On 7/31/2007 8:58 AM Tom Buese wrote: > I think that camping & RVing are 2 separate sports, & the older you > get, the harder it becomes to sleep on the ground, get up to pee in the > night, eat that jalapeno mole w/ extra onions on the side & drink that > cheap beer & still get back to work the next day? > > Tom B.-better to think you are "camping" than to not go at all? Two excellent and profound points. That "get up to pee in the night" is the main reason we sleep on the lower bunk. Being small folk, Mrs Squirrel and I fit there tidily. Secondary reason? Might plunge to death getting down due to clumsiness. I have seen more and more nice quiet campgrounds "improved" so 40-footers needing pull-through parking will fit. In Joshua Tree NP only one CG can't take Travelodges 'cause the road snakes between massive boulders. Them boulders unlikely to ever be moved. Tent camping and little Class B campers are all that fit. Makes it nice. The Best Of Tent Camping book series focuses on CGs that are pretty and not yet modified for the Dark Side. I am told that Jalama State Beach in CA, formerly a bit difficult to get to due to 20 mile snaky road is now a less-enjoyable destination because the county "improved" the road so the officers from Vandenberg AFB could drive their Travelodges there. I mean damn! If I wanted to camp in a mobile home park I'd go there! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR |
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