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bluedigger

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23. I think tourist traffic was up around 10% last year at Mesa Verde NP.

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Sat Aug 6, 2016, 08:06 PM

Aug 2016

RV's are a plague and a pox upon us locals right now.

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The highway is packed with RV's.. an improving economy for the middle class and blue collars! [View all] Peacetrain Aug 2016 OP

Obviously things cannot be bad and good for us all at the same time. Rex Aug 2016 #1

Yep!.. Peacetrain Aug 2016 #2

Most of the folks I know who get those camper/5th wheels are Boomers with retirement. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #3

Lots of families here love to camp.. its a fun thing to do with the kids Peacetrain Aug 2016 #4

Same here. Rex Aug 2016 #5

Yep! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #9

I don't really think they looked ahead far enough to see what the Rex Aug 2016 #10

I think this article pretty much sums it up. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #11

Technology helped accelerate the growth. Rex Aug 2016 #14

Corporations are set up for profit, and that goal is often short-sighted. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #16

I think you are right on this. Despite the descriptor "social networking," Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #42

The only two essme Aug 2016 #37

The big motor coachs are making a big come back... Historic NY Aug 2016 #6

Those big motor coaches are unbelievable.. and so blasted expensive Peacetrain Aug 2016 #7

I feel like I'm going to get run over ripcord Aug 2016 #22

That is what we want to get!! Peacetrain Aug 2016 #24

I like mine for weekends ripcord Aug 2016 #51

I saw a couple of new Roadteks last year... Historic NY Aug 2016 #46

I don't doubt the figures. Curiously, in Texas, a lot of used auto brokers have a fleet... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #43

I was wondering when someone was going to mention the oil patch bust. Jim Beard Aug 2016 #49

Or, maybe they have met some of the people I know loyalsister Aug 2016 #8

Thank Obama for those low gas prices malaise Aug 2016 #12

I'm sure that would contribute to it as well! n/t Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #15

Good point. That is bad. scscholar Aug 2016 #17

Ahh yep.. that certainly plays into it..especially for the snow birds. Peacetrain Aug 2016 #25

Great points of discussion. Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #13

I hear that.. my younger brother Peacetrain Aug 2016 #26

It is Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #34

RV's good example. I've used car traffic on my early morning runs underpants Aug 2016 #18

Wow.. Peacetrain Aug 2016 #27

Noted. I-35 through Austin has been useless for years, practical only during duck-hunting hours, Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #44

I am too old for 75 mph at night on Texas roads that have not been "stripped" in years Jim Beard Aug 2016 #50

I rarely go above 55 at night anyway. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #54

k&r for this thread. I live in boat country..lots of folks dragging boats behind big trucks Liberal_in_LA Aug 2016 #19

That is right.. the boats going down to the river.. Peacetrain Aug 2016 #28

K & R SunSeeker Aug 2016 #20

Meth cooks PasadenaTrudy Aug 2016 #21

I think tourist traffic was up around 10% last year at Mesa Verde NP. bluedigger Aug 2016 #23

I wonder what it will be like in 5 or 6 years.. because the boomers Peacetrain Aug 2016 #29

Higher national demand for medical services too. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #30

That is true.. but also a higher demand for nurses etc.. Peacetrain Aug 2016 #32

Just built another motel last year. bluedigger Aug 2016 #35

I hear that.. we are seeing the same thing locally Peacetrain Aug 2016 #41

What ever happened to camping in tents? JonathanRackham Aug 2016 #31

That's what I do. Bivy sacks too. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #33

Many 'campgrounds' do not allow tent camping. SeattleVet Aug 2016 #38

Seattle, have you looked at a tear drop yet? Peacetrain Aug 2016 #39

Really not a fan of trailering anything behind a bike. SeattleVet Aug 2016 #48

Just got back from vacation in Cape May. RVs everywhere on the ride down. JaneyVee Aug 2016 #36

Janey, hubby and I started doing a count..just out of curiosity... Peacetrain Aug 2016 #40

They're all over Norway, so it's not just an American thing Retrograde Aug 2016 #52

At some point the cognitive dissonance has real consequences for people bhikkhu Aug 2016 #45

I hear you.. when a person refuses to accept that things Peacetrain Aug 2016 #47

We just got back from spending a month on the road, 4,996 miles, in a 24 foot travel trailer. libnnc Aug 2016 #53