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I'm a retired guy camping most of my life & the last 11 years in a Jayco 10X pup. Love it spending my Summers & into the Fall. I have decided that the big city (Bay Area) is less & less desirable fo...
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newk wrote:Serenlyretired wrote:
I'm a retired guy ... Ole Fart (71) ... A must is a bed with open sides to make for easier making....
As one ole fart who fights with making beds to another, I'd also look for a comfortable height ceiling in the bedroom, and that becomes more rare as the campers get shorter. Our first 5er was something like 24 feet. It had a very low bedroom ceiling (low profile). The next one was 30 feet and had room for my wife to stand up straight (5'7"). Our current one is a 26 footer, and we just don't have quite enough head room again. It's what they call a "mid-profile". In my opinion, it's not the best for old people with cricks in their backs. The next one will be a high profile, and it'll have a slide out in the bedroom for a little more elbow room.
I've yet to see one that's as easy to make as the one in our stick-built house, but some are much easier than others. I suggest you go through the motions of bed-making in any you consider. Those that won't let you stand up straight are not easy. I have to be on my knees, then reeeeeeeaaaach to get the lower sheet in place at the head of the bed.
Not only is it harder to make the bed, as we age, many of us get a lot more "conservative" and a lower ceiling may make you feel claustrophobic. My DW now sleeps on the couch when we take our low-profile FW out as the ceiling only 3' over our heads just makes her uncomfortable enough that she can't sleep. If some family business pans out over the next couple years, I'll be buying another FW with full-height bedroom.
Lyle
