What are your camping setups?

[gbr]

This mine, when I'm not camping out of the jeep. Heading to the Canadian Rockies for a week of glamping soon.

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[Grateful1]

I'm looking at your set up compared to mine and I'm thinking I didn't do very well in life.

Money saved is freedom you will always have.

 

[Flip]

Money saved is freedom you will always have.

Words to live by right there.

 

[SlickRicksWilly]

I'm looking at your set up compared to mine and I'm thinking I didn't do very well in life.

Your setup looks good to me. I was thinking about trying to move up in the world and upgrade my cooking setup. My grill grates I got from the side of the road just pack up so small I can justify buying something so big.

 

[iklo]

 

[Heimkehr]

We started with a motorcycle and a tent.

I'm still firmly in this mode. There's any number of fellows who attend the same camp-and-ride rallies that I do who are well into their retirement years, and who also still use a tent. Some of them ride to and from the venues without question. Others tend to pivot between riding the bikes or towing them.

Respect to each and every one of them.

 

[Whaler27]

While we have had a Class A motorhome. We switched to a small camper behind the Jeep, so that we could easily boondock camp and not be tied to campgrounds. We paid $21,000 for this camper. I have already towed it approximately 30,000 miles. We have stayed about 160 nights in it in a just over a year. I figure it has already paid for itself in hotel and campground fees.

This camper, I paid $10,100 for and towed it approximately 54,000 miles.

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This camper easily paid for itself. We are probably about 400 nights in this camper. I sold the camper for $6000 or $6500. Can't remember which one it was. So the camper cost me about 4,000 dollars to own. AI says the average cost of a hotel is $80 and $250. So if we just use $150 a night x 400 = 60,000 in hotels. We stayed 35 days straight in Moab and boondocks the entire time.
AI says this about Moab
Prices for hotels in Moab vary widely, with luxury hotels charging more due to higher amenities. In the off-season, expect to pay around $399, but during peak summer season, average prices climb to $745. With options ranging from $234 to $1,317, there's something for every budget. Hostels are usually cheaper, especially dorm rooms. To save, book during the off-season or keep an eye out for special deals. We were at Moab during EJS, So if a hotel was on the low end of the $234 x 35 days. =$8190.

The 35 days in Moab could have easily paid for the cost of the camper. Boondocking has saved us a bunch of money and allowed us to travel way more than we could if we were staying in hotels.

Jeep camping, we have spent about 10 or 12 days in a campground. It is just not our thing. When we travel, we will get a campground so we can do laundry or have wifi. It is very rare that we even do that. Sometimes as we go very remote, it is cheaper to get a campground site than it is to drive to the nearest laundry mat.

You have so many fantastic pictures of your travels. wonderful locations and perspectives. Are you using a drone to get some of those shots? If so, was it expensive, and is it difficult to learn how to use it?

 

[wibornz]

You have so many fantastic pictures of your travels. wonderful locations and perspectives. Are you using a drone to get some of those shots? If so, was it expensive, and is it difficult to learn how to use it?

Thank you.
I do use a drone at times. My drone was about $700 or so. They are easy to fly and YouTube can teach you just about everything you need to know.

 

[wibornz]

We had a similar experience. We started with a motorcycle and a tent. We'd buy a cheap styrofoam cooler to hold our food when we arrived at the campground. When my kids were in elementary/middle school, we had a 6 man dome tent. Once my wife's air mattress sprung a leak in the middle of the night. She said, not more sleeping on the ground for her.

Enjoy it while you can, you never know when things can take a turn for the worse. I'm fortunate my wife is kind of pushing for some retirement travel. Part of her career was a hospice nurse. She would come home and say, " I had a patient today that was only 40 something, or 50 something, we need to make the most of what time we have".

We camped off motorcycles for years too.

My son and I packing up for an 8,000 mile motorcycle camping trip.

 

[zouch]

i haven't towed to a camp yet, but it might happen some day.
until then, i still roll in a manner remarkably similar to how i toured fully loaded by bicycle.

I'm still firmly in this mode. There's any number of fellows who attend the same camp-and-ride rallies that I do who are well into their retirement years, and who also still use a tent. Some of them ride to and from the venues without question. Others tend to pivot between riding the bikes or towing them.

Respect to each and every one of them.

 

[tobyw]

@wibornz

What type of mattress and bedding did you guys use on your old 12RK? We have the same unit and it's time for a new mattress and bedding that fits a little more snug. We are currently just using typical bedroom fitted sheet sets but the mattress is a little too thin and the bedding sags and is so loose that it falls out the doors when you open them Then when it's time to close up shop you have to stuff/push the sheets in the doors and inevitably end up with it getting shut in the door and then it's filthy dirty when you open it up after another day on the trails It's a tough life sometimes

 

[wibornz]

@wibornz

What type of mattress and bedding did you guys use on your old 12RK? We have the same unit and it's time for a new mattress and bedding that fits a little more snug. We are currently just using typical bedroom fitted sheet sets but the mattress is a little too thin and the bedding sags and is so loose that it falls out the doors when you open them Then when it's time to close up shop you have to stuff/push the sheets in the doors and inevitably end up with it getting shut in the door and then it's filthy dirty when you open it up after another day on the trails It's a tough life sometimes

WE buy nice queen size Memory Foam mattress and cut down to the exact size. we buy them off Amazon.

 

[007]

Starting a new eppisode of camping with a new roof top tent. Super excited for this chapter. Love the simplicity to the ground tent. Need a concept how to get the dog up.

 

[zouch]

when we moved from ground tents to an RTT, our solution was to let the dog sleep in the J**p.

Starting a new eppisode of camping with a new roof top tent. Super excited for this chapter. Love the simplicity to the ground tent. Need a concept how to get the dog up.

 

[Das_Cheese]

Starting a new eppisode of camping with a new roof top tent. Super excited for this chapter. Love the simplicity to the ground tent. Need a concept how to get the dog up.

Buddy of mine has a piece of fabric he strings around a ladder so the dog can walk up and down on her own. Now, this is on top of a subaru, not sure if that would work with something this high...
(sorry I don't have a better picture)

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