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DutchmenSport
Jul 19, 2017Explorer
I am so glad I am able to park (and use) my camper at home. We moved out of a town we lived in over 16 years when zoning said I could no longer park my camper there any more. I sleep where my camper parks. We sold the house and moved. Been happier ever since. I never did really "enjoy" living there.
We sleep in the camper every night. I've always said, we have the house just so we have somewhere to park the camper.
I am a believer in following your best instincts. That was a good catch which could have resulted in a long battle removing unwanted smells.
I think we've all made our mistakes like that though. Last winter, when weather got too cold to reasonably heat the camper, I forgot to remove about a dozen soft drinks from the refrigerator. So, outside temperatures dropped to negative 10-15 degrees and no heat in the camper. Guess what happened?
When we were getting the camper ready again at the end of February for our annual March trip to South Carolina or Florida (depending), we opened the refrigerator and had a massive mess! 12 cans of soft drink exploded inside the refrigerator. It took the best part of an entire day cleaning it up.
I'm glad everything worked out OK for you. Too bad though, you can't keep your camper parked at home. I think, in order to stay with my camper, I'd even quit my job if I had to. I've moved once when the camper was forced out. And I'd do it again. We live in the country, where we can still have open fires, pee in our own yard, and the grand kids can run naked through the corn fields if they want to. (much like I grew up! ... yea... as a kid, I ran naked through the corn fields too!)
We sleep in the camper every night. I've always said, we have the house just so we have somewhere to park the camper.
I am a believer in following your best instincts. That was a good catch which could have resulted in a long battle removing unwanted smells.
I think we've all made our mistakes like that though. Last winter, when weather got too cold to reasonably heat the camper, I forgot to remove about a dozen soft drinks from the refrigerator. So, outside temperatures dropped to negative 10-15 degrees and no heat in the camper. Guess what happened?
When we were getting the camper ready again at the end of February for our annual March trip to South Carolina or Florida (depending), we opened the refrigerator and had a massive mess! 12 cans of soft drink exploded inside the refrigerator. It took the best part of an entire day cleaning it up.
I'm glad everything worked out OK for you. Too bad though, you can't keep your camper parked at home. I think, in order to stay with my camper, I'd even quit my job if I had to. I've moved once when the camper was forced out. And I'd do it again. We live in the country, where we can still have open fires, pee in our own yard, and the grand kids can run naked through the corn fields if they want to. (much like I grew up! ... yea... as a kid, I ran naked through the corn fields too!)
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