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| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Oct 09 2007 : 4:14:08 PM
Some may call it old but we prefer "vintage". Earlier this year Jim bought through our local swap or sell radio show a 1972 camper that fits on the back of a pickup truck. Jim has been puttering with it and all of sudden it's ready for it's first camp. So Sunday we took it Hunters National Park Campground on Lake Roosevelt (aka Columbia River about 35 miles away. Found a spot on the River a little away from the "big rigs" and had a wonderful time. It was downright luxurious for someone who has tent camped all of her life. Jim doesn't want to take it off yet, I think he wants to do it again next week. JoAnn |
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| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Oct 22 2007 : 2:49:43 PM
Well the camper certainly proved useful on our trip to Priest Lake. It was very very wet at the out of the way campground we stayed at. It's nestled in the Ancient Grove of Roosevelt Cedars. Massive cedars that escaped logging and fires. The name of the campground was called Stagger Inn Campground. It was named that years ago when a fire crew stayed there and they were so exhausted at the end of the day they would "stagger in".Luckily during the day it remained dry and just after Jim managed to get a fire started with very wet wood in the evening it started to sprinkle, then it stopped and we had a nice evening by the campfire. After we went to bed it rained again and it was cold. Also we stayed very close to wear a young grizzly was killed and another relocated. I am a little outside my comfort zone staying in a tent with grizzlys around. Of course last year I did stay in a tent in the same area but didn't know they were that close. Ignorance is Bliss: )Unfortunately we didn't find any chantrelles but the larches and aspens were brilliant gold and snow appearing on some of the higher peaks. We're off to our cabin the mountains for a couple of days where I only have to contend with black bears. Isn't it time for them to hibernate?JoAnn |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Oct 12 2007 : 07:30:50 AM
I agree camping in the big rigs is not for me. Our camper which fits on top of a small pickup is more like sleeping in a sardine can. It could sleep 4 but you wouldn't be able to move around in it with that many people. As it is Jim and I have to jockey for position : ) We still mainly will go tent camping. Next week we plan to go to the Priest Lake area looking for chantrelle mushrooms--forecast rain rain and then maybe a little more rain. So we'll put our rainsuits on to look for the mushrooms and then get to go in the cozy camper to dry off. JoAnn |
| Elizaray |
Posted - Oct 11 2007 : 11:22:58 PM
I've only spent the night in a camper next to the lake once with a friend when I was much younger. It didn't feel like camping to me! When I think of camping I think of the smell of the tent and of sleeping back, and of waking up to find a little bit of dampness of everything from the dew durning the night.
But now, being a mom with a young baby, I can really see why a little camper shell that fits in the back of a pick up would be nice (if we had one) but I must admit- I still think the big rigs are a bit over-the-top. I mean- some of those have mini garages in them and are bigger than some people's houses! I can't even imagine driving one! I hope they make people get special driver's licenses for them!
Elizaray |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Oct 11 2007 : 6:26:45 PM
Never got to sleep "under the stars" until we moved out west three years ago. In Minnesota (where we moved from) we would have been carried away by the mosquitos : ) JoAnn |
| marybeth |
Posted - Oct 11 2007 : 10:52:52 AM
I almost know what you mean. Years ago our first camping with a baby we just slept in the back of the truck and from then on we slept right on the ground. Kids in the tent and adults under the stars. Well last summer I got to sleep in a tent--oh my gosh---how different. Not bad but I did miss ths stars. I really would like a small camper trailer though. That would be true luxury. haha MB
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| Jen |
Posted - Oct 10 2007 : 12:17:01 PM
I know what you mean, JoAnn - we bought a '69 "Aristocrat" camp trailer during elk season 2 years ago, and we brought it with us to Arkansas. Still haven't used it here, but plan to this fall. It's definitely vintage (or maybe just old), but it feels like true luxury!
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