FEMA (Camper) Upgrades as of 04/11

Part of the fun of this camper has been searching high and low for the 'perfect' (cheap) camper furnishings:
I'm usually down there Monday-Wednesday, and I know every thrift/dollar/clearance store between here and there:

(before we changed bed placement in bedroom)

I found this cool tiger blanket for hubby for $5.00.
He loves it, and I like it on top of the bed to hide the basset hair Lady provides.:)

(After we moved the bed sideways)

I got this neat blue and red comforter for $3.00. 
I was hoping it would fit my bed at home, but its too small. 
This bed is a regular size and it fits perfectly.

We have an extra faucet hook up in back and I brought along this from home, I'm hoping our next trip down will lead to some roof/siding cleaning;).

Got a long flow-thru brush for that planned cleaning too. 
Also some foam to go in the window where hubby has the dish cable run. 

While at Goodwill with my daughter, she pointed out these A&M pillows. 
Hubby loves A&M. 
I love maroon and my daughter commented I could do the whole camper in Aggie colors and BOTH hubby and I would be happy. 
He agreed,
I'm not so sure...

At the DollarTree (everything is a dollar store) I found this small dish drain rack and matching wash tub. 
I love how it fits on this corner and still leaves so much of the kitchen space open. 
I'd like to find a way to make a little ledge or something to make it more stable. 
(I also LOVE my solar lantern-it needs a better place too.)

LOVE these DollarTree hooks!!!
 I bought quite a few and plan on having them in every room of the camper.

So far so good in the kitchen area;). I want to do more organizing with shelves and hooks, but haven't decided exactly what I want yet...

I bought this cast iron griddle, and these measuring scoops.

I want to figure out a way to put the scoops on the wall for easy access. 

I saw some one pulling one of these and had to ask where they got it. 
Walmart of course. 
Small, with wheels this is just the right size for transporting food back and forth.

And, because I couldn't stand NO greenery, I found the perfect solution, that bamboo stuff that lives in water.
 I put pretty glass marbles in it, and fake orchid type flowers. 

THEN I decided my ZZ plant would do well too...

Added some fake red poppies (which hubby decided the poppies were a good choice for him because the grands call him Poppy;) and it is well on its way. 

Camper Surprise

I came 'home' to the camper to find hubby there and our bed frame in the yard.

Hubby (my favorite handyman) decided to move the bed from the middle of the room, turn it, put it in the corner, making LOTS more walking room.
Go hubby!!

2x4=very sturdy!!

We just leaned the nightstand in the corner.

Look at all that room!!!

One modification down, many more to go!! (thanks hubby dear:)

On The Road Again...

Last year hubby was working 2 hrs away and we were able to park our camper locally so he didn't have to drive so far. 
Staying with him was fun too...
at the end of the year we decided to bring the camper home, then earlier this year it was time to load her up and take her back to Corsicana, TX. 

Miss LadyBelle rode with me as we followed 'daddy' pulling the camper...
(hubby thinks I'm the one that is so fond of Lady, not even realizing how excited HE gets when he finds out she is coming to see him)

What a sweet face:)


This is our RV park from the lake.



Last time we were on the other side, then a spot on the 'lake side' opened up and we love it. 
More of a lake view, and a large grassy knoll behind the camper. 
All bills paid, yard care provided, quiet safe place, no wonder so many people take up living in RVs. 

FEMA (camper) tour

Come on in!! I call her FEMA.
She is so lovely.
If I had a disaster, and the government pulled up with one of these to tide me over, I think I'd be pretty happy.
Who ever had this one took good care of it.  
What tales could Ms. FEMA tell?

Just inside the front door.

~Ohhhh Ahhhhhh~

Had to add a little bling.
(Sweet hubby actually thought it had liquid in it, love him, I really do)



A big selling point was the full size fridge. 

To the left are two very long bunk beds, straight ahead the toilet/tub, sink and cabinet to right.

Bathroom:  toilet, tub/shower.
(Later I will jazz it up with a cooler shower curtain.) 
This is a park model, so no holding tanks.


Looking back.
I love the neutral colors.
I love the vinyl on the floor too.

Bathroom sink and medicine cabinet (complete waste of space in my opinion).

Big closet/cabinet (I want to add shelves in here soon), kitchen.

Kitchen, LOVE the counter space between the sink and stove top.
Also love the large sinks.
Everything works great.

Couch and (in the way) bedroom door. 
(Notice hubby's new sweetheart, Sheila the Dish, she will have her own post later:). 



(tight) Walking room on my side of the bed.

Bed with a little nightstand on one side, closet on the other.

Closet and walking room on other side of bed.

Area for TV.

Back in the living room looking out the front door.  Notice all the space to the left for cabinets. 

Actually there is LOTS of future cabinet space. 

(I have BIG plans, now I just have to coax the hubs;)

Queen Uno says "Y'all come back now ya hear?"

Uno loves to sneak in the camper when the door is open, so we always have to do a 'cat sweep' when we shut it up. 

FEMA(camper)=family=fun

Last August we took our 'new' FEMA camper on its maiden voyage.
We had previously checked out a local state park (Caddo Lake State Park) and really looked forward to going, just hubby, myself, and our 'new' camper, and the new basset puppy.

lil Jeremiah, Misty, Ralph, David, LauraJune 08/10

Daughter, Misty, and family asked to join us...
too cool!
She offered to provide all the food (yummmmy),
son-in-law Ralph was a wonderful helping hand,
and those grandkids provided ALL the entertainment.

The air conditioner metal cover thingy was smashed in, so my men-folk climbed up there and covered the hole with a box
(thank goodness I ALWAYS have cardboard boxes around;).
We used 2x4s to hold our little portable air conditioner in place.
We used BOTH air conditioners (just in case) and needless to say we woke up freezing.
(FREEZING)
 

Inside our camper.

Outside, David and LauraJune found a place where the air conditioner drips off the roof and had so much fun gathering little pots of water (one drip at a time), they played for hours with the water.
Every time Misty changed them out of their wet stuff they went right back to the water.

They figured out they could make little wet hand prints on the back bumper...darling...

We forgot the wading pool, so Misty filled the big cooler with water and oh the fun that was had...

The bugs weren't too bad,
and the grands were grand...
(Caddo Lake State Park has a FREE, cool hands on museum thingy)...

Misty brought her pooch (blue heeler/lab mix) which is the BEST dog ever,
and we took our basset puppy LadyBelle.
We kept LadyBelle wore out.
I don't know who napped more, her or the grands. 

What did we learn?  
It pulls great.  
The water hose used for hooking up needs to be high pressure. (or it will SPLIT)
The door to the bedroom is in the way when the couch is pulled out. 
Check ALL windows and vents before leaving (thank goodness my daughter's fam was following us to let us know we had left them open.)
Duct tape is wonderful.
Who you call to make reservations is not necessarily on-site.  (I called a switchboard, and the guy said it was on the water, and it wasn't.)
Make sure you ask about water, electric, sewer hook up.  (I didn't get sewer hook up, so we used the woods or walked down to the potty)
If you invite others, they can pull the boat for you;). 
Life is just better with loved ones. 
(We never really camped with our kids when they were little, and we should have. 
It is a big regret I have.  But we can now, and I'm very excited:)


Thanks guys for a GREAT memory!!

Camper Tales

First we purchased a slide-in cabover truck camper (here:  Cabover camper). 
My dream was to travel and have a place to pull over and sleep.  
(By travel I mean go to see my kids in other towns or states.)
How cool would it be to just load up and go..
.stopping anywhere you want and eating a meal or catching a nap. 
(I hate spending money to stay at motels.)
Our King Of The Road Cabover needed lots of love (the whole skin replaced) so instead we bought another one:
A newer, BIGGER Coachmen Cabover. 
All mauve inside~SO pretty.

 It, too, needed repair, so we bought:

 This cool, old, larger travel trailer.  Big bathroom, LOTS of cabinets.
I couldn't believe how big it was. 
(I had wanted something I could drive, and that is now ruled out;)

Then hubby called one day to tell me he bid on this. 
A 2006 FEMA travel trailer.
He won the bid, and home it came. 
So big and so pretty!!!  Let the good times roll!
(We sold all our others so this is it, however, I'm thinking I would like a camper van, so we could use it to visit our kiddos all the way in Wisconsin and Maryland.   We'll see;)