Date:         Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:22:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What's that?
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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Van campers are the mysterious Class B campers? Well, I'll be. I've always
wondered what fit between the more familiar Class A and Class C camper
categories.

But I wonder about idle things like that. Like everyone's heard of
Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the bankruptcy code. But what about Chapter 8?
Nunneries? Or the never-mentioned Chapter 12? Fruit bat ranches?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



On 9/25/2009 11:11 AM Loren Busch wrote:

>  RE: What's a Westfalia?
> I've never encountered any problems if I refer to my rig as a Class B or Van
> Camper, those terms are normally understood.
> As for commercial/private RV parks, I've stayed in many (several during a
> month long trip last month) and although getting some strange looks I've
> never encountered any questions like have been mentioned in this thread,
> like curtains or 'self contained?'.  And I've frequently taken 'tent sites'
> at State and local cmpgrounds without any trouble.  But this has all been
> out west, Washington, Oregon, much of California, and on this last long trip
> Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota.
>
> I did encounter something new in RV parks on this trip, no cable TV
> available except in 'premium' or full hook up sites.  Ran into that twice or
> three times.  But on the positive side, WiFi everywhere I expected.  Also
> encountered such things as "You can put both vehicles in one spot, no extra
> charge" (I was traveling with a friend that was driving a 23' Class C RV).
> And, as expected based on previous experience, we were allowed to double up
> in all the Federal campgrounds we stayed in and in most cases no charge for
> the second vehicle.  When you combine that with the Senior Pass it makes for
> really cheap camping, like $3 a night per vehicle at one place, the
> campground at Devils Tower.
>