by BPFox » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:22 pm
I posted the name on the other thread about names. Mine will be called "Weekend at Bernie's". What I did not post is the reason, so I will put it here. First of all, my name is Bernie. I have spend quite a few years as a Boy Scout leader with much of that time spend training new adult leaders. I build a trailer just to haul my training stuff around. Most of the training takes place outdoors so I have dining flies, knot boards, craft materials, you name it, that needs to be hauled up and back for these trainings. Most folks just pack the car and then un-pack the car. I got tired of doing that so I built a trailer to haul it around in. Well what tends to happen with more space is you bring more stuff. Then you start adding stuff like my cast iron cookware. 4 frying pans, 3 dutch ovens, above ground fire pits and on and on and on. Before long, my Scouting friends started calling my site "Weekend at Bernie's". A few years back, while moving my daughter to Michigan State, the axle broke on my way down on that good old trailer. Stranded by the side of the road with all her belongings inside, I dropped the trailer off the tow vehicle and drove to the nearest city that had a Lowes and baught a brand new 5x8 enclosed trailer. Drove back to where the old trailer was and transfered the goods so I could continue the trip. The next day I drove down with my equipment trailer which is equipped with a winch and brought the broken trailer home. I now plan to use the frame from that old trailer as part of my new TTT so it seems only fitting to call it "Weekend at Bernie's".