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Califbill

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 6/13/2014 11:53 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/13/14, 11:47 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 06:36:15 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Camping out was a lot of fun when I was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout, and
it was ok when we started going out to the Shenandoah, but there's a
nice building out on the lot now, with a wood pellet stove for heat when
we need it, a Honda genny, and bunk beds. We still cook outdoors, for
the most part, unless it is raining.

When I was a kid we used to camp with the neighbors in the Blue Ridge.
That was real camping
I have camped in the Keys for mini season but I usually just slept in
my truck. (snaking out a 100' cord to the adjoining "powered" site
where my buddies were for my fan.)

Once I introduced the idea of just renting a house, we stopped
camping. In the end it wasn't even that much more expensive.
The one we found had canal frontage enough for 3 boats, 4 bedrooms and
a commercial ice machine. (Big Pine Key)

I see the attraction in heading out to a forest and spending a couple of
nights in a tent and cooking meals over a campfire, et cetera. Towing a
mobile motel room and parking in an RV compound is not something we'd
enjoy.

As a younger man I used to enjoy that also but mats on the hard ground
and sleeping bags don't do anything for me anymore.

I can understand your aversion to owning a RV. I've had them and I never
got "into" the campsite routine. But, I can also understand that there
are many people who enjoy it, often meeting up with friends who share the same interest.

I relate it to boating in a way. I really enjoyed (and look forward to
doing again) the whole process of planning a voyage, getting and storing
provisions, planning the route and entering waypoints in the
chartplotter each morning after getting the marine weather for the day.
I also enjoy the navigation to new ports that you've never been to and
even the delicate maneuvering in unfamiliar marinas.

So, I don't knock people who enjoy the RV lifestyle just because I don't participate in it.

You participate. Just a floating RV.