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Veebyes
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Jun 06, 2014

RV'ers logic

We are in a state recreation CG in Haines, Alaska for a few nights. It is dry camping. No water, no sewer available at all. No cellphone service. The rate is $10/PN. All sites are great. There are a few lakeside which have a view which reminds me of the View at Lake Louise. Spectacular.

It is a 10 mile drive up the fijord past Haines so one burns a fair amount of fuel to get there & back to Haines.

Watched a guy in an oldish gasser MOHO come through last night. Didn't stay. Did the tour of the loops, which were virtually empty, & out he went. Presumably because there is no power or cellphone service he did not take a site.

This guy burned at least 3 gal of gas ($4gal around here) for nothing then went back to Haines where the 2 'cram them in' cold waterside CGs & third roadside in town CG are something like $40 PN.

So, this guy Spends $40 for the CG plus the extra $16 in gas when he could have spent $10 plus burned a little propane to keep warm & run his genny for his microwave & been in one of the most beautiful CGs around.

I'll bet he moans about the price of his Alaska trip.

RVers actions sometimes defy logic.
  • Maybe he wanted or needed those amenities the campgrounds offer that that dry camping location did not. Or maybe he wanted to see if it was a quiet location and not one where people would be running their generators. Maybe he didn't like the looks of the neighbors. Or maybe he was looking for a friend of his and didn't know what park they were staying in. Maybe everything in his life doesn't revolve around his wallet and he didn't give a flip about burning a few dollars of fuel.
  • Maybe he was looking for friends, didn't see them and left?

    Or, possibly he didn't like what he saw in the CG.

    That's the nice part about RV's, it's easy to keep moving until you like the scenery. :)
  • It that any different than buying a $200,000 RV and then worrying about spending $25.00 a night for a site?

    Or buying the same rig, arriving late after the office is closed and leaving very early before the office opens, so they they can beat the campground out of a nights fee?

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