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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pnichols wrote:
Maybe some of us should venture out and try using our RVs in new-to-us ways. We just might surprise ourselves and begin to enjoy it!
toedtoes wrote:
I know you do more boondocking than I do, but I think my camping is more primitive than yours is (as in power consumption). I've found that my power consumption is actually less than most tent campers.
I doubt that we do more boondocking than you do. We probably do more drycamping in State and National Parks than boondock camping and we probably do more boonparking than boondocking..
Our boonparking is mostly out in the middle of nowhere looking for rocks during the day ... and we do it when and where we have to regardless of the temperatures. We have spent time exploring and boonparking in Texas Panhandle summer heat and Wyoming High Desert summer heat. For this kind of RV use we need the air conditioning for the dog while we're away from the RV and for our comfort when we return to the RV.
With this type of spontaneous use of our RV we MUST have full capability in the RV at all times. We used both the rooftop and cab A/C at the same time in the Texas Panhandle and have used the built-in generator to dry the dog when drycamping. We kindof have to be ready for anything whenever we're out and about with the RV, and aren't particularly hung up and any one style of camping or RV parking location.
We could not get by with only solar panel battery replenishment and we use hookups off and on. We live in the RV about the same way with or without hookups.
