We have been on the road now for 43 days. Of that we have dry camped 15 days and have paid from $0 to $20 for a dry camping spot.
The highest single night fee was $31 and our highest weekly averaged to nightly was $25.97.
Our overall average per night so far is $18.53. But that will go down because we are dry camping now for the next 6 nights and will move to our next weekly campground that will average $16 per night with passport America.
It’s funny,,, we have paid the most at the places we wished we had stayed less at and paid the least at the spots we liked the best!!
I guess that’s what a new full timer on the road has to learn and figure out.
GENECOP said
12:42 AM Dec 27, 2012
Good info thanks, sounds like you R off to a great start.....
Lucky Mike said
01:42 AM Dec 27, 2012
Glad to hear your numbers are starting to come down and fall in order........you will also find that they will very by region....not to mention boondocking........east coast normally will cost more and boondocking gets tough
Hdrider said
04:37 PM Dec 27, 2012
Our original plan was to boondock 1 week a month average and to stay in one spot 1 week at a time before moving on. And to budget $700 per month for campground fee's. I think our first 2 or three months will hold a larger amont of boondocking due to our route. So maybe we will have banked some boondocking days for when we get out south and it will all average out for the year LOL!!
But waking up and looking out at the sunrise and having nobody within eyesight,, ok maybe a mile,, sure is becoming addicting.
victorianlady51 said
05:09 PM Dec 27, 2012
Keep on writing - I'm going to learn from you. We've decided that the fall of 2015 will be when we begin to FT. We are beginning to "weed out" gradually, put our home up for sale the beginning of 2015 and ----- hopefully be on our way.
Do you have some way of knowing where you will be boondocking so you can map out your journey inexpensively?
Hdrider said
02:46 AM Dec 28, 2012
We have not been on the road long enough to have a rhyme or reason yet LOL!! And we don't pick our route around dry camping areas. But while researching an area if something comes up on www.rvparksreview.com for example we sure take in into concideration.
There are a lot of websites that are primarily for dry camping spots or low cost parking like http://freecampsites.net/ and others.
jt said
11:09 PM Dec 28, 2012
Get your national park pass. one time fee of $10.00. You get 1/2 price off on camping. This pass is also good for army corps of Eng. parks. Most campgrpunds are under $10.00 a night. Some are under $6.00 a night.
jt
Terry and Jo said
11:26 AM Dec 29, 2012
bjoyce wrote:
jt:When I get to 62 I will do that, but for now it is $80 a year and full price for camping.
Bill,
You're just a young "whippersnapper." I've had my pass since about 2009 and haven't been in a campground since. Everything just keeps interfering with us camping somewhere. In the one case where we stayed in a state park, the guy didn't even need to see the card to "verify" that I was old enough for a senior discount.
Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 29th of December 2012 03:31:54 PM
bjoyce said
07:18 PM Dec 29, 2012
jt:When I get to 62 I will do that, but for now it is $80 a year and full price for camping.
bjoyce said
09:00 PM Dec 29, 2012
I get senior discounts all the time without asking for it. I have grey hair, so if the person is young they think I am really old.
RVPAINTER said
04:30 PM Dec 30, 2012
At 72 they always asked me where the tour bus and the rest of the seniors are!!!! :>)
Terry and Jo said
05:13 PM Dec 30, 2012
RVPAINTER wrote:
At 72 they always asked me where the tour bus and the rest of the seniors are!!!! :>)
Heh, that's good Richard.
It reminds me of a couple we know at church that used to take those senior tours all the time and really loved them because of the companionship they got plus the the places they got to see.
THEN, they went on the tour from h*ll. The worst of the event was that the toilet facilities in the bus didn't work right and smelled all the time. The tour company didn't seem to want to change buses or fix the problem, so they had several days of smell and everyone got grumpy. So much for good comradeship, and they've not been on another tour since.
We have been on the road now for 43 days. Of that we have dry camped 15 days and have paid from $0 to $20 for a dry camping spot.
The highest single night fee was $31 and our highest weekly averaged to nightly was $25.97.
Our overall average per night so far is $18.53. But that will go down because we are dry camping now for the next 6 nights and will move to our next weekly campground that will average $16 per night with passport America.
It’s funny,,, we have paid the most at the places we wished we had stayed less at and paid the least at the spots we liked the best!!
I guess that’s what a new full timer on the road has to learn and figure out.
Our original plan was to boondock 1 week a month average and to stay in one spot 1 week at a time before moving on. And to budget $700 per month for campground fee's. I think our first 2 or three months will hold a larger amont of boondocking due to our route. So maybe we will have banked some boondocking days for when we get out south and it will all average out for the year LOL!!
But waking up and looking out at the sunrise and having nobody within eyesight,, ok maybe a mile,, sure is becoming addicting.
Do you have some way of knowing where you will be boondocking so you can map out your journey inexpensively?
We have not been on the road long enough to have a rhyme or reason yet LOL!! And we don't pick our route around dry camping areas. But while researching an area if something comes up on www.rvparksreview.com for example we sure take in into concideration.
There are a lot of websites that are primarily for dry camping spots or low cost parking like http://freecampsites.net/ and others.
Get your national park pass. one time fee of $10.00. You get 1/2 price off on camping. This pass is also good for army corps of Eng. parks. Most campgrpunds are under $10.00 a night. Some are under $6.00 a night.
jt
Bill,
You're just a young "whippersnapper." I've had my pass since about 2009 and haven't been in a campground since. Everything just keeps interfering with us camping somewhere. In the one case where we stayed in a state park, the guy didn't even need to see the card to "verify" that I was old enough for a senior discount.
Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 29th of December 2012 03:31:54 PM
Heh, that's good Richard.
It reminds me of a couple we know at church that used to take those senior tours all the time and really loved them because of the companionship they got plus the the places they got to see.
THEN, they went on the tour from h*ll. The worst of the event was that the toilet facilities in the bus didn't work right and smelled all the time. The tour company didn't seem to want to change buses or fix the problem, so they had several days of smell and everyone got grumpy. So much for good comradeship, and they've not been on another tour since.
Terry