what other campers have you owned?

[ammobob]

We started with tent camping. Went to Yellowstone and tent camped for 1 week. After all the hassles of putting food in the Honda Pilot or bear box my wife had enough. While driving home she went online (during the trip back to Reno) and found LL. She had our 2013 16 DBS picked out before we got home and ordered it the next week. Our granddaughter outgrew the jackknife sofa in short order so we sold the 16 and ordered a 21 BHS which we pick-up next month. Hitting Yellowstone for 8 days on the return trip. No more chasing ice, driving around with food locked in the trunk or stuffing all you can in a bear box.

[gnies]

My first camper was a 2009 Palomino popup camper








And my new 2015 Camplite 13QBB

[thudd3r]

nice spot!

[sidecarmike]

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[/p][p]1964 Apache.  Basically a tent on top of a box trailer.[/p][p]
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[img style="" style="max-width:100%;" src="http://cdn2.armslist.com/sites/armslist/uploads/posts/2013/04/17/1472087_02_1992_bunkhouse_motorcycle_camp_640.jpg"][/p][p]1992 Kamparoo[/p][p]

[leslie]

LMAO!!

[sidecarmike]

[quote source="/post/10771/thread" timestamp="1431532845" author="@leslie"]LMAO!![/quote] Did I say something funny?

[leslie]

As I went through your pictures, one by one, I showed them to my husband and we talked about the various tent campers you went through before you got to Livin Lite. We speculated on what your camping experiences were. Then we came to the last picture, which you said was the only one you owned. We got a good laugh out of that.

[aznighthiker]

[p]Located a better picture of the Apache tent campers. We had one like the one on the left ,the gold body color.[attachment id="856"][/p][p]
[/p][p]From time to time we have observed vintage popup campers, Apaches, Coleman's and the Cox Conestoga. The Apache brings back memories from camping in Illinois in the mid 60's and the Coleman Colorado (one I tried to buy but a coworkers arrived at the dealership before me) in the 70's. Last fall the campgrounds around Williams, Arizona had a lot of vintage camping trailers.[/p]

[peislander]

[quote source="/post/10801/thread" timestamp="1431615155" author="@leslie"]As I went through your pictures, one by one, I showed them to my husband and we talked about the various tent campers you went through before you got to Livin Lite. We speculated on what your camping experiences were. Then we came to the last picture, which you said was the only one you owned. We got a good laugh out of that.[/quote]Leslie - I think he meant that he has owned all those models over the years but that the pics - except for one - are from the internet because in all likelyhood he doesn't have digital photos of ones he owned years ago.

Sidecar Mike -- I particularly enjoyed the "1996 Bunkhouse" popup and the funky canopy seen in the pic. Reminded me of the canopies you see on New York apartment buildings where the doorman in fancy uniform stands outside.  8-)  Very cool! Did yours have a canopy like that?

[leslie]

[quote timestamp="1431615155" source="/post/10801/thread" author="@leslie"]As I went through your pictures, one by one, I showed them to my husband and we talked about the various tent campers you went through before you got to Livin Lite. We speculated on what your camping experiences were. Then we came to the last picture, which you said was the only one you owned. We got a good laugh out of that.

Leslie - I think he meant that he has owned all those models over the years but that the pics - except for one - are from the internet because in all likelyhood he doesn't have digital photos of ones he owned years ago.

Sidecar Mike -- I particularly enjoyed the "1996 Bunkhouse" popup and the funky canopy seen in the pic. Reminded me of the canopies you see on New York apartment buildings where the doorman in fancy uniform stands outside.  8-)  Very cool! Did yours have a canopy like that?[/quote]


Ah, I am just back from a 2-week camping trip - our first trip together in our first RV.  Tired, I might add. My husband is retired, but we went about this trip the same way we did when he was working - cram as many activities into the trip as we possibly can. We will have to work on how to make our camping trips more relaxing!

[sidecarmike]

[quote source="/post/10801/thread" timestamp="1431615155" author="@leslie"]As I went through your pictures, one by one, I showed them to my husband and we talked about the various tent campers you went through before you got to Livin Lite. We speculated on what your camping experiences were. Then we came to the last picture, which you said was the only one you owned. We got a good laugh out of that.[/quote][p]No, no, no.  I owned them all at one time or another.  I just don't have digital photos of most, so I found similar shots on the web.  Some of them, like the Kamparoo, I only owned for a couple months.  Others, like the Bunkhouses, I used for years behind the motorcycles.  These are shots of my own.[/p][p]
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[img style="" style="max-width:100%;" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/SidecarMike/Camping/Old%20Campers/bunkhouse1_zps277b2241.jpg"][/p][p]The Kamparoo was the easiest one to erect.  As you opened the lid it just pulled the tent up.  Unfortunately, it was too narrow and had no storage space at all. There was barely room for my coat and boots on the floor and the old canvas sagged and leaked like a sieve.[/p][p]