I go to parks and do full hook-ups with the 26ft TT.
I go to the dunes and boon-dock while riding the quads.
Then we load up the tent and go to the state, U.S. National Parks and finally the beaches of Mexico.(San Felipe specifically)
I love all the different types of camping. If you haven't gone dry or boondocking in the RV then you really are missing out. First there are a lot of neat features about your rig that you don't fully realize until you are away from the hook-ups. Second, I have found that the fewer the amenities the closer the human interaction on the trip. You might run the genny the first night, but the second night, well maybe Uno or Monopoly jumps up on list of fun things to do.
Being self contained with sat tv and on-board generator, I don't sacrifice any amenities while boondocking or dry camping. While I do occasionally camp in private and government parks, I can enjoy extended stays in the most pristine and unpopulated locations not easily accessible by most RVs.
Sure, eventually, I have to dump tanks and replenish supplies like everyone else. But, like everything else in life, there are trade-offs. There's no street lights, only the moon and the stars... no traffic, no drunks, no profanity, no boom-boxes, no partying, no barking dogs, no tacky lights, essentially.... no people. I like to socialize, just not all the time. I'm equipped to enjoy BOTH worlds and am glad most campers aren't or don't want to be. Travel safe.
We've parked in a casino parking lot for the weekend, but we ran the generator the whole time so we could have a/c, tv, and everything else. We weren't the only ones running a generator either. 80 gallons of water was plenty for the 2 of us. We didn't rough it at all. DH gambled while I vegged in the mh. He even got steak and shrimp dinners comp'd in the restaurants.
I've dry camped in a custom van in the Keys 28yrs. ago, remember those vans, lot of shag carpet and nothing else. Since then I need an air conditioner , I'm not to fond of my mattress stuck to my back when I get out of bed for something.
Given a choice we opt for W/E/S and prefer cable and WIFI. We have had to do without the WIFI and the cable connection many times. On several occasions we had to stay in W/E only sites, and a couple of times where we just had water or electric. I can only remember once where we had nothing but even then there was a dump station and a potable water outlet near by. We only stayed there two days and we even enjoyed it. I did use the generator for coffee in the mornings and at mealtimes if I needed the microwave, but tried to keep it to a minimum so as not to disturb others. The people closest to us ran theirs for 6 hours the second day, so I confess we did sneak in an hour of television before bed that night!!!
We are very much like you I think. "Roughing it" is no HD TV and no Internet access. That is about all we are usually willing to forego.
Both retired. 1 year until son finishes college, then financial freedom! We lost Max, the Schnoodle after 16 wonderful years but now enjoy Nicklaus Von Schnoodle (Nicky), who is a full time job. Our new Allegro Bay 34 XB is wonderful.
There's absolutely no reason to go "without" when dry camping/boondocking. We have 4 100-watt solar panels, 4 AGM batteries, and a 2000-watt inverter/charger. We can run everthing with this setup just as if we were in an RV park with electric hookups, except our A/C. We try never to be any place where we need to run A/C, but we do have 2 Honda 2000s that we can hook together to run our A/C if necessary.
We are also fulltime RVers and boondock/dry camp probably 90% of the time, maybe more. Our per-day camping average is less than $7, so we save a lot of money over paying $25 or more per day at an RV park.
We have tried Wal-Mart, Meijer's, several rest area's, friends driveway/clearings, and a pull off in North Eastern CA. There is something about having a self contained RV that gives you the freedom of taking advantage of the place where you want to stop. I do not think DW would call it not being pampered.
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