR-1 Travel Trailers / Toy HaulersThor - MotorhomesTiffin - MotorhomesVanleigh - Vilano 5th WheelsVenture - Sonic Travel TrailerWinnebago - Motorhomes