Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, January 04, 1975, Image 27

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PENNSYLVANIA
CAMPINC
Low Cost Comping In Pennsylvania
The following explanation'
of camping expenses in
Pennsylvania is based on an
actual trip made from
Harrisburg. The trip was
west from Harrisburg on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike to
Somerset, west on Rt. 70 to
Washington, Pa., north
around Pittsburgh thru New
Castle, Mercer, Meadville,
east into Allegheny National
Forest, across northern
Pennsylvania via the scenic
Rt. 6 and south along the
Mil
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SNENK’S FARM SERVICE
R.D.4 Lititz, Pa
Susquehanna River back to
Harrisburg.
The trip involved nine days
of travel and eight nights of
camping, each night in a
different campground.
Site fees for the eight
nights were as follows: $4 00,
$3.75, $4 75, $5.50, $4.00, $4.75,
$3.75, $4 00r These fees where
for a site with an electrical
hook-up. The camp grounds
ranged from 15 sites with
only drop cords for electric,
to major resort camp-
L
Cost
$8,246
List
$13,510
$6,548
$10,755
$5,860
$ 9,570
$5,086
$ 8,280
$4,116
$ 6,620
$3,445
$ 5,618
$2,978
$ 4,960
Ph. 626-4355
grounds with en
tertainment and swimming
pools The average fee for
one night of camping was
$4.31
The mileage totaled 1,006
miles with about 85 percent
of it towing a 17 ft. travel
trailer. The trip used 94.5
gallons of gasoline (regular)
at prices ranging from 53.9
cents per gallon to 59.9 cents
per gallon. Total cost for
gasoline was $5l 75 plus one
quart.of oil at 80 cents for a
total of $52 55 The cost per
mile for gasoline and oil was
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OFFER ENDS FEB 28, 1975
Otauffer
REPAIR SERVICE
1/2 mile N. of Goodville on Union Grove Rd
Phone: 445-6175
5.22 cents per mile.
Now for the cost of using
the trailer. It was a light
weight low cost trailer which
will no doubt depreciate
about $200.00 this year. As
close as can be figured the
family will be using the
trailer not less than 26 nights
this camping season which
means that the trailer will
cost $7.69 for each night use.
With the difference in the
gasoline mileage between
just driving the car and the
gasoline needed for the car
and trailer amounted to 31.7
additional gallons at an
average cost of 54.8 cents per
gallon.
The additional road cost
for pulling the trailer was
$l7 37
The daily camping and
travel costs broke down as
follows.
Camp site $4.31
Trailer use cost $7 69
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Jan. 4,1975
Gasoline and Oil
Total costs
If the trip would have been
made without the trailer the
daily cost for fuel would have
been $4.39.
This means that the actual
cost for camping with the
travel trailer and site fees
would adjust to a daily cost
of $16.59 for two adults and
three children.
$6.56
$18.76
This is quite a difference
from the approx. $58.00 a day
for a family of two traveling
300 miles a day without an
RV, shown in a recent
touring study.
HOW’S YOURj>
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J. R. Barley