Roadside Gourmet - Don Patterson
Don Patterson is a widely published professional writer residing in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife, four children, two grandchildren and his pet miniature Schnauzer. His camping, nature, and travel articles have appeared in Camping Canada, Camping Journal, Campers Monthly, Family Motor Coaching, Motorhome, Northeast Outdoors, RV West, Southern RV, Texas Highways, Today's Camping, and Western RV News & Recreation. Don has also written celebrity interviews, dining, and entertainment articles for local and regional tourism publications. His self-syndicated Roadside Gourmet column has been featured in regional camping and RV travel publications for over fifteen years.

Travel Safety - Randy DeVaul, M.A.
Randy DeVaul has 25+ years in safety and emergency response services. He is the founder and creator of ‘Safe At Home’ (www.safeathome-online.com), the first on-line general-member community focusing on home safety for families and pets with the mission “to protect you and yours in and from your home™.” Randy has authored workplace safety books (www.filbertpublishing.com/safety.htm) and his next book, ‘Being Safe At Home: Surviving the Hazards of Living in Your Home,’ will be released soon. He is a regular safety columnist for numerous trade publications in the United States and Canada. Visit www.safeathome-online.com or his consulting site, www.goldenplume.com, or email him any time. email: safetypro@roadrunner.com.

email: safetypro@roadrunner.com

Crossword Puzzle - Myles Mellor
Myles Mellor is one of the most successful and prolific crossword puzzle writers in America today. He publishes a crossword every two days on average, both in America and internationally. He started writing crossword puzzles for fun for his father in England. His father enjoyed them so much he encouraged his son to go professional. This was the beginning of a new career. Long established as a favorite with crossword puzzle fans, Myles has continued to create humorous, understandable, and creative puzzles of all levels of difficulty. Many of his crossword puzzles are based on themes and contain 20-30 words all on one subject. Find Myles’s work at www.themecrosswords.com www.crosswordpuzzleuniverse.com www.ilovecrosswords.com and www.crosswordpuzzles.com

RV Having Fun - Jayne Freeman
Jayne Freeman and her husband, parents of seven and grandparents of 12, enjoy their fulltime traveling to the hilt. Jayne and Dan have been fulltimers for 10 years, ever since they somewhat spontaneously sold their home in the Portland, Oregon area, bought a motorhome, and "hit the road" without once looking back. During most of this, while traveling Jayne has written her monthly column for Western RV News & Recreation. She also found time to write The Complete RV Handbook, (2005, available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble) based on her experiences and those of many people she has talked to over the years. The Complete RV Handbook is a guide to life on the road and how to get the most from it. Jayne also works as a freelance education writer, drawing upon her 27 years of elementary classroom teaching."

Fitness On The Road - Lynn Difley
Lynn Difley is licensed and accredited through IDEA, ACE, Nautilus, and AEA as a fitness trainer and exercise instructor with over 30 years experience. She teaches fitness and exercise seminars and classes at the Life On Wheels RV Conference at the University of Idaho and at the Great North American RV Rallies. Her exercise articles have appeared in several RV magazines as well as general interest and health and fitness magazines.

Backroads & Boondocking - Bob Difley
Bob Difley, formerly Northern California Regional General Manager of an RV rental and sales company, is a freelance writer and photographer specializing in the RV lifestyle, nature, and the outdoors. His RV destination and nature articles appear regularly in several RV magazines. He teaches nature and destination classes and seminars at the Life On Wheels Conference at the University of Idaho in Moscow and at the Great North American RV Rallies.

The Green RVer - Bob Difley
Bob Difley began writing The Green RVer column for Western RV News & Recreation with the June 2007 issue with a designated page for The Green RVer on the WRVN website. Bob focuses on the various ways RVers can practice environmentally sound "green" practices to lesson our negative footprint on the world in which we live. Bob contributes a monthly "Green RVer Tip" to help RVers change the way they RV.

Cartoonist - Jerry King
Western RV News & Recreation has added award winning cartoonist Jerry King. One of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today; his work has appeared in thousands of greeting cards, magazines, Web sites, books, newspapers, newsletters and children's books. His client list includes Disney, American Greetings, The United States Golf Assoc., and many others. Jerry's magazine credits include Better Homes and Gardens, Golf Digest, The Saturday Evening Post, National Enquirer, Woman's World and hundreds of others world wide. For more information be sure to visit www.jerryking.com.

Henderson's Line-Up - Robert Henderson
Western RV News is pleased to announce that Robert Henderson, president of Henderson’s Line-Up, Brake and RV, Inc. and SuperSteer/SuperStop products, will be contributing a monthly column that specifically addresses common steering, handling and braking issues in recreational vehicles.

Henderson’s Line-Up (HLU) was founded by Robert’s father, Floyd Henderson in 1961, and since the late 1980’s has been recognized industry wide for its expertise in RV chassis. In an effort to create solutions for many of the handling problems he encountered, Robert later founded the company’s manufacturing division, SuperSteer Products.

HLU is famous for its Road Performance Assessment (RPA) “systems approach” to determining the needs of each particular customer and vehicle. During this process, the technicians at HLU concentrate on educating customers as well as assessing their needs, which clarifies necessary adjustments, upgrades or maintenance. This allows the customer to make an informed decision after all options have been presented.

Henderson’s Line-Up, Brake and RV, Inc. and SuperSteer Products are located in Grant’s Pass, Oregon. HLU can be reached at 800-245-8309, www.hendersonslineup.com; SuperSteer Products at 888-898-3281; supersteersuperstop.com.

phone: 1-800-245-8309

Features & Filler - Darlene G. O'Connor
As an Owner, Joint Publisher and the Managing Editor of Western RV News & Recreation Darlene O'Connor works tirelessly bringing news and travel options to readers of Western RV News & Recreation. She contributes feature articles, filler articles and tidbits and special sections to the pages of Western RV News & Recreation each month. If you have news or information you would like to see included in Western RV News & Recreation please feel free to contact her.
email: publisher@westernrvnews.com

What-To-Do - Where-To-Go - Amy Senna
Amy Senna is a freelance writer and mother of two who volunteers as both a Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader. Amy grew up tent camping with Girl Scouts and traveling the Western United States in her family’s tent trailer. She gave up a career in corporate public relations to become a full-time mom. When she’s not busy shuttling kids to school, sports or scouts, you’ll find her dreaming up plans for her family’s next getaway. She now enjoys sharing outdoor experiences with her scouts and her own children. She writes about places to go and things to do, especially with children at family-friendly destinations.