Amarillo hosts free RV museum

Amarillo now stakes claim to being the home of the newest RV museum in the country. Jack Sisemore's Traveland RV Museum opened earlier this month and offers visitors a trip through RV time at no charge.

Included on the museum's 7,000 square foot show floor is the 1948 Flxible Clipper bus famous in the Robin Williams film, RV. You may recall the big red conversion bus known as "Happy Max" tailing the unfortunate family that Williams headed up on film.

Sisesmore hasn't limited his museum to just the Flyer. A visit to this website at www.rvmuseum.net reveals no less than 15 different rigs from the 1930's right into the 1970's, including what must have been one of the first commercially produced pop-up trailers.

The museum is open 8:30 to 6:00 weekdays, and 8:30 to 5:00 Saturdays, located at 4341 Canyon Drive, Amarillo, Texas.

photo: 1937 Kozy Kamp

New free online magazine debuts for Texas anglers

Just in time for spring fishing, Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine has launched its first-ever online-only digital extra, “Texas Fishing 2012.”

The 40-page digital publication features a 2012 fishing forecast by TPWD staffer and long-time outdoor writer Steve Lightfoot as well as a figurative tackle box full of topical articles aimed at making a fishing trip enjoyable and productive.

According to the publishers, readers will get "the same full, rich content and breathtaking photography you expect from Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine with lots of interactivity, including instructional videos and links to helpful agency information on all kinds of fishing topics."

The magazine can be viewed with a computer, tablet or smart phone. Read it.