From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Sun, 8 Sep 2024 21:22:17 -0400,   
     bfh  wrote:   
   >  sticks wrote:   
   > > On 9/8/2024 1:24 PM, Ted Heise wrote:   
      
   > >> By the way, is flatspotting a subset of boondocking?  For   
   > >> example, Walmart parking lots might be boondocking but not   
   > >> flatspotting?    
   > >   
   > > I actually never heard the term flatspotting used for camping   
   > > or RV'ing until Bill referred to it.  Boondocking to me is   
   > > when you are staying somewhere that has no hookups at all.   
   > > This could be either in an RV, or even just tenting it.   
   > > Using Walmart parking lots to me is neither.  I call it   
   > > overnight parking. ;-)   
   >   
   >  Boondocks:   
   >    US, informal : a remote, thinly settled rural area   
   >  Merriam-Webster   
   >   
   >  an area far away from cities or towns   
   >  Oxford   
   >   
   >  1. Wild and dense brush; jungle.   
   >  2. Rural country; the backwoods.   
   >  American Heritage   
   >   
   >  A jungle or a wild, heavily wooded area; wilderness.   
   >  Webster's New World   
   >   
   >  any area in the country that is quiet, has few people living in   
   >  it, and is a long way away from a town or city:   
   >  Cambridge   
   >   
   >  If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that   
   >  they live a long way from any large cities.   
   >  Collins   
   >   
   >  boondocking has nothing to do with "no hookups". It has to do   
   >  with "remote" and "thinly settled". The term has been   
   >  contaminated with "no hookups" by RVers who want to sound cool,   
   >  tough, and adventurous when they don't have electricity and   
   >  water on a post wherever they happen to be - even a Walmart. I   
   >  refuse to accept that definition.   
   >   
   >  I first coined "flatspotting" to describe dispersed camping in   
   >  the N GA mountains when I was looking for a spot to park that   
   >  would require no - or minimal leveling. I even had levels on my   
   >  door and dash so that I could bobble around until I found the   
   >  flattest spot.   
   >   
   >  "no hookups" camping is rightly called "dry camping", and is   
   >  distinct from either boondocking or flatspotting.   
   >   
   >  And overnighting in a Walmart parking lot is neither   
   >  boondocking nor flatspotting - it's overnighting in a Walmart   
   >  parking lot. However comma if you should happen to find an   
   >  abandoned Walmart out in the boondocks, you have my permission   
   >  to use "flatspotting" - if there is/are flora/floras growing   
   >  out of the cracks. See? I'm willing to compromise. More or   
   >  less.   
      
   Okay, the definitive answer.  Thanks!   
      
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   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
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