Hi, Bill, I ~love~ camping (all the more reason to hit Grandfather Mountain next year, eh?)
Back when I was married, we had a couple of cheap dome tents, and for several summers went camping pretty much every weekend. Our favourite places were Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania, Watkens Glen State Park in NY, and Letchworth State Park also in NY (I think Amita went there on her honeymoon <g>). Somehow, camping in one's own country isn't exotic... But, to get back to your post, yeah, we also talked to lots of retired folks, who ditched the home and RV all year long. Down South in the winter, up North in the summer. It got to be a joke in our car: if we were behind a monster RV that was going 40mph in a 55 zone, hogging the whole lane, drifting one way and the other across the road, sure enough, when we finally after 10 miles of mountain terrain managed to pass them, the driver was 80 years old (not that there's anything wrong with being 80 - I'm no ageist). cheers, frank Bill Owens wrote: > As a matter of fact, we had our pop-up at one of the campgrounds in the > mountains here last year and got into a conversation with another camper. > Turns out he was retired, paid his $1000.00 US for 6 months rent (includes > water, electricity, sewage) there, and spent the other 6 months > (November-April) in his RV in Florida. > > Ours, being a folding trailer with fabric sides, wouldn't be suitable for > this type of "camping", but sure does serve us well for weekend trips to the > mountains. > > Bill -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
