How much should a night of camping cost?
Okay all, I pose that question to you. Now, I am talking about trailer camping, electric at least and more than likely water. We live in Hamilton County, Indiana. It's a quite wealthy set of towns ...
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Well now that you have all made it very clear why we travel in a self contained motorhome and do our best to never pay for a place to sleep, I will admit to paying 60+ for Fishing Bridge and 30+ to be on the grounds of the Balloon Fiesta (dry) and both were well worth the money. (Maybe not in Albuquerque, but we were still learning. We probably would not do that again.) It offends me to pay 15$ a night (dry) at some of the music festivals, but at least we can walk to a good shower.
I was supposed to be well prepared to retire, but about twenty years worth of scrimping and saving got "Redistributed" to people that more more money than I usually did. But, we still love our antique coach (paid for) and even living at the bottom right corner of a spreadsheet, I can tell you we couldn't possibly have traveled as we have if we paid for someplace to sleep. We don't need a pool, a weight room, mini-golf or any of that stuff. Sometimes I like a long hot shower, so I will pay for that.
In Short, our favorite campgrounds are the lots at Cabela's (they have potable and a dump), Walmart, Casinos, and lots of other places along the same line. Highway rest areas and truck stops will do, but tend to be noisy. We plan to keep working the freebies as long as we can. I think it is all just pay-back in our case.
Matt
I was supposed to be well prepared to retire, but about twenty years worth of scrimping and saving got "Redistributed" to people that more more money than I usually did. But, we still love our antique coach (paid for) and even living at the bottom right corner of a spreadsheet, I can tell you we couldn't possibly have traveled as we have if we paid for someplace to sleep. We don't need a pool, a weight room, mini-golf or any of that stuff. Sometimes I like a long hot shower, so I will pay for that.
In Short, our favorite campgrounds are the lots at Cabela's (they have potable and a dump), Walmart, Casinos, and lots of other places along the same line. Highway rest areas and truck stops will do, but tend to be noisy. We plan to keep working the freebies as long as we can. I think it is all just pay-back in our case.
Matt
