Sorry, gotta have TV and recliners

[TheBar]

There are campers and glampers. To me camping means sleeping under canvas or under the stars. Although I have seen tents which qualify as glamping. Until I was 55 I was a camper. Now DW and I are glampers about 80 days a year. But since we camp almost year round it is often too hot or cold and the campgrounds are near empty. I hate to say it but at times it got boring. We missed our LazyBoy recliners and TV at home. We found the dinette uncomfortable and a total waste of space. So I ripped the dinette out and installed two slim wall-hugger recliners from Wayfair. That took 4 hours. And gave the parts to a friend with a rickety dinette. The cheapo recliners turned out to be well made and very comfortable. Adding a 24" long x 12" drink table between the recliners fit with space left over. This arrangement does not interfere with the jack sofa or swiveling cab seats so we can sit 5 guests. Hung a 20" flat screen from the upper cabinet on the opposite wall which doesn't cover up much of the window. At 6 feet away it looks like a big screen. We now have the most comfortable TV room ever. It really opened up the area and seems twice as big. I added external speakers and a Micca Speck USB flash drive movie player. I cut the cable a year ago at the SB so all my TV is from Directv Now streaming internet on an old laptop connected to a big screen TV. Saves me $1200/year and I have better TV. All my TV and movies are recorded on the laptop. I transfer what we want to watch to a USB flash drive. Then watch the flash drive in the RV. I've made a lot of other mods but this turned the RV into a very comfortable 2nd home.

[goducks10]

Terryallan wrote:

TheBar wrote:
I'm not originally from here but the campgrounds in Mississippi are ghost towns in the summer or dead of winter. There is nobody outside when the heat index hits 115! Which seems like every day from 7 AM to 10 PM from July 1 to October 1. You won't be outside long or you'll be in the ER!

That is why. summer camping (for us) is done in the mountains where it is cool, or the beach, where there is a ocean in front of us, and cool ocean breeze all day, and night.

At least for us. There is no reason not to have a mountain under us, or a ocean in front of us. In truth. IF we have to sit in the TT very long. We just pack up, and come home. Not why we go.

Live in Oregon and come spring time rain or shine you'll be ready to get out in your RV. We're couped up from Nov to April. In the spring we're ready to uncover the 5er and go somewhere. Usually only the coast is doable as the mtns will still have snow or could snow. So we plan on some inside time in the 5er when we go during the spring. Summer months are pretty much outside all day. I envy you guys that get to go year round. Under those circumstances I wouldn't plan a trip just to sit in the RV either.

[Pop-Pop_C]

I am the same way. Need / want my creature comforts. Tv’s x 2. Recliners across from the tv.
Did without many years when we were were young and raising and educating five kids. Now it is our turn. Good look and keep on glamping.

[ppine]

I go camping to escape television, the internet, and phones.
I am close to 70 but camp like I always have. Being out during the day is the norm. At night fixing meals is an event. Having a fire in cool weather is a treat. We like storytelling, cowboy poetry and playing western music. Watching tv in the outdoors is your usual life with different scenery.

[Rock_Wells]

colliehauler wrote:
If you read my post you know I made several modifications to make it more comfortable. That doesn't necessarily mean I stay in all day watching TV (especially summer reruns). I'm out in the boat or exploring on the side x side riding the motorcycle or various other activities. At the end of the day I enjoy comfortable accommodations.

It sounds like you have found what works best for you as well.

X2!

[Terryallan]

TheBar wrote:
I'm not originally from here but the campgrounds in Mississippi are ghost towns in the summer or dead of winter. There is nobody outside when the heat index hits 115! Which seems like every day from 7 AM to 10 PM from July 1 to October 1. You won't be outside long or you'll be in the ER!

That is why. summer camping (for us) is done in the mountains where it is cool, or the beach, where there is a ocean in front of us, and cool ocean breeze all day, and night.

At least for us. There is no reason not to have a mountain under us, or a ocean in front of us. In truth. IF we have to sit in the TT very long. We just pack up, and come home. Not why we go.

[TheBar]

Yeah, we do old people camping because we are old people. 30 years ago I converted a 73 Chevy UPS style step van that served us well for many years. Got it for a steal and it never broke down. Being a milk van it was insulated all around so it was an ideal camper. It had pictures on the sides which said "From moo to you" with a big picture of Elsie the milk cow. Thought about painting over the slogans but they got a lot of laughs and was a great conversation starter. Drove it several times a year to the Rockies and the gulf coast. But as time went along the van mysteriously started to shrink. Or maybe it was the kids getting bigger. Eventually the kids had so many activities we never rarely had time for camping until it was just the DW and I. But now we have time again. We were looking at a new MH but this old MH was cheaper than my old step van. It just dropped in our lap and we couldn't say no. 52,000 miles, like new inside and out, and everything works. We've had it for years and nothing has broken.

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

I guess we do "old-people camping"....LOL! We have a converted cargo van for nimble-ness in sightseeing, and ability to use rustic campsites; but at our age, we want to sleep on a mattress (off the ground, or we'd never get up) and have a potty nearby. We DO have a small TV for checking weather/news; or killing time during a rainy day. Most people would not want to camp in something so basic, but it works great for what we seek to do. And if a 40' diesel pusher works great for its owners - that's fine, too. Variety is the spice of life!

[bikendan]

We had a hybrid TT that slept 6 adults and two kids, hoping family would go camping with us.
after 10 years, we retired and decided to get a "couples" TT. we sold the hybrid, even though we miss the openness and sleeping under canvas.

we needed a TT for extended trips to the Southwest during the winter.
theater recliners right across from the tv(not at a 90 degree angle) and rear kitchen were priorities.
but we wanted it short enough to still do national/state park camping.

we found a TracerAir 255, a floorplan made for just a couple of years. the only sleeping is the one queen bed. no dinette or sofa bed, a true "couples" trailer. it has the theater recliners with middle console and a 32" tv straight across. no having to turn our heads.

we love it and have spent two winters in it. it has a few cons but it was the best choice we could've made.

we glamp sometimes and dry camp sometimes. we like a mix of both.

[colliehauler]

timmac wrote:

TheBar wrote:
I hate to say it but at times it got boring. We missed our LazyBoy recliners and TV at home. We found the dinette uncomfortable and a total waste of space. So I ripped the dinette out and installed two slim wall-hugger recliners from Wayfair. That took 4 hours. And gave the parts to a friend with a rickety dinette. The cheapo recliners turned out to be well made and very comfortable. Adding a 24" long x 12" drink table between the recliners fit with space left over. This arrangement does not interfere with the jack sofa or swiveling cab seats so we can sit 5 guests. Hung a 20" flat screen from the upper cabinet on the opposite wall which doesn't cover up much of the window. At 6 feet away it looks like a big screen. We now have the most comfortable TV room ever.

To each their own but camping/RVing to me is being outside doing things, site seeing, boating, etc, sitting inside RV just to watch a big screen TV seems silly, might as well stay home..

If you read my post you know I made several modifications to make it more comfortable. That doesn't necessarily mean I stay in all day watching TV (especially summer reruns). I'm out in the boat or exploring on the side x side riding the motorcycle or various other activities. At the end of the day I enjoy comfortable accommodations.

It sounds like you have found what works best for you as well.

[timmac]

TheBar wrote:
I hate to say it but at times it got boring. We missed our LazyBoy recliners and TV at home. We found the dinette uncomfortable and a total waste of space. So I ripped the dinette out and installed two slim wall-hugger recliners from Wayfair. That took 4 hours. And gave the parts to a friend with a rickety dinette. The cheapo recliners turned out to be well made and very comfortable. Adding a 24" long x 12" drink table between the recliners fit with space left over. This arrangement does not interfere with the jack sofa or swiveling cab seats so we can sit 5 guests. Hung a 20" flat screen from the upper cabinet on the opposite wall which doesn't cover up much of the window. At 6 feet away it looks like a big screen. We now have the most comfortable TV room ever.

To each their own but camping/RVing to me is being outside doing things, site seeing, boating, etc, sitting inside RV just to watch a big screen TV seems silly, might as well stay home..

[PawPaw_n_Gram]

We are full timers. About 30-45 days each year we are camping at rustic locations.

The rest of the year we are living in our home, which just happens to be on wheels, travels about 7,000 or more miles each year to 40 or 50 different locations each year.

We enjoy camping, but at 11 degrees in January or 110 degrees in August, I’m not camping.

[TheBar]

I'm not originally from here but the campgrounds in Mississippi are ghost towns in the summer or dead of winter. There is nobody outside when the heat index hits 115! Which seems like every day from 7 AM to 10 PM from July 1 to October 1. You won't be outside long or you'll be in the ER! But if you love to get away from the house like we do I'll find every way to make it as comfortable as possible. I'd love to see anyone's mods where you make your RV more luxurious or spacious. We go to all the shows and no RV is perfect from the factory.

[JAC1982]

Not going to lie, having a comfortable couch to sit on inside was one of the bigger reasons we traded in our TT for a 5er. The TT just had a dinette that wasn't comfortable at all. We boondock in the summer in hot weather a lot, and while my husband likes to be outside drinking beer and having a good time, I sometimes like to go inside, put my feet up, and read for about 3 hours, in air conditioning 🙂

[colliehauler]

In the seasonal RV I made the following improvements. The living room/kitchen I took out the jack knife sofa, dinette, entertainment center, and bar. In there place I put in a custom built entertainment center with 32" tv and home audio equipment, leather sofa, love seat, and recliner.

In the bedroom/bathroom I removed the king bed, sink and vanity, useless make-up table, and chest of drawers. In there place I put in a quality queen bed, linen cabnet, home vanity and sink.

Life is to short to be uncomfortable.

I have purchased several new RV'S and never left the dealer without removing the mattress, smoke detector, fire extinguisher, kitchen and bathroom faucets and replacing them with upgraded home products.