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Goodbye, RV: Hello, Real Travel

Garrison Keillor applauds the death of his least favorite vehicle

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT
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(Newser) – With gas prices up and on the rise, your Winnebago may soon be stuck in park—but the fall of car culture's ugliest offender will force us to reconnect with better pastimes, writes Garrison Keillor in the Chicago Tribune. “Banjo sales will pick up,” Keillor writes. “The screened porch will come back in style. And the art of storytelling will burgeon along with it.”

“When gas passes $5 and heads for $8 and $10, we will learn to sit in dim light with our loved ones and talk about hunting and fishing adventures," writes Keillor. "The vanishing of the RV only makes your story more interesting. One thing lost, something else gained. Life is like that."

But they are mighty nice inside.
But they are mighty nice inside.   (AP Photo)
A nice porch; get ready to spend more time there as gas prices skyrocket and car culture declines.
A nice porch; get ready to spend more time there as gas prices skyrocket and car culture declines.   (KRT Photos)
Winnebago motor homes. Winnebago Industries Inc. said Friday its third quarter profit skidded 73 percent as high gas prices, tighter credit and a soft economy drive sales lower industry wide.
Winnebago motor homes. Winnebago Industries Inc. said Friday its third quarter profit skidded 73 percent as high gas prices, tighter credit and a soft economy drive sales lower industry wide.   (AP Photo)
Winnebago is enduring trying times.
Winnebago is enduring trying times.   (AP Photo)
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