Canadian dollar
After several years of heading down to the USA for a couple of months in the late winter, we have more or less decided we will not do it this year due to the poor exchange rate of the Canadian dollar....
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Well, we recently booked our 3 weeks of camping in July/August in Washington and Oregon.
Yes, the exchange rate made the camping fees a bit higher (staying mostly at State Parks), but still nowhere near what it costs here in BC for a completely unserviced Provincial site.
Because I live in the Lower Mainland where fuel taxes are huge, I will be paying less for fuel, not to mention the cheese and microbrew. :)
For us, we just want to go where we want to go. We have friends who were going to come with us but decided to stay in BC simply because of the dollar though. When we asked them where they planned to go they said, "the same place we went last year." To each their own, but.....boring.
Anyway, I know our plans certainly don't relate to long-term snowbird situations, but brace yourself, we're coming on down :)
Yes, the exchange rate made the camping fees a bit higher (staying mostly at State Parks), but still nowhere near what it costs here in BC for a completely unserviced Provincial site.
Because I live in the Lower Mainland where fuel taxes are huge, I will be paying less for fuel, not to mention the cheese and microbrew. :)
For us, we just want to go where we want to go. We have friends who were going to come with us but decided to stay in BC simply because of the dollar though. When we asked them where they planned to go they said, "the same place we went last year." To each their own, but.....boring.
Anyway, I know our plans certainly don't relate to long-term snowbird situations, but brace yourself, we're coming on down :)
