Boondocking Article
This was a very interesting article regarding boondocking, our TC's are made for boondocking with a few modifications and our 4x4 capability. TC Boondockers
Forum Discussion
Now that I have read the article, it 's as though only Roadtrek owners boondock. That aside, reading the thread, the retired budget analyst got it sort of right, when laying out the income but my calculations are more inward looking. Into MY pocket. At 30 a night, that is a $1,000 a month OUT of my pockets.
Funny too, that there is as much yatter about which RV classes are used for boondocking. Some claim TC's, some say other classes. Well, let me assure you, there is no class NOT being used to drycamp.
Yes, some only boondock in parking lots of various establishments..Wal-Mart and Casinos are popular, right? Then we have the out of sight, out of mind crowd. I do both. I do not pay for camping, ever....except in Brookings, Oregon..there, I want to pay.
This business of campground owners using city and state authorities to force travelers into their rental spots doesn't pay off. How could it? People that are going the boondocking route are not all of a sudden going to pull into a private ground and cough up the ransom.
Having said that, I do know that if the pull-offs along the coasts were not signed, there would some that would become a home-away-from-home, leaving others unable to pull off and see the sights.
And lets be real here..many people are pigs. They drive away leaving their pile of trash..no, I know you don't, but someone sure as heck does.
We have a terrible problem up north. The piles of garbage in some of the boondocking areas is not only unsightly, it's dangerous. Bears are attracted and they have no manners..they just come in.
Gary Haupt
Funny too, that there is as much yatter about which RV classes are used for boondocking. Some claim TC's, some say other classes. Well, let me assure you, there is no class NOT being used to drycamp.
Yes, some only boondock in parking lots of various establishments..Wal-Mart and Casinos are popular, right? Then we have the out of sight, out of mind crowd. I do both. I do not pay for camping, ever....except in Brookings, Oregon..there, I want to pay.
This business of campground owners using city and state authorities to force travelers into their rental spots doesn't pay off. How could it? People that are going the boondocking route are not all of a sudden going to pull into a private ground and cough up the ransom.
Having said that, I do know that if the pull-offs along the coasts were not signed, there would some that would become a home-away-from-home, leaving others unable to pull off and see the sights.
And lets be real here..many people are pigs. They drive away leaving their pile of trash..no, I know you don't, but someone sure as heck does.
We have a terrible problem up north. The piles of garbage in some of the boondocking areas is not only unsightly, it's dangerous. Bears are attracted and they have no manners..they just come in.
Gary Haupt
