Five years ago, we bought a new pop up camper. We took lots of weekend trips and one week long trip in it. Since we moved to Florida, however, camping has taken something of a back seat. Our camper didn’t have air conditioning which meant camping locally in the summer (which is what we normally did) was out of the question! We tried it…it was sooo hot!! We recently had a long weekend and decided to try a weekend trip in the early fall.
The trip itself was OK, but we realized that we may be outgrowing our popup. The kids are getting bigger and don’t fit so well into one pull out bed. This means that after the kids go to bed, there’s no room for John & I to sit (the dining room table becomes a bed for our daughter).
If it’s nice out (not rainy, not mosquito-y, not too humid), we can sit at the picnic table. But reading, computing, just relaxing on a sofa? Can’t do it. So, we decided to go look at some campers. We found one we loved, but the price wasn’t right (and we really were just looking) and despite the sales attempts, we walked away. We are looking for a bunkhouse trailer. It has to be lightweight so we can pull it with our current tow vehicle. It would be nice if it had a jack knife sofa (they easily convert to a double bed and it means the dining table can be left up).
In the meantime, I posted our pop up for sale on craigslist. I didn’t really expect to get any bites, but I did and they were really interested. Long story short – we sold it. So, for now, we’re doing day trips or staying in hotels while we search for the “perfect” RV.
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