Remember that you are just hauling around what is basically an empty box. FILL IT UP..
And yes, that is a satellite dish. I need my weekend soccer games from
England. It now lives in the bigger trailer too.
TinKicker wrote:Becca, where did you get those black footlocker-looking totes? Look almost military.
When Terra and the kids and I tent camped, we owned a '97 Dodge Caravan which was GREAT. The floor inside without the two back bench seats was perfect for a fullsize mattress. Two sliding doors, pop-out windows. Good camper-that-was-not-a-camper. Really, it was like a motorized teardrop!
Now we'll be towing with a Tacoma, so cargo area isn't a problem, but everybody wants to be able to say they're totally self-contained with their tear. Problem is, it probably ain't gonna' happen. Like everyone has said, fill 'er up and sort out the overflow. In a trip or three you'll have it pared down to the practicalities.
Heck, that's part of the fun.
I've been doodling with a 5'x12' design...can anyone say "excess"?
TinKicker wrote:Becca, one day he'll change. My bride used to be a "Marriott Girl", as per Arne's experience. Her idea of roughing it was no microwave or refrigerator in the motel room!
She had never been camping in her life before she met me, and my tales of sleeping in foxholes in 17º weather during my pre-marriage military time chilled her more than it did me. Needless to say, my idea of a rough time in the woods was a little different from hers.
Over the years though we've learned to meet in the middle, and she actually enjoys it now because she has had a few of those "teardrop time" moments when the evening sun was just right, the breeze was just right, the fire was just right, the sounds of the woods were just right...you've been there (pause and remember it for a moment)...you get it. She got it. It's turned into a great thing to share and remember.
To get back on thread...we now work as a team...she gathers up what we're taking and tells me to get on it, and I pack it with good ol' olive drab efficiency and a brisk "Yes, ma'am!"
I'd just like to get my tear built so I'll have something to pack it in!
What breed is your dog? A lab? I know they can be feisty up until about a year and a half.
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