I have owned, and used extensively, every type of camper: Class A, Class B, Class C, slide in truck campers, pop-up trailers, and 5th Wheels. All dramatically increase opportunities for outdoor recreation, particularly where the whole family is involved. Leaving utensils, bedding, toiletries, clothes, and gear in the RV means packing and getting on the road is stress free, quick, and rarely means necessities are inadvertently left home. And, sometimes it rains or snows, sometimes the bug population makes eating at a picnic table bothersome. Comfort is no longer something for which I apologize.

That having been said, I think that the author should talk more about maintenance issues. Maintenance of a Class A camper is nightmarish. Really! The Class B Van's can find mechanics everywhere, and the Class C chassis is serviceable at truck shops everywhere. The easiest pitch, though, is for a truck and trailer. A pickup truck can be repaired in every town and city in North America. Parts are readily available and competent mechanics are around. Trailers can be serviced DIY everywhere too. They're mechanically simple. And trust me, there is no such thing as a maintenance free RV vehicle. RVing full time involves performing maintenance in new and strange places most of the time.

It's worth paying attention to manoeuvring the vehicles used for RVing. The truck and small 5th wheel I now use is about 60 feet long. Some bumper pull rigs of comparable internal size are noticeably longer. These things are not nimble. When we went to Newfoundland, for example, we got a slide in camper to get around in the tight turns and small villages there. I ran into difficulty in older campgrounds in the West for the same reason. When some of those areas were laid out, vehicles were a lot smaller. So, I downsized. Also, a 5th wheel hitch pivoting in the middle of the pickup truck bed turns a lot more sharply than does a comparably sized bumper tow trailer.