outdoor kitchens
WE were trapped in MD in a Jellystone RV park for 3 days last week and this included a weekend that was a park event. Understand we are swnowbirds and avid RV people where as we have travel 13000 mile...
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Our Outback has a flip down kitchen that has a sink, faucet,and 2 burner stove. No refrigerator or counter space. We use it all the time. We do almost 100% of our food preparation and cooking outside. We usually use an electric flat griddle or an electric skillet, but we use the stove top quite a lot too. And we always wash our dishes outside. We very seldom use the stove inside, unless it really raining or really cold (like snow).
The outside kitchen was one of those selling features that helped us settle on this camper.
About the younger folks. I remember in our younger days, when we had our pop-up and later our first travel trailer, and about 4 years with our second travel trailer, it took that long to finally figure out we didn't need to "show off" all our camping paraphernalia to the world. We realized it took a lot of work to set out all the yard ornaments, lights, lawn chairs, tables, all the gadgets and then having to pack everything back up.
In it's day, yes we had fun. We were happy, proud, and really wanted to "show off", as if to say ... "We've finally arrived to the good life and this is it!"
Nothing wrong with that. Young folks are experiencing everything new. Each person feel they are re-creating the wheel. Each person camping has a sense of pride, and a bit of "Hey! Look at me." syndrome. And you know? That's really OK. They are having fun, the same way we did, and probably you too when stop and think about it.
It isn't until you get a bit older that you realize gadgets are just that... gadgets... You strip down your life style, do what is just essential and you strive for comfort instead of how trying to prove to the world how rugged you can get.
It takes a bit of time (sometimes years) to realize that all those gadgets, all those yard ornaments, all that lighting, all the "Stuff" really doesn't matter to anyone, and really, it doesn't matter to YOU either. And you begin to strip down your RV lifestyle for simplicity and comfort and what the next guy thinks doesn't matter any more.
The outside kitchen was one of those selling features that helped us settle on this camper.
About the younger folks. I remember in our younger days, when we had our pop-up and later our first travel trailer, and about 4 years with our second travel trailer, it took that long to finally figure out we didn't need to "show off" all our camping paraphernalia to the world. We realized it took a lot of work to set out all the yard ornaments, lights, lawn chairs, tables, all the gadgets and then having to pack everything back up.
In it's day, yes we had fun. We were happy, proud, and really wanted to "show off", as if to say ... "We've finally arrived to the good life and this is it!"
Nothing wrong with that. Young folks are experiencing everything new. Each person feel they are re-creating the wheel. Each person camping has a sense of pride, and a bit of "Hey! Look at me." syndrome. And you know? That's really OK. They are having fun, the same way we did, and probably you too when stop and think about it.
It isn't until you get a bit older that you realize gadgets are just that... gadgets... You strip down your life style, do what is just essential and you strive for comfort instead of how trying to prove to the world how rugged you can get.
It takes a bit of time (sometimes years) to realize that all those gadgets, all those yard ornaments, all that lighting, all the "Stuff" really doesn't matter to anyone, and really, it doesn't matter to YOU either. And you begin to strip down your RV lifestyle for simplicity and comfort and what the next guy thinks doesn't matter any more.
