Hello Everybody! I wanted to share my 17ft camp trailer I got for my family & I to use. I picked it up last year and have had to do a little work on it. But it serves us well and our family loves it!
Here's some exterior photos:
A couple shots of the interior when I first got it:
It pulls really well behind my Toyota Sequoia. Straight as an arrow and the truck can barely tell its there.
Here we are enjoying it on its very first family trip to Lake Tahoe.
And another site not far from Tahoe for trip #2
It really does make camping possible for our family!
Here's some exterior photos:
A couple shots of the interior when I first got it:
It pulls really well behind my Toyota Sequoia. Straight as an arrow and the truck can barely tell its there.
Here we are enjoying it on its very first family trip to Lake Tahoe.
And another site not far from Tahoe for trip #2
It really does make camping possible for our family!
Here are a few shots from our first camping trip last year. We drove to Lake Tahoe and the only site that was available was a parking spot about 100ft from the highway 😞
My wife did not care for the spot at all and neither did I. Luckily there in Tahoe we had cellphone service and she was able to find another camp site about half an hour away, and so we set off to find it.
I should have known better than to listen to google... it sent me on a dirt road that was washed out in area's and had some pretty deep ruts. After about 20 minutes on this dirt road (at an average 3mph) we found an intersection where I was able to do a three point turn.
So we head back to the highway, and continue on our way to the next campground we see, which happened to be about 5 minutes from the dirt road 🙂 We didn't need any reservations and the camp ground was near vacant. We had our choice of sites and found one that was perfect!
We were pretty far from the highway, and this highway was much less traveled. It made for a much more peaceful nights rest. 🙂
My wife did not care for the spot at all and neither did I. Luckily there in Tahoe we had cellphone service and she was able to find another camp site about half an hour away, and so we set off to find it.
I should have known better than to listen to google... it sent me on a dirt road that was washed out in area's and had some pretty deep ruts. After about 20 minutes on this dirt road (at an average 3mph) we found an intersection where I was able to do a three point turn.
So we head back to the highway, and continue on our way to the next campground we see, which happened to be about 5 minutes from the dirt road 🙂 We didn't need any reservations and the camp ground was near vacant. We had our choice of sites and found one that was perfect!
We were pretty far from the highway, and this highway was much less traveled. It made for a much more peaceful nights rest. 🙂
Thanks everybody for all the kind words. We do intend on making countless memories in this camper. My two boys are 6 years old and 4 years old, and its about that time they learn a little more about the wilderness and a little less about spongebob squarepants 🙂
The only area of the trailer that is an eye-sore is the kitchen area. Even though we do not cook, or eat, inside the trailer... we still like to spend time in there and we don't want to be looking at peeling wall paper that is dated.
So I set forth, removing the old wall paper to reveal ANOTHER layer of 1970s dated wall paper!
I also expected to find some dry-rot, but I didn't expect it to be this bad!
Our family had another trip planned for the upcoming weekend, so I didn't have the time (or patience) to completely disassemble my trailer to replace all the rot. So I got some more insulating spray-foam and filled in all the holes so my wall would have some structure.
36 hours later....
Now its time to do something about this hideous wall I had uncovered. At first I wanted to use metal wall tiles, but apparently those tiles cost over $20ea!?!? After wandering around Home Depot for an hour looking for a solution, I found it!
http://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficMASTER-12-in-x-24-in-Peel-and-Stick-Carrara-Marble-Vinyl-Tile-20-sq-ft-case-SS1212/206403338
Peel & Stick vinyl floor tiles! 12"x24" tiles for $1.35ea!
Here we have the window removed, and the new tiles ready to go up.
It was easy to cut thru these tiles with some heavy duty cutting sheers.
Already its looking 1,000x better!
The tile is stapled in place. Staples were placed at the top of the wall below the cabinet line, and at the bottom of the wall above the counter top. I had some ugly seams where the tiles met, and some even uglier seams where I had to cut small tile sections to fill random gaps. All of the seams and staples had to be hidden, so I picked up some "Smart Tiles" to use as a backsplash.
First I had to cut every tile in half.
Here we can see some of the bad seams under the corner of the window,
But you would have no idea it was there after looking at the finished product!
I really could not be more pleased with how this turned out. Please, nobody tell my wife what that wall looked like without wall paper! lol
The only area of the trailer that is an eye-sore is the kitchen area. Even though we do not cook, or eat, inside the trailer... we still like to spend time in there and we don't want to be looking at peeling wall paper that is dated.
So I set forth, removing the old wall paper to reveal ANOTHER layer of 1970s dated wall paper!
I also expected to find some dry-rot, but I didn't expect it to be this bad!
Our family had another trip planned for the upcoming weekend, so I didn't have the time (or patience) to completely disassemble my trailer to replace all the rot. So I got some more insulating spray-foam and filled in all the holes so my wall would have some structure.
36 hours later....
Now its time to do something about this hideous wall I had uncovered. At first I wanted to use metal wall tiles, but apparently those tiles cost over $20ea!?!? After wandering around Home Depot for an hour looking for a solution, I found it!
http://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficMASTER-12-in-x-24-in-Peel-and-Stick-Carrara-Marble-Vinyl-Tile-20-sq-ft-case-SS1212/206403338
Peel & Stick vinyl floor tiles! 12"x24" tiles for $1.35ea!
Here we have the window removed, and the new tiles ready to go up.
It was easy to cut thru these tiles with some heavy duty cutting sheers.
Already its looking 1,000x better!
The tile is stapled in place. Staples were placed at the top of the wall below the cabinet line, and at the bottom of the wall above the counter top. I had some ugly seams where the tiles met, and some even uglier seams where I had to cut small tile sections to fill random gaps. All of the seams and staples had to be hidden, so I picked up some "Smart Tiles" to use as a backsplash.
First I had to cut every tile in half.
Here we can see some of the bad seams under the corner of the window,
But you would have no idea it was there after looking at the finished product!
I really could not be more pleased with how this turned out. Please, nobody tell my wife what that wall looked like without wall paper! lol
