new camper needs help!
Hi Everyone, new here so please dont get on my case. For perspective, Im a broke single parent who is ok with skimping on cosmetics as long as the bugger runs and doesn't have too much trouble. I...
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When my wife and I were short of funds we used two tents (one for use by my wife and I and one for our boy and two sheepdogs. Add in a Coleman cookstove and an insulated cooler and a stainless coffee percolator and we were good to go and we used this setup for 10 years.
Buying a small Burro type trailer and learning how to hook it up and tow it safely and adding all the stuff inside is not all that much easier than pitching a tent and firing up a cookstove and pulling out a couple of lanterns.
Go to the nearest state or national park campground and take a look at what people are using and talk to them about how much they spent to get started.
A separate benefit of tent camping is that you can use any one of the campsites in any campground which is not true with trailers and motorhomes.
Buying a small Burro type trailer and learning how to hook it up and tow it safely and adding all the stuff inside is not all that much easier than pitching a tent and firing up a cookstove and pulling out a couple of lanterns.
Go to the nearest state or national park campground and take a look at what people are using and talk to them about how much they spent to get started.
A separate benefit of tent camping is that you can use any one of the campsites in any campground which is not true with trailers and motorhomes.
