Date:         Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:35:34 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Re the insane elevation of camping to a tea ceremony
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I think this mainly comes back to your definition of 'camping'. You'll find
a lot of people that think that anything more than a tent is more like
sacrilege than camping so to some extent it's a matter of degree. Of course,
for some folks it's a matter of physical limitations, whether from age or
whatever- if they can't be there reasonably comfortably, they ain't gonna
go. This is probably true of you and me as well, we simply can withstand a
greater degree of discomfort at this point in our lives. My wife and I have
a cabin tent for ourselves and the kids; we have a travel trailer for when
the old folks come along.

Many retirees are giving up their brick-and-mortar homes and hitting the
road- I suspect that's a lot of what your running into with these
monstrosities. From their perspective, they're not 'camping', they're
'living in a different place for the night'. As they more than likely spend
a good bit more money than you do, guess what decisions the business people
that run these places are going to make and who they're going to
accommodate.

Make your camper as self-contained as possible and find yer own campground
seems to be the best solution, eh? Then there are the various 'bus
gatherings', another good answer. Evolution at work...

Cya,
Robert

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>As more and more places reconfigure their layouts to
> accommodate the behemoths and their need for long pull through spaces, I
> find that I want to camp in those places less and less. I want to camp
> where I can see the sunsets and sunrises without being surrounded by the
> dominating skylines of rolling mansions and their satellite dishes.
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