The Coffee House

[SquarePeg]

Nothing like heading to the woods, moving a heavy cooler awkwardly, and having to return to civilization for a shot of Toradol in the ass, a cocktail of pharmaceuticals in pill form, and the suggestion that I should return home rather than sleeping on the ground for the next 4 days.

(The PA also laughed, and said that he’d be headed back to camp too)

Your family is not destined for camping this year! Maybe go with my kind of camping - a hotel without room service.

 

[Gary A.]

Nothing like heading to the woods, moving a heavy cooler awkwardly, and having to return to civilization for a shot of Toradol in the ass, a cocktail of pharmaceuticals in pill form, and the suggestion that I should return home rather than sleeping on the ground for the next 4 days.

(The PA also laughed, and said that he’d be headed back to camp too)

Your family is not destined for camping this year! Maybe go with my kind of camping - a hotel without room service.

Yes, anyplace where your shoes don't get shined when left outside the door is camping.

 

[Gary A.]

Nothing like heading to the woods, moving a heavy cooler awkwardly, and having to return to civilization for a shot of Toradol in the ass, a cocktail of pharmaceuticals in pill form, and the suggestion that I should return home rather than sleeping on the ground for the next 4 days.

(The PA also laughed, and said that he’d be headed back to camp too)

Gary could have used some of that Toradol for his knee. The only thing Gary get's back there is a swift kick.

 

[waday]

a hotel without room service

What an inhospitable place!

 

[davidharmier60]

What in the h e double hockey sticks is a Hotel? If it ain't Motel 6 I've never been there.

5 hours and 11 minutes today.
10.16 for the week so far.
Gonna get another box of pennies and hit the PO and then the box at the front of the neighborhood and then home.

By the way I'm driving the Mitsubishi today.
I put a piece of camo tape over the 05 on the registration sticker. Made it look like it happened naturally. Hope I don't get called down about it!

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[smoke665]

We "Glamp" about 6 months out of the year. Have all the necessities without the hassle of a hotel/motel.

 

[waday]

Have all the necessities without the hassle of a hotel/motel.

Honest question: what about a hotel is a hassle?

 

[SquarePeg]

We "Glamp" about 6 months out of the year. Have all the necessities without the hassle of a hotel/motel.
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Smoke - we certainly have different styles. It's hilarious to me that you think a hotel is a hassle (is it the pool? the room service? the maid service? the on site bar/restaurant/spa? the great location) but dragging around that giant trailer, hooking it up, breaking it down, emptying the waste tank (guessing here as I'm not that familiar), finding/reserving sites, checking in/out of campgrounds, stopping for gas every hour... is not a hassle? My sister-in-law's parents had one of those and it was super nice so I know they can be very luxurious but still, a lot involved if you plan on using it to travel.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou, Maggie and Gary prefer hotels as they are better located, for how we travel, than camp grounds/RV parks. We don't stay in one place very long. (A moving target is hard to hit.)

 

[smoke665]

@waday

During the working years, I traveled a lot, staying in many upscale hotels across the country, but I might be on the west coast one day, and east coast the next, hotels were a necessity. Now when we travel it's for longer periods generally 4 to 6 weeks at a time. Living out of a suitcase for that long by itself would be a hassle. We have everything we need including washer/dryer on board. Plus we haven't been without doggies in years, which many of the hotels now frown on. When we do have to travel for a short stay we weigh the economics of hotel or RV, usually it starts to even out at about 4 days.

@SquarePeg

Depending on were we stay, most of the amenities (even maid service) are at the better resorts. We once spent 2 weeks next to a retired doctor who was in a large motor coach pulling an equally large trailer. The back half of the trailer was divided into space to haul his Corvette, Harley, and golf cart. The front half was fully furnished living area for their butler/chauffeur. We belong to a couple of different "members only" resorts that have some really nice destination locations. Just like destination hotels they have activities, and amenities for the guests. Unlike the anonymity of hotel guests you tend to make acquaintances with your neighbors, As to travel with the trailer, the truck is sized to accommodate the trailer and outfitted with the extras to make it just as comfortable to drive as a luxury car. I normally limit my driving to about 300 miles per day but I've pulled as much as 500 in a day. I truthfully can't say that it makes me any more tired than doing the same in a car. With everything hydraulic/electric I can set up or breakdown and roll in less than 30 mins. If we're just stopping for the night we don't unhook, so setup is less then 15 mins. How long does it take to drag everything from your car to your room and back???

@Gary A.

Locations are a matter of what you're willing to pay for. We've never found an area that didn't have a nice location within 30 mins of anything we wanted to see or do. When we travel, we generally look for a centralized location that we can work out from over the course of a few days. That's the advantage of the lifestyle, you move as fast or slow as you want, there is no schedule.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Not doing it.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Harold Lloyd movies on TCM, all day, all night. And a photo booth.

Harold and the magic photobooth

 

[smoke665]

Not doing it.

I remember that one, but for some reason it says video unavailable??? This is more of an example of what not to do. To often we see people pulling trailers far over the capability of the truck, or people driving motor homes, far in excess of their capability to drive. Makes for an unpleasant and unsafe experience.

Between 65 and 70 is a sweet spot for my rig. I can set the cruise and exhaust brake, and unless there's traffic to contend with or some really steep hills, I never have to touch the brake or accelerator. The dual rear wheels, make the rig stable, but the trucks built in smart towing feature take it to a new level of stability with sway and roll control. Even in bad cross winds that would buffet a car, a light touch on the wheel is all you need. The computer uses the accelerator, and individual wheel braking to compensate far faster then a human could hope to.

 

[SquarePeg]

My favorite camper movie - We're The Millers


I'm actually going on our first non hotel vacation in quite a while. Rented a big 7 bedroom house in NH White Mountains with extended family. I love the sitting around after dinner playing games and making s'mores but not looking forward to making beds and doing dishes. Not much of a vacation. My mom differentiates it like so: A vacation is when you don't have to do any normal day to day chores. A trip, on the other hand, is doing your chores somewhere else!

 

[Gary A.]

@waday

During the working years, I traveled a lot, staying in many upscale hotels across the country, but I might be on the west coast one day, and east coast the next, hotels were a necessity. Now when we travel it's for longer periods generally 4 to 6 weeks at a time. Living out of a suitcase for that long by itself would be a hassle. We have everything we need including washer/dryer on board. Plus we haven't been without doggies in years, which many of the hotels now frown on. When we do have to travel for a short stay we weigh the economics of hotel or RV, usually it starts to even out at about 4 days.

@SquarePeg

Depending on were we stay, most of the amenities (even maid service) are at the better resorts. We once spent 2 weeks next to a retired doctor who was in a large motor coach pulling an equally large trailer. The back half of the trailer was divided into space to haul his Corvette, Harley, and golf cart. The front half was fully furnished living area for their butler/chauffeur. We belong to a couple of different "members only" resorts that have some really nice destination locations. Just like destination hotels they have activities, and amenities for the guests. Unlike the anonymity of hotel guests you tend to make acquaintances with your neighbors, As to travel with the trailer, the truck is sized to accommodate the trailer and outfitted with the extras to make it just as comfortable to drive as a luxury car. I normally limit my driving to about 300 miles per day but I've pulled as much as 500 in a day. I truthfully can't say that it makes me any more tired than doing the same in a car. With everything hydraulic/electric I can set up or breakdown and roll in less than 30 mins. If we're just stopping for the night we don't unhook, so setup is less then 15 mins. How long does it take to drag everything from your car to your room and back???

@Gary A.

Locations are a matter of what you're willing to pay for. We've never found an area that didn't have a nice location within 30 mins of anything we wanted to see or do. When we travel, we generally look for a centralized location that we can work out from over the course of a few days. That's the advantage of the lifestyle, you move as fast or slow as you want, there is no schedule.

We travel much differently. We never go direct and we are always taking side roads and byways on the whim. Hauling a bigass trailer would not work well for our explorations. Packing and unpacking is a breeze as we are now traveling in a sports car, a suitcase for the humans, a shopping bag for Maggie and a camera bag. Easy-Pezy.