Boondocking = Drycamping= ???

[Francesca]

Hi, All

I really like this forum about boondocking!
But the WORD is kind of new to me- it sounds like what I've always called "drycamping": camping in dispersed settings, usually free, without amenities such as power, water, etc.
That's the way I like to camp!
But I'm wondering- is "boondocking" different, maybe in degrees or something?
There sure are a lot of folks doing it more or less full time...is that real "boondocking"
Or is it just another way of saying the same thing as drycamping?

Thanks for answering a newbie's questions...

Francesca

[okmunky]

As far as I know, they are the same. Some may consider boondocking to be more out in the "boonies".

What are the song lyrics? "down in the boon docks" I think of that song whenever I read the word.

[Ed-Sommers]

To me, dry camping indicates self sufficiency, but could be in the industrial section of a city, or in a church parking lot, Ect.

Boondocking indicates the same no hookups situation but out "in the wild's".

Ed

[Francesca]

Thanks, folks

I'm such a cheapskate, I almost never pay to camp- now I know that when I'm out a few miles past the Middle of Nowhere I'm boondocking, and when I'm in the Walmart lot/rest area etc. I'm drycamping!

Francesca