Camping is the best. And Scamping makes it that much easier with a little one.
The Scamp is a bit on the small side for someone who is 6'4", so Eric needs the larger bed for himself, and even then can't totally stretch out. That leaves the front bench for myself (and A1 80% of the night). So what we did was we took off the backrest of the bench, which folds up into the bottom bunk of a bunk bed. That made the bottom bunk about 6" wider than with the backrest. We couldn't just make the bunk bed with me on the bottom bunk because it was too short for me to sit up and get situated if I was pulling A1 into bed with me. But our plan worked beautifully. "My" bed is so roomy now! We also cut a 1.5" mattress topper for both of our beds to make it a little more comfy. Its the little things that make a difference...
Three 55L Blackhole Patagonia duffel bags fit perfectly underneath the "large" bed. Two go in side by side and the last one fits sideways.
Ugh, I made the blackout curtains too short. I measured the size of the window and not the curtain (they hang a little higher than the top of the window). Oh well, I will make new ones when we return home. They work so well, not only do they block light but it is much cooler too.
Eric's bed is made of two Wenzel fleece liners zipped together. It is pretty much the perfect size.
I bought my Wenzel liner just outside of Fargo last year. I had never heard of the name before the purchase, but the company story is really interesting.
This is from their website about their founder, "on an October night in 1866, a sixteen-year-old boy from Germany gathered his belongings, what little money he had, and boarded a Dutch sailing vessel bound for New York. After two long months, the ship was blown off course and arrived in Boston on Christmas Day. With only 50 cents in his pocket, Hermann Wenzel arrived in America."
They make quality outdoor gear for reasonable prices.
It is the American dream, for everyone involved.
Ignore the short curtain. I am going to fix them!
It is time to say goodbye for now to the desert campground in Indio.
Life is too easy with the Subaru and Scamp and all our other luxuries. A1 is ready to go back to the simple times, in a covered wagon. Just kidding. She is tough but not that tough. She likes the luxuries.
This was just a pit stop, with cool things to look at.
So close...
Point of Rocks RV Park is located between two lakes.
Watson Lake has been calling my name every since we planned this trip (you know, for days...).
Yay! Trees!
We will be staying at campsite 51 at Point of Rocks for the next four nights. My top choices were sites 50-52, based on pictures and the map. This site just happened to be available and did not disappoint.
We are so ready to relax outside, and get dirty. Like pick up dirt and let it run through our hands and then rub our hands on our shirt kind of dirty.
We are all ready to just be outside this summer.
Having had almost every style of RV there is, you always have to make adjustments to fit your style. It's true of even the monster motorhomes. It looks like you guys are in a great groove and the happy, dirty, face of Miss A1 shows that.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy it all.
"What draws us into the desert
is the search for something intimate in the remote."
-Edward Abbey