EXHIBIT 24
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                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cruise America, Inc.:

We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  Registration  Statements (No.
33-36643) on Form S-4 and (No. 33-20775) on Form S-8 of Cruise America,  Inc. of
our report dated July 25, 1996,  relating to the consolidated  balance sheets of
Cruise  America,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of April 30, 1996 and 1995, and the
related consolidated  statements of operations,  stockholders'  equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended April 30, 1996, which
report  appears  in the  April  30,  1996  Annual  Report on Form 10-K of Cruise
America, Inc.


                                                   KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
July 25, 1996
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