I did notice that also ... but I'm a city boy and wouldn't know the difference between hay and brown grass anydamnway!
I did notice that also ... but I'm a city boy and wouldn't know the difference between hay and brown grass anydamnway!
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Bo, the brown grass ain't hay it's dead grass. BIG difference.
You have to cut GREEN grass BEFORE it turns brown to capture the good stuff.
If it turns brown while still growing it's no good at all...
City slickers
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
If you think that campsite cost you 9 dollars you are crazy. You got more than a motel room cost in gas this weekend just hunting a part. Not to mention the cost of the trailer, truck, Insurance and TROUBLE.Originally Posted by Buckrub
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
Yep. It always tickles me when people think they are saving money by buying a camper. Cost of camper, cost of camp fees, cost of tow vehicle, cost of filling gas guzzling tow vehicle with gas, cost of new tires on camper, cost on new parts for camper, cost of visit to hospital due to nervous breakdown from dealing with camper, etc., etc., etc. We do a lot of traveling for BMX races with my two sons. We end up spending quite a few nights in a motel over the course of a year (paid for mostly with credit card rewards). One of our racing families that also travels a lot recently bought a camper to "save money". Cracked me up. He's already bitching about poor gas mileage and needing to upgrade his tow vehicle. I told him how much we spend on hotels so far this year. I ask him how much he thinks he spent. He didn't want to answer ;-) If you like to camp (if you call a camper camping) fine, just say so. Say that's how you like to spend your money. But don't tell me you're "saving money" ;-)
Yeah, I don't think it's cheaper in the long-run. Not even close. I'd say it's all about the experience. I liked it when I was younger, but it's just too dang much effort nowadays. One advantage the camper had over the hotels, I knew some remote places where no hotel on earth could match the scenery. But it was just too dang much work, effort AND expense.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
I love camping. We have a modest pop up. Would like one like Bucky has one day.
But camping ain't cheap!
I tell people (who don't camp) that camping is where you spend money like a millionaire to go sleep in the woods like a homeless person.
Didn't buy our camper to save money but rather to make memories. Most hotels I've stayed at frowned when we started a campfire, even if it was in their parking lot.
I used to work with a gal that lived in Arizona, and her and her husband had a Silverstream camper. They've been doing RVing a long time and sounded to me like they had their system down pretty good and didn't have all that many troubles. I know from the sounds of it they had a big time hauling that thing around the West. And I imagine too that Bucky will get his system down with practice.
I could picture us doing it and liking it, but to be honest its one of those deals that would lock you in to doing it often enough that it wouldn't turn into a money pit and I don't want that kind of commitment, at least for now.
BKB
I have an uncle who has had campers and motorhomes all his life (that I can remember anyway). He's in his 80's and just bought a new motorhome last year. One'a those big-assed muthas! Did I mention he's in his 80's?
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
If I make it to my 80's, I'll buy brand spanking new anydamnthing I want.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
We camp, all the way from tent (we dont anymore) to a Hybrid we have now. I'm still keeping the small pop. Most of the times using an RV "to make a stay" cheaper is not going to work. However, they are other reasons, like I like my 5 star Hybrid and to have that clean comfortable I would have to pay $160 a day. Of course, I could just get one of those $40/$60 a night places but having seen so many shows about the nastiness on those cheap motels I rather pay extra gas and know how clean my camper is vs the hotel.
Plus, yes, campfire is a big plus!
I love bofe ends of the spectrum. I love camping and I love going to 5 star hotels in Vegas, Sedona and back to Vegas. Which, as it so happens, I'll be doing in 22 days
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
My grandparents spent 35 winters (in a camper) at Clewiston on Lake Okeechobee. They loved it ! I think a Holiday Inn Express is camping.
Last edited by No-till Boss; 07-16-2015 at 08:25 PM.
I honestly don't care what y'all like. I don't camp cause it's cheap but that's still a plus. I don't fish or hunt cause it's cheaper either. And....I get called lazy but I ain't in a hotel room. I got ac refrigerator microwave bathroom shower oven tv and hot woman. I'm happy so sorry I ain't like all yall. I don't like some of the stuff y'all are into. I like camping....just wish it wasn't so hot and that stuff didn't break.
Like Len, I love hotels too. Be in one in September.
Got the part. Went by house to check on mother, took a shower, too mama to lunch, bought the valve (it was cracked), put it in, put commode back in, turned on water, all seems ok for now. Will keep checking for leaks for for hours.
Was frustrated but it wasn't hard.
Y'all carry on.
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