Damned elitists. Last time we went camping we used our 7-passenger van... there are some of those on this list, y'know. Pfffftt. Just to fire Rocky up and give him a reason to climb... er, struggle up onto his high horse, I'll go ahead and define camping as the opposite of whatever it is he's doing (i.e., gazing at the stars as opposed to watching Satyricon on DVD; cooking hot dogs on a stick over the fire as opposed to making a gourmet pizza in the nude). Pistols at dawn, sir! Huzzah! Just kidding. : ) Cya, Robert -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Karl Wolz Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 7:38 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: What's that? I believe the reason behind the thread (since I started it) is for YOU to define camping and how the Westy works for you. Karl -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Joy Hecht Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 6:05 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: What's that? What does "actual camping" mean? No hookups? Not in an urban area? Sleeping in a tent? Out in the boondocks? In a place where you can be visible in your van and not worry about being hassled? Just wondering! When full-timing, access to the world is very useful - for me that means email, for others TV or electric or showers or whatever. But when full-timing there is no "I could stay home and do that" because I AM home.
Joy On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > Yeah, I realize that there are lots of folks with lots of ways of using > their campers. I just tend to think of it as a camper, and that's what > I do with it. If I go to LA or SF, or other metropolitan area (I do > occasionally), I either stay with friends/family, or in a hotel. If I > use my camper, I'm camping. Actual camping. I have a sister who is > majorly into RVing, as in traveling for weeks and weeks in her (barely) > portable (big) house. She's never been to an actual campground, > needless to mention a primitive spot. She takes her little dog, and > cooks pot roast, and watches TV, and if she couldn't check her email > every night, she'd be lost. Oh well. For me, why not stay home? I use > my camper to get to the edge of the back and beyond. Dave Mc > > > |
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