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Barney Ward
5/18/2018 04:02:54 pm
Yep same garbage I ran into when I left Rockport last February. This campground I am in now is recommending me to make reservations well before I try to return in the future. Too many folks suddenly on the road too often.
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Tom
5/18/2018 04:36:12 pm
It must be us baby boomers, I don't know what else would explain it. The Colorado state park I went to this morning has 60 campsites and for all intents and purposes they were booked up, and the middle of May is nowhere near tourist season in Colorado.
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Barney Ward
5/18/2018 07:38:52 pm
I agree. I am putting significant thought into this problem but have not made progress yet. Good luck to us.
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Tom
5/18/2018 08:23:16 pm
I believe that were only seeing the tip of the problem and it will grow steadily worse as the years go by. As RVing grows in popularity there will be more and more rules and laws to restrict where we can go and what we can do, and it doesn't take a psychic to figure that out. All you've got to do is look back in the past at all the places RVs used to be able to camp that are now verboten.
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5/19/2018 12:49:03 pm
It's not just us boomers; it's the internet. Young folks are moving into RVs and working from wherever they happen to be.
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Tom
5/19/2018 01:29:00 pm
You're right about more younger people RVing I see that all the time in my travels. It's also possible that the economy has forced people to live in RV's that previously would've been living in apartments or a home.
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Ed
5/19/2018 01:34:01 pm
Welcome back to Colorado. Sorry we didn't order up some nicer weather for ya.
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Tom
5/19/2018 02:23:04 pm
Thanks Ed. I do feel like Colorado beat me up and kicked me to the curb yesterday, you can read more about my day in my blog post I'm going to put up in a few minutes.
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Ed
5/20/2018 02:08:26 pm
Between the cost of CO State Parks and the Rangers I stay completely away from them. They have a way of ruining your stay. I tend to stay at NF campgrounds or boondock (which is tough any more unless you know someone with land). Cheyenne Mtn and Mueller are the two worst!
Tim
5/21/2018 09:03:06 am
Oh no - first RVSue buys a house and then I go out of town for a few days and Tom speculates on buying a house and getting a job (hopefully in jest). What's the world coming to?
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Tom
5/21/2018 07:38:13 pm
I have absolutely no desire to own another piece of property. Fact is I've still got property I'm going to sell one day. And seeing as how I'm a hard core unemployable, I won't even work for food.
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Tim
5/22/2018 08:33:25 am
Good points, Tom; I really don't miss owning property - it's very freeing. For example, while I was gone, there was a big storm here and a lot of people have trees down that they have to pay tons of money to clean up. I used to have lots of trees in my yard, but now I don't have any to worry with; a year ago, I would have come home from this last trip to a ton of work and expense (plus worrying the whole time I was gone). It's been great so far and will probably be even greater when I'm in the Arctic Fox.
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Tom
5/22/2018 02:02:39 pm
I think what I'm trying to do now with my mini vacations concept is to overcome some of the problems associated with pulling a trailer, which is the inability to go some places because it's either difficult or impossible to get the trailer in and out of some areas.
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Tim
5/23/2018 01:45:09 pm
BTW, I've been talking to several GMC dealerships this week. Basically, I'm letting them all give me quotes and I'll go with whoever can come through on the right price. I'm willing to drive quite aways, so that's in my favor (plus, I figure I'm the one holding the money and I'm in no hurry). I hate this process, but it's so much easier when you expand the geographical area for the search.
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Tom
5/23/2018 02:47:01 pm
Yeah you're definitely in the drivers seat, no pun intended, when it comes to truck shopping since the new models are coming out, I think most dealers will be wanting to make you a good deal on 2018s
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Tim
5/23/2018 03:01:52 pm
Oh sorry, I should have explained better - I'm thinking the Andersen hitch. I've seen two different models of Andersen hitch; one attaches to rails (which I think is what you have) and the other attaches to a gooseneck ball in the bed of the truck, which is nice because you can remove the hitch and ball and have a flat bed again. Here's a link to the one I'm thinking of getting: https://andersenhitches.com/Products/3220--aluminum-ultimate-5th-wheel-connection-2-gooseneck-version.aspx
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