Great Wolf Lodge versus the old TT
Hey all,
Whelp, this Thrus/Fri was Fall Break in these parts. It turned very cold in Indiana about 2 weeks ago, so we knew camping wasnt' going to happen, or at least felt like it might not.
We did a night at Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, OH. It was fun, but the place made me want drugs and lots of them. SO many kids and you could not escape them.
Rooms there are 250 bucks a night, during the week. Up from there on weekends and busy times. My VERY basic Nomad 173 is costing me 300 a month for finance and storage. So every night till the 12th night in it a year is 300 bucks in my mind.
I keep running over in my head where the value was. GWL made me stressed with all the noise, but the kids had a blast. I hated waiting wet in line for a silly slide, but we showed up, checked in and didn't have to all the MILLION things we do when using the TT
I guess what sucks is that the TT is just a "sometimes toy" for a family like mine. ( 2 boys, 9 and 7, plus wife)
With no TV at all in our TT, it's like at night there's fire. And while fire is great, after 2 summers of staring at one, meh I dunno.
A TT is an adventure facilitator, I know that. But, I don't know to hunt nor do I even know where you hunt. I know how to fish, but I mean I am not going to eat the fish so it's basiclly 15 minutes of staring at a pond per fish.
GWL was alot of the same stuff, lots of prep followed by short "fun". Still had to feed the kids, still had deal with them.
I often wonder, should I abandon it all just buy lots of video games and have a big Cable package? I mean is leaving the house really worth it with kids? We have them in sports and that eats up time. But, it's all just leading me back to work at my boring job on Monday.
I really like playing Grand Theaft Auto 5. Maybe more than camping and GWL combined. It's kinda like I should appease the kiddos so that I can back to GTA 5.
My wife really likes to watch HOURS and HOURS of TV on our DVR. She does it every night. That and play games on her phone and check facebook.
Maybe I should abandon the money sucker of the TT and just go back to blowing 300 bucks at a time at random.
I mean what more really is there to using the TT? I mean lets say you take off for the weekend to a state park. There's setup time, cook time, and fire/bed time. There's hiking and horseback riding and stuff like that, but mostly that comes at a fee and I could do that and still sleep in my bed every night.
So what's the value in doing the TT? Is it so I can spend money farther away from home?
:(
Whelp, this Thrus/Fri was Fall Break in these parts. It turned very cold in Indiana about 2 weeks ago, so we knew camping wasnt' going to happen, or at least felt like it might not.
We did a night at Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, OH. It was fun, but the place made me want drugs and lots of them. SO many kids and you could not escape them.
Rooms there are 250 bucks a night, during the week. Up from there on weekends and busy times. My VERY basic Nomad 173 is costing me 300 a month for finance and storage. So every night till the 12th night in it a year is 300 bucks in my mind.
I keep running over in my head where the value was. GWL made me stressed with all the noise, but the kids had a blast. I hated waiting wet in line for a silly slide, but we showed up, checked in and didn't have to all the MILLION things we do when using the TT
I guess what sucks is that the TT is just a "sometimes toy" for a family like mine. ( 2 boys, 9 and 7, plus wife)
With no TV at all in our TT, it's like at night there's fire. And while fire is great, after 2 summers of staring at one, meh I dunno.
A TT is an adventure facilitator, I know that. But, I don't know to hunt nor do I even know where you hunt. I know how to fish, but I mean I am not going to eat the fish so it's basiclly 15 minutes of staring at a pond per fish.
GWL was alot of the same stuff, lots of prep followed by short "fun". Still had to feed the kids, still had deal with them.
I often wonder, should I abandon it all just buy lots of video games and have a big Cable package? I mean is leaving the house really worth it with kids? We have them in sports and that eats up time. But, it's all just leading me back to work at my boring job on Monday.
I really like playing Grand Theaft Auto 5. Maybe more than camping and GWL combined. It's kinda like I should appease the kiddos so that I can back to GTA 5.
My wife really likes to watch HOURS and HOURS of TV on our DVR. She does it every night. That and play games on her phone and check facebook.
Maybe I should abandon the money sucker of the TT and just go back to blowing 300 bucks at a time at random.
I mean what more really is there to using the TT? I mean lets say you take off for the weekend to a state park. There's setup time, cook time, and fire/bed time. There's hiking and horseback riding and stuff like that, but mostly that comes at a fee and I could do that and still sleep in my bed every night.
So what's the value in doing the TT? Is it so I can spend money farther away from home?
:(
