Please, Stop calling RV'ing Camping

[keithsto]

Big problem with GA to me is aside from the mountains, we don't have very many dispersed camping options. I like to camp to relax and be in nature. To me, being at a campground with a couple hundred other people doesn't offer that.

I agree that sitting an air-conditioned RV watching satellite TV isn't truly camping, but one could also argue that if you aren't in a bushcraft lean-to shelter you aren't truly camping either.

 

[toyota4x4h]

Someone asked for pics here ya go! Wouldn't trade it for anything! Cept maybe one that got over 10mpg lol

 

[dixiecutter]

@Silver Britches looks about right! I'm not with you on not having a fire though.

 

[Artfuldodger]

Nothing more enjoyable than camping out in the wild, in a tent. You can lay in that tent, listening to all the creatures of the night come alive. Hearing the howl of a pack of coyotes, the hooting of an owl, and the crickets and frogs singing their music. That never gets old to me. I love it!

I like to hear the Whippoorwills at night. The soft roar of a mountain stream is nice. I like white noise anyway.
Sometimes I can hear my daughter snoring in her hammock from mine.

We camped next to Panther Creek Falls of Hwy 441. We were right on the sandbar next to the falls. That was almost too much white noise.

 

[sinclair1]

@Silver Britches looks about right! I'm not with you on not having a fire though.

He needs to dump that city boy match light charcoal

 

[toyota4x4h]

How does it do pulling a boat?

I have been looking at some older RV? So I I can get my wife camping and bring my boat. Otherwise I will have to teach my wife to pull a trailer.

I don’t have a boat to tow but would imagine it would pretty easy depending on the size. This one just has the 350 and 3 speed trans but I’m guessing 410 rear so it’s got some pull. It’ll run smooth at 60 on hwy and pull hills just fine. Some of the older ones like this have the 454 which would be better for pulling a boat I’d guess. I like the ease of maintenance on the Chevy 350 myself though parts are cheap. We stripped the inside and repainted and put down vinyl wood floors. They are great starters if you find one not beat all up.

 

[Sweetwater]

Great thread messican...and im with you...rv-ing aint camping.
But neither is camping in a tent...
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Which almost pops like a ballon because someone left the portable ac unit running and said tent zipped up tighter than jorts on a gators fan.

 

[gobbleinwoods]

Isn't roughing it a hotel without room service? Asking for a friend.

 

[kmckinnie]

Isn't roughing it a hotel without room service? Asking for a friend.

Ruffing it is out of reeb and it’s Sunday with nowhere to get it.

 

[blood on the ground]

Camper ... They are called campers because you pull them to a campsite and go camping.

 

[blood on the ground]

Ruffing it is out of reeb and it’s Sunday with nowhere to get it.

Make peace with the Indian...he will leave it at the back door

 

[Miguel Cervantes]

 

[blood on the ground]

LOL... That was quick

 

[Havana Dude]

Great, now I can’t sleep at night, worrying about your opinion of whether or not what I do is camping or RV'ing. Thanks a lot.

 

[Havana Dude]

Can I get an opinion on charcoal vs propane for grilling? I have both, I use both. When I use the gas, should I call it something other than grilling?

 

[BeerThirty]

We had a scout campout earlier this year in the spring. The one dad who's also complaining about stuff really took it to the next level. He brought a generator (unbeknownst to everyone else) to which he powered a fan and small television inside of his tent. It was a nice, quiet Honda inverter, but boy oh boy were them some ticked off parents the next morning. I am with the other folks here who like to hear the sounds of nature at night; the crickets, the wind blowing, the branches scratching each other, etc... Not a generator!

Safe to say we now have a strict NO GENERATORS bylaw in place

 

[Miguel Cervantes]

Can I get an opinion on charcoal vs propane for grilling? I have both, I use both. When I use the gas, should I call it something other than grilling?

That is Paymasters territory. Ask him.

 

[mrs. hornet22]

Just big enough for 2. It'll do.

 

[RUTTNBUCK]

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I don't go camping / Rv ing to suffer the weather conditions!!…….I appreciate a hot shower, and air conditioning!!……….You can be your purist self, and sleep in a puddle of three day old sweat if you want to!!

 

[mrs. hornet22]

I don't go camping / Rv ing to suffer the weather conditions!!…….I appreciate a hot shower, and air conditioning!!……….You can be your purist self, and sleep in a puddle of three day old sweat if you want to!!

Deja vu.