down home wrote:
How many Americans and others ,how many RVers have not touched a blade of grass, went fishing or hunting or exploring or gotten more than 200 ft from the pavement, sidewalk etc, or tourist spot. How many have ventured beyond the noise of the road and the airport, flight paths and the train and heard and experienced only themselves and nature?
Our daily lives do not involve much except from our Rvs to Wal Mart and restaurants and life in our vehicles. The only recreation available to many is jumping i the car and to the store, stop at fast food ,or restaurant and back home or to the RV.
When I was young and Dad's Cousins families in Va now live life such that the house is a place to get out of the rain and snow, sometimes, a place to sleep sometimes..The out of doors was for living not inside under the tv or in the car to and from a store, since there are few parks, in the urban landscape or cityscape, or even in the country today.
THIS IS NO WAY TO LIVE, limited by ho much money can we sped to recreate.
.... And then there's us strange folks who I guess must have an entirely different chemical makeup.
i.e. I think it's ultra-rewarding fun and enjoyment to be able to get a fully self-contained RV out there on the far side of beyond (depending upon the RV) so as to be there with all the comforts of home along, such as:
1. A good air conditioning setup.
2. A good heating setup.
3. A good leak free stay-out-of-the-rain/snow setup.
4. A good sleeping setup.
5. A good toilet setup.
6. A good showering setup.
7. A good food refrigeration setup.
8. A good indoor cooking and baking setup.
9. A good evening movie setup.
10. A good evening reading setup.
11. A good evening board games setup.
12. A good evening propane firepit setup.
13. Plenty of good clothing and proper equipment along for - hiking, photography, fishing, bird watching, rock hounding, sitting outside and napping out of or in the sun, etc. - during the days.
A few years ago when I used to backpack, sometimes I'd look out from our campsite at beautiful nature settings and think "boy, I sure wish I could get our RV to this spot so as to completely enjoy it"!!
However for those of us who still want to do some of the above with our RVs ... I'm afraid the relentless Population Bomb is going to make it more and more difficult for us.
