Is a motorhome "Only For The RIch"?
There is an article in the December issue of Motorhome Magazine on page 6 relating to a question they asked in the September issue asking the question. “Is it important to measure the cost versus b...
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The problem with many of these articles is the "writer" has never set foot inside an RV let alone gone out in one. Many folks look at the RV life as a 'gypsy' life. Research for their articles come from visiting "own your own resorts" instead of camping at a State or Federal Park.
They think of camping as "trailer trash" having to use the woods as your bathroom, spending weekends without bathing, and a bunch of yokels sitting around a campfire drinking and smoking ourselves into oblivion.
I think of RVing as living in my own home, albeit much smaller than the 3500' sq.ft. home we sold to buy our coach, but my home nonetheless. IMHO, the size difference is made up by the view I get every morning when I get up. It's different or the same, depending on my choice. I have no yardwork that I have to do, (or pay someone to do), no pool to clean or pay for, no mortgage to slave for, beautiful weather whenever I want and wonderful neighbors all the time. If any of these things are not to my liking, I simply turn the key and I'm gone.
As for 'camping', it's been said, less than 4% of the American public have seen the Milky Way, even less have seen the aurora borealis....we've been fortunate to see both, many times over...we've visited 42 States...that's really visited them, not just passed through or flown above them..I've taken my grandkids to all 42 of those States too...they've seen things other kids read about in books and will, most likely, never see. As in the Mastercard commercial, PRICELESS!
For the rich:h..HAH! yes, some money is necessary to maintain this lifestyle, but we're in our sixth year of fulltiming and I can tell you, I'm spending a whole lot less than I did when I had my stix n brix, and there's no association I have to pay...just sayin....Dennis
They think of camping as "trailer trash" having to use the woods as your bathroom, spending weekends without bathing, and a bunch of yokels sitting around a campfire drinking and smoking ourselves into oblivion.
I think of RVing as living in my own home, albeit much smaller than the 3500' sq.ft. home we sold to buy our coach, but my home nonetheless. IMHO, the size difference is made up by the view I get every morning when I get up. It's different or the same, depending on my choice. I have no yardwork that I have to do, (or pay someone to do), no pool to clean or pay for, no mortgage to slave for, beautiful weather whenever I want and wonderful neighbors all the time. If any of these things are not to my liking, I simply turn the key and I'm gone.
As for 'camping', it's been said, less than 4% of the American public have seen the Milky Way, even less have seen the aurora borealis....we've been fortunate to see both, many times over...we've visited 42 States...that's really visited them, not just passed through or flown above them..I've taken my grandkids to all 42 of those States too...they've seen things other kids read about in books and will, most likely, never see. As in the Mastercard commercial, PRICELESS!
For the rich:h..HAH! yes, some money is necessary to maintain this lifestyle, but we're in our sixth year of fulltiming and I can tell you, I'm spending a whole lot less than I did when I had my stix n brix, and there's no association I have to pay...just sayin....Dennis
