mark1228
Helena, MT
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Went camping this weekend- Wife had to work, rain was forcast all weekend, but I took the kids and went anyway. Spent $5.00/night times 2 nights for a Forest Service CG. Spent $53.75 on fuel. Food was a wash as we had to eat either way. Road was muddy so I spent $6.00 at the truck was when we got back to town. $64.75 for a weekend in the mountains with the kids is pretty cheap to me. Heck, if we stayed in town and went to a movie for 2-3 hours it would have cost $40-$50! Hope you all had a great weekend too!
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KathyDave
NJ
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I hear you and I would rather stay in my RV then a Hotel/Motel if I'm going away. I feel like I have all the comforts of home in it - ok it isn't nearly as big as my house - but I still enjoy it.
For us a movie is about 100 - 120 - so I say go camping instead :-)
Kathy & Dave + 5 kids 
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ramzfam
Appomattox, Va
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Sounds like a cost effective weekend. Especially when you factor in the time spent with family....which is PRICELESS!
Have RV....Will Travel  
2007 Forest River Sunseeker 2860 LTD
2000 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
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Bordercollie
Garden Grove, CA, USA
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We are spending days in our rig in our driveway with our two dogs during extensive home renovation and remodelling. Our bedroom and bathrooms are still usable at night. Without our Tioga, we would have had to rent a motel with kitchen (that allows dogs)(?)for about five months. It's saving us at least $10K, probably lots more.
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Bubby's RV
CA
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Yep, spent four days on the Coast relaxing by the ocean. Spent $124 on gas, instead of $350 a night on a hotel.
John, Winnebago Minnie 24V
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Home Skillet
Pearland Texas
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Spent $260 in fuel (3 days) for our road trip this past weekend.
After seeing how nasty hotels are, I'll still take the RV on road trips.
Only snafu we had was, the slide out not retracting.
2005 Gulf Stream Conquest 31ft
BigFoot Levelers,SmarTire,Bilstein Shocks,Trans temp guage,Lowrace iWAY
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roughranger
New Mexico
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Heading tomorrow to the mountains for 3 nights. I figure that gas and CG fees will be no more than $130. Not too bad. I guess we were really spoiled when the gas prices were lower.
02 Granite Ridge 3100 SS
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04 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Highly Modified
00 Ford Explorer XLT 4DR
94 Ford Ranger SC 4x4 Modified
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nypatnva
Amelia Ct Hse Va
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Went camping last week for four days@$10.00/day. $40.00 for campsite (golden age pass) and $38.00 for gas (180 miles) had to eat anyways so don't count that. I grow my own worms so fished for free. Can't beat that! Life is good.
2000 Chev 1500 Silverado
1965 Airstream
Yamaha EF2800i generator
Prodigy
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NickG
Warren, Michigan
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How did you get a motorhome for free?
2004 2500 GMC Savanna 6.0 / 3.73
2001 Mallard 30E
Wife,
Triplets born 10-14-02 (2 girls, one boy)
Older daughter born in 1985
Choc lab named Kia (No, NOT after the car!)
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jcamp123
Putnum County, New York
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Everybody forgets to add in the price of the Motorhome. Figure that in and then figure out how much it cost you. Most people forget that you had to buy the motorhome unless as said above you got it for free !!
2000Coachman with super slide
1974 Super Beetle With 2110 cc. engine
A teamster for 38 years
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Joe and Tara my Toy Poodle
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