My mom finally bought a camper !!

[Shannone1]

She spent so much time visiting us while we were camping last year that she decided to get one of her own. We went to an RV show today and she ended up with 2008 Surveyor 233T hybrid travel trailer. It is perfect size for her and my stepdad.

Now I just have to convince her to come down to FW with us !!

 

[auntie]

Congratulations to MOM! More family fun in your future!

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

She spent so much time visiting us while we were camping last year that she decided to get one of her own. We went to an RV show today and she ended up with 2008 Surveyor 233T hybrid travel trailer. It is perfect size for her and my stepdad.

Now I just have to convince her to come down to FW with us !!

We went to the last show at Rock financial showplace and ended up with a new one.

 

[OK GRUMPY]

Shannone1 I have such great family memories of camping at FW with my folks! I hope your mom has many happy memories and experiences!

 

[Shannone1]

Congratulations to MOM! More family fun in your future!

Thanks

We went to the last show at Rock financial showplace and ended up with a new one.

That's the one we went to. I was so busy helping her look that I only got to go into a couple of "in my dreams" motorhomes. Just as well though, I have 11 years before my youngest is grown up. I did pick up some info on campgrounds I'd like to check out.

Shannone1 I have such great family memories of camping at FW with my folks! I hope your mom has many happy memories and experiences!

As a kid I remember camping in an old pop up and having a great time. My sisters and I would go off exploring all day, only coming back to the campsite at dinner. And today I won't let my 13 yr old leave the site without her cell phone and list of rules, lol. Things sure are different .

My mom says I actually took my first steps at a campground. For some reason I can't remember that. Somewhere along the way we stopped camping and my idea of a vacation in my 20's was a nice hotel and room service. You couldn't pay me to go camping. I would visit people while camping, but always enjoyed going back home to my own bed.

Then in my early 30's we decided to spend a weekend with some friends that were camping. We stayed at a Holiday Inn and they were at a campground in a Class C. We had so much fun hanging out with them that we didn't want to go back to the hotel. We started looking at RV's the next week. We were really close to buying one but decided we wouldn't get enough use out of it to justify the cost.

Then just a few years later we have our own business which allows us to travel more, and the kids are old enough to make camping fun and not too much work. And I discovered that Rving is the ONLY way to vacation. My own clean bedding and towels, the dogs can come with us, and we have a blast driving down the highways exploring this beautiful country of ours. I wouldn't travel any other way, room service or not

And now that my mom is going to be camping again I feel like we have come full circle.

 

[stacktester]

Now you got me crying. Just kidding. I made DD promise when I'm old and feeble that she would still pack me along to FW at least on Thanksgiving Weekend. Had we not started camping (rv'ing) I really don't think we would be as close as we are. Hopefully one day I'll park next to her at FW.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Awwwwwww! I am so choked up! I know that we have started these memories with our own children, & DH has wonderful memories camping as a kid. I know some of our best trips are ones where we enjoy the great outdoors and each other. They really do go hand in hand.

I am a late comer, however. I went camping once as a child. I went with my Dad, Aunts & cousins. Now, if you knew my Dad & Aunts, you would fall out of your chairs laughing! I adore them, but they are city people. Some are Manhatten people. They don't do nature.

Anyway, I don't know who's grand idea this was, but my most vivid memory was of all of us around a campfire, and my Aunts freaking out about the chiggers. Too much fun.

 

[auntie]

Anyone hearing Lion King music..."The Circle of Life" ...Just don't hanging one of your kids off a cliff!(unless you have an entirely different theme song in mind.)

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Now you got me crying. Just kidding. I made DD promise when I'm old and feeble that she would still pack me along to FW at least on Thanksgiving Weekend. Had we not started camping (rv'ing) I really don't think we would be as close as we are. Hopefully one day I'll park next to her at FW.

Hey...that really DID choke me up.....You're a great Dad!!!

 

[Mmketeer]

Wow, what an awesome gift! Beats a dozen roses!
Congrats!

PS
Get her on this board we'll all convience her to go to FW with you.

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

[4daubers]

I did tear up on this. My parents aren't living and my in-laws believe camping is frivilous and wasteful. They have difficulty in seeing anything fun in life.

I'm so thankful my dh and I started camping with our family...and that our family loves it as well. We talk about future trips to FW with our kids and their families. It's one of our family dreams.

So bravo to Shannone 1 and Stacktester. I wish you many years of many memories with your families at the campsite.

 

[des1954]

She spent so much time visiting us while we were camping last year that she decided to get one of her own. We went to an RV show today and she ended up with 2008 Surveyor 233T hybrid travel trailer. It is perfect size for her and my stepdad.

Now I just have to convince her to come down to FW with us !!

I looked at this online & it looks really nice!!!

http://www.forestriverrvsource.com/rvinventory_item.asp?id=464672

They should love it!

Deb

 

[bama_ed]

...she ended up with 2008 Surveyor 233T hybrid travel trailer...

A hybrid is an excellant choice and there may be one in MY future ultimately. Us pop-up owners say you're really camping IF and only IF there is canvas (or nylon) over your head. But DW's, DD's, and the rest enjoy the solid walls, a "real" bathroom, and a kitchen that passes for something at home.

So a hybrid has something to please everyone! It's a good choice for her, Shannone, and maybe YOU can visit HER next time she's at FW.

Bama ED

Alabama Crimson Tide #1 Recruiting Class 2008
"The Process Continues..."

PS-headed to the Birmingham RV show Feb 22-24 just to daydream....

 

[Shannone1]

A hybrid is an excellant choice and there may be one in MY future ultimately. Us pop-up owners say you're really camping IF and only IF there is canvas (or nylon) over

So a hybrid has something to please everyone!

Honestly the only thing a pop up had over the hybrid was the fact that it would've fit in their garage vs. paying for storage. We looked at dozens of PUPs and Hybrids and the hybrids won, hands down. A bathroom you can move around in, solid walls, and the tent bed ends allow the maximum usage of floor space. And the high end PUP she was looking at with the bathroom was actually $1000 MORE than the hybrid deal she got !! And they threw in a screen room, stabilizer hitch and 15in flatscreen.

She's been listening to me go on and on about FW for the past year and I've tried to tell her how great it is. But honestly, probably not so much for her. She uses a cane and is NOT interested in going to the parks. She has a heart condition and can't ride any of the rides and doesn't want to pay that much money for a park ticket just to watch some shows and fireworks. I know she would enjoy the golf carts, but she can find that much closer and cheaper to home. I wouldn't go all the way to FW just for the campground. It IS wonderful....but 2200 miles to too far to travel for just a campground by itself.

 

[bradisgoofy]

My DW got me hooked on camping. We were into 4x4s pretty heavy and all our friends camped while we stayed in town in a motel. So we started with a tent until we woke up Memorial Day weekend, at Silver Lake sand dunes, in SNOW! Next we had a tent trailer ( that is a tent mounted on a trailer, not a pop up ) then we had three different pop ups, next a 16' trailer trailer ( still no bathroom ), then a 19' Class C with a full bathroom . We got out of camping for many years once we got into Harley's. Finally we bought a fifth wheel in anticipation of retirement. We were having so much fun we bought DW's Mom and sister a pop up so they could go with us. After two years we saw the perfect motorhome at the Novi Rv Show ( do we see a pattern here? ) and traded our fifth wheel two months later for our current Coach.

BTW, this weekend ( Feb. 15, 16, 17 ) is the winter Novi show and we are going Saturday afternoon.

 

[bradisgoofy]

....but 2200 miles to too far to travel for just a campground by itself.

You're kidding, right? FW....Florida....warm weather....NO SNOW....

 

[jhnsnfamily]

My husband grew up camping in a pop-up; I, however, had never camped before (unless you consider throwing up a tent at his Aunt and Uncle's cabin camping -- we used their kitchen, bathroom, etc.--the only thing we did in the tent was sleep). Anyway, we went to an RV show, and I was hooked. We bought our first --and still only -- hybrid (Antiqua) in 2004. We bought it used (only 1 year old and was only used 3x by previous owners) at half the sticker price. Anyhow, now, I ... LOVE ... camping!!! I am currently eagerly anticipating camping season here in OHIO!!! I've already booked two camping trips to Cedar Point's Lighthouse Point campground for this year.

The very first time we took the camper out, we traveled a few hours away from home for a 5-day/4-night trip. DH said at the end of the trip that "I acted like I'd been camping all my life." From set-up, to cooking, to packing up, it was so much fun!

I also remember last year in May on our anniversary, we were sitting around the fire after breakfast and my husband said to me, "Twelve years ago, I NEVER would have imagined we'd be spending our anniversary at a campground!" But, we are planning on making it an annual event! Maybe it's the quietness of campground, the family "real" quality time, the fresh air, no phones, no computer, getting back to the basics (like board games and hide-n-seek), I'm not sure ... but I'll taking camping over a hotel room and room service any day! Even if I have to make my own coffee and breakfast!