Is it just my imagination or what?

....I think we have to look at this differently: ....it appears that huge cohorts have been flocking to "social media" since Facebook was invented; tablets, laptops and desktop computers are on their way out (ie. their sales are really falling, and falling dramatically); Google writes that somewhere around 50% + of all searches are conducted from smart phones today (this is why Google is developing its mobile-first index system; Google's current indexing system is desk-top genre...not good! But Google has realized this).

...all the above begs the question: are "desk-top genre" Forums morphing to mobile phone device-friendly "apps" fast enough (or, at all) ?

It looks like (to me) that (a) laptop/desktop/tablet computing platforms are coming to a rapid end; (b) the future of computing is via pocket-sized smart-phone platform (all running "app" specific software)...so, are static Forum owners planning for this quick enough?

Anyhow, this is how I see it...your "vision" may differ :B

This came off another RV forum today. Made me laugh.

So by way of gentle reminder, we don't do bitchy here, and thus if you don't have anything good to say keep your paws off the keyboard or go find one of those other RV groups where they eat that stuff up.

Many of us Canadians have been forced to either stop travelling or limit our time doing so because of insurance costs and the exchange rate. When DW and I were full timing this was the site that I visited every morning. The need is no longer there.

This section has become a dead zone. I stop by once in a while and it may be a week or two before a new post is seen. Chris

luckyd wrote:
It would be a real treat to be able to actually accept Canada and the USA as true friends and neighbors and allow free travel between both countries.

I used to think that.

Many years ago I was under the impression that the term "Snowbirds"
only applied to Canadians that headed south for the winter.
I came to realize that many Americans do likewise.
I still envy them for having the ability to "just follow the sun"
all year round, whereas we Canadians must return home after our
alloted time of 180 days.

It would be a real treat to be able to actually accept Canada and the USA
as true friends and neighbors and allow free travel between both countries.

DHDW&2dogs wrote:
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There used to be a lot of posts "I,m leaving in xx days" or "where is everyone going this year" or "has anyone been to xx park" and we are not seeing many of those anymore.

...snip......

Need more of those kind of comments instead of the fault finding, finger pointing, know it all, responses which are so common today. Makes people reluctant to post. No, I am not perfect either.

I fully agree with the OP, I always enjoyed reading the snowbird forum in the fall while getting ready to leave and enjoyed reading it through the winter to keep up with what everyone was doing. I find that the last few years there have been fewer posts and fewer comments to the posts. It feels as if there is a loss of interest in the forum.

There used to be a lot of posts "I,m leaving in xx days" or "where is everyone going this year" or "has anyone been to xx park" and we are not seeing many of those anymore.

We are still snowbirds but no longer travel all winter as we did in the past, we now go to one park and stay there all winter. This year we will probably leave our trailer in storage at the resort and come back home with just the truck.

Have a good winter everyone

We are South-TX (Rockport) and we are seeing more winter texans than ever before! They are trickling in now, but most RV Parks are reserved uo for the winter and there are allot of RV parks here. We understand this area is getting more popular as 3 new hotels have been built in the last 2 years and more RV parks are being built.

JW of Opechee Shores wrote:
We just need to keep telling the new ones that this is the friendless place to get answers to questions without feeling stupid.

Don't tell them THAT!

Tell them it's the FRIENDLIEST! :)