How many trips?
For those of you who are still working full time and have a family and busy life, what is the average amount of trips you take a year with your TT? I'm just curious. We'd love to take more but we seem...
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Every year is different for us. One year we were camping somewhere 28 week-ends in a row, plus a 2 week Summer vacation.
Then there was the year we had a bad financial set back and some very unwanted legal actions which resulted in a very expensive year, and money needed to go to paying lawyer fees and fixing our house that the bum destroyed. We camped only a couple times for that entire 18 month period.
Last year we were fortunate, we had 2 - one week trips and 1 - two week trip, plus at least one week-end a month from April through November.
This year, we have only a 2 week trip previously planned. My mother is now in a nursing home, I've had to deal with her property, finances, and a bunch of legal stuff for her and we're kind of tied down with all of this right now. So, no plans yet beyond the 2 weeks in July.
Weather has a lot to do with it. Because we both do work 40 plus hour weeks, we can't get that far for, at best, a 3 or 4 day week-end. So we are restricted to Indiana weather. This year has been horrible. We ALWAYS go out for our first week-end, the first week-end in April ... somewhere. Specifically, a full hook-up campground so I can un-winterize the trailer. Shoot! It' snowed again this morning in Indiana. We had over an inch on the ground when I woke up. We're simply not making any plans for any week-end jaunts until we get completely past this stinkin' freezing weather!
So, every year is different. Financially, we're in good shape. That's not an issue any more. What is the issue are all the other constraints that impress upon our lifestyle!
But this is why we do driveway camping from Mid-March to Mid-December every year too. From that time period, we sleep in the camper every night. Except this year. It's still too costly to heat the camper.
Then there was the year we had a bad financial set back and some very unwanted legal actions which resulted in a very expensive year, and money needed to go to paying lawyer fees and fixing our house that the bum destroyed. We camped only a couple times for that entire 18 month period.
Last year we were fortunate, we had 2 - one week trips and 1 - two week trip, plus at least one week-end a month from April through November.
This year, we have only a 2 week trip previously planned. My mother is now in a nursing home, I've had to deal with her property, finances, and a bunch of legal stuff for her and we're kind of tied down with all of this right now. So, no plans yet beyond the 2 weeks in July.
Weather has a lot to do with it. Because we both do work 40 plus hour weeks, we can't get that far for, at best, a 3 or 4 day week-end. So we are restricted to Indiana weather. This year has been horrible. We ALWAYS go out for our first week-end, the first week-end in April ... somewhere. Specifically, a full hook-up campground so I can un-winterize the trailer. Shoot! It' snowed again this morning in Indiana. We had over an inch on the ground when I woke up. We're simply not making any plans for any week-end jaunts until we get completely past this stinkin' freezing weather!
So, every year is different. Financially, we're in good shape. That's not an issue any more. What is the issue are all the other constraints that impress upon our lifestyle!
But this is why we do driveway camping from Mid-March to Mid-December every year too. From that time period, we sleep in the camper every night. Except this year. It's still too costly to heat the camper.
