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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azdryheat wrote:
Frankly, I like meeting new people. Boondocking, to me, is for the anti-social loner. Not my style.
I'm rather insulted by this. I love boondocking because it gets me closer to nature than any site in an RV park ever could. I have many interactions with people in my everyday life, but not enough contact with all the things nature has in store for me like birds, flowers, the sound of the wind in the trees, the clouds, the sound of a babbling brook. No cell service? No big deal. We often have found ourselves places where no one could reach us. Ahhhh! :B
toedtoes wrote:
I've always looked at it as 2 basic definitions:
Camping - the purpose is to be out in the wilderness
RVing - the purpose is to travel and see the sights
Gee, and here we've been camping all these years to see the sights. ;) Every summer, we travel all over the western US to see various National Parks or other scenic attractions. We try to camp in those parks when possible and in NFS CG's in between.
Actually we rarely boondock anymore when we are travelling more than 200 or 300 miles away from home, unless we know the area well. In recent years, we've had a variety of experiences boondocking and found ourselves near groups intent on partying all night. Or having neighbors closer than we do at home. There are so many people boondocking here in Colorado and in nearby Utah, seemingly everyone knows the good spots to go. Yeah, I have a few places many haven't found yet, but every year, that list shrinks. :( NFS CG's have gotten to be our go to camping spots.
I will say that we have only stayed at a private RV park twice in all our years, only because there were no other options.
