How important is a concrete parking pad?

[Jim]

First choice = concrete.

Yeah, me too!

 

[Boat Bum]

Guess we'll never see any of you people where we like to camp. Oh yeah we like to actually go camping instead of going fro rv park to rv park.
OMG!! There is so much dirt.

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Said the guy pulling a small house behind him.

 

[Wemustrv]

Guess we'll never see any of you people where we like to camp. Oh yeah we like to actually go camping instead of going fro rv park to rv park.
OMG!! There is so much dirt.

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Hopefully our paths will cross. We are similar.

 

[Rosy]

It wouldn't feel like camping to me on concrete. Everywhere we've stayed to date with our RV has been gravel. My family's lake lot is all grass obviously but we only tent there.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

It wouldn't feel like camping to me on concrete. Everywhere we've stayed to date with our RV has been gravel. My family's lake lot is all grass obviously but we only tent there.

I believe there may be a difference between "camping" and full time traveling. We, as full timers, are not looking to "get away for the weekend" or a yearly vacation. Back in the day, when we had kids with us, we didn't care what surface we parked on. Actually, dirt was preferable as we would rather "group camp" with our friends on Crown Land. The kids could yell, scream and holler and not bother other campers along with all the other activities. At the end of the outing, we would spend a couple of hours cleaning, restocking and generally getting ready for the next outing. That was expected as part of the package. Now, we travel to see what this continent has to offer. I would much rather not have to worry about keeping the rig clean. I have better things to do. I guess, in a nut shell, we don't "camp".

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

I believe there may be a difference between "camping" and full time traveling. We, as full timers, are not looking to "get away for the weekend" or a yearly vacation. Back in the day, when we had kids with us, we didn't care what surface we parked on. Actually, dirt was preferable as we would rather "group camp" with our friends on Crown Land. The kids could yell, scream and holler and not bother other campers along with all the other activities. At the end of the outing, we would spend a couple of hours cleaning, restocking and generally getting ready for the next outing. That was expected as part of the package. Now, we travel to see what this continent has to offer. I would much rather not have to worry about keeping the rig clean. I have better things to do. I guess, in a nut shell, we don't "camp".

Agree on the camping vs traveling distinction.

We are in the traveling group (didn’t want to say we were in the traveling camp…) and we use the RV to travel. We do not go camping.

 

[Headhunter]

First choice concrete, second choice gravel, third choice grass, whats left just dirt....LOL

 

[Boat Bum]

I don't go camping, I go RVing.

 

[John&Andrea]

I don't go camping, I go RVing.

I think this is correct for most of us these days.

 

[Crazydog]

Said the guy pulling a small house behind him.

Well you aren't wrong.
We're too darn old to be doing actual camping like with a tent and sleeping bags on the ground or cot.
Those days are long gone.