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I didn't read through all of the posts and maybe it has been said, but I for one canceled my camping trip I had planned for Memorial day weekend partly because of the weather, but mainly due to diesel fuel at $4.60 a gallon. That is a significant bite to the pocketbook to haul a trailer 400-500 miles and turn out 10-12 MPG.
Funny thing is I didn't regret it one bit we had a great time staying at home. I'll be thinking long and hard about putting my trailer and possibly tow rig up on the KSL classifieds and getting into something smaller.
I was driving around a bit on Monday afternoon and I was honestly suprised at the number of people pulling trailers or boats or even double towing trailers and boats on I-15. Most of them had diesel trucks, some had the gassers, either way that is a lot of money being spent on fuel. Maybe everyone used their stimulus checks to fill their tanks for the holiday weekend? Maybe not everyone is as cheap as me? Maybe everyone else makes a lot more money than I do? All I know is when you add up a payment on an RV or boat (mine is $300/month) and add the fuel used to tote it around, that makes a night of camping pretty damn expensive. Better money might be spent at a 5 star resort in a tropical paradise for a week once a year than hanging around the firepit in the mountains fighting for space in the public camping areas once or twice a month.
In a couple of weekends we have a family reunion up by the Gorge and we'll be taking the trailer up. Get out the plastic card!
Funny thing is I didn't regret it one bit we had a great time staying at home. I'll be thinking long and hard about putting my trailer and possibly tow rig up on the KSL classifieds and getting into something smaller.
I was driving around a bit on Monday afternoon and I was honestly suprised at the number of people pulling trailers or boats or even double towing trailers and boats on I-15. Most of them had diesel trucks, some had the gassers, either way that is a lot of money being spent on fuel. Maybe everyone used their stimulus checks to fill their tanks for the holiday weekend? Maybe not everyone is as cheap as me? Maybe everyone else makes a lot more money than I do? All I know is when you add up a payment on an RV or boat (mine is $300/month) and add the fuel used to tote it around, that makes a night of camping pretty damn expensive. Better money might be spent at a 5 star resort in a tropical paradise for a week once a year than hanging around the firepit in the mountains fighting for space in the public camping areas once or twice a month.
In a couple of weekends we have a family reunion up by the Gorge and we'll be taking the trailer up. Get out the plastic card!
