We love "RV'n" in our big TT, but do sometimes want some more basic "camping" for a quick weekend away.
We don't tent camp (did for over 20 years while raising the kids) as we have gotten older and getting down onto the ground to sleep at night is the single biggest issue. We still love being outside and even the simple daily chores of cooking outside on a camp stove or over the campfire as you would while tent camping are no problem. So, a little hard-shell box with a better mattress and better weather protection to avoid that joyous experience of a windy storm tearing through camp at midnight while sleeping in a tent actually sound very appealing. Especially when you make it small enough that the little commuter car could even tow it and probably get more in the range of 20MPG and cost so cheap you can afford to buy a second camper.
I like the features in the Little Guy teardrops better than the Runaway, but the price difference sure does make it look pretty appealing - just spend a little cash and drive away to camp.
DW has already given the green light for "anything with a solid bed and heat / air conditioning for any cold or hot nights" I actually would like to build my own, but time for a project like that is the toughest thing for me as we have too many other irons in the fire already.
