How did you begin this hobby?
I started a blog to write articles about our adventures and decided to start back at the beginning. The beginning is always a good place to start. Attached is my article on how we got started. ...
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I am an Eagle Scout and my father was my Scoutmaster, so we did a LOT of camping when I was a kid. Our family also couldn't afford expensive vacations, so we would go tent camping during the summer. As I became a teenager, my parents bought a Nimrod PU, which was nothing more than beds on wheels, but it was a huge upgrade to tents on the ground.
Before we had our first child, we camped in a tent on a site where my in-laws had a beat up old TT. After we had our first daughter, we decided it was time to get a PU. We ended up owning 3 PUs over the next 15 years, each time upgrading with a bigger unit with more options. 10 years ago we made the move up to a base 24' TT. 2 years ago we upgraded again to a 28' TT with a big slide and many more options, we LOVE this unit, and plan to have it a very long time. In addition to our many trips to various campgrounds, we are now debating placing the unit on a campsite at the Jersey shore for all of August. We've never had a unit anywhere for more than a week, so this would be interesting.
Ironically we know no one that camps or owns an RV now. Everyone rents shore houses or goes to hotels and resorts. But when my extended family goes to the Delaware shore for a week in July, they rent a house and we bring the TT and stay at a campground nearby. This gives us our own homebase, beds, bathroom, and a place to get away from all the drama. And it also costs us about a third of what they pay for the house rental. :)
Before we had our first child, we camped in a tent on a site where my in-laws had a beat up old TT. After we had our first daughter, we decided it was time to get a PU. We ended up owning 3 PUs over the next 15 years, each time upgrading with a bigger unit with more options. 10 years ago we made the move up to a base 24' TT. 2 years ago we upgraded again to a 28' TT with a big slide and many more options, we LOVE this unit, and plan to have it a very long time. In addition to our many trips to various campgrounds, we are now debating placing the unit on a campsite at the Jersey shore for all of August. We've never had a unit anywhere for more than a week, so this would be interesting.
Ironically we know no one that camps or owns an RV now. Everyone rents shore houses or goes to hotels and resorts. But when my extended family goes to the Delaware shore for a week in July, they rent a house and we bring the TT and stay at a campground nearby. This gives us our own homebase, beds, bathroom, and a place to get away from all the drama. And it also costs us about a third of what they pay for the house rental. :)
