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[quote author=Aaron D. link=topic=89687.msg1417370#msg1417370 .On bikes, I can travel a LOT lighter using hotels. We camped for three months touring around-boy, it sure was nice to get a room now and then!Yeah, if you have enough $ to pull it off. Motel prices aren't staying as cheap as they used to be. Maybe it has something to do with inflation.
Sasquatch Jim,The sidecar for camping is working very well for me also, I can take all the comforts of home plus Suzy-Q my trusty dog. And I see your point about yoga, not that I agree as I may not have enough time to kiss it since I have slowed down with advanced maturity.Chuck in Indiana,If it is any indication of age, I noticed last time I saw you there seemed to be quite a few platinum hair on your head than on mine.Grant
Grey hair is a small price to pay for this much wisdom..
Depending on what kind of camping you do, and what kind of motels you stay at, there might not be that huge a difference. There's such a big range.If you stay in franchised kampgrounds (oops, spelled it wrong!) it can be $40 a night just for a tent spot. If you get a kabin with no running water, just lights and a place to throw a bedroll, it can be $60 or $80. Of course, if you ask permission to camp in a fallow pasture, or in a national forest, or the back of a town park, you can stay for free.Hotels are just as wide a range. You can still find a clean (if shabby) place, like the Elkins Economy Lodge for less than $50 a night, although that will sometimes get you a literal flea trap. (The one time I wished I had a portable computer that would show hotel ratings was the evening we stayed in the "Budgetel" in Gainesville, Georgia last year.) If you can find a string of clean $50 places on the road, you can stay out a couple months without too much pain.And then, you get in a situation like I did coming back from the National once. 8:00 at night, getting dark, had done 600 miles, 300 miles from home, and a black squall line straddling the road ahead. And like a beacon of light, a "Holiday Inn Express" gleamed from the side of the highway."Express", that's the cheap version of the "Holiday Inn", isn't it? This'll be great. The lovely desk clerk invited me to park under the front verandah under cover from the storm, I unloaded my bag, went in to settle up ... and it was $149 a night .... They had me, though, I was in for the night. But do much of that on a long trip and anyone'll go broke before they get home ....Lannis
Traveling frequently between the Pacific and the Mississippi I have found several motels operated by those from the Punjab and Pakistan and have found them to my liking.They usually are clean , friendly, have great WyFi coffee in room and run about $50 or so. (Some will cut you a deal for CASH). One of my requirements is to be able to park in front of the room.I have to admit that I like having a bed and shower for good rest but it absolutely has nothing to do with age.Camp when its the only practical option. With a good air mat and a one man tent and warm blanket I'm set for a couple of nites.
Do you gentlemen also find that you tend to injure yourself more as time passes. Within the past six months two trips to the Emergency Room, once while drilling holes in my home made throttle body covers for the Bassa. The bit broke and drilled between my thumb and fore finger, four stitches. Two weeks ago while trimming the hedges at a tip toe point, the trimmer slipped back and cut the top of my "New York Hello" finger to include the fingernail down the middle. That was a real pleasure in the ER when the Doctor stitched it with no numbing what so ever. He said it would hurt just as much to numb as to stitch, damn sure gets your attention. The Wife is beginning to believe I have something going with one the of ER Nurses, but we are starting to get on a first name basics. The irony is I am 68 years old and have never spent a night in the hospital, apparently I just like to visit as my senior mishaps are increasing......... .....
