TT Gas Milage
We are beginning to look at travel trailers. One consideration is the cost of towing the unit. With the Middle East situation and with the government saying that our highways are seriously underfund...
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It seems everyone is talking about "staycations" these days. This can apply to RVing too. If simple camping is what you are interested in, check locally for camp sites that are close to home.
Try a google search on boondocking. There are list of places all over America that are free and often right on water front.
I am fortunate in that I have many amazing campgrounds available within 50 miles of where I store my TT. Even at that rate the cost of camping for a week can easily exceed $300, campsite fees and gas. I am also fortunate in that where I store my TT is on family property. I can stay right where I store it if desired with electric/water hook-up and fire pit. When I stay where I store the TT, I can use the $ I save to tow my boat to thousands of area lakes and rivers. Other members of my family own various RVs which are strategically parked at the same location. Virtually our own private family campground.
I usually only pull my TT once or twice a year. It is located 250 miles from where I live and I totally consider it to be our vacation home in which I can change the scenery if so desired.
I understand this is not possible for everyone. It's also not everything I desire. I long to take an extended trip across the north-west and then continue up the Alaska Hwy all the way to Alaska and return across Northern Canada to the east coast, down a little and back across to Wisconsin. I may never be able to afford the trip of my dreams but I do enjoy myself while RVing within my means.
I do not know your intentions after you get your TT but just because it is mobile doesn't mean you have to constantly pull it huge distances to enjoy yourself.
Congrats on your new TT and best wishes
Try a google search on boondocking. There are list of places all over America that are free and often right on water front.
I am fortunate in that I have many amazing campgrounds available within 50 miles of where I store my TT. Even at that rate the cost of camping for a week can easily exceed $300, campsite fees and gas. I am also fortunate in that where I store my TT is on family property. I can stay right where I store it if desired with electric/water hook-up and fire pit. When I stay where I store the TT, I can use the $ I save to tow my boat to thousands of area lakes and rivers. Other members of my family own various RVs which are strategically parked at the same location. Virtually our own private family campground.
I usually only pull my TT once or twice a year. It is located 250 miles from where I live and I totally consider it to be our vacation home in which I can change the scenery if so desired.
I understand this is not possible for everyone. It's also not everything I desire. I long to take an extended trip across the north-west and then continue up the Alaska Hwy all the way to Alaska and return across Northern Canada to the east coast, down a little and back across to Wisconsin. I may never be able to afford the trip of my dreams but I do enjoy myself while RVing within my means.
I do not know your intentions after you get your TT but just because it is mobile doesn't mean you have to constantly pull it huge distances to enjoy yourself.
Congrats on your new TT and best wishes
