Brand New to Camping - want a teardrop!

[2goofycampers]

Here is a link to my build journal for our Benroy (teardrop) camper. The first page contains a couple of pics from our trip to the Fort over Thanksgiving week.
If you are considering building a teardrop camper, the folks on this site are extremely knowledgeable and love to share ideas.

http://www.tnttt.com/gallery/album.php?album_id=2771

I am impressed at the craftsmanship. Very nice. It looks bigger than any Teardrop I've seen before. What are the dimensions?

 

[JETS70]

Thanks for the nice comments. My father was an excellent teacher. He had great patience with me when I was growing up. He taught me a skill that I truly love.
The dimensions are 5 foot wide and 10 foot long. It probably looks bigger due to the cabin being 5 feet tall. Most teardrops are 4 feet tall due to plywood being 4x8. I decided to make it as tall as I could and still be able to get it in my garage. Being a wooden camper, keeping it stored inside should add years to the life of the camper.
Teresa and I have had a driver, a pull camper, a pop up and now the teardrop. Needless to say we were a little apprehensive about the teardrop (size only). After 1 trip to the Fort...... we love it. Traveling from Kentucky to WDW, we travel I75. Pulling the teardrop through Atlanta was a breeze. Well.....not exactly a breeze. Can't wait to go back in April.
Again, thanks for the nice comments.

 

[JETS70]

So I took my DD and her best friend camping on the local beach a couple of weeks ago. We tented, cooked over the campfire, slept right beside the water, got cold, got wet from the rainstorms that swept over the area, and had a fabulous time! We loved it, all except for the getting cold and wet parts - those weren't that fab but we got through them.

We got back and were joking around that we need a camper trailer next time, and then my DH saw a tiny little teardrop trailer behind someone's small vehicle in town. We asked if we could look inside, and it is the best thing ever! It's basically a bed inside, with an outlet and some overhead cabinets, and then on the outside there's a little fold-down kitchen. It is so darn cute! But I was looking online and it looks like a new one would set me back about 10,000!!

Any experienced campers seen these around for a more reasonable price?

Sandynd, I was wondering if you had looked any further into the teardrop camper. The DW and I have just recently returned from our second trip to the Fort. Again, all I can say is we loved it. It is definitely a different way to camp. Different but no less enjoyable.
I have reposted a link to my build journal. The folks on the www.tnttt.com website are great.

http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=53745&hilit=kentucky+benroy