Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
RV Trip Planning Discussions

Go Back   iRV2 Forums > CAMPING, TRAVEL and TRIP PLANNING > Boondocking
Click Here to Login
Join iRV2 Today

Mission Statement: Supporting thoughtful exchange of knowledge, values and experience among RV enthusiasts.
Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on iRV2
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 07-08-2004, 07:23 AM   #1
Senior Member
 
Bearman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 124
I personally think it is camping in the "boonies" or camping without services in places like state or provincial parks, or just finding a nice spot somewhere by a lake or a cool spot in the bush. This is the type of camping we do most and we love it. What do you think.
Cheers
Bear
__________________
2000 Volvo 660 425hp 1550ft/lbs torque, 15 speed. 2006 Canadian Sport 385 RLTS (40'10") triple slide 5'er, Trailair pinbox, Onan 5500 Marquis Platnum, 300 watts solar, 3000 watt inverter, 2003 Harley Davidson Road King. 3 Polaris Sportsman quads, 94
Bearman is offline   Reply With Quote
Join the #1 RV Forum Today - It's Totally Free!

iRV2.com RV Community - Are you about to start a new improvement on your RV or need some help with some maintenance? Do you need advice on what products to buy? Or maybe you can give others some advice? No matter where you fit in you'll find that iRV2 is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with other RV owners, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create an RV blog, send private messages and so much, much more!

Old 07-08-2004, 10:57 AM   #2
Moderator Emeritus
 
Vette Racer's Avatar
 
Oklahoma Boomers Club
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Posts: 2,902
Away from civilization and hookups. Being on your own in a more remote area.

However, to some people, that would be in their own back yards so I guess that doesn't apply to all.
__________________
Tom
KE5NCP
2016 Winnebago Sunstar LX 36Y, 2018 Wrangler unlimited Rubicon
Vette Racer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2004, 11:12 AM   #3
Senior Member
 
Ken Lenger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Tucson AZ
Posts: 393
To me, boondocking is camping is areas with no established camp sites. I do not consider camping at a NF CG or Walmart w/o hookups to be boondocking. That's just camping w/o hookups.
__________________
2014 Winnebago Adventurer 32H
2011 Honda Fit Toad
https://www.klenger.net/32h-adventurer.html
Ken Lenger is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2004, 03:12 PM   #4
Senior Member
 
2Roadrunners's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: St. Jean Chrysostôme, Québec
Posts: 265
This reply says it all...

"Away from civilization and hookups. Being on your own in a more remote area." (Vette Racer)

"Boondocking" in reference to camping is a term I learned on this group. H-mm, I thought, it seems like an extension of the term "primitive camping". Primitive camping with my canoe, hammack, tent etc. remains my favorite, but I have gradually accepted the niceties of sleeping dry, not on objects which sort of just appear out of the ground about 2:00 a.m., of having a good cup of hot coffee without having to light a fire with wet wood and waiting an hour.

There is one campground where I found excellent boondocking, Organ Pipe in S.Arizona in early spring, almost alone.

Solitude is my best friend........Jim
__________________
The Roadrunner

https://coldjosh.nstemp.com/index.html
2Roadrunners is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2004, 04:26 AM   #5
Senior Member
 
rehcuobbob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Georgia
Posts: 166
To my mind, Wallmarts, casinos and such are "blacktoping" for a quick sleep overnight.

As such, we have never really boondocked, our rig is not set-up for more than one night, no genny and only two batts!
__________________
Bob and Lois, Snowbirds!

2006 32' Sunny Brook
rehcuobbob is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2004, 04:57 AM   #6
Member
 
rockman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: North Vancouver, BC
Posts: 95
the term "boondocking" seems to apply to our style of camping. rule of thumb for us, if we see another camper, it is too crowed. we are not antisocial, just have not found other campers that have similar outlook. of course the fact that we only camp off season, right thru the winter even at minus 40 celcius, might be the reason we are still solo.
__________________
2003 Ram QC 3500 4x6 DRW HO CTD Gauges 6 spd RideRite
1999 2500 Bigfoot 10.6 slide-in, 1000W Yamaha.
rockman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2004, 05:15 AM   #7
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Socorro, NM (until ?)
Posts: 1,552
I think "Boondocking" is camping either in a campground or a "widespot in the road" (lots of access/logging roads where I'm at) that has no electric or water hook-ups. This includes fields, woods, backyards, the "lot at the lake" and "The North Forty".

"Pavement Parking", "Blacktopping", or staying at the "Wally World Campground" is just for overnight (meaning a few hours of sleep) or emergencies.

I can't see any reason why some folks have a problem with any of these "options". For all circumstances I feel we should follow the "Leave No Trace" philosophy (including full-service public campgrounds). And I have seen a lot of "RV Resorts" that look more like "Pavement Parking" (with more pavement than grass & tall trees) than what I consider a campground (one highly touted place in N Ga springs to mind).
Lorna is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2004, 07:40 AM   #8
Senior Member
 
Lynnvt's Avatar
 
Nor'easters Club
Appalachian Campers
Coastal Campers
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Florida USA
Posts: 1,337
I looked up boondocking and it is not in the dictionary. Only boondocks which means a brushy jungle like area or a rural area. Boondock is not a verb in the dictionary. Clearly this is an camping term and if it is to be connected with the base word, boondocks, then I think it needs to be camping in a jungle like area or a rural area.
__________________
Lynnvt & George (DH), Sam the traveling pooch
2014 Primetime Crusader 32' fifth wheel
Lynnvt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2004, 10:07 AM   #9
Member
 
aktravler's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gulf Coast of Texas
Posts: 44
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ken Lenger:
To me, boondocking is camping is areas with no established camp sites. I do not consider camping at a NF CG or Walmart w/o hookups to be boondocking. That's just camping w/o hookups. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yepper, I agree.
__________________
'02 Dodge 3500 SLT+/Sport QC 4X4 CTD Dually-Flame Red
Command Start,High Idle, Jacobs Exhaust Brake, BD Torq Lock, A-Pillar Auto Meter Guages, Ride Rites, Tork Lift Tie downs & Superhitch(36"ext), Fast Guns,front hitch, White Night, Backoff, and the
aktravler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2004, 10:43 AM   #10
Senior Member
 
Ken Lenger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Tucson AZ
Posts: 393
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=boondocks
__________________
2014 Winnebago Adventurer 32H
2011 Honda Fit Toad
https://www.klenger.net/32h-adventurer.html
Ken Lenger is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2004, 01:38 PM   #11
Senior Member
 
JudyandJim's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fulltiming in AZ and CA
Posts: 267
I agree, Boondocking means in the "Boonies" without hookups....

But, regardless of definition... to me, Boondocking is parking anywhere that doesn't have water and sewer hookups. aka. Dry Camping.

We have plenty of power options with a 7000w gen, a 2000w inverter and 3 12v house batteries, so water in and out is our only limitation.

__________________
Click on the link to see our new Snowbird Home....

Our homes on the road
JudyandJim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-10-2004, 03:27 AM   #12
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Socorro, NM (until ?)
Posts: 1,552
"Rural country; the backwoods."

Okay, so I LIVE in the boonies... most campgrounds that we stay in are in the rural country and woods. A city person came up with that definition I bet.
Lorna is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-10-2004, 09:18 AM   #13
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: new orleans
Posts: 6
Parking anywhere that you dont have hookups for water or sewage or electric. Thats boondocking. Even if its Walmart lot. george
george1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-2004, 11:04 PM   #14
Senior Member
 
Rich & Zara's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Bremerton/Silverdale, WA (The Evergreen State)
Posts: 316
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ken Lenger:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=boondocks <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The link Ken gave shows the TRUE definition. Also note in that link near the bottom, "From Tagalog bundok, mountain". Tagalog is my first language (Philippines) and the origin of that word, bundok, the spelling changed by the Americans during WWII to boondock. Now you guess where they were when they were fighting in the bundok and it sure wasn't in a WalMart parking lot.

Zara
__________________
iRV2.com Member #216

2012 Arctic Fox 29-5T (Northwood Mfg) 5th wheel - 2014 RAM 3500:cool dually
Rich & Zara is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
No boondocking in Laughlin NV. bdpreece iRV2.com General Discussion 29 12-24-2007 04:29 PM
High Definition TV-- Surprise, Surprise-- Max Hubrich MH-General Discussions & Problems 16 12-20-2007 11:38 AM
Class C for boondocking kd7akn Boondocking 2 01-14-2007 02:56 AM
definition leemax MH-General Discussions & Problems 3 06-12-2006 02:59 PM
Boondocking destin100 5th Wheel Discussion 4 08-08-2005 07:41 AM

» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:11 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.