Camping Style

[Festus2]

Since many of us have put our RV's to bed for the winter, I thought it might be an idea to take a poll on our "camping styles". Essentially, the poll questions will focus on your camping habits and preferences with regard to hookups or dry camping.
The questions/options will look like this:

A) We always camp at sites which have hookups - 100% of the time
B) We usually camp at sites which have hookups (51% -99%)
C) We split our camping between hookups and dry camping (50% - 50%)
D) We sometimes use hookups but mostly dry camp (51%+ dry camping)
E) We rarely use hookups. (almost 100% dry camping)

Hookups = Water, Electricity, Sewer (any of the these)
Dry Camping = none of the above (pit toilets & hand-pumped water are okay)

[hankaye]

Festus2, Howdy;

What about mulit-State (Province), types ie Snow-birds?
Full-timers while traveling between bases...
Reckon if we dry camp between (Wal-Mart ect.), we would be in Cat. B.

Ok, talked it out with the keyboard...lol. I still post it for others like me.

hankaye

[Festus2]

Sorry Hank, I didn't take into account full-timers or snow birds. I was thinking more of the seasonal types and those who live most of the time in "stick houses". It's not a scientific poll so chose a category that best describes what type you do. You won't be marked or graded on your answer!

[SteveC7010]

Since we met in the mid 1990's, our camping has been almost exclusively dry camping in NY Adirondack parks with a very few stays in parks with just electric hookups.

But! We bought the Cougar with full intent to do some cross country trips which we'll start next spring or summer. I fully expect we'll pick campgrounds with at least electric and water hookups for overnight stays and full hookups for base camping while touring a specific area.

[antiqfreq]

In 2010 when we traveled cross country for the year we did have more electrical hookups than none but we still did a lot of dry camping. Several times it was for 4-7 days at a time and we loved it.

I would have preferred NO electrical hook ups at all but we went some places where you had to have W&E in order to do those sights on those areas as there were no dry camping places we felt we could unhook the fiver and just go.

Have fun,

Jo

[campingcpl]

Personally I think a lot of people would fall into that "B" catagory. I know for us if we are traveling to a place that will take us more then a days drive we will dry camp at either a rest area, truck stop, Wal-Mart, etc. other then paying $40.00 + a night for a camp site with full hook-ups that we probably wont even use.

Would you consider it dry camping if the "only" hook-ups you have available is electric?

Pollster's Note:
No. For the purpose of this survey, having electricity would be "hooked up", but I understand why having power only could be considered as "dry" camping (no water or sewer).

[byrdr1]

We use mainly campgrounds with full hookups, but our NC state parks only have water and power no sewer hookups and we go to these around twice a year. We have NA$CAR camped without anything but a generator to charge batteries back in the day.
Nothing but a good time...
but NOW with our mom&pop version 5er. I sure do like full-hookups & pull thru sites!
randy

[campingcpl]

Originally Posted by campingcpl

Would you consider it dry camping if the "only" hook-ups you have available is electric?

Pollster's Note:
No. For the purpose of this survey, having electricity would be "hooked up", but I understand why having power only could be considered as "dry" camping (no water or sewer).

Thank you for clairifying that for me. Now that I know what you are considering "dry camping" my vote still stands at option B. If you would of said that even with electrical hook-ups and no water or sewage that would still be considered "dry camping" then I would of wanted to change my vote to C.

[hankaye]

Festus2, Howdy;

Originally Posted by Festus2

Sorry Hank, I didn't take into account full-timers or snow birds. I was thinking more of the seasonal types and those who live most of the time in "stick houses". It's not a scientific poll so chose a category that best describes what type you do. You won't be marked or graded on your answer!

I did vote. Opted for B. As when I "move" I'll generally choose a truck stop and do the "dry thang" I did use elect. only one night on my last re-location effort.

hankaye