toedtoes wrote:
Few thoughts:
1. Converting the couch every night - no big deal. Converting the dinette every night - pain. Night time will come and you will always have to move things off the dinette. The tables are a pain to deal with - not difficult, just a pain. Cushions never fit easily.
2. You won't be able to sit in your recliners and talk into the late night with the kids sleeping right there on the couch and dinette.
3. At their ages, will the kids prefer to be in a tent with their air mattresses? Heck, you could build a lean-to for them, or even a tree house and they'd love sleeping there far more than in the trailer. Look outside the box for sleeping arrangements for them since it will be a stationary camp on property you own.
4. Personally, I never liked the bunks - even as a kid. I always felt claustrophobic in them. And the "private space" really isn't private. Also, when boys start growing, they GROW. You'll need to make sure you get a bunkhouse that will fit them in 4 years when that happens.
Very good insight! It's kinda wild you mentioned the tree house as I have one prebuilt already that's going down to the river when it warms up a bit. I guess I'm with you on the bunks being confining. Heck they even mentioned that when we went and looked at them each time. They have bunk beds now but prefer to sleep together on the bottom bunk in our house. As far as the late nights I have a somewhat "unideal" solution for that. I guess I'd just have them crash in our bed in the front until we decide to go to bed then have them come out to the front when we turn in for the night... Or maybe dad just passed out in the recliner! Ha ha ha, they're pretty comfy! I'm also sure they'll warm up to the idea of their own tent once the newness of the camper wears off. Thanks for your thoughts
