RV Travel: NOW Are The Golden Years of RVing

Above, thanks to the Internet, I was able to camp in Yosemite Valley. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Some say that the "golden years" of RV travel were around 40-50 years ago. It probably depends upon where one was located and where they were going at the time.  

I remember full campgrounds even back then and my family having to park in an overflow area overnight and getting up at the crack of dawn to get in line for an open site. There was no Internet available to provide information on available campsites.

An article in RV Travel contends that now are the fabled "golden years" of RVing.

It begins with:

Far too often we get into the habit of glamorizing the “good old days” and reject the present times like we’re witnessing the apocalypse itself. It’s easy to think like this. In a world of overrun RV parks and the disparaging of public lands, I often find myself wishing that I could have experienced RV life back before it became a social media hashtag.

While I’ll never get to experience the sheer openness that came with road-tripping in a time before we all became digitally connected, I can’t help but look around and think, “Damn! We’ve got it good!”

Here’s why I think we’re in the golden years of RVing.

To read more, go here.