Date:         Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:18:50 -0800
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Insane elevation of camping to a tea ceremony
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On 12 Jan 2005 at 10:43, Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote:

> On Jan 12, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Stewart, Donna wrote:
>
> > My mom has subscribed to the Trailer Life campground directory for
> > years and I was surprised to notice that there are RV parks in AZ
> > where your rig can only be a few years old or you can't stay there
> > (let's us out).
>
> Camping is maybe the latest of the universal, democratic, low-cost
> activities to succumb to the propensity of excessive wealth to elevate
> the mundane to the exclusive. When people get so much money that they
> are buying RVs to get the second-home tax break, you can be sure that
> there will soon be an inner circle that doesn't want to let anyone less
> wealthy than them in. The discriminating factor can't be taste, as you
> would know if you've seen the bling-bling interiors inside a lot of
> these things.
>
> Someone should start a westy-friendly campground registry for the
> dwindling number of real humans who need them.
>
> I guess next I'll be seeing the fashion police at the trailhead.
> They've already #$%@#$%ed up the cycling and skiing communities.

Reminds me of the place we stayed one night on the Oregon coast during a storm in
April 96 - we were the smallest rig there by a longshot, but we wanted a hot shower,
and a bit of luxury having been on the road for a week. I proceeded to light a fire in
the provided fire ring, and got all sorts of strange looks, as people walked by staring,
and poked their heads out of the fancy rigs to find the source of the smoke. (I had my
own dry wood). I bet they removed the fire rings shortly after that - they didn't appear
to be well used...

Nice place, aside from the snobby attitude, I think it was Newport Beach RV, but I
don't remember exactly.

--
Shawn Wright
I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School