I used to tent, got tired of tenting in the rain, and
upgraded to an 83 Westy about 10 years ago. I agree,
camping is not the affordable vacation it once was.
With State Parks in Michigan charging anywhere from
$17 to $25 per night, the families with small children
can't afford to camp any more. The next option down is
the State Forest or National Forest campgrounds, but
they still run $8-$10 a night with pit toilets. I'm
planning on going full-time as soon as I sell my
house, and am wondering how much I'll have to budget
for places to park overnight! I will take advantage of
the free and really cheap places thru BLM etc, but I
really don't want to pay more than my house payment is
now for camping space. As for those snooty places that
don't allow vans or pop-tops, I really don't think I
would be happy there anyway. Not my style! They carry
so much stuff with them and are so insulated against
the outside world that they miss the best part of
camping- the camaraderie of the campfire.
Barb
--- Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote:

> On Jan 12, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Stewart, Donna wrote:
>
> > My mom has subscribed to the Trailer Life
> campground directory for
> > years and I was surprised to notice that there are
> RV parks in AZ
> > where your rig can only be a few years old or you
> can't stay there
> > (let's us out).
>
> Camping is maybe the latest of the universal,
> democratic, low-cost
> activities to succumb to the propensity of excessive
> wealth to elevate
> the mundane to the exclusive. When people get so
> much money that they
> are buying RVs to get the second-home tax break, you
> can be sure that
> there will soon be an inner circle that doesn't want
> to let anyone less
> wealthy than them in. The discriminating factor
> can't be taste, as you
> would know if you've seen the bling-bling interiors
> inside a lot of
> these things.
>
> Someone should start a westy-friendly campground
> registry for the
> dwindling number of real humans who need them.
>
> I guess next I'll be seeing the fashion police at
> the trailhead.
> They've already #$%@#$%ed up the cycling and skiing
> communities.
>
> Jim

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