What's changed about camping?
The family and I just completed our three week road trip and I've been reflecting about the past and future of our adventures. I know as adults we always idealize our past but it seems to me that the ...
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HMS Beagle wrote:Lantley wrote:
The reality is none of what you posted is really new!
It isn't new - but it is getting worse. The only cure is to go further away from population, or off season. Off season is noticeably more crowded now than even 10 years ago. More population, and many more RVs, which have made camping accessible to people who really don't want to camp. If you are just going to watch TV all afternoon, do you really need to take up a campsite to do it?
Here on LI when we first started beach camping you never needed a reservation, and in fact it was first come first served and only once in 20 years was the CG full when I got there. Now you need to make a reservation 90 days in advance, and when the they open the sites 90 days ahead at 7:00 pm, if you log on at 7:05 they are all booked.
One of the reasons we sold the TT and got this TC, we are hoping to have more flexibility to go and stay places on our schedule. Problem with the big trailer is that you can't just park it anywhere.
My kids always had a ball when we were camping, even when the CG had people living there and the drunks next door kept us up till 2 am...
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For folks that invest in real estate, you return on investment is a function of how much it costs to improve the property vs how much income it will generate. #1 ROI in real estate is self storage facilities, followed by retail strip malls. Campgrounds? At the bottom of the list....
