I have put my foot down and finally got approval to buy a camper.  I am tired of packing for camping.  I am tired of loading random bins into the truck to go camping, but mostly I am sick of tents, I am sick of sticky small tents haha. 

 

I have been looking into used Truck bed campers of the Popup variety.   We do a lot of off the beaten road camping so a large camper isn't going to happen.  We also have goals of getting a horse trailer at some point and going places to ride for a weekend. 

 

So that leaves me with the popup slide in style.  Am I off base here?   We have ~$2000-$3000 budget for this.  I have been looking on Craigslist for a few weeks now and spotted a few that would work, anywhere from $700-$5000.   Most have good roofs and canvas, but beyond that I am not sure what I am looking for.  Anything I should be looking for?  Any brands that I should be avoiding?

That why in the summer time I love to go out wood cutting. Get up to 7,000 feet is a nice 70's day. Return to Riggins, ID it could be as high as 115*F. So summer time means more camping for us typically.

Actually a dry heat at 93 isn't bad, especially with enough good water. Last summer working at the 4,000 ft level it would be an average high around 93 but we had a creek 14 feet away that was glacier water. Best water I ever had. Amazing what real clean good water does for you.

I'm getting my camping rig ready...... weather has been in the 60's with not a cloud in the sky last couple days. It's a real blessing too when I got out of DMV and met a real sweet angel of a Christian lady. She was talking about world events just like MoparMom does. It was cool.

Edited February 10, 20169 yr by JAG1

Low humidity is a good thing in the higher temps. Low humidity and summer dont usually go together in the southeast. 

I can bundle up for the winter if need be but it just slows everything down. Makes concrete masonry, stucco work a real pain. To many heaters to keep fed.

Redneck cooling in the summer, go stand or sit in the port a john for 10 minutes or so. When you walk out it feels like spring time for a little while.

33 minutes ago, dripley said:

Redneck cooling in the summer, go stand or sit in the port a john for 10 minutes or so. When you walk out it feels like spring time for a little while.

That is foul.  Those port a johns are nasty.  In Afghanistan and Iraq they were full of flies and as soon as you opened the door they would swarm at you landing all over your body.  Really makes you want to puke when you think about what they are covered in, as they live in those things .  That image brings back bad memories.

Edited February 10, 20169 yr by Hawkez

Well I have some bad news......

 

 

Jen tried to wash the 28 year old blinds and they are no more haha.  So she is working on new blinds too.  I am gonna miss those 1980's goodness blinds

 

17 minutes ago, Hawkez said:

That is foul.  Those port a johns are nasty.  In Afghanistan and Iraq they were full of flies and as soon as you opened the door they would swarm at you landing all over your body.  Really makes you want to puke when you think about what they are covered in, as they live in those things .  That image brings back bad memories.

I hear ya. Only certain days are good for redneck cooling. Nobody shoots at us on the job site.

9 minutes ago, Me78569 said:

Well I have some bad news......

 

 

Jen tried to wash the 28 year old blinds and they are no more haha.  So she is working on new blinds too.  I am gonna miss those 1980's goodness blinds

 

Are you sure she did not plan that one? I could see my wife throwing them in the washing machine if she wanted new one. Oh honey, I'm sorrry, I thought they would take that beating.

Well I am %100 sure that's what happened but for the better good we are calling it an accident   

Doesn't sound like the right battle to fight.  If mamma wants new curtains, she gets new curtains.  Happy wife, happy life.

I envy you guys that post these pictures in the middle of February and you can see the ground, I'm looking forward to my annual trip to Roosevelt,  lake  in a few weeks where I can go fishing without having to punch a hole in the lake, here I've had about 150 inches total accumulation in my drive way and some of the mountain passes have seen around 300 inches total so far, I've also burned 5 cords of wood since October, defiantly been a brutal winter around here.

We got 18" of snow 7 days ago...and I can see dry bare ground....sucks.   

 

 

Well sadly nothing new came in the mail today so nothing to report.

little more done today,

 

Water pump came in, so I got that installed.  It works pretty good.

 

Jen is working through the blinds. 

I see you don't have any hot water in that camper. Nothing wrong with heating water on the cook stove. Starting to come together.

Yea no need for a heater, just fresh water.

Alright off we go

 

Good job!  Now's the time for the reward.    

37 minutes ago, IBMobile said:

Good job!  Now's the time for the reward.    

IB, I believe you are the king of emoticons. You seem to have one for all occasions.

                                                           

2 hours ago, dripley said:

IB, I believe you are the king of emoticons. You seem to have one for all occasions.

                                                                      

This beats the hell out a tent.

 

good luck on your first outing, I used to have an 8' hard side before I got the 5th wheel, one thing I miss is the convenience of hooking up to what ever trailer I needed, now if I want to take toys I'm usually pushing the legal length limits  by inches

Enjoy the trip.