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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 286316" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>I'm late getting into this, and my neck is fairly red, but we love our camper. Its a 27 foot 5th wheel, an older one that we got in good condition and I work my tail off to maintain that way, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.</p><p> </p><p>We use it several times a year, at least once a month from March to November. It also provides a place to sleep when we have visitors. The most expensive place we stay is about $24 a night with electricity. The cheapest is a friend who has a lot on the river. lol We will leave in a few weeks for our 11 day camping vacation. It will be me, husband, easy child 2 and her friend, difficult child 2 in our camper. easy child 1 and his girlfriend have their own camper this year, and my mom is coming in her camper, but I will supply groceries for the group. The campsite cost me about $130 for the entire time, which I paid for in January. The groceries will cost me around $200. Fuel will cost me about $40 each way. Essentially, 8 people will be vacationing in a state park for 11 days for about $400 paid over time (easy child 1 and mom paid for their seperate campsites and I buy and freeze hot dogs, steaks, etc all thru the year to take on the trip). Can't beat that with a stick. Then we take all the other little weekend trips that we do all thru the year, that we wouldn't do otherwise, and we aren't far from paycheck to paycheck. I find that those weekend outings replace other recreational things thru the week that we do if we don't have them...so that part is a wash.</p><p> </p><p>So anyway, here's a vote to love your new rv. Its not an all-inclusive resort; you have to cook your meals and wash your dishes, but there's something about the great outdoors that just makes it less doldrum and less work. Besides that, I'm big into dutch oven cooking, which makes even having to cook part of the fun of going!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 286316, member: 1848"] I'm late getting into this, and my neck is fairly red, but we love our camper. Its a 27 foot 5th wheel, an older one that we got in good condition and I work my tail off to maintain that way, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. We use it several times a year, at least once a month from March to November. It also provides a place to sleep when we have visitors. The most expensive place we stay is about $24 a night with electricity. The cheapest is a friend who has a lot on the river. lol We will leave in a few weeks for our 11 day camping vacation. It will be me, husband, easy child 2 and her friend, difficult child 2 in our camper. easy child 1 and his girlfriend have their own camper this year, and my mom is coming in her camper, but I will supply groceries for the group. The campsite cost me about $130 for the entire time, which I paid for in January. The groceries will cost me around $200. Fuel will cost me about $40 each way. Essentially, 8 people will be vacationing in a state park for 11 days for about $400 paid over time (easy child 1 and mom paid for their seperate campsites and I buy and freeze hot dogs, steaks, etc all thru the year to take on the trip). Can't beat that with a stick. Then we take all the other little weekend trips that we do all thru the year, that we wouldn't do otherwise, and we aren't far from paycheck to paycheck. I find that those weekend outings replace other recreational things thru the week that we do if we don't have them...so that part is a wash. So anyway, here's a vote to love your new rv. Its not an all-inclusive resort; you have to cook your meals and wash your dishes, but there's something about the great outdoors that just makes it less doldrum and less work. Besides that, I'm big into dutch oven cooking, which makes even having to cook part of the fun of going! [/QUOTE]
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