NYCgrrl wrote:
I also can't wrap my head around the need for a dining area when parks have table and benches on site. Maybe I'll change my mind when I actually get on the road.
I camp in my Eureka tents, had my pop ups, and now the travel trailers.
When paying a lot of money for a camper, it only makes sense to have a place to have a cup of coffee and a place to sit when you get up in your bed clothes. Of course this applies also when it's cold in the mornings or when it's raining.
After having all of my campers, I wouldn't have a standard dinette by itself. I want a eating area and a place to stretch out my legs that aren't in someone else's way.
My first Pop up had an L-shaped dinette which was a standard dinette shape with a long L extension. Perfect for comfortable sitting away from the eating area I must have.
Second pop up had a U-Shaped dinette. Not as nice as the L-shaped and a bit crowded, but it allowed comfortable sitting that a standard dinette couldn't. The U-shaped dinette was a trade off to have a bathroom and storage cabinets in a pop up. Most have a sofa, traditional smaller dinette, with no storage cabinets.
1st travel trailer was the same floorplan as the current with the exception of the front queen bedroom.
Even in my parents 17' Shasta, it had a long sofa and a dinette. Both made into beds. Much more important than a permanent bed when all of us kids and parents were stuck inside on cold mornings and raining times.
