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patperry2766
Dec 29, 2015Explorer II
There is absolutely no reason why you couldn't FT for 2-3 months in a camper that size.
2 years ago, we ran across a lady in a New Mexico state park that FT'ed in a 1970'ish Volkswagen Beetle....not the van, but a Beetle. She was kinda odd and a little kooky, but she was pretty much a loner. From talking to her, she was a professor at some college back east and was doing some research for the government. She was exposed to some kind of neurological chemical that messed her up. She said that she got a big settlement from the government as well as her pension from the school.
She would F/T in the mountains during the summer and go to Arizona during the winters. She had bought the VW new, no husband, family or anything. Now, her whole story could be made up but the park host confirmed to us what she had said because she had been coming to that exact campground for many years. It was the Columbine campground outside of Red River NM, so if you see a faded old silver bug parked there...you will know the rest of the story.
2 years ago, we ran across a lady in a New Mexico state park that FT'ed in a 1970'ish Volkswagen Beetle....not the van, but a Beetle. She was kinda odd and a little kooky, but she was pretty much a loner. From talking to her, she was a professor at some college back east and was doing some research for the government. She was exposed to some kind of neurological chemical that messed her up. She said that she got a big settlement from the government as well as her pension from the school.
She would F/T in the mountains during the summer and go to Arizona during the winters. She had bought the VW new, no husband, family or anything. Now, her whole story could be made up but the park host confirmed to us what she had said because she had been coming to that exact campground for many years. It was the Columbine campground outside of Red River NM, so if you see a faded old silver bug parked there...you will know the rest of the story.
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