switching from tent camping to 5th wheel
We are in the market for a small-ish 5th wheel and the truck to tow it...We are looking at the Northwood Fox Mountain 235RLS and a 2015 F350 Diesel. We have only tent camped to date - but I just turn...
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RoyB wrote:
BOBX2 - It is a personal thing for us I guess... We have done both routines but just feel more in the woods when setup in our OFF-ROAD POPUP. Of course there are exeptions...
I like the way SKIPNCHER says it
Posted By: skipnchar on 08/22/09 07:45am
"HUGE difference. You can CAMP in most any kind of RV and you can RV in most any kind of camper but the difference is WHERE you are. If you're in an RV Parking lot you're likely RVing. If you're in a CAMPGROUND whether it's an official one or one you simply determine yourself in a national forest somewhere, then you're camping.
Camping is usually associated with doing things in nature which means going out doors.
RVing is usually associated with staying in your RV, most often in an RV parking lot which MAY have a swimming pool (not nature) an entertainment director (or committee) and manicured lawns.
Nothing WRONG with either one but they ARE quite different. WE do some of both depending on the nature of the occasion. "
Just my thoughts...
Roy Ken
A rather jaded way to view things. An RV lot and a campground are pretty much the same thing, one just has a few more amenities than the other. It's not about what you sleep in, but where you are sleeping. A popup in a campground is not what I consider camping. Boondocking and setting up camp, (be it a tent, 5th wheel or motorhome) where ever you can find a clearing in the woods, is what I consider camping. No fees, no neighbors, no picnic tables and fire pits, no defined pre-leveled parking spaces. It takes a little more effort to get in and then back out sometimes, but it is worth the extra work.
My opinion. Perhaps I too have a jaded view...
