When did TT's become "Campers"
Having been on the planet over 7 decades, I must be falling behind. When I started RV'ing in the '80's, a "Camper" was a unit that slid into the bed of a pickup, a unit that was bumper hitch towed be...
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jimlj wrote:2oldman wrote:mike-s wrote:I don't know. What's that?
Are you talking about caravans?
When I was in England, the English called a travel trailer a caravan.
Since my dad bought a 16' Shasta trailer new in 1966, it was always called a camper. I have owned several "campers" over the year. Most of the time when I get to go camping, I'm a happy camper.
Maybe England and Australia have it "right" after all. This from Wikipedia:
"Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together"
After all, isn't that what we (as camping people) are doing. Aren't we all journeying (in a sense, yes .... we are "all" really together in this lifestyle, journeying somewhere?).
But when I think of "Caravan", coming from the USA Mid-West, I grew up with the usage of "Caravan" like this:
Click here Maybe this goes back to early childhood teachings about "Christmas"....
