Why do You Workamp (or volunteer)
To the Moderator: please do not put this post in workcamping forum. That forum is DEAD. And truly this is a subject that is of interest to many who would not think to go there for this. In another ...
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Merrykalia wrote:
SOOOOOOOOOO, back to OP's original question. Why do I (we) workcamp?
Both DH and I retired several years ago from state employment (state retirement plan). We have always loved to camp, but we still have school aged children.
We camphost at a local state park for the month of May so we are close enough to home that we can commute to/from school or one of us will stay at the campground and the other at home with the kids during the week. On the weekends, we are all at the campground. We enjoy the outdoor lifestyle, the kids enjoy the programs that are offered at the campground on the weekends, our friends are close enough to come visit for a day or evening, but don't have to camp since many of them are not campers.
Our duties are not heavy as we are there to meet/greet and supply information and not much else. We do have to be there throughout the entire month other than our "off" days. (2 day per week).
We get in lots of camping, give back to the state-system that is providing our retirement monies and give our children the outdoor lifestyle that will benefit them throughout their lives. We LOVE to camp, so this is just a win/win as far as we are concerned.
That's our reasoning.
I find the majority of workcampers I have met to be really nice folks, people I have much more in common with than some others I meet out here on the road. I have been working at SOMETHING or other since I was about 10 and started moving furniture with my step father. I guess I just have work in by nature. But I do like my time off and away also. This is the best of both worlds for me.
