Campers or Travelers ?

[franklyfrank]

Originally Posted by ke6gkv

I'm a camper: i stay at state parks,and boondock. I hunt and use my ham radios. I have all the comfort i need in my airstream. I lack nothing, hot water,oven and stove when needed,tv and all thechatting i want. Oh happy days( and nights). Kurt

I like your outlook!
But just to teeze you a bit, you need to travel to get to the State Parks don't you?

[Hittenstiehl]

Yes we are camper trailer travelers!!!

It's a very fine line if any difference for us.

Came from tent camping family's, then scouting, married to tent camping, upgraded to pop up, almost to an Oliver (fiberglass) then to Airstream(s). Still an ocassionall tent and backpack to Havasupai.

It's all getting out there, it's all good.

[Len n Jeanne]

Originally Posted by CRH

I am a camper. I still like and use liquid fuel Coleman stoves and lanterns. I like a fire every night. I like a hot dog on a stick stuck over the fire and a cold drink.....I have noticed the AS crowd appear to be more into wine and cheese, though....

We do all of the above, depending upon the trip.

But glamping has its moments. Our drink on the first night is usually a dry cava (Spanish, a lot cheaper than champaign) drunk in space-saving stemless Riedel crystal flutes. Hopefully we have an appy to go with it more upscale than corn chips.

But-- we hope to enjoy our happy hour in someplace really scenic without too many other people around.

Sadly RVing is too often gotten so congested. If AS-ing means being hemmed in by class A motorhomes and 5th wheels with slideouts, we don't get the point of leaving home.

We definitely prefer hauling the trailer, dropping it on-site, and then taking off in the truck for a modest adventure on a back road.

[MelGoddard]

Originally Posted by MOS

We are more travelers . Have a 28W AS tow it with a F150 gasser and motorcycle in the bed of the truck.
We wonder if we would be better off with a class C MoHo
What are you ?
Why do you have your setup?

"Camping?"
'Camping' is walking in the Wilderness, with a packpack on your back, and setting up for the night ten miles away from anywhere!

Our 30' FC. is our 'home away from home' when we're traveling.

[MelGoddard]

Originally Posted by Minno

We prefer the trailer and tow vehicle set up as opposed to moho towing a car. Reasoning is: if we have to tow something we'd rather tow a trailer than tow a car. We then don't have a motorhome engine to maintain, while it may sit for months at a time while we work. Since we have a trailer, we use our tow vehicle for other things when we're not towing (like get to work in snow, etc.). Not towing a car with a moho wouldn't be an option for us usually as we like to sightsee, and that's harder with just a motorhome.
It really is a matter of what you are comfortable driving, how much you use your set up, and what you want to do. No right or wrong, just preferences.

Kay

Great minds think alike ,eh.

[FCStreamer]

I'm a camper. I keep my AS at an RV campground hooked up and use it every weekend. My wife and I are still working, so we enjoy our free time in it.

[m.hony]

We use it almost every weekend, but bring it home Sunday afternoon and back to the campground Friday afternoon to save campground fees. It is less expensive to tow it back and forth than to leave it. $40 or so for gas or $100 for the campsite for the week and we are sleeping at the house... The shortcut I take is to leave the truck 'n' trailer coupled together all the time.
We also travel about 4 times per year.
We have a trip to Smith Lake, AL planned for the end of the month. I don't recollect ever camping in Alabama before...