Sad Day (putting the camper away)
Last Friday I got the travel trailer winterized. Tomorrow we are going to clean it out, put some extra pest deterrent in it, and put it away for storage. It's going to be a sad day.
I never thought I'd be the guy who wanted a 26'(30' bumper-to-bumper) camper. I was always fine having our tent and if anything, planned on getting a Scamper or Lil' Guy camper some day. Well, I tell you what, my wife talked me into this 26' travel trailer with the belief that we would get a lot of use out of it and she was right. Our 2-3 camping trips we were planning on doing when we first bought it, turned into 5 weekends, 1 full week, and a bunch of weekend stays in the in-laws driveway. We actually have a 9-day camping stay and a couple weekend trips booked for next year already too.
Anyone else get their camper put away yet, or already going through withdrawals?
Jon
I never thought I'd be the guy who wanted a 26'(30' bumper-to-bumper) camper. I was always fine having our tent and if anything, planned on getting a Scamper or Lil' Guy camper some day. Well, I tell you what, my wife talked me into this 26' travel trailer with the belief that we would get a lot of use out of it and she was right. Our 2-3 camping trips we were planning on doing when we first bought it, turned into 5 weekends, 1 full week, and a bunch of weekend stays in the in-laws driveway. We actually have a 9-day camping stay and a couple weekend trips booked for next year already too.
Anyone else get their camper put away yet, or already going through withdrawals?
Jon
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Setting up a trip for the end of next week.. As for rodent control, I heard that dryer sheets work real well, and don't attract rodents like poison does. 0 -
Ours is hooked up to the truck,leaving for Myrtle Beach tommorow for the week. 0 -
Mine has a heater in it. (you should have gotten one. Haha)
And deer season is just getting started.
I tent-camped at -25 F on a caribou hunt so a hot shower, TV and micro-wave feels like cheating.
Let's see 'em!
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I've already put away my summer trailer that we keep out at the Colorado River (30' Grey Wolf w/bunks), and just today I was washing and getting the 28' toy hauler (Go Anywhere) ready for a desert motorcycle race next weekend... it's year round out this way.
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Pulled the boat last weekend. Yes, it is sad to have to put the summer toys away. 0 -
toad67 wrote:Setting up a trip for the end of next week.. As for rodent control, I heard that dryer sheets work real well, and don't attract rodents like poison does.
That is FAKE NEWS.0 -
I winterized the Scamp yesterday as well. Pulled the battery and put it in the basement. Have it parked in the Toy Box for the winter. 0 -
You think putting it away for winter is sad? I never even had mine out this summer!!! The boat and the camper both just sat there while I worked on the house trying to get it ready to sell. Cry me a river... 0 -
I winterized my 30' toy hauler/camper a week ago.
I've had it since 2012 and learned something I hadn't thought of before buying it.
There is no such thing a deciding to go for the weekend on a Thursday night because unless you reserve a campsite at least a week or two ahead of time (and often months ahead of time) there are no campsites available.
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Ms. WT and I are agonizing about what we?re going to get. Class A or 5th wheel. We?re back and forth - wish washy... Buy a class A and have to have a towed vehicle. Buy a 5th wheel and I?ve got to buy a bigger pickup. Damn...
Also - our requirements are 1 1/2 bath and a king bed. Not too many around with that.
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I can see why y'all get these campers. I just went on a two week trip to Yellowstone, and South Dakota. We stayed in motels.
Trying to stay in a hot motel, like in West Yellowstone, is a mine field. I got on the Grey Wolf web site and got the phone number, my girlfriend paid for 2 nights and it was $350 a night. We figured, just high prices due to tourists.
Then I found out that my brother had rented rooms there for $220 a night.
I started checking around, and I found out that for these popular motels, it is almost impossible to get to their web site, or even to get their phone number. When you go online, you think you are talking to the front desk at the motel, but in fact you are talking to a broker. You are not talking to a motel in Montana, you are in fact talking to a shyster in Chicago or Miami. They will get you a room reservation, all right, but they charge you $120 extra for their "service."
Why do motels let their customers get screwed over? Because, now, the desk clerk is not spending half their time taking reservations. Meaning, they can fire one clerk and get by with just one clerk at the desk.
Furthermore we checked into motels that had showers that were filthy, checked in to one motel and the a/c was out. And the damn desk clerk knew it was out but checked us in there anyway.
The more motels I stayed at, the better those campers looked to me.0 -
VRBO or B2B, Allen. We use VRBO and love it. You get a whole house or cabin for the price of a motel or less, they are very well stocked (we use one that even supplies food, bottled water, and even booze or beer!) and meticulously clean. The only drawback is that most are two or three-night minimum stay and you pay the full amount up front. Cancellations return all or most of that if needed. 0 -
Had to have our camper winterized about a month ago since the wife got a full shoulder replacement the last of Sept. Hard to ride in a sxs with a shoulder like that 0 -
If you use one a lot they're worth it but if you just use it to camp in 3 or 4 times a year then they're more trouble and expense than they're worth in my opinion.
I lived in my 35 ft. Rockwood with 2 slide-outs 3 and 4 nights a week for the last 4 years I worked out of town and it was a lot more convenient than staying in a motel. Not to mention a lot cleaner. Plus my company paid for it instead of paying for apartments or motel rooms. Then I was able to sell it after I retired. I thought I might use it after I retired but it just sat there most of them time and I continued to have to keep it clean and do maintenance on it or it would deteriorate in a hurry.
It's really a stretch calling staying in a travel trailer CAMPING when it's got HVAC, a king size bed with a large bathroom and shower including a full kitchen and living room with couch and recliner along with stereo and satellite TV.0 -
buddyb wrote:Ours is hooked up to the truck,leaving for Myrtle Beach tommorow for the week.
You suck!!! Have a great time! We rent in Cherry grove now but used to stay at the Myrtle Beach travel park when my MIL had a trailer down there.0 -
It never gets yo be the time to put them away here in NW Arkansas. Boat, camper, and tents actually see more use. Deer and duck season here in state, coupled with the lack of mosquitoes and ticks makes wintertime camping best.
Come December we'll hook up the boat and head to Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska for duck, quail, and pheasant hunting. We'll finish in New Mexico for late season elk, then maybe a hunt or two on the way home. Greatest time of the year!0 -
randomnut wrote:It never gets yo be the time to put them away here in NW Arkansas. Boat, camper, and tents actually see more use. Deer and duck season here in state, coupled with the lack of mosquitoes and ticks makes wintertime camping best.
Come December we'll hook up the boat and head to Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska for duck, quail, and pheasant hunting. We'll finish in New Mexico for late season elk, then maybe a hunt or two on the way home. Greatest time of the year!
Same here: Hunting season mine comes out of storage instead of going into storage. Have to keep it heated so as to not freeze the water lines.
No Ticks and mosquitoes, times to hit the woods hunting.0
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