On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:

> Uh oh... another "what constitutes camping" thread!
>
> Tent vs. Westy vs Westy with A/C vs Small Motorhome vs Big Motorhome
>
> Who will win?
>

   Well golly....it's past Friday, but I was out of electronic touch for
Friday...."camping" in my little Vanagon.

   I would propose that staying somewhere in a motorhome with pop-out rooms
and automatic leveling systems, with washer and dryer aboard, with two or
three TVs and multiple generators...that should not even be considered as
camping...How could it?   You could maybe say "RVing", maybe.....but that
is kinda a big stretch of the definition when the footprint of the larger
RV exceeds that of a 3bdrm house and garage in a normal subdivision....
When you pay near $100 per night for a spot in a RV resort and have a
neighbor less than 10 feet away in HIS RV....that is probably not camping.
   We in vanagons are the 'bottom fish'....We aren't even noticed, except
maybe in pity, by the well-funded RV set.
   Are those folks "camping"?.....If so, then when I am at home on my
little place in the Northwest with my 2000' house and shop....I guess I am
camping, too....only my 'camper' has fewer wheels than some of the Prevost
coaches....but then it cost less, including the barn and the shop and the
riding arena, and it has fewer TVs...
  I think 'camping' is defined as 'staying mostly outdoors'.....if you
spend all day 'inside' an RV.....is that camping?  ..

  Don Hanson