Centrally located- or not to attractions.
Often times the question arises about how central we are to the attractions. I would like to share my experience as a pipeliner, camp owner and extensive traveler with you about the ' centra...
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SDcampowneroperator wrote:
Often times the question arises about how central we are to the attractions.
I would like to share my experience as a pipeliner, camp owner and extensive traveler with you about the ' centrally located mindset.'
In pipelining for instance the contractor has 3 choices to set up offices and warehousing on a 100 mi. ' construction spread', say there is a town at each end, one in the middle.
It makes no difference which town is chosen, because the travel time will all be the same if the work is equal; however if the work is weighted towards one end, then it is beneficial to choose a town nearer to that work as long as it has the accommodation for the manpower.
Equate that thought into RV vacation travel. The common misconception is to be 'central' to the attractions, however if you were to visit each attraction within the radius of your campsite once, the travel time will be equal whether you are on the fringe of the area or central. Should you wish to go to one attraction more than once, then it is beneficial to stay closer to it if lodging travel costs and time warrant it.
Inagine a circle. decide whatever distance you are willing to drive to the sites. Place yourself within that circle, Choose any camp, the best camp within that circle that suits you. It will all be the same travel time to the attractions you wish and likely less costly than that one ' centrally located '
If you are talking about a 20mile diameter, this makes sense. If it's at most a 1/2hr to a destination, the location isn't that critical (assuming a rural high speed road network).
But if you are talking about 100miles, now it could easily be 2hr each way. That's 4 hours of driving in a single day. If it's in an urban area or there is construction, it could easily jump to 6hrs. If you want to spend 8hrs at the destination, that's a long 14hr day.
Also, if your destination includes early or late day activities (maybe early morning wildlife viewing or a show that doesn't get done until 10pm), if you have a couple hours of driving before or after, that is undesirable.
It's not purely about the total number of miles.
If you are t
