Hi, all - Newbie with a bunch of questions
Hi, everybody, I've been lurking for a couple of months and finally decided to register and post. We're tent campers who are toying with the idea of a small MH, so I'd like to tap your collectiv...
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Thanks, everyone! I knew this would be the right place to ask. :D
I'm absorbing as much as I can, and coming back to re-read everything more than once.
Re: space - when we tent camp, we go in my Prius, so we're pretty good about not needing a lot of space or gear. We don't watch much TV, and a rainy day means books, tablets and Kindles. (Or cards, but I'm a transplanted Michigander and these California types have never even heard of Euchre. Can you imagine??)
We mostly stick to state / National parks and forest service places, so I guess I'm not too worried about year requirements on a potential RV purchase. As a girl, my family went from tents, to a popup, to a TT and then to Camp Hilton. My favorite of the lot was the 70s-era Apache popup. The smell of woodsmoke and wet canvas still makes my heart sing.
Can't really put a cat in a popup, though, plus my hunch is that I'll get the hubs on the road more with a comfy motorhome.
I've been dithering back and forth about the cabover, but you folks are right about the kid. He'll be pushing 6 feet soon enough, and I know he'll like the cabover bed as his own space.
My dream floorplan is a rear corner bed for us, plus a sofa bed or cabover for the kid. If he brings friends along, we'll toss 'em outside in a tent. Chinook has a very rare corner bed, and the Phoenix 2350 has one, too, but the former is darn near impossible to find, and the latter is daydream fodder because of the price.
Anyhow, thank you for all of the advice, and please keep it coming.
I'm absorbing as much as I can, and coming back to re-read everything more than once.
Re: space - when we tent camp, we go in my Prius, so we're pretty good about not needing a lot of space or gear. We don't watch much TV, and a rainy day means books, tablets and Kindles. (Or cards, but I'm a transplanted Michigander and these California types have never even heard of Euchre. Can you imagine??)
We mostly stick to state / National parks and forest service places, so I guess I'm not too worried about year requirements on a potential RV purchase. As a girl, my family went from tents, to a popup, to a TT and then to Camp Hilton. My favorite of the lot was the 70s-era Apache popup. The smell of woodsmoke and wet canvas still makes my heart sing.
Can't really put a cat in a popup, though, plus my hunch is that I'll get the hubs on the road more with a comfy motorhome.
I've been dithering back and forth about the cabover, but you folks are right about the kid. He'll be pushing 6 feet soon enough, and I know he'll like the cabover bed as his own space.
My dream floorplan is a rear corner bed for us, plus a sofa bed or cabover for the kid. If he brings friends along, we'll toss 'em outside in a tent. Chinook has a very rare corner bed, and the Phoenix 2350 has one, too, but the former is darn near impossible to find, and the latter is daydream fodder because of the price.
Anyhow, thank you for all of the advice, and please keep it coming.
