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Escapees RV Club History

The Escapees RV Club was founded on July 4, 1978, by Joe and Kay Peterson. There was no grand idea of what the club would become; it was started through Kay’s column in Woodall’s Trailer Travel magazine. She asked the question that, if a club were started to help people enjoy full-time RVing, would anyone be interested in joining? She received a couple of dozen responses and began to think big. One day there might be one or two hundred people in the club! Today there are over 35,000 member-families, representing approximately 65,000 adult RV enthusiasts.

Those who initially joined the club were immediately asked to suggest a name for the club. The name Escapees was chosen because it signified escaping from the conventional lifestyle to a more adventurous one. The acronym “S-K-P” (say it fast and it sounds like Escapee) was adopted, and many members began calling themselves SKiPs. SKPs has become a commonly used nickname.

The first official publication was a 5-page newsletter, hand-cranked from a portable printer and mailed to164 members. Today, it is a 104-page full-color magazine mailed bi-monthly to over 65,000 members.

The club adopted the logo of the house in a wagon as the Escapees RV Club trademark. It is used on all club documents.

Rainbow’s End, in Livingston, Texas, became the Escapees headquarters in April 1984. Located in East Texas, it is six miles from Livingston and approximately 70 miles north of Houston.