Q&A from Cosmo: RVs

The Cosmopolitan wondered, in 1896:

The inexpensive character of the machinery required for the horseless carriage, and the merely nominal cost of fuel for even very long journeys, suggest a new idea that promises to add much to the charm of life for those to whom change and variety are welcome releases from the grind of daily routine. Hitherto the rich have had exclusive control of moving habitations, the houseboat and the yacht being resources only within the command of large wealth; but the horseless carriage brings within reach of those in very moderate circumstances the possibility of putting their trunks and conveniences into movable form, and transporting themselves at will over the country. A dining-room, a bath-room, a kitchen, and six or eight sleeping bunks, all quite within the compass of a moderate-sized van, when the motive power is cheap, and the trouble and expense of horses are avoided—it will no longer be a question of going off to an inconvenient country boarding-house, but of buying a horseless van, fitting it up with bedding and cooking utensils, and camping at night in the most delightful retreats, by the clearest springs, alongside the most musical brooks, under the broadest spreading birch trees! How large a portion of the world’s population will turn gypsy with such conveniences at hand remains to be demonstrated.

Answer:  Some

Infield, by Steve and Sara