So, we are on the verge of "completing" the renovation of our beloved
1964 Bambi II after 10 years. We have enjoyed amazing memories in our Bambi, including two trips to Disney (Fort Wilderness Campground is amazing!), a great trip north through Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and countless trips to the beach and to PA State Parks (we spent 30 nights camping this past Covid-Summer). All the little trailer still needs to be complete is a hot water heater, city water inlet, and pex plumbing to connect everything. We have been using the water tank and pump with great success.
We fit four into a 17' trailer, and I have always been proud of that fact. Bunk beds make it possible. That said, the girls are getting bigger and are starting to think about "privacy."
So, the unofficial search was on for a vintage Airstream , a bit larger, that would not break the bank (I didn't even tell my wife I was looking). We found a nice project (a pretty solid, mostly original trailer) in a
1961 24' TradeWind double. It is five hours away. It needs a lot of love. The current owner has been a FANTASTIC communicator and has already gotten new tires installed for its trip to us. We will go up and retrieve it as soon as his DMV paperwork comes through.
So, we embark on another project. This one is more manageable than the Bambi was right off the bat. It can be towed. The Bambi, with its rusted tongue/front frame came home on a flatbed construction trailer. Still...am I ready for this? Can I do it? Am I CRAZY?
We have great vision for the trailer, its 3(!!) rooms, and slight modifications to be made. I have already begun a search for parts I know I will need. VTS is out of pretty much everything. So, we will keep looking. And while we look, and envision, and rip, and tear, and rebuild...we will keep taking the Bambi out to camp until this one is "done."
Which could take forever.