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04-01-2013, 09:12 PM
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Camping..........Really
I get a kick out of telling someone we are going camping, ya right camping for us older folks years ago was taking a tent, sleeping bags, and cooking over an open fire, so what should we really call what we do with these luxury homes on wheels? any thougts?
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04-01-2013, 09:45 PM
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Hmmmm Like you, when I was a kid, camping meant taking one of Grandma's old quilts, a couple of potatoes, a 1lb can of lard, a skillet, fishing poles (or just line/hooks and cut some bamboo down by the river) and some matches. Later on, when we could afford it, we even bought "skeeter oil" to keep the bugs away. After we got married and bought a tent and sleeping bags, WOW what a luxury we had.... LOL
Nowdays, when we lean over to light the propane campfire under the awning that's lit with LED strips, watching the ball game on a 42" LCD TV while eating microwave popcorn and sitting in a folding rocker/recliner, with the "outdoor kitchen" well stocked with adult beverage (so we don't have to track sand on the carpet inside....... Hmmmm, I agree, can't really call it camping any more...... Heck, even when "dry camping" we can still do all of that stuff, just gotta listen to the "hummmmm" of the generator............
Maybe, we could call it "spending time at the mobile cottage" ???
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04-01-2013, 10:11 PM
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My neighbor has a garage that is bigger than my house, and his motorhome is worth more than my house. He uses it to go on "OUTINGS" not camping. I think that works for me. We now go on outings with our RV not camping.
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04-01-2013, 11:06 PM
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After years of real "camping", we use our 32 foot Vantage for "vacation".
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04-02-2013, 02:36 AM
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Glamping is what we call it!! lol
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04-02-2013, 03:09 AM
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When I go I call it Mobile Living.
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04-02-2013, 03:55 AM
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Well some of us bought a value priced TT and still call it camping! I do not have LCD TV or propane powered campfire in a can. I will soak in that AC in the queen size bed though when some sleep time is needed.
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04-02-2013, 04:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron
I get a kick out of telling someone we are going camping, ya right camping for us older folks years ago was taking a tent, sleeping bags, and cooking over an open fire, so what should we really call what we do with these luxury homes on wheels? any thougts?
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We call it "Roughing it Smoothly"
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04-02-2013, 04:16 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kenn209
Glamping is what we call it!! lol
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We call it the same thing! lol
Glamping (glamor camping)
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04-02-2013, 04:44 AM
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My brother gives us grief about our "condo" on wheels while telling us it's not real camping unless you are sleeping under canvas like they do in their popup. If I want to sleep under canvas, I'll take a nap in the folding recliner under the awning.
But they go places to stay in a luxury hotel, we just hook up the M.V.H. (Mobile Vacation Home) and go. There is something to be said about sleeping in your own bed with all the comforts of home and a campfire.
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04-02-2013, 04:59 AM
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I always say it is camping if you have a picnic table and a fire pit. If the fire pit is propane then that is a different story. Sometime we call it resorting or we can go with the old stanf by RVing.
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04-02-2013, 08:02 AM
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If God had intended for me to sleep in a tent on the ground, I would have green, baggy skin.
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04-02-2013, 02:03 PM
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I guess I get it now, We get the TV and hook up the MVH and go Glamping, Then locate a tent site with follks cooking over the fire and ask them if they are enjoying their camping trip. (sleeping bags on the ground, in a tent was fun but not at retirement age)
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2013 24RKSWE (27ft TT) Cougar 1/2 ton series SOLD 10-2021
2013 Ford F350 4x4 CC 6.7 engine, 8 ft bed, 3.55 rear end, lariat package
Retired from Oregon State Police in 2011 than worked another 9.5 years as a small town traffic cop:
As of 05-2020, I am all done with 39 years total police work. No more uniforms for me.
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04-02-2013, 03:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Landry
If God had intended for me to sleep in a tent on the ground, I would have green, baggy skin.
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Bob -
I don't sleep in a tent on the ground any more, but why do I have baggy skin?
The last time I looked, my skin was still white - not green.
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04-02-2013, 03:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia
I guess I get it now, We get the TV and hook up the MVH and go Glamping, Then locate a tent site with follks cooking over the fire and ask them if they are enjoying their camping trip. (sleeping bags on the ground, in a tent was fun but not at retirement age)
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Couldn't agree with you more, and we aren't even at retirement age yet! My DW and I definetly made some good memories in our more youthful days in our tent. Even sleeping in sleeping bags in the back of my pickup in a Az mountain meadow one time (sure was glad that I had put a rubber bed-liner in the truck). Though "roughing it" was fun back then, would not enjoy it now!
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04-02-2013, 03:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jsmith948
We call it "Roughing it Smoothly"
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I'll second that notion!
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04-02-2013, 03:16 PM
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Yes! We are currently roughing it at Sun-N-Fun in Sarasota, Florida. We were just wondering what the entertainment is at the poolside bar this evening. Life is good, Hank .......... Somehow I seem to remember that my sleeping-bag was always the one on top a tree root or rock.
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04-02-2013, 03:37 PM
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Really disappointed in you Hank. I'm here thinking that all of your leisure time would be spent on the Hippo Slide but now I learn you have abandoned that and are seen hanging out, for long periods, at the Bar and Grill.
Not a good example at all. Very disheartening news.
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04-03-2013, 02:33 AM
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Alright!
I'm with Hank. After a hard day of camping which we call RVing it's adviseable to wind the day at the local Tiki Bar indulging in the local fare and observing others doing the same. By skipping this process you risk a sleepless night of tossing and turning wondering what you may have missed. I love camping.
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04-03-2013, 02:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Festus2
Really disappointed in you Hank. I'm here thinking that all of your leisure time would be spent on the Hippo Slide but now I learn you have abandoned that and are seen hanging out, for long periods, at the Bar and Grill.
Not a good example at all. Very disheartening news.
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As we all age, some learn to appreciate the finer things in life and others just age. ............ and I stopped going on the Hippo slide when everyone was pointing and wondering if they named it after me.
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2007 Cougar 290RKS, E-Z Flex, 16" XPS RIBs ( SOLD .. Gonna miss her ... looking for new 5r)
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