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Subject: RE: my little campervan
My little campervan has a poptop, so I lower it when driving and it
looks just like any other work van.
Trip Hints:
When traveling, unlike the eastern states, once you pass the
Mississippi, there is roughly a day's travel usually between
National Parks, which are the cheapest camping facilities and often
offer showers and laundry facilities (varies $15-25/night, half
price for seniors and no park entry fee). Next cheapest is city and
county parks but they are rare ($7-23/night usually), primitive
accommodations. Next is the state parks usually $20-25/night (but
if the state is going broke like California, these can be $35 a
night). The most expensive is private campgrounds (KOA, etc.) which
run $30-70/night.
The good news is that one can travel the entire USofA and never pay
for camping simply by spending the night in truck stops (Irving's
in Canada, Love's, Flying J's, T/A, etc. in US). They usually have
areas set aside for RV's, some have dump stations, and they offer
showers for a price and sometimes laundry. They also sell propane
so you can fill up on that, too. Best deal for the money! Clean,
comfortable, safe and cheap (free)!
When considering what size camper to get, consider that with the
larger units one must use a 'dump station' for disposal of waste
and to fill up the water tank every few days, whereas the smaller
one's can use porta-potties and bottled water and one can drain
one's grey water tank anywhere (except in Oregon where it is
illegal to do) so do not need a dump station except rarely. By the
way, many parks (national, state) offer hookups for
water/electricity (another must at least every few days if you have
a large camper not necessary in a smaller one) for a higher price
(all private campgrounds offer these slots). In some western states
the state-owned rest areas also have dump stations for free.
If you want to RV full-time, you can use an agency in South Dakota
to register your vehicle and license you (much less expensive than
in most states, as is auto insurance on vehicles registered there)
and also receive and forward your mail to you for a reasonable
fee/month. You can also use that address to register to vote if you
stay in a campground there for only one night (I understand that's
the law currently though it may have changed!). That's why one sees
so many RV's with South Dakota plates (I used to think that South
Dakotans really, REALLY liked to travel, LOL).
One can subscribe (as do I) to a wireless service like Sprint to
connect to the Internet while traveling, but most national parks
are too remote so there is no connectivity for Internet or
cellphone nor can one get TV reception, however reception is
available all along the interstates and at rest areas and most
gasstations (some even have private wifi, like Flying J's or
Irving's does).
Don't know if you've been viewing my photos of recent trips, but
here is a link to them. The various albums are listed down the left
side (click on one to view it, then click "slideshow" in upper
right to view the pictures in sequence).
http://s520.photobucket.com/albums/w325/newly2b/
Newly
