Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Are there any tentative dates in mind for the Dam Gathering in '06?
I have to make a run to Oregon May 13-14. '06 and it would be great to tie in with the Dam Gathering if possible. I have had event conflicts the last two years.

The '06 Dam Gathering is slated for May 4th - 7th.

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:The '06 Dam Gathering is slated for May 4th - 7th.

Thanks, that might just be a perfect fit.

So tell me Dean....you gonna be there with a tear?....or softsiding it? just curious....Doug....PS Joanie didn't prompt this response....Doug

I'm finished with soft-siding it.

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:I'm finished with soft-siding it.

But are you going to be there?

I think I've almost talked my wife into going to the Redwoods in July. I'm coming either way.

bledsoe3 wrote:

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:I'm finished with soft-siding it.

But are you going to be there?

Guess I sorta side stepped that one... I sure the heck hope so!!!
I didn't want to place any deadlines on this project, but as fate would have it...
It is my hope to at least have the project road worthy to do a shakedown trip by then...
I work well under pressure on work related jobs, but I get more enjoyment on personal projects when I can take my time.
I don't want this to turn into another work project.

BTW- I don't think your wife will regret coming to the redwoods. If she's never camped amoungst them, I know she will be glad that she came.

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote: Guess I sorta side stepped that one... I sure the heck hope so!!!
I didn't want to place any deadlines on this project, but as fate would have it...
It is my hope to at least have the project road worthy to do a shakedown trip by then...
I work well under pressure on work related jobs, but I get more enjoyment on personal projects when I can take my time.
I don't want this to turn into another work project.

Dean, look at page 6 of my Scotsman build. Just click HERE. Accourse I was working on just two months between gatherings.

Have a good day.

Thanks Gage,
Exactly!!! I know if I get in a crunch with time I'll start taking shortcuts and yes... That is when I usually make a mistake or three.
So, you decided NOT to try and make Shasta that year....
I think you ended up making it to Shasta though, but without the skins done yet, right? (That's road worthy)
I was told that you got your tarp setup in a flash, once it started raining!

Well Bledsoe,
I'll be there if I'm there... (Sounds like a Yogiism)

BTW Gage- Your music catches me off gaurd every time.
Hmmm... I just went back and looked a few pages further.
Looks like it was the following year...
That soothing music is trying to rock me to sleep...
(Maybe I'll get to sleep this time...)

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:Thanks Gage,
Exactly!!! So, you decided NOT to try and make Shasta that year....
I think you ended up making it to Shasta though, but without the skins done yet, right? (That's road worthy)
I was told that you got your tarp setup in a flash, once it started raining!
BTW Gage- Your music catches me off gaurd every time.
Hmmm... I just went back and looked a few pages further.
Looks like it was the following year......)

Yep, it was the following year. I was only working on the tear on the weekends because of the 'part time'(?) job I had. During the week I would just go out in the garage and sit and unwind and think about what I was doing and plan the weekend. For the most part I would only spend 16 to 20 hours on the tear on the weekends. Sometimes a couple of weeks would go by with nothing done. I tried not to make the tear my life. I didn't have to have it done right away and when it was finished, I wanted it to be right (for me). That and the fact that nothing was on paper was the main reason it took me 2 1/2 years to build. And I won't build another one. If someone comes along and insist they have to have my tear, I'll take the money and buy a Camp-Inn


Have a good day.

Gage wrote:I won't build another one. If someone comes along and insist they have to have my tear, I'll take the money and buy a Camp-Inn

I just can't picture you without your tear, especially after what you set out to replicate...

Gage,

You can't sell yours and buy a CampInn. You won't be able to say you did it your way, and it works for you!!!

Mike...

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote: I just can't picture you without your tear, especially after what you set out to replicate...

If someone offered you $20,000, wouldn't you take it and run. I've already been offered $12,000 at a car show and turned it down. I probably should have taken it. But then I would have had to add to it to get a Camp-Inn.

mikeschn wrote:Gage,
You can't sell yours and buy a CampInn. You won't be able to say you did it your way, and it works for you!!!
Mike...

I never thought about that. For the benefit of some, I've been thinking of changing it to read: 'My way is not the rule, just the way I did it and it worked for me.'

Have a good day.

P.S. Just knowing I wouldn't leave it factory stock. I could say: 'That's the way I Improved on it and it worked for me.'

Gage wrote:P.S. Just knowing I wouldn't leave it factory stock. I could say: 'That's the way I Improved on it and it worked for me.'

How did I know that?!!!