Jeff, Allow me to jump in here with a defense of RVs. On Jul 26, 2004, at 10:18 PM, Jeff at Vanagonparts wrote: > First, a disclaimer: I am not bashing RVing or RVers. This is > strictly a > personal opinion and choice. I've tried several times and have > decided it's > not for me. I completely agree. This is a perfect expression of how I felt for the first 40 years of my life... then I had my first heart attack. > That being said, what don't I like: > > Well... driving it for one. I prefer to visit obscure locations and > the RVs > are just too big to comfortably navigate on a lot of back roads. BTW: > the > motor home we used last week was 27' and there were three occasions > where I > had to back it up to make it around tight turns. Like tents and Vanagons, RVs come in many flavors. Mine is small - a class C that's around 22 feet long mounted on a chevy truck (not van) chassis. I've driven all over the Smokies and made a couple of trips over the rockies and never found a place I had to back up to make a turn on a public road. And with a highly modified big block V8 and numerous chassis changes it's fairly fun to drive... and with a locker it goes places 4x4's fear to tread. > Next, I don't like the tendency to "hang out" inside the motor home. > We > just seem to have more fun when we tent it. That's the nub of the problem. There are those of us who cannot deal with temperature changes. Hanging out inside a motor home is not as good as hanging out in the great out-of-doors, but it beats hanging out at home! > Lastly, most (not all) RV parks suck. It's like a tenement complex for > vehicles with rows of RVs parked 10 feet from each other. I NEVER stay at RV parks. If I'm just driving from point A to point B and need a place to sleep, I choose a rest stop or a WallyWorld, climb up into the bed a snooze away. If I'm staying somewhere for a while, I choose a campground (state, federal or local) or just dry camp in some scenic setting for free. r
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