Tent Trailers: Pop-up Camping

Top 95. Jun 20, 1999 12:33 PM

» Heide - Old Pop up

Hello, I have been reading all the posts with great interest. we have always tent camped with our children and really enjoyed it. But this last trip ended in a wet tent with four bored children and mom and dad even more stir crazy.We decided right then and there to start looking for a pop up.My husband this week dragged home a 71 starcraft, he bought for $200 It is in ok condition, he plans to spend the next year cleaning and repairing. The mechanics work great as well as the heater and stove.Fridge is out and a few rips and holes in the canvas. We can replace the canvas for about $700. For about $1000 all told we could have a pretty nice set up. I was wondering if we could resell it for that, or would we be wasting our time?
Heide

-- posted by Heide

Top 96. Jun 21, 1999 11:11 AM

» Tom_Stephens - Reconditioned Pop-Up

Heide,
Thanks for your post and glad to hear you are coming in out of the rain! I think you should be able to get your money back out of it, if you sell it. Sounds like your husband knows what he is doing with the repairs. Hope it works out for you!

-- posted by Tom_Stephens

Top 97. Jun 21, 1999 10:10 PM

» BillandGinny - camping stories

Hi Tom
With all the people that love to go camping, I thought we would have a lot more camping stories. I would like to see more of those. From the worst camping trip to the best camping trip. Not to mention all those camping tips.
Bill

-- posted by BillandGinny

Top 98. Jun 22, 1999 9:10 AM

» Tom_Stephens - Camping Stories

Bill and Ginny,
Hey, thanks for your posting. Good to hear from you all! What do you mean by stories? Are you referring to discussion group postings or do you mean that you would like to see me write more articles on tips and personal experiences?

-- posted by Tom_Stephens

Top 99. Jun 23, 1999 1:09 AM

» BillandGinny - camping stores from all over

I Tom,
I'm sure you havea lotof interesting stories to share, but I would think there should be stories from lots of diffferent campers. We are going camping in our Coleman over the upcoming holiday weekend. If we have something that is worth sharing, we will let you know.
Bill Do you have any camping planned over the 4th of July weekend? If so, where? Be ready to share when you get back.
Bill

-- posted by BillandGinny

Top 100. Jun 23, 1999 8:08 AM

» Dan_Ellsworth - Hints of stories

Not much time available now, but to meet request for personal experience, AND to indicate what sold us on a pop-up camper:

Have you seen a water bed without baffles? The waves move with impressive slowness, but there are waves. Our family has seen our tent floor look like that once in each of Michigan's two great peninsulas. It's a fascinating experience - for about ten seconds.

-- posted by Dan_Ellsworth

Top 101. Jun 23, 1999 10:58 PM

» Tom_Stephens - Holiday campout and Dan's floor!

Hi Bill and hello there Dan! Where are you guys going over the holiday? I assume you mean the 4th of July. Pam and I don't camp on holidays--too darn many people out there for us. We would love to hear all about your trip though.

Dan, I know all about floating floors. We had one in a tent at Yellowstone one year. Pam literally bailed us out with a milk carton--empty of course! We had no shovel. That is one reason we decided to buy our pop-up. Then, we continued to get wet while setting up and taking it down--so we decided to buy our travel trailer! Guess I'm getting to old and too soft for that kind of stuff.

-- posted by Tom_Stephens

Top 102. Jun 24, 1999 5:18 AM

» LearningQuest - Checking in...

Hi People!

Seeing what's what with you all. Hope you are enjoying the camping season.

We have three weeks (1 more to go) w/o camping plans and are getting some much needed work done around the house.

Also, we are in the process of purchasing a new van...if we can work out the deal. What a pain that is...there weren't any near by, and the dealer who said he would find one for me dropped the ball and didn't maintain communication, so I started searching the web and found one next big city over, about an hour away, so quite close and last one with specs we want in the area.

Well I digress, BTW, someone posted about roof racks on coleman, if you have a Coleman warranty as you are first owner, coleman has to approve what you put on the roof, or you void the warranty!!! With possible roof sag, don't chance it, could be a costly 'savings' doing it yourself in the end...I would not swear to this part, but my memory is they told us coleman actually has to install also...but I could be wrong on that!

We are going to a campground on Lake Ontario for fourth of July, I know, crowds, but hubby gets an extra day off and we want to be in the woods. I really like opening up all my flaps and being in the woods, all the sounds and smells...mmmmmm

That's what I like about a pop up!

Take care all,

-- posted by LearningQuest

Top 103. Jun 24, 1999 10:35 AM

» Tom_Stephens - Lake Ontario camping

LQ,
Where are some good areas on Lake Ontario to camp? Some folks may be interested in camping in that region.

-- posted by Tom_Stephens