Truthfully, Is RV'in becoming less enjoyable
Need truthful opinions based on experience. My wife and I have been investigating traveling after I retire in two years. We were about ready to pull the trigger on a travel trailer than my wife go...
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A lot of what's shaping the attitudes for or against continuing to RV by RV owners may have to do with what type of "camping spots" they have stayed in up to that point.
As many before have stated, it helps to have an RV that does not need hookups for a few days. With that in mind, here are some unusual places we have camped without hookups in our small self-contained Class C, without reservations (but with permission when and where appropriate):
1. A church parking lot.
2. A Port of Entry parking lot.
3. In the horse camping area of a state campgrounds.
4. Down a back road to a sandy beach down along the Salmon River.
5. On a farm out next to the barn.
6. In a pasture on a ranch.
7. On a spectacular California beach during the week.
8. In the parking lot of a company where we bought one of their products.
9. Walmart parking lots.
10. Cabelas parking lots.
11. In a nearly empty campground on an Native American reservation.
12. Behind a motel in their parking lot.
13. In a field parking area for an outside bluegrass concert after the concert.
14. Along the curb in front of a friend's house.
15. Several public land camping areas all over the U.S., including both coasts, the Death Valley boondocks, and various deserts.
16. In the parking lot of a boarding house for volunteers during a week of work in a disadvantaged area of Kentucky.
We've made two multiple thousand mile camping tours of the U.S. using very few, if any, reservations.
Camp where other folks won't, or can't, or don't know about. Many of these places are always available, restful, quiet, and serene ... but they are non-hookup places.
As many before have stated, it helps to have an RV that does not need hookups for a few days. With that in mind, here are some unusual places we have camped without hookups in our small self-contained Class C, without reservations (but with permission when and where appropriate):
1. A church parking lot.
2. A Port of Entry parking lot.
3. In the horse camping area of a state campgrounds.
4. Down a back road to a sandy beach down along the Salmon River.
5. On a farm out next to the barn.
6. In a pasture on a ranch.
7. On a spectacular California beach during the week.
8. In the parking lot of a company where we bought one of their products.
9. Walmart parking lots.
10. Cabelas parking lots.
11. In a nearly empty campground on an Native American reservation.
12. Behind a motel in their parking lot.
13. In a field parking area for an outside bluegrass concert after the concert.
14. Along the curb in front of a friend's house.
15. Several public land camping areas all over the U.S., including both coasts, the Death Valley boondocks, and various deserts.
16. In the parking lot of a boarding house for volunteers during a week of work in a disadvantaged area of Kentucky.
We've made two multiple thousand mile camping tours of the U.S. using very few, if any, reservations.
Camp where other folks won't, or can't, or don't know about. Many of these places are always available, restful, quiet, and serene ... but they are non-hookup places.
