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2gypsies1
Jan 15, 2018Explorer III
ohhell10339 wrote:
I think that what's happening here is that many people DO feel that their purchase of a 75-foot Hotel on Wheels Industries Behemoth 5000 with two nuclear powerplants may have been a bit excessive, and now they doth protest too much.
But I always pitied those people who rolled the battleship into the campground, fired up the generator, deployed the satellite dish, started the washing machine, got the turkey out of the freezer, and plugged in the massage chairs. They were comfortable, but I, in my tent (or minimally equipped RV), was in Yosemite or Yellowstone, and they were in a hermetically sealed environment, which for all the difference it made, could have been in downtown Cleveland.
You're making too broad of statements.... in this post and in others you've been involved in. It seems you're new to these forums but you'll soon get a reputation from your posts.
People use their RVs for all purposes. RVs are manufactured with all the conveniences so yes, people use them. There's nothing wrong with that. At least they're traveling, being with their families, visiting friends and families and basically enjoying their trips. They're out there enjoying their RV the way they want to enjoy it. More power to them! You don't have to pity anyone. They're happy.
Also, there's nothing wrong with taking a big RV into the wilderness boondocking or in the national parks, state parks, national forest campgrounds.
Also, you weren't the only one comfy in your tent at Yellowstone. There were plenty of RVers in those campgrounds, too, and they were equally comfy.
Also, don't paint the picture that those with big RVs don't boondock/dry camp. We did for 16 years of full-timing 95% of the time as do many, many, many others. That's our style of RVing but we never criticized others on how they RVd.
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