airborne_spoon
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I will be retiring next year (April 2023) and I don't have a house due to the insane prices they currently are. I had an opportunity to buy a house in 2015 but I didn't want to buy in North Carolina because I hate that place so I rented and that decision turned out to be a poor choice. There was a lot of overthinking and stupidity that went into me not buying and it is very much one of those hindsight is 20/20 things, but I digress.
I'll be starting college the spring semester of 2024 and I was thinking I'll take a year to travel around the country and just kinda hang out and enjoy the retired life. Also to add some more info I'm single with no kids and 1 beagle, and I'll be collecting a pension so I don't plan on getting a job.
I don't have an RV nor do I plan on buying one, but I love camping and I drive a Tesla and have done plenty of car camping in it already I figured <bleep> it I'll just do that. And I had some questions and an RV forum seems to be the best place to ask them.
Would people get pissed or annoyed at me taking up an RV site to camp with my Tesla and pitch a tent? I've heard most campground owners don't care since I'd be paying for an full RV site it's just another client to them. Since most campgrounds the tent sites don't have any power hookups I'd need to use a RV spot to use the 30A or 50A plug, (to which I've got proper adapters to charge from). I've pitched a tent in an RV site before but it was also occupied by my mom's RV at the time so I feel that was an ok thing to do.
Now yes I could use superchargers (DC fast charging) which I do a lot of already, I travel a lot and they are super awesome. But if I'm camping for a few days at a given area it's just a lot more convenient to having the car fully charged to 90% and ready to roll when I wake up in the morning. Instead of driving to the nearest charger and waiting 30 min to get enough juice to go to my hiking or fishing location for the day. Also during the summer its nicer to put the inflatable mattress in the car and turn the AC on all night while I sleep instead of sweating all night in a tent. But if I don't have a power hookup then that becomes a matter of how much juice the car has and how far the nearest supercharger is to determine if I can do that. And that's not something I really want to deal with.
And yeah I have a propane camp stove and a ice chest and I can make some damn good chow and I'm not concerned about food or cooking.
I'm not here to start any arguments over EV's vs ICE so please don't start that crap. I've had my car for 5 years and put 140k miles on it and I love it.
Also as far as reservations for campgrounds is there a good website like hotels.com except for campgrounds?
And what about discounts for various clubs and whatnot? Like I know AT&T has an Harley discount, a military discount, an Uber discount, and prob a few others I don't know about. What's the best club to join for the best rates at campgrounds?
Thanks.
I'll be starting college the spring semester of 2024 and I was thinking I'll take a year to travel around the country and just kinda hang out and enjoy the retired life. Also to add some more info I'm single with no kids and 1 beagle, and I'll be collecting a pension so I don't plan on getting a job.
I don't have an RV nor do I plan on buying one, but I love camping and I drive a Tesla and have done plenty of car camping in it already I figured <bleep> it I'll just do that. And I had some questions and an RV forum seems to be the best place to ask them.
Would people get pissed or annoyed at me taking up an RV site to camp with my Tesla and pitch a tent? I've heard most campground owners don't care since I'd be paying for an full RV site it's just another client to them. Since most campgrounds the tent sites don't have any power hookups I'd need to use a RV spot to use the 30A or 50A plug, (to which I've got proper adapters to charge from). I've pitched a tent in an RV site before but it was also occupied by my mom's RV at the time so I feel that was an ok thing to do.
Now yes I could use superchargers (DC fast charging) which I do a lot of already, I travel a lot and they are super awesome. But if I'm camping for a few days at a given area it's just a lot more convenient to having the car fully charged to 90% and ready to roll when I wake up in the morning. Instead of driving to the nearest charger and waiting 30 min to get enough juice to go to my hiking or fishing location for the day. Also during the summer its nicer to put the inflatable mattress in the car and turn the AC on all night while I sleep instead of sweating all night in a tent. But if I don't have a power hookup then that becomes a matter of how much juice the car has and how far the nearest supercharger is to determine if I can do that. And that's not something I really want to deal with.
And yeah I have a propane camp stove and a ice chest and I can make some damn good chow and I'm not concerned about food or cooking.
I'm not here to start any arguments over EV's vs ICE so please don't start that crap. I've had my car for 5 years and put 140k miles on it and I love it.
Also as far as reservations for campgrounds is there a good website like hotels.com except for campgrounds?
And what about discounts for various clubs and whatnot? Like I know AT&T has an Harley discount, a military discount, an Uber discount, and prob a few others I don't know about. What's the best club to join for the best rates at campgrounds?
Thanks.
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