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Here’s a brief update from the road — specifically, from gorgeous Grand Teton National Park.
I’m in LOVE with our current campsite. This is the finest camping locale we’ve enjoyed all year. We are surrounded by wilderness. We have a tremendous view of some of the most beautiful mountains in North America while LYING IN BED. This area is frequented by bison, moose, elk, and the occasional bear. Seriously, if this campsite was a piece of privately owned land for sale, the lot would cost at least a half million bucks. Sure, there are NO HOOKUPS OF ANY KIND and overnight temperatures are dropping into the low 30s. But in a way, that’s what makes it fun. We’re roughin’ it Airstream-style in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Like salmon, every few years we migrate back to the Yellowstone/Teton area. (Hopefully the local bears won’t treat us like salmon.) In our video I discuss Sean & Kristy’s first camping experience TOGETHER. It happened in Yellowstone National Park. We didn’t have a fancy Airstream or any RV. We had a TENT, a leaky air mattress, and a couple of thin sleeping bags. We experienced a few hardships, but we had a BLAST. That sort of adventure is what it’s all about.
That’s the ultimate point of our website. Life is a collection of experiences. Most of the best have NOTHING to do with the gear you own. Adventure is out there for you to find, and you don’t need a lot of expensive equipment or a fat bank account to find it.
Let me draw upon a couple of life experiences to explore this point…
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Mickey Richardson
Sean and Kristy, we are new to RV.net and we love your posts!
We started out in the early 70’s open air camping in the back of our pickup truck, then graduated to a topper. Later we got a pop up. We are currently in the market for a bumper pull trailer or 5th wheel, but we know what you mean about not letting your lack of expensive gear keep you from the adventure. Our kids grew up taking the most memorable and adventurous vacations of their lives in that pop up. We are about to retire and “hit the road” again, and we can’t wait. It won’t be in a 42′ DP, but who cares?
Allen Zabner
Been there done that> Tent camping in Wa. state . Constant drizzle, never really comfortable and worse with an infant. Moved up to a travel trailer, fifth wheel and now a 42DP. What a life, my wife , myself, 3 dogs and a cat! Love it. Would never tent it again.
Frank Howard
We started off tent camping too and then moved to the tent trailer, the class C and then to two successive travel trailers. I personally did a lot of car camping with my folks. With my wife we did a lot of backpacking due to our proximity to
Banff National Park. We know some quite serious car campers, a few who
are of european origin. Car campers tend to be fair weather campers due to
the nature of the beast. During that fair weather the camper courts a certain
infallibility to his experience and if he can go home without getting wet he will
have had a terrific time. If he can mix a little moteling with his camping
he can extend his range a great deal.There are things to be learned in car tenting such as keeping equipment dry and clean so that many years can be achieved
from the equipment. We borrow from our car caming experiences by having a
propane camping stove so that we can cook outside.
Bert Smith
YES IN THE 50’S
Bert Smith
YES IN THE 50’S
Ty
we also started camping with a tent but one year was enough for my wife. the next year we bought a pop up tent camper. no a.c., no refrigerater, just 11 gallons of water and a port a potty. we had it nearly 20 years and my wife, kids, and i loved it. nothing fancy just a lot of fun. we just flat wore it out. we have a 24 foot gulf stream now and we’ll probably never have as much fun as we did back when we started.
hoppe
Been there, Done that!
There’s just not enough drugs: legal or illegal to get me to go there anymore. Most primitive would be a tent trailer, folding camper trailer, or pop up PU camper.
Thx anyway, Glad you enjoyed it!
Sean Michael
Thanks Jim, well said. Sometimes (but not always!) it seems like the nicer the rig, the less time people actually spend outdoors! Don’t get me wrong; I have no problem with nice RVs and actually appreciate ’em quite a bit. But I had a lot of great experiences using very expensive gear (like the $40 Kmart tent!). I think we should not worry quite so much about what we don;t have, but rather make the most of what we do have. You don’t need a lot of material stuff to have an adventure — you need a positive attitude and an adventurous spirit.
Jim G
The first year I enjoyed RVing, and pulled into a campground I would stare in awe at the incredible number of expensive RVs and often felt embarrassed because I had a decent but nothing special 31 ft. Class C. Although I occasionally still marvel at the sight of a big DP or 5th wheel I have adopted a philosophy that is akin to yours. All too often we arent satisfied with what we have and fail to enjoy life as a result. I now believe that, at least with RVs, there is no RIGHT or WRONG there just IS. As long as we respect our fellow campers, behave accordingly and only take pictures whatever form of camping should be a pleasurable experience. That said, I am too old with a bad back so tent camping is an experience I will defer to those younger and with better spines.