amazing new camping trend: Boondocking

[pvnisher]

Apparently it's a brand new trend to just, you know, camp away from people?
lol.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/07/success/ ... index.html
>> That's why a lot of campers these days are enjoying the seclusion of "boondocking," or camping away from traditional campsites. And away from all those other campers.
"You drive around. You find yourself a spot, you don't have any services of any sort," said Amanda Watson who's been living in a 1998 Safari motorhome with her husband for eight years. "That's what I consider boondocking." <<

[SephTR]

New camping trend: camping!

[justiner]

wait so they're still RV'ing though just not with a hookup

[pvnisher]

I know! The hardship!
No wonder it's sort of an extreme camping sport. I can't imagine what drives people to those kind of desperate measures.

[ezabielski]

This is how I feel about the word "overlanding". In most cases in the US it can be simply replaced with "a weekend road trip". But overlanding sounds cooler so that's what people say now.

[Conor]

This is how I feel about the word "overlanding". In most cases in the US it can be simply replaced with "a weekend road trip". But overlanding sounds cooler so that's what people say now.

I feel like more people are willing to spend money on an "overlanding" rig than a minivan. To me, overlanding is about roading to tierra del fuego and up africa, but I realize the market of people actually doing that is small. People are buying a "dream"....

[climbingcue]

I feel like more people are willing to spend money on an "overlanding" rig than a minivan. To me, overlanding is about roading to tierra del fuego and up africa, but I realize the market of people actually doing that is small. People are buying a "dream"....

Like 95% of the lifted Jeeps you see all over the USA. Most are mall crawlers.

[nunns]

I feel like more people are willing to spend money on an "overlanding" rig than a minivan. To me, overlanding is about roading to tierra del fuego and up africa, but I realize the market of people actually doing that is small. People are buying a "dream"....

Like 95% of the lifted Jeeps you see all over the USA. Most are mall crawlers.

Yeah, and that stuff isn't cheap either. This guy I saw at an in-town mountain bike trail told me he had $6000 in the lift kit and his jeep wasn't even up very high at all.
I have never understood why anyone would spend that kind of cash just to look cool. Then again I guess there are LOTS of examples of that trend in America. I wonder if people have ever thought about donating money to a worthy charity instead.

Sean Nunn

[Conor]

I feel like more people are willing to spend money on an "overlanding" rig than a minivan. To me, overlanding is about roading to tierra del fuego and up africa, but I realize the market of people actually doing that is small. People are buying a "dream"....

Like 95% of the lifted Jeeps you see all over the USA. Most are mall crawlers.

Yeah, and that stuff isn't cheap either. This guy I saw at an in-town mountain bike trail told me he had $6000 in the lift kit and his jeep wasn't even up very high at all.
I have never understood why anyone would spend that kind of cash just to look cool. Then again I guess there are LOTS of examples of that trend in America. I wonder if people have ever thought about donating money to a worthy charity instead.

Sean Nunn

Do you not have hobbies? For some people, collecting parts and installing them is part of the fun. Others, it is doing it themselves. I don't think hobbies are something that needs to be looked down on. Anyone can make your same argument for just about anything. Buy a vehicle trim over the base, donate it charity. Buy a house not approved by Laura Ingalls Wilder, donate it charity. Ski passes for the kids, donate it charity. Name brand clothing, donate it charity. Spend time driving from Missouri to Colorado to go hiking, donate it charity.

[mtnkub]

Yeah, well, i like my glass house with a couple broken windows.