Kay Peterson
Few here would know who Kay Peterson was but she was one of the most influential people in the RV world. She has just passed away at age 90.
Kay and her husband, Joe (who passed away a few years ago) were fulltime RVers who travelled with their family while he, an electrician, sought work around the country. In 1978, they founded Escapees (no connection to Escape trailers.). It was originally for fulltimers but now has many who simply like to camp.
Escapees has chapters all over the country and some outside. They also own some RV parks and have the largest mail business for RVers.
Just since we joined a few years ago, they apparently have added at least 25,000 more members. The children were running Escapees but now grandchildren seem to be doing much of it.
We do have some people here who are members and even some who use the Escapees Livingston, Texas address as their home address. Escapees also has set-ups for that in Florida and South Dakota, those being the three friendliest states for fulltimers. There are a few Escape owners who fulltime and benefit from the Escapees magazine or forum, but no need to be a fulltimer to find much useful information from that group.
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