When did boondocking become weird?
I always thought RVs were supposed to be self-sufficient; that they had water tanks and generators and waste tanks so that you could use them to go camping wherever you wanted and be independent. Now,...
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People want different things. A lot of people get an RV because they don't like sleeping in hotel beds. Some get them to travel distance with all the ammenities and then they'll rent a place when they get to their destination. Some want to go camping but not have to sleep on the ground. Some want to live cheaply. Some want to "live freely". And the list goes on.
I dry camp mostly. I go to primitive national forest campgrounds and use my RV as a glorified tent. I don't have a generator, microwave, tv, hair dryer, satelite, etc. I do cook with my RV stove just like I used to with a camp stove. My one "splurge" is my oven, which I use a lot.
But, I can see using it differently if I were going on a sightseeing trip. It would be a comfortable "hotel room" without my having to pack a suitcase. And I could reduce money spent on hotsls by cooking my own meals.
Oh, and dry camping and boondocking are different things. Boondocking is also known by the term dispersed camping. It's setting up camp in the wilderness outside of an established campground. Dry camping is simply going without hookups. You can dry camp and not be boondocking, but if you boondock, you are dry camping.
I dry camp mostly. I go to primitive national forest campgrounds and use my RV as a glorified tent. I don't have a generator, microwave, tv, hair dryer, satelite, etc. I do cook with my RV stove just like I used to with a camp stove. My one "splurge" is my oven, which I use a lot.
But, I can see using it differently if I were going on a sightseeing trip. It would be a comfortable "hotel room" without my having to pack a suitcase. And I could reduce money spent on hotsls by cooking my own meals.
Oh, and dry camping and boondocking are different things. Boondocking is also known by the term dispersed camping. It's setting up camp in the wilderness outside of an established campground. Dry camping is simply going without hookups. You can dry camp and not be boondocking, but if you boondock, you are dry camping.
