Hi, I want to make this contest some-what diiferent. For this contest you will need to post two or more pictures. These need to be your pictures, taken by you, and of your trailers/motorhomes etc. The theme of the May 2010 Photo Contest is: "What a difference there is between my first [or previous] camper and the one I own now." [my wife will kill me if she sees this, so please don't tell her] Obviously my pictures don't count, but will give you an idea of what I'm looking for.
Note; This little truck bed camper trailer was used for two trips to Canada and all through the western states; It slept two adults and two dogs. [Black Lab Mix & an over sized pure bred Collie]
__________________ Bob 2005 Safari 25-B
"Le Petit Chateau Argent" Small Silver Castle
2000 Navigator / 2014 F-150 Eco-Boost / Equal-i-zer / P-3
YAMAHA 2400 / AIR #12144
Here you go...the first picture isn't exactly a "camper", but it's what we camped in for years before getting our first Airstream! So I guess our first real "camper" was Maxwell....we jumped right past the truck camper & pop-up phases - straight to an Airstream!
Hey, at least they are all round...
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Vintage Airstream Club - Past President 2007/2008
WBCCI #1824 - DenCO Unit Past President (2005)
AIR #30 - Join Date: 2-25-2002
Oh this is fun! We did lots of tent camping until we moved to western Canada. That was too scary, cold, and wet in the Rockies. Our first trailer was a 13 foot 1973 Boler (which we still have). Then we got a 14 foot 1975 Surfside (with a QUEEN bed!). Now we have a 23 foot 2008 Airstream International CCD. The bed on the Airstream is as "cozy" as the one in our Boler. Egg-shaped trailers rule!
Lisa
After never RVing in my life, I bought a used 2003 Four Winds so that I could bow hunt a little more comfortably. I branched out and started camping at the state parks in the summer so often that I decided to invest in something a little larger and more excessive, since the decade of the 2000s was the age of excess, and at the time bigger was better.
That trailer was a brand new 2007 Keystone Laredo ordered from the factory just the way I wanted it. It's one of only two vehicles that I ever bought new (vs. used) and I was planning to keep it for many, many years. Well, after only one year I came back from a morning of deer hunting to find just a frame. The cause will never be known, but four months later I received a Dometic fridge recall notice.
I had always loved Airstream but couldn't really afford Airstream. The combination of a really great deal and a nice insurance check made the dream come true, although bittersweet.
So that's my progression, and it happened all in the lifespan of a single tow vehicle (2000 Excursion diesel).
After never RVing in my life, I bought a used 2003 Four Winds so that I could bow hunt a little more comfortably. I branched out and started camping at the state parks in the summer so often that I decided to invest in something a little larger and more excessive, since the decade of the 2000s was the age of excess, and at the time bigger was better.
That trailer was a brand new 2007 Keystone Laredo ordered from the factory just the way I wanted it. It's one of only two vehicles that I ever bought new (vs. used) and I was planning to keep it for many, many years. Well, after only one year I came back from a morning of deer hunting to find just a frame. The cause will never be known, but four months later I received a Dometic fridge recall notice.
I had always loved Airstream but couldn't really afford Airstream. The combination of a really great deal and a nice insurance check made the dream come true, although bittersweet.
So that's my progression, and it happened all in the lifespan of a single tow vehicle (2000 Excursion diesel).
What a wonderful bittersweet story. After seeing the progression of life's RVs in this contest {Hey, Bob, is the winner's prize a Stars and Stripes banner?) I am motivated to dig into my archive's of 70 years of camping photos. I may even throw in some photo's of my Dad's campings begining in the '20's. I got some 'diggin' to do. Busy now trying to install a cork floor in our Trade Wind.
'Film at 11'.
Neil.
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Neil and Lynn Holman
FreshAir #12407
Our first was a 1967 24 ft. Tradewind that we worked on restoring and we sold it when we were about 90% complete with the restoration. Now we regret having sold it and wish we still had it along with our second one.
Our second (and current) is a 1988 32 ft. Excella that we are in process of restoring.
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Hi, I want to make this contest some-what diiferent. For this contest you will need to post two or more pictures. These need to be your pictures, taken by you, and of your trailers/motorhomes etc. The theme of the May 2010 Photo Contest is: "What a difference there is between my first [or previous] camper and the one I own now." [my wife will kill me if she sees this, so please don't tell her] Obviously my pictures don't count, but will give you an idea of what I'm looking for.
What were we thinking?!?
Not rude...just not thinking outside the box far enough!
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