Check In / Check Out Times

toedtoes wrote:
No mocking involved.

You're mixing up two completely different things here. My question was for the folks on this board who have stated they need more time to pack up and leave. Even with a morning hike, I can easily be packed up and ready to go by check out.

Tent campers in my area get up and eat breakfast then the adults break camp while the kids take a last play/hike. They don't seem to have any trouble with an 11 am (or later) check out time.

So what takes so long to pack up for the folks on this board??

My apologies, I obviously took your comment the wrong way. :o

Case in point though ... back when we camped in a popup with our 2 young boys it always seemed to take at least 1.5 hrs to strike camp and because it was a popup there really wasn't a whole lot that could be done the night before. On our long 4 week trip west in 2005 we managed to reduce that time to ~ 1/2 hr but only because we took just the absolute necessities. These days it's just my wife & I and because we now camp in travel trailer we can if needed be off the site in ~ 20 mins, particularly because with a TT we can easily put away almost everything the night before. If the next morning's forecast calls for inclement weather I'll sometimes clean & retract the awning the night before and because our slide doesn't limit interior access in any way I'll also sometimes sweep the top clean and retract it also. This all helps but if we were still camping in a tent or popup there's no way we could do this so quickly.

Second example ... at least once each season we camp with my nephew & his wife who have 3 boys, the oldest who is now 23 and severely autistic. This imposes a heavy financial burden on them but they do manage to own a popup camper and try to get out whenever they can. Believe me, it's a real process for this family of five to set up and tear down after a few days of camping. Getting off site by 11 am would certainly be a challenge, 9 am impossible.