Are you changing how to run the roads because of the rising fuel cost? I would be interested to open up discussions with as many of us die harders who would rather enjoy the exploration of this great country than stay home in "Suburbia". Are you planning less trips? shorter distances? I was watching the television this morning and there is a trend starting where campgrounds are staging Trailer, Motorhomes in their full hookup sights to allow people to rent them? Sounds good to drive your KIA to a sight and have the camping comforts waiting for you. But I'm one that enjoys running through my TT and looking at what needs to be fixed, hooking it up and hitting the road as a true road warrior. Every trip is different for my family and I. But I'm curious who out there is making changes and what changes we can share with each other. I see "A LOT" of TT's out there for sale and this makes me sad that some have to give up this great lifestyle of traveling the road. I would appreciate your thoughts, hope to see you on the road!
Ben
"White Knuckles" Ben
TV: 2003 Chevy Suburban 1/2 ton a.k.a. "The Burb" with Tranny Cooling System and Equalizer Hitch
TT: 1995 Sandpiper Cobra a.k.a "Baca Boat"
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Who burns over a 1000 gals of fuel pulling the trailer or driving the motor home a year?? Not very many of us buy much fuel in a years time anyway!!! We will just leave the kids a little less!!! good luck rvtommy
Actually, for us, fuel cost has been more of an annoyance than a consideration. We don't like it of course, but we still plan our trips based on what we want to do rather than how much it costs. Maybe we will spend an extra $500 on gas this year than we would have if the price had held steady from last year. We aren't rich, but can adjust to an extra $500. We made $400 on a garage sale last month - that's most of it right there.
Andy
Andy Bernadette and Jenny
Burnt Hills, NY
05 National Sea Breeze LX 8341
2006 Jeep Liberty toad, ReadyBrute+ Tow Bar w/brakes
We rode our bikes more than 400 miles in the last 8 weeks. Sightseeing, touring, grocery shopping and generally having lots of fun and saving the cost of fuel.
We don't drive the secondary roads as much as we used to because of the effect of stop n go on fuel. We do spend more time in each location and have a seasonal site for the Summer near Montreal.
As we are fulltimers and have been for many years, stopping is not a consideration. How we do it always has been and will continue to be evaluated.
I have links to ALL the supermarket flyers. I make a list of the buys/bargains when the new flyers come out. Whenever we go out by bike or truck, we consult the list and pick up what we want/need on that trip. We almost never go out of our way to shop.
July 1st was Canada Day. We rode our bikes round trip 40 miles to some festivities at the town of Chambly then returned by a different route and picked up some groceries on the way home. That IS our lifestyle and we are stickin' to it.
Sidney
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Being a college student, I still manage to go where I want to go and still have a bit of money left over. I do this by working 25+ hours doing web development/IT while going to school.
I keep getting promoted at work, but the rising costs of everything exceeds my promotions.
The secret is buying only what you need. Some will say I am unhealthy, but I do not buy milk because it costs too much. I also do not buy many things frozen, but save money by buying the ingredients and making it myself. (Salad for example) I think that I still eat well, and I only spend $85.00 a month on food.
I buy absolutely 0 useless nick nacks and trinkets that I do not need from Wal-Mart or anywhere else.
I also combine all my errands into one trip every week.
By doing this, I can still keep buying gas to go on my RV trips, but I will be the first to admit that there is a point where the trips will stop.
When that point comes and the open road starts calling, I will look back at the pictures of past RV trips and remember the good old days.
Planned our summer trip in February and reservations have been made. Meeting family in Colorado.
We will try to eat out less and plan to drive no more than 59 mph. and we are taking the back "red highways."
If not meeting relatives in the north part of Colorado, I am sure that we would have just camped in SW Colorado.
I am also going back to cutting coupons for use when grocery shopping.
We also belong to a couples bass fishing club and we have monthly tournaments. That hurts the pocketbook more than camping in the van.
Marilyn w/ Joe, 2000 Xplorer Class B van, usually pulling a Ranger bass boat.
Smudge, (in photo) a Shih Tzu/Yorkie Mix and Gizmo is waiting at the Rainbow Bridge
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