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Bad news right off the bat

3/31/2021

What could possibly be better than clicking the pics? Clicking one pick is best.... Less effort.

That's it, that's the only thing I felt like taking a picture of. The rest of the time I was sitting in the camper sweating like a hog. It's in the low 90s today. I hope that improves or I may have to go across the street and hook up to an electric site.

I made it to the Pima County Fairgrounds at about 1:30 this afternoon. And received some bad news just as soon as I got here, which is there is not going to be a horse show in early April. And yes I checked the Internet again and it's still there. I don't know why they have to cancel an outdoor horse show that doesn't even have any paying customers, the only people here are the riders, so how much trouble could it be... I'm disappointed, to say the least.

There is going to be an RV show, so that's one small bit of consolation. It seems to me like standing around inside an RV talking to a salesman gives folks more exposure to the Bat flu than riding a horse outdoors. But what do I know?

This seems like a good time to reiterate what I call boondocking. Since boondocking has a lot of different meanings to different people. Just to keep my life simple, I wanted to come up with the simplest rules that I could possibly apply to what constitutes boondocking, to me. And, to me, is the operative word here.

So any time I don't have hookups, I call that boondocking, it doesn't matter if I'm in a parking lot, my family's house, or paying for a place to stay, if I don't have hookups I call it boondocking. Right now is a good example, I'm paying to stay here but I'm in the boondocking area, which has no hookups, so as far as I'm concerned I'm boondocking.

Without the horse show, I'm not sure exactly why I'm staying here, but I'm here, so I'll think of something. If nothing else I will consider this the beginning of my trip back to Denver and spend the next two months enjoying my slow journey back to my summer home.

theboondork

6 Comments

OFM

3/31/2021 04:54:54 pm

Congratulations on a safe journey anyway.

Tom

3/31/2021 06:07:18 pm

You know lately the Pima County Fairgrounds has been nothing but a let down. The place is okay but it's expensive, and the only reason I'm here is because of the events, and without the events going on this is nothing but an expensive campground.

Tom

3/31/2021 06:57:17 pm

If it wasn't for the only remnant of family I have being near here and this being the only safe campground in the area, I would definitely not be paying $650 a month for this site. It is about $400 too high for what I get. But you know----location, location, location.

3/31/2021 07:49:52 pm

That is true, it's all about location. But I wonder what's going to happen when these campground owners figure out they can get 750, or 850, why not a thousand. A lot of these new folks coming up, and buying RVs, probably have no idea what an RV Park is worth, and a thousand might sound like a good deal, after all its cheaper than an apartment.

I could be wrong, maybe the situation will change, but I don't see things getting any cheaper.

Tom

Tim

4/1/2021 08:56:28 am

Because of the pandemic (I'm assuming), there seems to be a rush to buy rural land and RV's. I'm wondering how many people that move from an urban area to a more rural area will find that they don't like it out in the middle of nowhere when they are used to the hustle and bustle of a place like Manhattan. Will there be a glut of rural housing on the market in a few years? Same with RV's; everyone seems to want one right now, but when things return to semi-normal, will there be a glut of RV's on the market when people go back to cruising and airline travel to exotic locations? If so, will there be RV campgrounds that overbuilt then go bust. Also, with the new pressure on public land, will more of them start to close down like some already have? Wish I knew all these answers, but I guess we'll find out as time goes by.

4/1/2021 01:28:03 pm

Due to laziness on my part, I decided to answer your questions in my blog post for today.

Tom

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