Seasonal or Year 'Round Sites

[NightOwl]

I know several people have seasonal sites--Foxy and her sister, I thinnk PopUpNut also, and now TopCat and Peggy have one they are getting to use at last.  Just wondering if any of the rest of you have one now or had one in the past or have visited people with them.

What are the advantages and disadvantages?

[B-flat]

I had a seasonal year round site in the woods on the edge of my property,.....until I moved.  Seriously, I think seasonal camping depends on where you are from and whether you enjoy going to your get-away place.  As for me, I want to travel to different campgrounds where there are Bluegrass Festivals and those are in different locations.  I would miss my friends that I have met at those events since it is often the same folks camping there year after year.  Nothing like drifting off to sleep to the finest music being picked in the campground and then waking up to fix some fry bread and coffee, bacon, eggs, ham, grits, fried apples or pancakes cooked on the camp stove.  I'm still in the traveling mode, so a seasonal just doesn't work for me.

[mike4947]

Until my first wife divorced me and got it in the settlement we had a seasonal site on a lake in the Adirondaks.

Of course it had the PU on it, but only as a place to store it next to the 10 X 55 Detroiter mobile home with the 15 x 45 half screen , half enclosed AAR. Now that was living.

[Miller Tyme]

We've know several couples who are seasonals. One couple has a 12x50 mobile home, another has a 28 ft. TT, and another uses their Palomino MXL hard-side pop-up(like mine) for seasonal sites.

 
They all rather prefer to just throw some clothes in the car and go. Everyone of them complains about setting up and tearing down the campers they used to have, and finds being seasonal is a lot more convenient.:screwy:
 
The funny thing is, they were the folks who got me into camping in the first place. They're all my age or younger, but.....to each his own, I guess.....:eyecrazy:

[vjm1639]

We prefer to go from place to place. I don't even normally go to the same campground twice in a row...I'd never be able to handle going to the same one every time.  I'm not a homebody either. I hear some folks on here talk about how nice it is to get back home after camping trips..I always hate the coming home part and just wish I could go to another spot!  LOL

[tlhdoc]

Dee106 has a seasonal site and some friends at work have them, but I like to go to different places.  Part of camping for us it using the PU as a home base for sight seeing.

[campingboaters]

I think having a seasonal site also depends on where you are in your life.  I know some people with kids that are always doing something so they can only get away maybe one night on the weekend.  They have a seasonal site about an hour away that they can easily get to if they just have to throw some clothes and food in their car.

I never thought I'd be even remotely interested in a seasonal site because we're not home-bodies either.  We like to get out and DO things.  We rarely even hang out at the campground except in the evenings around the campfire.  
 
The ONLY place I've ever been so far that I would consider being a seasonal is Lake in Wood near Lancaster.  It's so pretty and quiet there and it's a great location for the things we like to do.  Still, I won't consider a seasonal site until later in our lives when we don't have as much time to get out camping or we get too old to set up camp for the weekend.  Right now, We like to GO, GO, GO!!!

[Kelly]

Part of camping for us it using the PU as a home base for sight seeing.

Most of camping is this way for me.  It is the only way I can afford to show my kids the many wonderful sights in this great country we call home!   :U   They are all experienced travelers and great little helpers when it comes to setting up camp!

Can't even imagine having a seasonal place.  My dream is to retire to a fiver and keep on exploring ...

[bearbait]

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[CajunCamper]

I haven't heard anyone talk about seasonal sites in a long time.

CajunCamper

[PattieAM]

The closest I've come to a seasonal site is the edge of my property/edge of neighbors farm....

I have a campground membership to both Outdoor World and Thousand Trails, and they offer 'extended stays' at many of their preserves, as well as on-site storage, but I've yet to utilize either.  I did seriously consider on-site storage back when gas prices were higher than they are now.  But, I like to travel to different places so I didn't go that route.  I may do a camping trip to a preserve in NC this summer, and store the PUP in their facilities prior to our 'family reunion' camping trip which would cut out several hundred miles of towing between trips/camping dates.  It's about a 3 hr trip one way, and there's maybe 25 miles between the campground where I'd store the PUP and the State Park where we have our family reunion.  Something to think about.

[GeneF]

I know several people have seasonal sites--Foxy and her sister, I thinnk PopUpNut also, and now TopCat and Peggy have one they are getting to use at last.  Just wondering if any of the rest of you have one now or had one in the past or have visited people with them.

What are the advantages and disadvantages?

I don't know if snowbirding in one place for three months counts as a seasonal site but:

1.  Biggest advantage is that your neighbors don't change that often and you can develope a sense of communty.  You do have a chance to get to know your neighbors.

2.  Seasonal part of park may have some planned or pick-up activities.

3.  Don't have to worry about a tv since you would be able to leave the camper on site for the winter.


1.  Biggest disadvantage is getting involved in the resident interactions that may evolve.

2.  You may not care for the decorations of your neighbors site.

3.  Seen some seasonal site areas that look like a slum neighborhood and others that look like a manicured development.

We went to one large cg that was mainly seasonal.  Well maintained park but there wasn't a camping feeling to it.  I would not want a site there.

Biggest question in my mind is how much travelling do you want to do or are you ready to settle down in one place for 10 or so weeks.

I like the three months snowbirding and still have the tt to go where I want other times.