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popeyemth
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Nov 24, 2013

Bonus camper use

24 hours before the start took the Shadow Cruiser popup to the local Thanksgiving/Christmas parade route and parked in a strategic location .
Packed with 6 folding chairs and blankets and heavy coats this meant no schlepping those items several city blocks to AND from the parade as parking fills up and is blocked close to the parade on parade day. We got there an hour or so early,set out the chairs ( curbside fills quickly and gets CROWDED due to candy thrown from floats) popped up the camper and fired the furnace and watched TV till kids/Grandkids arrived. The coffee and hot chocolate made the Porta Pot come in very handy :) 19 degrees with a wind chill of 9 degrees made the furnace pretty nice too :)
Plans are to repeat this on Black Friday :)
  • I did something similar for a July 4 parade. Drove into town at dawn, parked in a space that would be legal all day, and used camper as my base for meals, toilet, and shade. Set up chair very early in shaded spot for parade. Perfect day!