Who will be camping this winter?

[spot1]

We will be heading out west during September. Also want to visit LivinLite during 2015.

[leslie]

I am thinking about starting a new thread. When and where will you be camping in 2015? I am on the learning curve for how to work out where, when, and how I want to spend my time camping. I have a list of ALL the places I want to go. If I complete this list in my lifetime, I will be SO happy. Only problem is, I keep adding to the list.

For me, getting the camper and getting it organized and set up is just the beginning. The learning curve continues...

[pinstriper]

[quote timestamp="1418792916" author="@leslie" source="/post/5569/thread"]I am thinking about starting a new thread. When and where will you be camping in 2015? I am on the learning curve for how to work out where, when, and how I want to spend my time camping. I have a list of ALL the places I want to go. If I complete this list in my lifetime, I will be SO happy. Only problem is, I keep adding to the list.

For me, getting the camper and getting it organized and set up is just the beginning. The learning curve continues...[/quote][p]Blog less, camp more.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Seriously, this is like the baseball hot stove league. A time for musing, prepping, contemplation, scheming.[/p][p]
[/p][p]But nothing will help clarify your future plans like actually camping, knocking locations off your list, refining based on experience. That's what it's all about. [/p][p]
[/p][p]We're on the front end of that process ourselves. We have enough to tackle to get the nearest 500 miles under our belt, not even thinking about cross-country trips. Hell, folks back east have our back yard on their bucket list as often as folks out here want to hit the rockies, southeast, wherever. We'll cover our area, and well, before we get bored. Ambition is the antithesis of camping, for us. We camp because it is where lazy is not only acceptable, it is the pinnacle of accomplishment.[/p][p]
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[leslie]

Blog less, camp more.

I hear you, but I might not listen! I have sons on both coasts and one in the Midwest. This summer my plan is to get my camper organized with trips to destinations I am familiar with. I plan to figure out how to use my new camper.

Then, the plan for 2016 is a 3-month trip so I can visit all of my kids. I always have a plan. Isn't this doable?

BTW, husband and dog are better, so I am leaving tomorrow AM to tow my trailer, heading for Louisville.

[pinstriper]

[quote timestamp="1418795484" author="@leslie" source="/post/5571/thread"]Blog less, camp more.

I hear you, but I might not listen! I have sons on both coasts and one in the Midwest. This summer my plan is to get my camper organized with trips to destinations I am familiar with. I plan to figure out how to use my new camper.

Then, the plan for 2016 is a 3-month trip so I can visit all of my kids. I always have a plan. Isn't this doable?

BTW, husband and dog are better, so I am leaving tomorrow AM to tow my trailer, heading for Louisville.[/quote][p]I didn't mean to imply that you should be satisfied with short/local trips. Only that we were. [/p][p]
[/p][p]I was just saying that while thinking and planning our trips may take more of our time when we're stuck around the house/job, take every opportunity to actually, you know, go camping. Get out of your comfort zone and celebrate the new.
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[spot1]

[quote source="/post/5569/thread" timestamp="1418792916" author="@leslie"]I am thinking about starting a new thread. When and where will you be camping in 2015? I am on the learning curve for how to work out where, when, and how I want to spend my time camping. I have a list of ALL the places I want to go. If I complete this list in my lifetime, I will be SO happy. Only problem is, I keep adding to the list.

For me, getting the camper and getting it organized and set up is just the beginning. The learning curve continues...[/quote]

Enjoy refining & overcoming the overall camping learning curve. Camping is the only way to find out how "you" want to camp. Will let you know when we will be passing through your area. 
 

[admin]

Blog less, camp more.

I hear you, but I might not listen! I have sons on both coasts and one in the Midwest. This summer my plan is to get my camper organized with trips to destinations I am familiar with. I plan to figure out how to use my new camper.

Then, the plan for 2016 is a 3-month trip so I can visit all of my kids. I always have a plan. Isn't this doable?

BTW, husband and dog are better, so I am leaving tomorrow AM to tow my trailer, heading for Louisville.

Safe travels

[hdrehder]

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Quote #1: "Blog less, camp more." (Thank you! I'm awfully jealous of the lucky folks on this forum who are retired. Can't wait...)

Quote #2: "Ambition is the antithesis of camping, for us. We camp because it is where lazy is not only acceptable, it is the pinnacle of accomplishment."  (Although in reality I don't behave this way... camping at least makes me feel like I do.)

[ron]

We will be out most all winter we hope, but nothing firm planned due to aging parents and health concerns for them.  Go when the opportunity presents itself.

Probably stay in the TN/NC/VA area, thus some cold temps.  I just posted asking for advice in cold weather camping.  

We may get to a beach, either Hunting Island, or make our first venture to the Gulf.  BTW, Roan MT SP in upper East TN, has a new small bathroom, with shower, that stays open all winter. You will most likely be the only people there.  The mountains are spectacular in the blue sky days of winter.  Do note, at 2800 ft in East TN, Jan-March can be brutal, as in some days of lows of 40 or lows of zero.  We will stay home these zero days.

One of my concerns here thought, and most any other places, will the proximity of camping to deer hunters.  We want to hike, just not with hunters in hunting season.