Hey nralifr - I got a late start on your thread......I knew I was going to enjoy it and saw it being updated a lot, but I ended up sort of leaving it for later. It's been an off and on RV.net summer/fall for me.
But I have to say a couple of things:
1) I nearly had a tear in my eye when I finally saw the picture of the truck and camper in, and then the picture with the truck side-by-side with the camper. I'm very happy for your success!
2) As Sleepy pointed out first (I think) the two garages (3 doors) all lining up at their tops make it really tie together nicely. I bet many visitors at first glimpse might not even notice just how much bigger the lower bay is. Whoever came up with that in your early design really deserves kudos. It looks fantastic.
3) The interior multi-level is just tremendous. I love how you can inspect the TC roof at a glance because that's something at times we go a long time without ever seeing (the TC roof) and wouldn't notice a problem until....well sometime later. I'm curious, if you wanted to, could you back up at an angle, and wedge the camper on the truck up close enough to your "balcony edge" and be able to climb directly onto the roof? That would be handy if you were ever doing a major roof renovation or caulking job. Sure you can climb the ladder, but when I changed my AC I sure got tired of that climb.
4) You said it yourself several times, but the high windows on the lowest wall are great. Makes the TC look so much more snug in there like it is meant to be there, and even camped in perhaps.
Many other thoughts came to mind as I read the whole thing in one shot, but nothing important really. I'm sorry I didn't follow along all summer and fall, but I got to watch you build the whole thing in one day!
Great job, let us know when the TC party is but if not, I'll swing by there sometime next year perhaps. I like your neck of the woods and have camped at Spadra many times visiting a friend's son who went to University of the Ozarks. I think as you said somewhere back there in the thread, everyone deserves (or should be able to) realize their dreams at some point. At this point our dreams are more about full-timing and travelling so things like the ultimate camper garage will be sacrificed :) You could live a couple of years in the camper for what the garage probably cost.... Gotta focus on what works for each of us, but it doesn't keep us from enjoying other people's dreams.
Congrats, and thanks for sharing this whole thing with us.
