The Taj

It is hard for me to believe that I wrote about our trip last April without mentioning the most important change in our camping....a new (to us) camper. We had planned for a truck and fifth wheel camper in 2015, but fate choose otherwise. Driving down a country road in spring 2014 to gather some firewood from a friend when we saw a nice looking fifth wheel for sale in some one's yard and stopped to take a look. Long story short, it was the camper of my dreams. It had a slide out which made the main living space about 12 by 12, a nice cushy sofa that looked new, a rear kitchen with a nice large fridge and the stove had an oven, an actual table and four chairs instead of a dinette. And best of all, a real queen bed so you did not have to break down the bedroom each time you move as with the old one. There were cabinets everywhere. The decor was aqua, instead of dark greens and greys and the counter tops were neutral. Great shape for its 17 years. The seller had put it up for sale in November, terrible time to sell and by now was disgusted. We made a low offer based on what could go wrong in the near future and he took it. We had to leave it where it was for a week or so as we then had to rush out and buy a pickup truck and install a fifth wheel hitch.  After selling the old camper we were out only $2500 for what to me looks like the Taj Mahal.
We have had to do some repairs: new brakes, a new valve for water heater, repair a leak under the kitchen sink and most of all a new awning which is still in the works. Nothing that would be unexpected.

We took it out several times last fall. Twice to Mistletoe State Park near Augusta and another time to the same lake but a Federal park. We also went to Lloyd Shoals on Lake Oconee and entertained friends for a cook out there. The last trip of the season was to Eufala where we were also right on the lake.
We are enjoying the extra space, and the extra storage.