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afidel
Dec 05, 2017Explorer II
We looked for about 2 years. We were doing a ton of camping and as I approached middle age I was getting tired of sleeping on cots or camping mats. A few years ago I spent 20% of my time between December and July in a tent. The final straw was when I had a retinal detachment and realized that I needed to enjoy the things I love while I could. Our requirements were needed to have bunk beds, a full length mattress and ceilings high enough that I wouldn't hit my head (I'm 6'3"), a dinette big enough to seat 4 adults, and light enough to pull with our minivan (this turned out to be undo-able but I'm glad we went light since ready to camp for 3 weeks and with 5 people we actually max out the half ton we ended up buying). Price was also a factor, I'm putting the wife through college and as soon as she's done my oldest will start. We love our little trailer, big enough for 5 for 3 weeks but not so big that it limits us in any way. We spent a total of 7 weeks and a half dozen weekends and 10,000 miles in it during the first year and we've already got plans for 4 full weeks and a few long weekends for next year, probably only do ~7,500 miles but still get good use out of it.
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