One aspect of US Holidays that is depressingly familiar is roads full of people driving their own accommodation. In the UK, this would normally consist of cars or 4×4s dragging caravans. Here in the US, the norm is for the vehicle to be a motor-home, an RV, in local parlance. The size of so many US roads combined with lower petrol prices means that these vehicles can be 40 feet in length.
Yesterday, I did actually see the reverse of the UK norm, with an RV towing a car.
I have never understood the appeal of motor-home/caravan accommodation. You are limited to somewhere that you can reach by driving, there is a high upfront cost, and you cause annoyance and frustration to other drivers caught behind you. If God had meant for us to camp he would never have given us Holiday Inn.
More Bank Holidays Thoughts
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I love dry-weather tent camping in the wilds, but rain is such a dismal pain. I’ve never been a fan of caravans, but the idea of an American RV appeals. Though less for the up-front cost and more for the fact they appear in some rather funky horror movies and shows; like classic vampire flick Near Dark, the Hills have Eyes remake, and the end of S7 Buffy.
and in of course in Robert Rodriguez’s “Dusk Till Dawn”