bought a new...well, used trailer

Having sold my hybrid which many of you have seen, I purchased a pop-up.
Cheaper to own (not new enough or expensive enough to have to carry
insurance), cheaper to maintain (no longer need to pay storage) and cheaper
to tow (gas wise.)

It has the two king/queen beds, a smaller fridge (coolers for the beer) and
a furnace. It has on board fresh water...bout 11 or 12 gallons for cooking
and dishes but that's it. No shower or commode. It doesn't have a 'porta
potty' nor will it as I consider those to be something on the order of adult
diapers.... It also has AC if I am at a place that has full hook ups.

I'll need to get a 12v battery, deep cycle and get it wired in...the
previous two owners only stayed at full service campgrounds. I am also going
to purchase a small generator, Honda,/Coleman or the like so if you have a
used one, let me know. I'll need it for more remote areas on the creeks and
streams which will not be named here.

It's a 1998 Rockwood (manufactured by Forest River) and has been used very,
very little. It will take me a week or two to get the maintenance caught up.
I like to be current on bearings, lubing the lift system and other
preventative steps.

The hard shell top will be excellent for transporting my kayaks.

I plan on using this unit till it dies, which should be about the same time
as my body quits. I owned one pop-up for 17 years and sold it for as much as
I paid for it! That'll make me 71 and the men in my family do not live all
that much longer than that....slowly but surely, Frank the Elder is passing
me by!

I'm planning on a spring run at the great lakes, some muskie fishing right
here on an Ohio river, several times to the NC high country and anything
else that happens along.

Hey Opie, if you're still reading, drop me a line, my email bounced.....

....and lastly, significantly because it is not the least, a trip to the
UP......I plan on packing a big lunch...to be cooked over an open
fire.....to last the day and maybe a nice bottle of wine to go with
it.....because I could spend all day every day of a week below a certain
waterfalls.....but I won't. Just two days, I *will* have to explore new
areas.....

john

Congrats on the pop-up. Aside from all of the advantages of weight,
etc., I've always liked mine simply from the perspective of having more
of an illusion of "camping". Instead of an RV and all of those
implications, it's more like a tent on wheels. For me, it's a critical
difference sleeping under cloth vs. inside a box. It feels more
outdoors. You can hear the forest, feel the wind. It's closer to the
reasons I'm out there in the first place.

Joe F.

On 3/23/06 9:07 AM, in article
, "rb608"
wrote:

it's more like a tent on wheels.

Joe, you must use a different kind of tent than I do! Sink? Fridge?
Generator? King size bed?

When I'm in my tent, the only cushy I think about is making sure there ain't
a rock right under my lower back.

:-)

Bill
(or cooler full of venison inside :-)

Sure, you *can* get all of those nifty amenities; but despite the
relative comfort & convenience, my popup camping isn't really that
different from my tent days. No fridge, only an ice chest. No
furnace, no AC. There's a stove in there I never use, preferring the
ol' Coleman stove on the picnic table setup. No generator, I use
propane lanterns mostly. And the size of the mattress is immaterial
when you're snug in a sleeping bag. Okay, the hot & cold pressurized
water is a good thing; I'm keeping that. I paid my tent dues long ago.

Joe F.

On 23 Mar 2006 12:47:53 -0800, "rb608" wrote:

Sure, you *can* get all of those nifty amenities; but despite the
relative comfort & convenience, my popup camping isn't really that
different from my tent days. No fridge, only an ice chest.

I have a 12v fridge that may be my best ever camping purchase. I run it off my
vehicle battery and, as long as I drive every couple of days, it doesn't run the
battery down. It's great not having to go for ice every day or so, especially
when the nearest place with ice may be 3 or more hours away. Other than that, my
trailer is just like tent camping except that it sets up faster and I take a lot
more stuff along g.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

I did used to have one of those thermoelectric coolers that *was* very
convenient. It worked so well that it would tend to freeze anything
too close to the fan.

"William Claspy" wrote in message
...
On 3/23/06 9:07 AM, in article
, "rb608"
wrote:

it's more like a tent on wheels.

Joe, you must use a different kind of tent than I do! Sink? Fridge?
Generator? King size bed?

When I'm in my tent, the only cushy I think about is making sure there
ain't
a rock right under my lower back.

:-)

Bill
(or cooler full of venison inside :-)

Evil *******.

Anyway......

Done the tent thing, tarps, pits dug in the earth, cedars boughs, highway
overpasses, etc., etc. It's all good.

Did John's Taj Matrailer last September.....it was REAL good! Gonna miss
that.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...
Evil *******.

Anyway......

Done the tent thing, tarps, pits dug in the earth, cedars boughs, highway
overpasses, etc., etc. It's all good.

Did John's Taj Matrailer last September.....it was REAL good! Gonna miss
that.

Wolfgang

Oh yeah, I guess you've for gotten about our little set-up at the first
anti-clave! Aside from my loud drunken ramblings, and Mr. Millers early
morning intrusion, what more could ya have asked for.

Op --hell the boy had his own cot, wall to wall blanketed flooring, reading
light, and a library of books, all compliments of yours truly! (did I
mention being loud and drunk most of the time?) --

"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
...

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...
Evil *******.

Anyway......

Done the tent thing, tarps, pits dug in the earth, cedars boughs, highway
overpasses, etc., etc. It's all good.

Did John's Taj Matrailer last September.....it was REAL good! Gonna miss
that.

Wolfgang

Oh yeah, I guess you've for gotten about our little set-up at the first
anti-clave! Aside from my loud drunken ramblings, and Mr. Millers early
morning intrusion, what more could ya have asked for.

Op --hell the boy had his own cot, wall to wall blanketed flooring,
reading light, and a library of books, all compliments of yours truly!
(did I mention being loud and drunk most of the time?) --

Posh accommodations indeed! I have always depended on the kindness of
strangers.

Wolfgang
who knows that they don't come any stranger than mark and john.

On 23 Mar 2006 06:07:04 -0800, "rb608"
wrote:

Congrats on the pop-up. Aside from all of the advantages of weight,
etc., I've always liked mine simply from the perspective of having more
of an illusion of "camping". Instead of an RV and all of those
implications, it's more like a tent on wheels. For me, it's a critical
difference sleeping under cloth vs. inside a box. It feels more
outdoors. You can hear the forest, feel the wind. It's closer to the
reasons I'm out there in the first place.

Have ya ever camped in the snow at East Outlet of Moosehead (start of
the Kennebec)? Fly fishing season is extended to the end of October
at the East Outlet, so Jo and I have been up there several times each
October to fish for land locks and brookies. Great place. Great
fishing.

You could do it with a tent but you'd have a difficult time keeping
clean. If you use a pop-up, bring very low temp sleeping bags. We
were there a couple of years ago in the RV and it got so cold that we
put one of the sleeping bags on Henry. He was happy, but were so cold
that I got up about 1 a.m. and started the furnace. Found out later
in town that it got down to 25. We slept in the double fetus
position, rolling over like synchronized dancers. We had three inches
of snow that night. Fishing the next day was great. Cold, but great.

Unfortunately, that was the last time we went camping with the RV. It
caught fire the following January and was totalled. It served us well
at Penns (2 or three times) Pittsburg, NH (Connecticut River), South
Arm (Rapid River), and of course The East Outlet. The insurance
company (Met Life) gave me a check for $16 less than I paid for it. It
was three years old when it burned, yet they gave me practically what
I paid for it.

I'm too old for tents and latrines. d;o)

Dave