The biggest problem with boondocking is . . . .
that it spoils you for any other kind of RV camping. And unforunately, boondocking is not always (or even often) available.
We just spent several days at a very nice campground (Palomar Mountain State Park), east of Oceanside, Calif. We were the only people in the whole area for three nights -- absolutely silent. (The fourth night was a Friday, and the campground was half-full and not silent.) The camping was very pleasant -- about 5000 feet in elevation, cool days, cold nights, plenty of shade, nice hiking, good stars at night, etc.
But it was not boondocking. There was pavement underneath the trailer. There was a bathroom and water and trash cans. Although the trip was very relaxing, it did not satisfy that deep urge to get into the back-country, far from everything. So beware -- once you start boondocking, everything else seems a little tame. (My guess is that a wilderness backpacker would find that RV camping in a national forest is also "too tame," but backpacking would be too rugged for me.)
We just spent several days at a very nice campground (Palomar Mountain State Park), east of Oceanside, Calif. We were the only people in the whole area for three nights -- absolutely silent. (The fourth night was a Friday, and the campground was half-full and not silent.) The camping was very pleasant -- about 5000 feet in elevation, cool days, cold nights, plenty of shade, nice hiking, good stars at night, etc.
But it was not boondocking. There was pavement underneath the trailer. There was a bathroom and water and trash cans. Although the trip was very relaxing, it did not satisfy that deep urge to get into the back-country, far from everything. So beware -- once you start boondocking, everything else seems a little tame. (My guess is that a wilderness backpacker would find that RV camping in a national forest is also "too tame," but backpacking would be too rugged for me.)
