QMAN
Dryer sheet wannabe
Newbie… initial thoughts is travel trailer makes most sense unless living in all year round. Any advise?
I've been surprised from people posting at the expense of campgrounds, for RV's it's not like I remembered from the old days with a car and tent.
Now it costs as much as a cheap hotel, and once you add in the extra gas due to 10 miles per gallon, it's not much different than simply driving farther per day and staying in a hotel.
If you can park in the wild, for free, then an RV makes economic sense.
Ours either. We just returned Monday night from a 5+ week, 8793 mile National Park (think we visited 9 of them)Road trip. We did stay one night in a LaQuinta ($133) because of a fierce wind/hailstorm and we were road weary. All in the other 34 nights came to approx $990. So we averaged about $29/night.Not in our experience.
The Texas and Florida state parks that we have stayed in have been very affordable with the senior (65+) discount.... $25-30/night all in.
We splurged for a waterfront site at a county park that was $85 for two nights... but on the second night some dolphins swam by our site just after dinner about 75 yds offshore.