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Americans eager to hit the road during the pandemic are fueling a boom in RV sales and travel. Sales of recreational vehicles are surging, along with bookings at RV campgrounds, as vacationers seek ways to travel safely and explore nature. (June 15)
We were in our RV the last week in a member owned campground in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia. Our campground has 300 campsites, and it was maybe half full.
There are usually more campers, but it's obvious many people are still quarantining themselves somewhat. And there also are a number of campers on the road that would usually be at home had they not been gone due to the pandemic.
One big reason RV sales are up is that Baby Boomers are becoming of retirement age and looking for something family related that's good, clean fun. They're doing like us and taking their grandkids with them.
It's almost a shame that we have full hookups including cable television and a great WIFI system in our campground. It's barely like camping.
It's almost a shame that we have full hookups including cable television and a great WIFI system in our campground. It's barely like camping.
It isn't camping. Not any more than staying in a hotel or a cabin complex is camping. A motor-home or 5th wheel is basically a portable apartment or hotel room. A pop up camper might be more akin to camping.
Also staying in a crowded subdivision or basically a paved parking lot with RVs lined up side by side is not realistically camping regardless of any other definitions.
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From what I have seen about three years of wondering why the trailer has not been moved from the driveway, side of the house or backyard. Or the question at the dinner table, "exactly why are we paying for storage on a trailer we have used twice?"
It isn't camping. Not any more than staying in a hotel or a cabin complex is camping. A motor-home or 5th wheel is basically a portable apartment or hotel room. A pop up camper might be more akin to camping.
Also staying in a crowded subdivision or basically a paved parking lot with RVs lined up side by side is not realistically camping regardless of any other definitions.
The major reason I continue to use my popup trailer. If I'm camping, I need a place to sleep and a place to relax after hiking (at least some sightseeing) and cook something simple. DO NOT want to tow a large trailer a few hundred miles just to spend more time adjusting the satellite dish than to actually get out and hike in the forest, desert, etc. Also, I can take my off-road popup to places the big guys cannot go and camp with no one in sight.
And only on Federally managed lands such as forests or BLM. State campgrounds and large commercial campgrounds like KOA are more like a Walmart parking lot without the giant store.
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From what I have seen about three years of wondering why the trailer has not been moved from the driveway, side of the house or backyard. Or the question at the dinner table, "exactly why are we paying for storage on a trailer we have used twice?"
agreed... takes ~ 3 yrs to realize you are not using and will not use in the future. By then, depreciation is in full swing! (and need for repairs of all seals / moving parts / tires at 7 yrs... )
BUT... if you are starving (lose income unexpectedly...) you may escape the house payment and head out in the rig!, or bring the rig to a homeless camp (city park), Lots can and will change in 36 months.
My camping trips planned for this summer have all been cancelled. I'll be staying home this year.
My travel trailer is sometimes a rolling motel room but usually it is for camping. I don't enjoy staying in the commercial RV parks. Still, it is a way to get out and travel with somewhat less exposure.
The problem with the whole thing is that the
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......vacationers seek ways to travel safely and explore nature.
will be carrying Covid out into area where it hasn't been a problem. It's not like if they are going to use an RV they will never have any contact with anyone else. They will stop for gas, stop for food, go into the office at the RV park, pass people in parking lots and on the trails.
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........................The problem with the whole thing is that the will be carrying Covid out into area where it hasn't been a problem. It's not like if they are going to use an RV they will never have any contact with anyone else. They will stop for gas, stop for food, go into the office at the RV park, pass people in parking lots and on the trails.
Maybe....I drove 1500 miles from Arizona to Washington state in late March.
Talked to TWO people. One at my request....the other at a Mormon town grocery store to see what "supplies" were on the shelves......given that they probably had a years supply at home!!
Nope, didn't need to buy food, it was in the RV. Yep, did need to get gas so wore my RV dumping gloves to handle the pumps. Didn't need to go indoors.
Nope, never camped in a RV park. Yep, camped on BLM lands. Not many folks around on BLM lands.
Actually, safer than hanging around in town.
Probably will do the same in a couple of weeks. Hang around town.....you will get sick.
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