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F.O.A.D.

On 9/29/13 11:16 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:23:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

A few years ago, I "camped" for four days and nights with a few buddies
out on the banks of the Shenandoah

The Guys used to camp on the Keys during mini season and I went along,
just to be a guy but one year I had my family coming down for the week
after and I rented "The Octagon" at Rainbow Bend for $126 a night
(1985 or so). The boys stopped by on their way out of town and really
started liking A/C, hot showers, comfortable chairs and TV.
We started adding up all of the camping bills, 3 camp sites, parking
for the trucks, dock fee for 3 boats, ramp fee, ice and all the other
ways they nickel dime you around.
We figured out camping was not all that cheap.
A little looking around found us a 4 bedroom rental house on Big Pine
with dockage, lots of parking and a commercial ice machine for $450 a
week. We had an easy out to the Atlantic and Gulf side by boat and a
free ramp right up the road. We never camped again.

Rainbow Bend motel? Stayed there. Kind of a funky place, but the little
Whalers were fun, and you could catch some decent fish on the reef right
offshore. When we were there, the chef was quite accomplished.

I'm not a camping out fan. Tried it a few times.