Where are all the RV's?

[Senorsedona]

I just got home, traveling from California to Sedona Az. It was a 7 hour drive. MW and I saw about 30 Rv's on the road. Normaly there would have been a couple hundred. Are the really not traveling because of the gas prices?m At a gas station the cashier said, today (Monday) was the slowest day she could remember. I wonder if the high prices are really taking it's toll.

How is it in your areas?

Senorsedona..

 

[mamabear]

AT the campground we stayed at there were more 5th wheels , popups, and hard sided trailers than RV's. We are planning our vacation and we are staying in WIS. because of the gas price. So it is definitely affecting us. We usually go out west every year but the price of gas is just to much.

mamabear

 

[Windbreaker]

Boy it is sure easy to see you don't live in southwest Texas! It's 100 miles just to the next town from here and 150 to the next campground. 200 before anything changes.

 

[mjlaupp]

[quote author=Windbreaker link=board=18;threadid=2126;start=msg14799#msg14799 date=1089742159]
Boy it is sure easy to see you don't live in southwest Texas! It's 100 miles just to the next town from here and 150 to the next campground. 200 before anything changes.
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??? You braggin, complainin or just observin ???

 

[Red]

Windbreaker, where in Texas are you?
Red

 

[Windbreaker]

You braggin, complainin or just observin

All three. Most of the time I enjoy the wide open spaces that is until I need something I can't get in town then that 150 mile drive for a milk shake does seem a little excessive. ;D

Red,
Del Rio, 150 west of San Antonio/south of San Angelo and 350 east of Big Bend.

 

[Red]

Boy!, you are far away Windbreaker...at least you're a little closer to New Mexico, and Big Bend than we are. We're in Houston. Your distance to Choke Canyon is about the same as it would be for us. Have you been there?
Red

 

[Windbreaker]

No I have not, don't know anything about it. Will look it up or you could tell about it. :

 

[Red]

Sorry, I haven't been there either...hear it's nice though.
Red

 

[Windbreaker]

Looked it up, looks kinda borning to me unless you are really into fishing, I'm not. But I can suggest Palmetto State Park, lots of nature and kinda strange for what it is and where it is.

 

[RockyMtnRay]

[quote author=Senorsedona link=board=18;threadid=2126;start=msg14785#msg14785 date=1089689527]

I just got home, traveling from California to Sedona Az. It was a 7 hour drive. MW and I saw about 30 Rv's on the road. Normaly there would have been a couple hundred. Are the really not traveling because of the gas prices?m At a gas station the cashier said, today (Monday) was the slowest day she could remember. I wonder if the high prices are really taking it's toll.

How is it in your areas?

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Getting the thread back on track ;D, yes the big coaches and 5ers have been noticeably scarcer this year and I too attribute it to the high cost of fuel. I'm not complaining though...there are few things more annoying than to be stuck behind a herd of lumbering motorhomes driving 20 to 30 mph under the speed limit on a winding mountain road.

In years past, the scenic FS campgrounds (especially those that are near water) would be fairly filled mid-week in mid-summer with out-of-staters...mostly mid-westerners and Texans. Not this year though...the campgrounds have been only half-filled mid-week and mostly by Coloradans at that.