Full time residences in RV Parks
My wife and I started Full Timing last September (9-2015) travelling south from the Pacific Northwest like a lot of folks do. We returned to the Northwest just two weeks ago with plans to keep travell...
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We have visited a few private "campgrounds" over the last 30 years and we can always spot the "full time residents" vs the "seasonal residents" vs the true "campers" by the amount of stuff piled around their campers. And I'm not referring to the Western States, I'm referring to Indiana!
When they start installing permanent style porches, setting out the yard gnomes, and hanging bird houses, with a ton of stuff under their campers, you can spot them pretty easy.
This is not a new phenomena. When I was a kid, 9 years old in 1964, my parents took their camper to a campground and they provided seasonal sites. Those that stayed all season, always piled on the junk. A neighboring campground down the river had permanent campers. It had a bad reputation and every stereotype about "trailer trash" applied to that place. That was 1964! It's not anything new.
When they start installing permanent style porches, setting out the yard gnomes, and hanging bird houses, with a ton of stuff under their campers, you can spot them pretty easy.
This is not a new phenomena. When I was a kid, 9 years old in 1964, my parents took their camper to a campground and they provided seasonal sites. Those that stayed all season, always piled on the junk. A neighboring campground down the river had permanent campers. It had a bad reputation and every stereotype about "trailer trash" applied to that place. That was 1964! It's not anything new.
