Dry camping

Okay, it's not the hell I thought it would be and I take back my declaration that I will never stay in a state park again. :

Monello was right and I was wrong.

We have gallons of water for drinking, coffee, etc, and other water for flushing the terlet and rinsing our hands. I don't really run water inside the motorhome anyway, so I don't know what my problem was. We do pretty much everything outside. The bath house is nice and just a short walk down the path.

After being here a couple days, the only thing I really don't like is a dirt/gravel lot. We didn't set up our normal outdoor environment because I was having a cow and insisted we were leaving, so we didn't have our full kitchen or area rug (read: the storage space it frees up so we don't have the golf clubs in the living area). Had we put down the rug, the gravel lot might not have been as annoying.

Cunningham Falls is very peaceful and beautiful. I would come back here, absolutely. Monello, to his credit, doesn't gloat or say he told me so; what he does instead is say, "Good, baby, I'm glad you're happy and enjoying yourself "

So that's pretty cool. Another new experience.

That's wonderful to hear. Great stuff!

And I want to note:

Our neighbors across the street have SIX children, oldest mid-teen and the youngest is probably 3 or so. AND she has one in the oven. They are dry camping, without electricity, in...tents.

Tents, people.

She is pregnant and sleeping in a tent, without water or electricity.

Let me head off your mental picture right now: these are not cracker white trash folks. He is getting ready to retire from the military next year, and she is one of those fresh faced Ivory girls who make their own yogurt. The children are well-behaved and polite.

And before anyone snarks about them having seven kids on military/taxpayers dime, from my limited experience with them they are the people you want to have spawning the next generation.

So yeah, next time I want to bitch about no running water I hope someone reminds me about this woman.

Do not be hard on yourself, Vrai. You are new to this, expect ups and downs. It's very different to what you are use to and it's understandable....to me anyway.

vraiblonde said:

And I want to note:

Our neighbors across the street have SIX children, oldest mid-teen and the youngest is probably 3 or so. AND she has one in the oven. They are dry camping, without electricity, in...tents.

Tents, people.

She is pregnant and sleeping in a tent, without water or electricity.

Let me head off your mental picture right now: these are not cracker white trash folks. He is getting ready to retire from the military next year, and she is one of those fresh faced Ivory girls who make their own yogurt. The children are well-behaved and polite.

And before anyone snarks about them having seven kids on military/taxpayers dime, from my limited experience with them they are the people you want to have spawning the next generation.

So yeah, next time I want to bitch about no running water I hope someone reminds me about this woman.

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I won't be the one to remind you - I could see myself doing the same thing. At first.

I mean, I am askeered of snakes and other things that creepy crawl in the woods, so I would definitely have to use the RV for potty at night - or be escorted to the bathhouse a few times.

Now that you know what to expect in such a situation, it's not going to be as overwhelming thinking about it in the future if it happens again.

glad things went well for you Vrai

vraiblonde said:

And I want to note:

She is pregnant and sleeping in a tent, without water or electricity.

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happens all over the 3rd world

GURPS said:

happens all over the 3rd world

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I have to say I liked vrai's post and your response. It is a toss up. I have a bro that lives like that and then I have the rest of the family that doesn't. Interesting convo.