If It's Friday I Must Be Confused

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As the summer heats up my job cools down. Starting next week, I'm going to a four-day work week. I have this all planned out, too: I'm taking my weekly day off on Friday one week, then on Monday the following week, giving me, in essence, a four-day weekend every other week. All summer long. I was looking at the KOA website to find some camping spots for a trip. That's when I got confused. Things like this confuse me all the time. A nice, air-conditioned hotel room at the Hampton Inn is $96 a night. A KOA "Kamping Kabin" with no in-room bathroom facilities and bring-your-own bed linens is $84 a night. What's wrong with that picture? Shouldn't more amenities (such as, not having to trudge to the restroom facilities in the middle of the night) mean more cost? If you think that's bad, you bring your own house (an RV) and the cost is just as much! (I'm sure they aren't telling you this at Camping World when they're trying to sell you that class A that's "only $595 a month"!) I suppose the "it's trendy and hip to glamp instead of camp" mentality drives the cost up. But sheesh. Make it a little less obvious in the cost, please! Here's a video about glamping (narrated by someone who sounds like she should be singing with Frank Zappa):