Last spring my wife and I bough Hap's camper he had for sale, and were happy to join the small camper community. We enjoyed the camper the few times we were able to use it.
Well, I posted back in October I think, about the trailer failing on us on the way to the campground. Thankfully, it happened in the campground, and we were very close to the campsite. The front crossmember failed, and the trailer tilted up, and the back of the trailer hit the ground.
A few weeks before, we had been repairing some leaks that had developed, and we thought we had them fixed. The campground we were at when the trailer broke down, was about 20 miles from my Dad's house. I was able to "rig" the trailer with straps, and get it to my Dad's house.
We have had a very rough, wet winter here, and unfortunately, the camper sat out all winter. We went today to check on it, and the camper is a total loss. The leaks were worse, and there was mold setting up. We were able to pull out all of our belongings today, and get them home. I'll go back in a few weeks, and start salvaging windows, converter, etc., and start demoing the trailer.
I was very excited to get back into camping again, and looks like this year will be back to tent camping. My wife and I really enjoy camping, and need to get away. We both have pretty stressful jobs, and camping is a great way to recharge.
We like to be comfortable, and have a decent amount of stuff we take. We are also new to kayaking, and would like to be able to take the kayaks with us on some sort of rack on the camper. I would love to take a trip out west in a few years and camp our way across the plains to Yellowstone.
I'll be looking back through the site for designs that might fit the bill. I am a pretty big guy, and we were pretty cramped in the camper. We might be looking for something we can store our gear in, have some basic galley stuff, (microwave, toaster oven, coffee maker), and sleep in our cabin tent on our cots.
Any suggestions on designs would be appreciated. I will be looking at a metal roof with small overhang this time around.
Jimmy