Selecting a truck camper-help please
My wife and I are long time campers and have owned a number of travel trailers and 5th wheels, so we are not new to the camping experience, but have never been around any truck campers. Most all of ou...
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Bleugoat wrote:
Your post brings back memories. I went through almost the same thought process as you when I retired and planned a trip to Alaska in 2005. I too had a lot of experience with travel trailer camping but decided a truck camper would be best for the Alaska trip. That was one of the best decisions I ever made.
I bought the Outfitter popup in my signature, made the trip, and enjoyed the freedom of truck camping so much that I never went back to travel trailer camping.
I have enjoyed my Outfitter, but if I had it to do over again, I would get a hard side camper. It is a bit of inconvenience to put up the top, especially after you get to be an old fart like me.
By all means, take the trip. Alaska is the trip of a lifetime.
Good Luck.
About ten years ago we did the inside passage, north bound cruise with a group of friends and while we had a great time, I always felt like we never saw the "real" Alaska.
I can see us keeping the pickup camper (along with the 5th wheel) just for longer trips with just my wife and maybe one grand-kid at a time, at least once they get a little older.
Thanks for ever ones help.
