I was reading a review of a commercial RV park the other day and the reviewer complained that the sites were so narrow that they couldn't open their sliders. She signed of by saying, "We camped in a Prevost motor home."
I find this to be pretty far afield from my personal definition of camping. It makes me very interested in how others might define the term.
A brief bit about me so you will know where I'm coming from. I grew up on a ranch in Texas where the nearest neighbor was a couple of miles away. I had my first horse when I was six. We used to go on horse camping trips until we moved to the city. Then lots of camping with the Boy Scouts. When first married I worked as a California SP Ranger. We camped a lot in tents in deep wilderness and then in a VW Camper.
Fast forward to a year ago and the acquisition of our Airstream. We have since spent over 100 nights in it in a variety of settings. One of the things I like about it is that it's so versatile (note: I copied this from a post I made in a thread that nobody read):
(1) Boondocking in NFS and BLM dispersed camping areas and others
(2) Dry camp in NFS and BLM campgrounds
(3) Camp in State Parks, with or without hookups.
(4) Camp in National Parks, with or without hookups.
(5) Camp in commercial parks.
(6) Park in an RV Resort (I'm not even going to pretend to call this camping :) )
I imagine that hardcore backpackers, trekkers and tent campers wouldn't consider any of this camping. Some of it is for me and I know where I draw the line. But I'm interested in how you feel - where do you draw the line?
Is it all simply RV'ing and not camping? Or is it camping to a point and then becomes RV'ing? What is your definition of camping?
Poppy
I find this to be pretty far afield from my personal definition of camping. It makes me very interested in how others might define the term.
A brief bit about me so you will know where I'm coming from. I grew up on a ranch in Texas where the nearest neighbor was a couple of miles away. I had my first horse when I was six. We used to go on horse camping trips until we moved to the city. Then lots of camping with the Boy Scouts. When first married I worked as a California SP Ranger. We camped a lot in tents in deep wilderness and then in a VW Camper.
Fast forward to a year ago and the acquisition of our Airstream. We have since spent over 100 nights in it in a variety of settings. One of the things I like about it is that it's so versatile (note: I copied this from a post I made in a thread that nobody read):
(1) Boondocking in NFS and BLM dispersed camping areas and others
(2) Dry camp in NFS and BLM campgrounds
(3) Camp in State Parks, with or without hookups.
(4) Camp in National Parks, with or without hookups.
(5) Camp in commercial parks.
(6) Park in an RV Resort (I'm not even going to pretend to call this camping :) )
I imagine that hardcore backpackers, trekkers and tent campers wouldn't consider any of this camping. Some of it is for me and I know where I draw the line. But I'm interested in how you feel - where do you draw the line?
Is it all simply RV'ing and not camping? Or is it camping to a point and then becomes RV'ing? What is your definition of camping?
Poppy
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