1971
Opting not to sell the Chehalis property, Kuolt moves forward with the membership campground concept. He changes the name of Pacific Rim Group, Inc. to Thousand Trails, Inc., in a nod to an energetic little squirrel named Herbert.
1982
TT takes on Texas opening Colorado River, Lake Conroe, Medina Lake and Lake Whitney. Nevada comes next as TT opens the Las Vegas Preserve. TrailBlazer switches format from tabloid to magazine.
1984
TT continues to grow, adding Michigan’s St. Clair Campground, Indiana’s Horseshoe Lake, Ohio’s Kenisee and Wilmington Campgrounds, as well as Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina’s Forest Lake and Florida’s Orlando Campgrounds.
1987
Thousand Trails and NACO campgrounds are combined under common ownership; Roy Rogers, and son Dusty, are welcomed by more than 1,000 members at Soledad Canyon’s Western Hoedown.