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Well as some of you know from the "WDYDWYT" thread we are in the middle of our maiden voyage. Last weekend before they shut down the bathhouses so barely made it under the wire. Campground has a decent crowd, probably about half full, we are off on the end almost in the tent section so we don't have to to listen to music and whatever.
I thought I would be clever so I backed up past where I wanted to be and drove downhill up onto the blocks. After I shut the truck off it halfway rolled ahead off the blocks. So we fires it back up and the neighbors come out to watch. Go to back up over the blocks in low reverse, spins both rears a tad but we get back up.
And then we wait for momma to get off work so I can get my other truck.
The little porch light... it don't mess around.
Pork chops for supper!
Cleared off later on.
The dog situation... needs work.
Little one has to get it in bed with ya and the big one apparently doesn't like sleeping on linoleum... so they both kept trying to jump the fence and crash with little guy in the middle of the night which scared him which therefore scared the whole campground. Eventually at 6 they both got throwed in the car.
With the bottom bunk deployed there isn't much room for big brown dog to do much of anything. Probably cold down there too. Not sure what to do about it though aside from leave him at home.
Since the heater is on the fritz I had my wife snag the space heater I got her for work. Kinda scared me so I just set it on the stove, it cycled on and off and kept the camper in the high 60's all night. At 7:15am my F-150 had ice on the windshield and said 37*.
It was comfortable, of course I was up against the front canvas and there is a pretty good chill coming off that, it wasn't enough to bother.
Now way in heck we would have been this comfortable in a tent. Granted the dogs would have more room and thus the toddler would have fewer panic attacks but the fact of the matter is we just wouldn't have gone. Camper is much faster to get setup (not counting putting it in the truck lol)
Staying again tonight...
I thought I would be clever so I backed up past where I wanted to be and drove downhill up onto the blocks. After I shut the truck off it halfway rolled ahead off the blocks. So we fires it back up and the neighbors come out to watch. Go to back up over the blocks in low reverse, spins both rears a tad but we get back up.
And then we wait for momma to get off work so I can get my other truck.
The little porch light... it don't mess around.
Pork chops for supper!
Cleared off later on.
The dog situation... needs work.
Little one has to get it in bed with ya and the big one apparently doesn't like sleeping on linoleum... so they both kept trying to jump the fence and crash with little guy in the middle of the night which scared him which therefore scared the whole campground. Eventually at 6 they both got throwed in the car.
With the bottom bunk deployed there isn't much room for big brown dog to do much of anything. Probably cold down there too. Not sure what to do about it though aside from leave him at home.
Since the heater is on the fritz I had my wife snag the space heater I got her for work. Kinda scared me so I just set it on the stove, it cycled on and off and kept the camper in the high 60's all night. At 7:15am my F-150 had ice on the windshield and said 37*.
It was comfortable, of course I was up against the front canvas and there is a pretty good chill coming off that, it wasn't enough to bother.
Now way in heck we would have been this comfortable in a tent. Granted the dogs would have more room and thus the toddler would have fewer panic attacks but the fact of the matter is we just wouldn't have gone. Camper is much faster to get setup (not counting putting it in the truck lol)
Staying again tonight...
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