Newbie Qs about Trucks, Campers and Wives
Hello! Aspiring future TCer here. After all my research, reading, dreaming , wonderlust and hand wringing, I'm completely sold on the Pros of a TC, and adequately accepting of the Cons. Or so I th...
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UPDATE: Thanks again for all the good info.
We did drive to Eureka to the TC rally, rented a cabin there and was going to walk around the next day and try to chat people up and look at rigs, but at 2AM that morning got called home on a family emergency so the entire trip was a bust. :(
Went to sell the business and interest was so high I got seller's remorse and thought maybe I better hang on a few more years and bank some more retirement money while we do some out and back test trips. Plus wife was not "all in" after all on making such a big transition so fast.
So, now finally getting around to our first dry run in a rental. I went to rent a small MH rig for a weekend trip and the guy at the rental place talked me into a trailer instead of a MH, since I already have a truck that will pull a lightweight trailer, and that way we'll have transportation if needed during the stay. Getting a Jayco Skylark 21ft and taking it to Inks Lake, about 1.5 hours from Austin, for 3 days and two nights. Heading out this afternoon.
This trailer will be way bigger than a TC and we know that, but really we're just testing the camping experience itself more than the creature comforts and space, though I am mindful to imagine it being a much smaller interior. We have no idea what we're doing so it should be a fun low risk, low cost learning adventure.
My biggest fear is shear boredom, but we'll see. Taking lots of magazines and a couple of books. Onward through the fog ...
We did drive to Eureka to the TC rally, rented a cabin there and was going to walk around the next day and try to chat people up and look at rigs, but at 2AM that morning got called home on a family emergency so the entire trip was a bust. :(
Went to sell the business and interest was so high I got seller's remorse and thought maybe I better hang on a few more years and bank some more retirement money while we do some out and back test trips. Plus wife was not "all in" after all on making such a big transition so fast.
So, now finally getting around to our first dry run in a rental. I went to rent a small MH rig for a weekend trip and the guy at the rental place talked me into a trailer instead of a MH, since I already have a truck that will pull a lightweight trailer, and that way we'll have transportation if needed during the stay. Getting a Jayco Skylark 21ft and taking it to Inks Lake, about 1.5 hours from Austin, for 3 days and two nights. Heading out this afternoon.
This trailer will be way bigger than a TC and we know that, but really we're just testing the camping experience itself more than the creature comforts and space, though I am mindful to imagine it being a much smaller interior. We have no idea what we're doing so it should be a fun low risk, low cost learning adventure.
My biggest fear is shear boredom, but we'll see. Taking lots of magazines and a couple of books. Onward through the fog ...
