How Did You Get Started RVing
How did you get started into RVing. I was in boy scouts liked camping. My dad was into bass fishing. We would go camping and fishing in a tent at Lake Sam Rayburn. My mom would go sometimes. Later my ...
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I've just pretty well always done some form of camping or another.
I grew up tent, then trailer, then motor home camping. Been RVing all my life. When I was a kid, my folks started out with a travel trailer that we towed behind the "family truckster" (station wagons). We traveled all over the western US staying in state and national parks and commercial campgrounds. The summer that I graduated from high school, my folks got a 28' Explorer motorhome and the adventures continued. After a couple of summers, they went back to travel trailers.
For many years we used my folk's travel trailers till they sold them (plural). They kept one in a site on the coast and one at home for use on the road. At one point they also had a Coleman tent trailer. After they got rid of their trailers, we missed having a way to take the dogs on trips with us and bought our first Motor Home (on our second).
Our first motorhome, bought in 2007, was a 2005 Coachmen Freelander 3150SS (Class-C). With its limited cargo carrying capacity, I got tired of counting every pound we put in it and decided our lifestyle and hobbies demanded a Class-A so we got our current 30' Winnebago.
We really can't do without one since our RV is also our "mobile observatory" at remote dark sky sites and "Star Parties". I added Red LED "marine fixtures" to both the old and new ones to preserve night adapted vision. I use two portable (not attached to the coach) solar power systems. One (120w) to support/recharge our astronomy equipment, the other (270w) to supply/recharge coach power when boondocking.
I grew up tent, then trailer, then motor home camping. Been RVing all my life. When I was a kid, my folks started out with a travel trailer that we towed behind the "family truckster" (station wagons). We traveled all over the western US staying in state and national parks and commercial campgrounds. The summer that I graduated from high school, my folks got a 28' Explorer motorhome and the adventures continued. After a couple of summers, they went back to travel trailers.
For many years we used my folk's travel trailers till they sold them (plural). They kept one in a site on the coast and one at home for use on the road. At one point they also had a Coleman tent trailer. After they got rid of their trailers, we missed having a way to take the dogs on trips with us and bought our first Motor Home (on our second).
Our first motorhome, bought in 2007, was a 2005 Coachmen Freelander 3150SS (Class-C). With its limited cargo carrying capacity, I got tired of counting every pound we put in it and decided our lifestyle and hobbies demanded a Class-A so we got our current 30' Winnebago.
We really can't do without one since our RV is also our "mobile observatory" at remote dark sky sites and "Star Parties". I added Red LED "marine fixtures" to both the old and new ones to preserve night adapted vision. I use two portable (not attached to the coach) solar power systems. One (120w) to support/recharge our astronomy equipment, the other (270w) to supply/recharge coach power when boondocking.
