What's the point of camping in an R.V.?

Question

If you're that strongly attached to modern luxuries that you can't even part with them on a camping trip then why bother leaving your house?

Answer 1

Some people would rather spend the day in the woods and then come home to modern luxuries rather than spend a night in a tent. Maybe they're scared of bears, think you can't be warm without a heater, can't imagine going to sleep without taking a shower first, that's the way their families did it and that's what "being outdoors with family" means to them.

I would prefer to sleep in the backcountry and that all campsites were closed down, and roads into National Parks were closed down and no one was allowed to use even mules to get in, just their own two feet. I think Yosemite Valley in summer is a disgusting embarrassment and those people camping there in the dust, breathing the smoke from 1000 campfires and car exhaust are sick.

But as long as I can avoid them and go someplace pristine and sleep on grass or pine needles, the way I like, I'm not going to complain about someone who thinks differently than me and prefers it another way.

Answer 2

I love people with their holier than thou, overpriced LL Bean wearing, granola eating attitudes, who think they're the only ones who understand or appreciate the outdoors. I grew up the son of an outfitter, and have backpacked, canoed, hunted, fished and camped in all terrains and all seasons, My R.V. is a portable cabin. If you're staying in a designated campground, and think you're a little closer to nature than I am, because you're sleeping in a tent, enjoy your smugness. You're barely outside. My back yard is more of a wilderness than most campgrounds. If you are actually in the wilderness, you're not seeing R.V.s anyway so what's your issue? I can park my camper, relax for a few days, and be comfortable, rig a pack, grab a rifle, or a fishing pole, and head out for the day, or a few days if I want. So when you're eating your peanut butter and jelly, and you see me lounging in a padded chair while I have a drink and wait for the timer to go off on my oven, try to contain your elitist, smug, tree hugging opinions, because I've probably spent more nights on the trail that summer alone, than you will in years.

Also, do you understand that a lot of people live in their R.V.s either full-time or seasonally? Do you think you're more of an outdoorsperson because you slept on the ground a few nights, than people who spend all year in parks and forests, but sleep in a bed? If people just want to relax after a hard week of work, and look out the window at something scenic, why do you care? If a family wants to take the old fashioned cross country "car trip" vacation, and finds R.V.ing to be a fun way to see a little more, not pay for motels, and eating out every meal, why do you care?

It's always you sandal wearing, granola eaters that end up lost or attacked by animals, because you think you have a "special bond" with nature, but couldn't find your way off of a trail on a clear day with a topo-map and a compass. If I had a dollar for every "weekend naturalist" I've helped with supplies, or getting a fire started, or directions, I could make a payment on my camper.

THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION: (so that you can't report me, and have mods pull my response for not containing an answer): Because it's the way people enjoy spending their time. Try to quit being so judgemental; If you could pull your own nose away from your steaming pile of opinion long enough, you might be able to live and let live.

Answer 3

I personally don't care much for RVs, but it can also depend on what you are doing. Going out for a week in the wilderness, it is nice to be able to take a hot, although short, shower.

Many people like to camp in places like a KOA Kampground, which is strange to me since it is often noisy since many are close to roads. That does not seem like camping to me, but to each their own.

The bottom line answer to your question is that the people still get out to places in nature (hopefully they leave their RV at some point to go on a hike or something). Does it really matter where they sleep?

I could say that unless you go wilderness camping, why go at all since there are too many people around and it is not exactly nature.

It is best not to judge others lest you be judged :-).

Answer 4

Well, after camping for years in a tent and on a hard ground, I am ready to enjoy the great outdoors, but with some ammenities. A bed is one of them. Along with everything else that comes with an RV.

Answer 5

Rich mans tent. They like to travel around in luxurie. Some camp grounds offer a lot and some ppl do not like tents.

Answer 6

It's good for older people who need some accomodations beyond a tent and a sleeping bag.

We used a pop up trailer one year for a cross country trip when the kids were younger. It was great to use for storage, too.

Answer 7

Comforts of home at the lake, out in the woods, at music festivals, at RV campsites. It's great. Refrigeration, A/C, furnace, toilet, shower, nice bed. It's great.

Answer 8

I'm done crapping in the woods

Answer 9

best of both worlds.

Answer 10

Where ever I go, I'm already there!