Save your budget for living van?.. Ugh

diehardbiker said:
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That's called Power inverter kicks from 12VDC to 120VAC.
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Not good idea for winter and HUG waste gas if engine running or drain battery quick if engine off.
 
Jiro said:
hmmm ok. I've got much to learn about RV. I've never been in it. It's very fascinating to me.
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We learned a lot about them in the year since buying ours. It is really nice to have one. When we went camping last month, we got caught in a bad rainstorm...the campgrounds were slightly flooded but you couldn't tell inside our RV.
 
diehardbiker said:
Sounded like you can't wait for upcoming winter time!
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bingo! always looking forward to cold season.... only after I have my motorcycle fix :lol:

I was born in fall at mountain. love the cold weather. love the mountains.
 
diehardbiker said:
Added bonus for you Deafies when it comes to camping. Including Reba cause she is senior citizen which also qualifies too. Free or deep discount on camp site. National park offers that for people with disabilities and senior citizen and it is called "Access pass", here in NYS same thing they got access pass. Can rent overnight campsite for just 2 bucks a night, hook ups no discount and paid separate.
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yep. only public place though.
 
Jane B. said:
I assume the mobile home was during your active duty years.
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Now that I think about it, we lived in two mobile homes. One when I was on active duty, and we were on the waiting list for base housing, and the other was when we first moved to SC and were waiting for our house to be ready for move in.

Made me think of a foster aunt (really a cousin of my dad's who lost her mother at 2 and my grandparents raised her until she was old enough to be on her own between the time school was out and her dad got off work) who's husband was career Army Air Core (can't seem to spell that version of Core now)
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Spelled "Corps" but pronounced "Core."

...mechanic who turned down officer candidate school because he said it came with more headaches than advantages. Can't remember for sure if he stayed Army or went Air Force when the split came.
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Understandable. :)

Some time in the 1950's they bought a mobile home to keep from having to find housing they liked at each different base. They were very happy with their choice especially compared to some of the on base married housing.
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Our mobile homes were rentals and not really "mobile."

We did live in military family housing once that was officially categorized "inadequate." It was left over from WWII. It was so bad that we didn't even use our entire housing allowance for it.

It was about 500 sq. ft., two bedrooms, one room that was supposed to be the kitchen and living room, and a 3/4 bathroom. There was no tub, just a pre-fab metal shower stall. No kitchen cabinets. Just a sink with some storage underneath, a mini-stove, and a large bookcase to be used for a pantry. No counters. Just use the little table for everything.

There was no AC unless we bought one for the window (this was in Pensacola, FL). The so-called master bedroom had a closet that was also the living room coat closet, depending on how we slid the doors (it was the same closet that opened to both rooms.) If you've ever seen the old TV show Green Acres, you'd know what my closet was like. :lol:
 
shel90 said:
We learned a lot about them in the year since buying ours. It is really nice to have one. When we went camping last month, we got caught in a bad rainstorm...the campgrounds were slightly flooded but you couldn't tell inside our RV.
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somebody said exactly same thing about campground

Survival Guide to Homelessness: Finding a Parking Place
Campgrounds
Yeah, campgrounds work, I suppose. Lots of people use them. Personally I hate camping. It's cold. In a car, you are well above the ground. In a tent you are on the ground, and even with a pad it's a powerful heat sink. In a car, the wind can't touch you. The wind will take your tent and put it in the next county. Your car is impervious to the rain. Your tent keeps some of the rain out, I guess, unless, of course, you pitched it in a dry creek bed. Yeah. You want to camp? Camp. It isn't for me.

Many campgrounds even require that you pay for all this luxury.

Campgrounds are also separated from all the places you do business, usually by quite a distance. Cold, uncomfortable, often at a cost of money, and in an inconvenient location, well, they must have something to recommend them, but I am having trouble thinking what it is. You are still exposed, even moreso really. Now instead of just thieves and cops you've got paranoid marijuana growers, bears, mountain lions, and the occasional (though admittedly very rare) serial killer to worry about. On the plus side, you can have a fire, but you will probably have to have brought some wood. In my experience, wood that will burn easily is rare at a campground.
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Have you been in public campground before? They aren't any different than private ones. :dunno: Been there many times both private and public.

Seriously, I was at NYS campground last year and took the shower, man! THE BEST one I ever took. Nice hot and pours like Niagara falls. And VERY clean! And it owns and operates by New York State and yeah it is public. Want know which one?, Its Fillmore Glen State park.

Jiro said:
a very important piece of information.

grumpy one, aren't ya?
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diehardbiker said:
Seriously, I was at NYS campground last year and took the shower, man! THE BEST one I ever took. Nice hot and pours like Niagara falls. And it owns and operates by New York State and yeah it is public. Want know which one?, Its Fillmore Glen State park.
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I believe you. I took one in PA. I was singing during shower and the weather was pretty cold :lol:

the campground shower's much better than most hotels.
 
The worst campground was indeed private. They don't really take good care of the place. Sad!
 
Yeah, with access pass pay only two bucks for everything except the hooks up. Can't beat that.

Jiro said:
I believe you. I took one in PA. I was singing during shower and the weather was pretty cold :lol:

the campground shower's much better than most hotels.
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