Camping possibilities

Sounds awesome Zurf - There's lots of campgrounds in the Tampa / St. Pete area. C'mon Down!!

Me n my wife bought us a camper trailor a few years back so we could have some weekends together, Now I am living in it while I am working outta town and my wife is at home. Go figure.

nela

Sounds like a good toy/office for you. as long as you can go somewhere without the gas prices killing you.

Congrats Zurf.  I had a pop-up I bought from my mother-in-law after my father-in-law passed away. It folded out to 24' and had all the amenities but it was a strain to pull it with my Ranger or Subaru - some of the older pop-ups could be pretty heavy..  I took out some of the cabinets and heavier stuff to lighten it up and it made a fine place for guitar pickers to gather during a rain storm as there was room for several chairs.  It was nicknamed the "Sawmill" by my Kentucky guitar-pickin' friends.  Last year I watched an old retired navy vet, missing one leg, try to crawl in and out of his tent while we were camping.  I offered to let him use my camper and it made it a lot easier for him to get in and out of bed, etc.  I told him I was thinking about selling it as my wife and I were talking about getting a smaller pop-up since its now just the two of us. He didn't have the money so after conferring with my wife I offered to just give it to him.  He was too proud to take it without paying so I offered to make a trade instead and he agreed.  He now has the camper and I have an extra 2-man backpack  tent.

I've been looking around for a small unit that folds out to 16' or so.  I figure I'll run into a used one sooner or later.

Is you camper gonna become "picker's central" when we get together this summer????

DE

There's a lot of us who hold Dirty Ed in high regard, and it's not just for his songwriting and picking skills. 

I would be disappointed if there isn't SOME music made in and around this thing on a fairly regular basis.  I'm not at all sure what July and August will bring.  I'm toying with the idea of making full weeks of camping for each event rather than the long weekends.  Bentonville would work out very well for that.  Maybe scoot home mid-week for a shower in a clean stall and some dry socks.  For WV, I think the kids may get a ball out of going to that.  Now that it's a smaller, tamer event, I think the kids would have a good time there.  I know they'd enjoy swimming and paddling (with close parental supervision of course) in that big pool off Diane's campground.

As far as size, this thing is ginormous.  It would not have been my first choice in size, but it's in fantastic condition, it helps my Dad out to buy it from him.  Because he lives in a lower cost of living area than I do, he was able to get his full asking price (which is good for him) and we feel as if we got a bargain on something we were planning to buy anyway (which is good for us).   I work from home now, so I don't have any commuting costs.  But our budget is still planned around buying two tanks of gas per week for my truck.  So, we can use my V8 truck to pull this big thing and not blow the household budget.  That's worked out nicely.

Hey Zurf, if you are using the camper as a remote work area or even just for recreation, you should check with an accountant to see if you could write off the cost of it as a second home or mobile office.  Not sure what work you do of if this would qualify, but it is worth a question to someone who knows about these things.  I remember someone once telling me they did this but not sure of the particulars.  Worth a look-see!