Naturally I want to be Fair and Balanced on this blog. Sometimes I might be too anti-government. The current administration claims to know something about pollution, even going so far as to declare carbon dioxide -- a gas without which life could not exist -- as pollution; perhaps these folks would be doing us more of a favor to remove some of the pollution off of the internet.
The obvious place to begin is with the least controversial purging: surely most people would agree that travel blogs are internet pollution. Then they can quickly move on to bigger fish, such as product reviews.
Yesterday I was reading reviews of RV parks, including the one that I'm currently in. Most people were charmed by the rustic nature of the park, but were disappointed by gravel, grass, "weeds", wind, sunlight, and juniper trees.
The reviewers were disappointed that there was no cable TV here, and that there were few broadcast channels in our town. Such deficiencies detracted from their RV Dream and the Freedom and Adventure of the Open Road.
There were numerous complaints about the campsites being unlevel. Actually it's only about six sites that are so, out of 70 total. Forty-foot-long motorhomes do have trouble leveling out on those sites, since their jacks only extend a foot and a half.
Some people missed not having a swimming pool and clubhouse/convention center; they also wanted lower fees. An exercise room would be nice, even though it's a five minute walk to the grocery store, which most of them drive to, in their 1-ton dualie pickups.
The strangest complaint was about the lack of a dog park. In fact there is a 200-acre field and ridge where a dog can run off-leash.
If there were any doubt in your mind how ridiculous RV culture is, reading these reviews would remove it. Most of these reviewers would be better off camping on a flat, asphalt, or astroturf parking lot with 100-amp service at the post and a 500-watt pole-light for security.
The obvious place to begin is with the least controversial purging: surely most people would agree that travel blogs are internet pollution. Then they can quickly move on to bigger fish, such as product reviews.
Yesterday I was reading reviews of RV parks, including the one that I'm currently in. Most people were charmed by the rustic nature of the park, but were disappointed by gravel, grass, "weeds", wind, sunlight, and juniper trees.
The reviewers were disappointed that there was no cable TV here, and that there were few broadcast channels in our town. Such deficiencies detracted from their RV Dream and the Freedom and Adventure of the Open Road.
There were numerous complaints about the campsites being unlevel. Actually it's only about six sites that are so, out of 70 total. Forty-foot-long motorhomes do have trouble leveling out on those sites, since their jacks only extend a foot and a half.
Some people missed not having a swimming pool and clubhouse/convention center; they also wanted lower fees. An exercise room would be nice, even though it's a five minute walk to the grocery store, which most of them drive to, in their 1-ton dualie pickups.
The strangest complaint was about the lack of a dog park. In fact there is a 200-acre field and ridge where a dog can run off-leash.
If there were any doubt in your mind how ridiculous RV culture is, reading these reviews would remove it. Most of these reviewers would be better off camping on a flat, asphalt, or astroturf parking lot with 100-amp service at the post and a 500-watt pole-light for security.
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