This is a new thread to put together some comments made elsewhere.

Since the 1990's when we first started leaving on the OTR air in sandy campgrounds, we've seen a lot change.

First, of course, none of the trees seemed to have been trimmed since then.

Secondly, sites have gone way up in price. For an all electric Prevost, however, it isn't a bad deal, as with lots of a/c and cooking, and all the electronic stuff on board, it's likely that a couple can suck down several dollars with of power overnight.

Third is that this whole visitor thing has gotten out of hand. There was some RV trade rag that ran a series of stories on this very topic. The campground owners were claiming that their insurance required them to charge for any person in the campground due to liability reasons. I think this is fake excuse for charging an extra couple of bucks. I brought my grand-daughter to a campground in Vermont to meet up with her parents, for literally 1 hour and all three were charged for 'non-overnight visitor status,' which frankly I thought was a gouge, considering I was staying there for a week. Helen, in her infinite wisdom stayed home and avoided the entire debacle.

Fourthly (sigh, last point) there was a movement beginning just a few years ago which was openly stated to not allow any coach in parks which would be 10-years old or older. Furthermore, some parks had a clause which allowed them to discriminate based on the condition of the camper itself. I guess they were trying to keep out what they could indvidually determine was riff-raff. Bad policy, as we, as trailer trash, were always allowed in, so it just goes to show.

We met a very nice couple in CT who had converted a standard school bus, a very nicely done job in cherry and Corian. They quickly found out that between CT and Florida just about zero campgrounds would allow them to stay. They hadn't figured on that occurring, and were very disappointed with the discovery.

What we did find, even with a Prevost over ten years old, was that the parks didn't seem to care about the age, as the "Prevost" deal seemed to over-ride their concerns about having weird people in their park and creating trouble.

Just goes to show.