3 Tips To Turn Weekend Camping Into a Mobile Home Experience
All over the world, people camp for a weekend escape and often dream of camping full-time.
Here are 3 ways to tell if camping full-time is for you.
We camp full-time because we love the lifestyle and freedom that comes with it.
If you are tempted to consider your camper as your mobile home keep reading.
You may want to consider your camper as your mobile home.
Camping full-time has many advantages over the weekend campers.
For 16 years, my wife and I only camped over weekends.
It was fun and nice to get away and sit by a fire and relax.
We loved it, but we wanted more, so every year we camped more and for longer stretches of time.
Now, we carry our home with us.
Just like a turtle, we have our home with us.
Granted, it is more plush than a hard shell, and ever so convenient to have a shower.
When we get done from a hike, we always have a bathroom, a kitchen and a bed with us.
When you have your home, you get to carry nice sheets, towels, silverware and the regular household things.
It doesn't feel much like camping.
I think turtles are slow because they are enjoying the world around them.
Maybe, they just have it all figured out.
If you travel slower, you get to enjoy the experiences a little more.
Our very last trip as a weekend camper was 22 hours away.
We drove non-stop, and I don't remember anything about any state we went through.
We were forcing the experience.
Time makes places reveal themselves.
In a week, you just start to relax and get comfortable with a place.
In two weeks, you can get to feel and discover a lot of local places, and actually get to know people fairly well.
In a month, a place can start to feel like a new home.
If you take your time traveling you really can smell the roses.
Tips to see if your camper can be your mobile home.
Here are 3 ways to tell if camping full-time is for you.
We camp full-time because we love the lifestyle and freedom that comes with it.
If you are tempted to consider your camper as your mobile home keep reading.
You may want to consider your camper as your mobile home.
Camping full-time has many advantages over the weekend campers.
For 16 years, my wife and I only camped over weekends.
It was fun and nice to get away and sit by a fire and relax.
We loved it, but we wanted more, so every year we camped more and for longer stretches of time.
Now, we carry our home with us.
Just like a turtle, we have our home with us.
Granted, it is more plush than a hard shell, and ever so convenient to have a shower.
When we get done from a hike, we always have a bathroom, a kitchen and a bed with us.
When you have your home, you get to carry nice sheets, towels, silverware and the regular household things.
It doesn't feel much like camping.
I think turtles are slow because they are enjoying the world around them.
Maybe, they just have it all figured out.
If you travel slower, you get to enjoy the experiences a little more.
Our very last trip as a weekend camper was 22 hours away.
We drove non-stop, and I don't remember anything about any state we went through.
We were forcing the experience.
Time makes places reveal themselves.
In a week, you just start to relax and get comfortable with a place.
In two weeks, you can get to feel and discover a lot of local places, and actually get to know people fairly well.
In a month, a place can start to feel like a new home.
If you take your time traveling you really can smell the roses.
Tips to see if your camper can be your mobile home.
- Go camping for as long as you can.
For us, we took 10 days and camped by the ocean.
It was long enough to get us hooked.
Two weeks would be a great trial run. - Use your vacation time for an extended stay somewhere wonderful; mountains, ocean, big trees, or giant canyons.
The more different and dramatic, the better. - Don't bring everything, and go as basic as you can.
Sometimes you have to do without.
When you travel, half the fun is the peace that comes from not carrying so much stuff.
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