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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I guess that unless my rig is smaller than the OP's, then it's not really "camping" in his mind. Thankfully, I don't live in his mind. It is entirely possible for people of modest means to camp; I don't understand why he thinks otherwise. Buy a tent, a coleman stove and lantern, an air mattress, and...set up in any number of campgrounds other than an RV "resort". And a car vs an RV driving thru a campground...the OP is really going to scream about one but welcome the other? Wow, methinks a hobby is needed.
I've never had problems finding a campsite for a reasonable price. Sometimes I camp in FHU campgrounds; that requires a higher price. Sometimes I boondock; that requires a lower price (or even free). Sometimes the purpose of my trip is to sightsee in popular areas; that of course will cost more. Sometimes I just want to get away; that will cost less. In most cases, I have seen both behemoths and tents alongside each other in the same campground; not sure why he thinks one precludes the other.
I guess it's never occurred to him that values and amenities of campsites vary, just as property values and amenities for S&B houses vary. And a property owner has every right to do what he wants with his property, from leaving it barren, to a strip mall, to a high rise, to a low budget campground, to a high end RV Resort.
It also has obviously escaped him that some of the so called behemoths that he seems to hate are not "campers" at all, but are full timers. That rig IS THEIR HOUSE. They are not "camping", they are "living". They have every right to pay for FHU and then spend as much time inside THEIR HOUSE as they desire. At least they are not parked on the street in front of someone's house (oh wait, that was another of the OPs threads).
I've never had problems finding a campsite for a reasonable price. Sometimes I camp in FHU campgrounds; that requires a higher price. Sometimes I boondock; that requires a lower price (or even free). Sometimes the purpose of my trip is to sightsee in popular areas; that of course will cost more. Sometimes I just want to get away; that will cost less. In most cases, I have seen both behemoths and tents alongside each other in the same campground; not sure why he thinks one precludes the other.
I guess it's never occurred to him that values and amenities of campsites vary, just as property values and amenities for S&B houses vary. And a property owner has every right to do what he wants with his property, from leaving it barren, to a strip mall, to a high rise, to a low budget campground, to a high end RV Resort.
It also has obviously escaped him that some of the so called behemoths that he seems to hate are not "campers" at all, but are full timers. That rig IS THEIR HOUSE. They are not "camping", they are "living". They have every right to pay for FHU and then spend as much time inside THEIR HOUSE as they desire. At least they are not parked on the street in front of someone's house (oh wait, that was another of the OPs threads).
