Last week we talked it over and decided it was time to sell the camper.
When we moved to Delaware last year, we initially had the camper parked in our driveway but I hated how much room it took up especially since have three vehicles also parked in the driveway - four, whenever Sherb is here - so we rented a space at a storage facility and it's been there ever since. We have not used it one time since then but we've been making the monthly loan payment, the monthly storage payment, and insurance. It didn't make sense to keep doing that anymore.
We bought it because we had grand plans of hooking it up and taking off to one place or another each weekend except that never wound up happening and one of the biggest reasons for that is...
I didn't like it very much.
The biggest problem I had with the thing is that the air conditioner runs incredibly loud inside. Like, headache-inducing loud. Like, no-way-I-can-sleep-with-that-thing-running loud. You might be thinking that you wouldn't be inside all that much while camping but that was not the case for us. If it rains, you're inside. If it's too hot out, you're inside. If the bugs are relentless, you're inside. If you're tired and want to sleep or nap, you're inside.
Which brings us to...being inside. On the few occasions that we camped with it, there were three of us (me, JP, Sherb) and Luna the doggie. Not a lot of room to move around with three adults and a dog in there. Also, I hated the couch which was really a loveseat. A pleather, uncomfortable, too small loveseat. Oh, and the TV was above the dining table. And I would be remiss if I didn't talk about the bed which was really a sort of half bed. JP had to kind of lay at an angle to fit his 6'2" self on it.
And then there's the outside factor. When people take their campers/RVs/etc to a campground, they hook up to electricity and water upon arriving and then set up all their outside gear like folding chairs and tables, etc.
Then there's the schlepping thing. Shopping for and packing up food and snacks and beverages and condiments and plates, utensils, pots, pans, linens, health and beauty items, books, art supplies, clothes, shoes, swimsuits, blah blah blah. So much work.
I'm not actually sure what we were thinking when we bought the camper.
We are sometimes really good at making bad decisions and I'm pretty sure purchasing this camper was one of them. I have a significant amount of hotel (bedbug) phobia and we were thinking that having our own hotel on wheels with our own stuff would be a solution - and it is, but there were other drawbacks we just hadn't thought of until we were 15k into it.
Before we moved to Delaware we had the camper parked in our New Jersey driveway (see below) and that's when I most enjoyed it. We sort of used it as an extension to our house - an extra suite, per se - and we would often go out to the camper with our cocktails for a driveway happy hour. That was fun. Beyond that, not so much.
We are sometimes really good at making bad decisions and I'm pretty sure purchasing this camper was one of them. I have a significant amount of hotel (bedbug) phobia and we were thinking that having our own hotel on wheels with our own stuff would be a solution - and it is, but there were other drawbacks we just hadn't thought of until we were 15k into it.
Before we moved to Delaware we had the camper parked in our New Jersey driveway (see below) and that's when I most enjoyed it. We sort of used it as an extension to our house - an extra suite, per se - and we would often go out to the camper with our cocktails for a driveway happy hour. That was fun. Beyond that, not so much.
I guess for now, though, we'll just stick to day trips and sleeping in our own comfy bed at home each night.
