Just got back from 5 days of camping. Absolutely epic, tough to be back honestly.
Glamper doing great, have to lube up the lifting mechanism that's squeaking a bit, and one of the bunk end canvas channels are loose so I'll need to fix that.
Next trip to the UP in a few weeks.
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Where did you guys go for 5 days??Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:29 am Just got back from 5 days of camping. Absolutely epic, tough to be back honestly.
Glamper doing great, have to lube up the lifting mechanism that's squeaking a bit, and one of the bunk end canvas channels are loose so I'll need to fix that.
Next trip to the UP in a few weeks.
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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All northern MI. 3 days at Interlochen state park where the site had a ~100ft path that lead to a private beach on a sandy bottom lake with ~100yards of 3 ft deep waterApex wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:42 amWhere did you guys go for 5 days??Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:29 am Just got back from 5 days of camping. Absolutely epic, tough to be back honestly.
Glamper doing great, have to lube up the lifting mechanism that's squeaking a bit, and one of the bunk end canvas channels are loose so I'll need to fix that.
Next trip to the UP in a few weeks.
Then 2 days at Tippy Dam state park which is oddly in the Manistee national forest. That was a 20 minute drive from any form of civilization. We preferred Interlochen, but both were fantastic.
We really weren't ready to come home. #cabininthewoods is becoming an increasingly frequent talking point here.
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Winnebago has a line of smaller travel trailers, between 19-22 feet long called “Micro Winnie”.
Just they kind of thing we had been looking at, as it would work well as a base camp for us.
I was when I saw one in blue.
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Nice!Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:52 amAll northern MI. 3 days at Interlochen state park where the site had a ~100ft path that lead to a private beach on a sandy bottom lake with ~100yards of 3 ft deep water
Then 2 days at Tippy Dam state park which is oddly in the Manistee national forest. That was a 20 minute drive from any form of civilization. We preferred Interlochen, but both were fantastic.
We really weren't ready to come home. #cabininthewoods is becoming an increasingly frequent talking point here.
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https://www.winnebago.com/models/product/micro-minnie-1
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We still love our popup. For the price of entry, it's a fantastic way to get started with an RV. We're at the point where it can be setup in under 10 minutes, and torn down in the same. A hard sided thing would be more convenient for sure, but towing and storage is more of a challenge.
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Also, our camper came with an outside shower. I ignored it last year with a type mentality, but the door was really weathered and I was worried about it leaking water inside, so I replaced it this spring when we did the rest of the camper spruce up.
I completely underestimated the usefulness of that thing. Combined with the water heater (which is rare on popups, but has become our favorite feature) wife actually washed her hair with it after getting out of the lake, we used it to rinse off sandy feet, and it's been coming in handy for doing larger dishes like the cast iron dutch oven we made chili in on Saturday night.
I completely underestimated the usefulness of that thing. Combined with the water heater (which is rare on popups, but has become our favorite feature) wife actually washed her hair with it after getting out of the lake, we used it to rinse off sandy feet, and it's been coming in handy for doing larger dishes like the cast iron dutch oven we made chili in on Saturday night.
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Yep! I like them because they’re narrow (about 7 inches wider than the truck) and they feel well built when you’re inside them.Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:58 amhttps://www.winnebago.com/models/product/micro-minnie-1
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We still love our popup. For the price of entry, it's a fantastic way to get started with an RV. We're at the point where it can be setup in under 10 minutes, and torn down in the same. A hard sided thing would be more convenient for sure, but towing and storage is more of a challenge.
Wifey wants to be able to leave the pups inside and not worry about them chewing through canvas and running out at a campsite.
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So many uses for an outside shower. Plenty of stuff that can be easily cleaned/rinsed off with it.Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:09 am Also, our camper came with an outside shower. I ignored it last year with a type mentality, but the door was really weathered and I was worried about it leaking water inside, so I replaced it this spring when we did the rest of the camper spruce up.
I completely underestimated the usefulness of that thing. Combined with the water heater (which is rare on popups, but has become our favorite feature) wife actually washed her hair with it after getting out of the lake, we used it to rinse off sandy feet, and it's been coming in handy for doing larger dishes like the cast iron dutch oven we made chili in on Saturday night.
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My dad's bus is a Winnebago, seems rather solidly built overall. 5/7 would consider buying a TT if they built one I liked.Apex wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:17 pmYep! I like them because they’re narrow (about 7 inches wider than the truck) and they feel well built when you’re inside them.Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:58 am
https://www.winnebago.com/models/product/micro-minnie-1
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We still love our popup. For the price of entry, it's a fantastic way to get started with an RV. We're at the point where it can be setup in under 10 minutes, and torn down in the same. A hard sided thing would be more convenient for sure, but towing and storage is more of a challenge.
Wifey wants to be able to leave the pups inside and not worry about them chewing through canvas and running out at a campsite.
I just really like parking it in the garage.
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I honestly had no idea until we started using it.Apex wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:18 pmSo many uses for an outside shower. Plenty of stuff that can be easily cleaned/rinsed off with it.Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:09 am Also, our camper came with an outside shower. I ignored it last year with a type mentality, but the door was really weathered and I was worried about it leaking water inside, so I replaced it this spring when we did the rest of the camper spruce up.
I completely underestimated the usefulness of that thing. Combined with the water heater (which is rare on popups, but has become our favorite feature) wife actually washed her hair with it after getting out of the lake, we used it to rinse off sandy feet, and it's been coming in handy for doing larger dishes like the cast iron dutch oven we made chili in on Saturday night.
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That’s why they have a million different types of campers! Something to pretty much fit anyone.
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As soon as someone builds an affordable Taxa Mantis, I'll buy one.
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expensive, but it's the only thing on the market that does what I want:
1.) Stores in garage
2.) Sets up quickly
3.) I can stand in
I guess eventually I'll just go and get a full sided thing like the Micro Winnie or whatever and just nut up and pay to store it somewhere. But the pop-up will continue to be the solution for the foreseeable future.
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How tall are your garage doors?Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:57 pmexpensive, but it's the only thing on the market that does what I want:
1.) Stores in garage
2.) Sets up quickly
3.) I can stand in
I guess eventually I'll just go and get a full sided thing like the Micro Winnie or whatever and just nut up and pay to store it somewhere. But the pop-up will continue to be the solution for the foreseeable future.
Not that I think a full sided camper will fit, just curious.
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I did 7 footers. Wanted 8, but the architect told the wife that they wouldn't look right, so she went full and forced the 7'. Whatever, I'd need 10' doors to fit a TT.Apex wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:02 pmHow tall are your garage doors?Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:57 pm
expensive, but it's the only thing on the market that does what I want:
1.) Stores in garage
2.) Sets up quickly
3.) I can stand in
I guess eventually I'll just go and get a full sided thing like the Micro Winnie or whatever and just nut up and pay to store it somewhere. But the pop-up will continue to be the solution for the foreseeable future.
Not that I think a full sided camper will fit, just curious.
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We boondock the pop-up 99% of the time. This last trip to Interlochen was the first time I plugged it in (first camp ground we've been to with electrical).
Hot water heater and fridge run off propane with no electrical draw. The fridge gets surprisingly cold on propane legit
So it's really just lights, vent fan, and heater that could draw down the battery. We use lights minimally, and the fan works really well on a low/medium setting to cool off the camper in the middle of the day. No need to it at night where we go. We've camped below freezing ambient temps with the furnace running constantly and still didn't drain the battery.
I've never run the battery out...we have a group 29 deep cycle from Costco. If I need more, I've got the hazard freight honda knock-off generator that I bring if we're gone for a while. I looked into solar, but that's a lot more work than the generator, and its VERY dependent on the site. The place we were at for the weekend was 90% tree coverage.
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5/7 info!Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:13 pmWe boondock the pop-up 99% of the time. This last trip to Interlochen was the first time I plugged it in (first camp ground we've been to with electrical).
Hot water heater and fridge run off propane with no electrical draw. The fridge gets surprisingly cold on propane legit
So it's really just lights, vent fan, and heater that could draw down the battery. We use lights minimally, and the fan works really well on a low/medium setting to cool off the camper in the middle of the day. No need to it at night where we go. We've camped below freezing ambient temps with the furnace running constantly and still didn't drain the battery.
I've never run the battery out...we have a group 29 deep cycle from Costco. If I need more, I've got the hazard freight honda knock-off generator that I bring if we're gone for a while. I looked into solar, but that's a lot more work than the generator, and its VERY dependent on the site. The place we were at for the weekend was 90% tree coverage.
It sounds like a small generator only needs to run for maybe an hour or 2 to top off the batteries; depending on use of course.
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Yep...after a few days of usage, a lot of our batteries are low. The camper, bluetooth speaker, phones (wife needs that social media BS), it's easiest to just fire up the generator in the middle of the day and let it go for a few hours. Nice thing is, there's a bunch of 110 outlets in the camper that only work when it's plugged in, so firing up the generator gives power to all those outlets, which seems to charge small devices much faster than 12v from the truck or something.Apex wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:22 pm5/7 info!Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:13 pm
We boondock the pop-up 99% of the time. This last trip to Interlochen was the first time I plugged it in (first camp ground we've been to with electrical).
Hot water heater and fridge run off propane with no electrical draw. The fridge gets surprisingly cold on propane legit
So it's really just lights, vent fan, and heater that could draw down the battery. We use lights minimally, and the fan works really well on a low/medium setting to cool off the camper in the middle of the day. No need to it at night where we go. We've camped below freezing ambient temps with the furnace running constantly and still didn't drain the battery.
I've never run the battery out...we have a group 29 deep cycle from Costco. If I need more, I've got the hazard freight honda knock-off generator that I bring if we're gone for a while. I looked into solar, but that's a lot more work than the generator, and its VERY dependent on the site. The place we were at for the weekend was 90% tree coverage.
It sounds like a small generator only needs to run for maybe an hour or 2 to top off the batteries; depending on use of course.
The honda knock-off from harbor freight is surprisingly quiet and for how much we use it (rarely), it works great. It's also super easy to pack and move around.
https://www.harborfreight.com/2000-watt ... 62523.html
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Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:33 pmYep...after a few days of usage, a lot of our batteries are low. The camper, bluetooth speaker, phones (wife needs that social media BS), it's easiest to just fire up the generator in the middle of the day and let it go for a few hours. Nice thing is, there's a bunch of 110 outlets in the camper that only work when it's plugged in, so firing up the generator gives power to all those outlets, which seems to charge small devices much faster than 12v from the truck or something.
The honda knock-off from harbor freight is surprisingly quiet and for how much we use it (rarely), it works great. It's also super easy to pack and move around.
https://www.harborfreight.com/2000-watt ... 62523.html