A little about our old trailer
Years ago we found a need to get out of the house for a change of scenery. Our kids were younger, we'd spent months housebound with nothing much more than an inflatable backyard pool for entertainment and we were looking for something new to help us get away without a lot of work. We purchased a used trailer off of Craigslist and put it on a permanent spot in a campground about 45 minutes from the house and spent many weekends enjoying times out there.
For a few years we kept going out to the trailer, but found that as the kids were getting older that we spent less and less time there enjoying ourselves and more and more time at home doing the same things in our back yard that we'd do at the campground. That coupled with the age of the old girl and her desperate need for more work that we were willing to put into her got us thinking about purchasing a 'Real Trailer'. I bought my truck at the end of that summer with the intention of looking for a 5th wheel we would tow behind it.
Winter came that year and when we went to go see how the old trailer had fared, we found that wind had broken a branch off that shattered the large window in her side and snow and rain had gotten in. The final straw had perched on the camel.
Again turning to Craigslist, we found a company that would buy our old girl for scrap.
We spent that summer casually looking at used and new trailers, but without a sense of urgency, we passed on each opportunity.
Winter came and spring followed the next year and we had decided to start looking a little more earnestly. We had passed a RV dealer many times on our way back from Sunday brunch but had not stopped because they were closed on Sundays. That spring, almost like destiny calling, they added Sundays to their schedule an we decided to drop by.
We knew the layout we wanted. We had to have a bunk room that could serve as a place for guests as well as an office when we decided to run from the cold. We wanted a nice kitchen outdoors, because when the weather is nice we prefer to be outside. We wanted something not too bulky but light enough that we'd not have trouble towing, but large enough that we could bring our dogs.
...and we found it. We toured a 2017 model that fit the bill. Although not perfect, it ticked off all of the major items we wanted and was discounted for being an older model year. The price was right. I wanted to make sure, so we decided to wait a week to shop around, just to make sure that the price was the best we would find (it was) and when I called them back...it was gone.
Not to be dissuaded, our sales guy took us through a 2018 model that was virtually identical to the one we'd missed out on, and after a bit of haggling and putting down more than half the price in cash, we got it for the price of the 2017.
We love our new trailer, and last year made quite a few small trips with her, but sometimes I still look back and remember the great times we had in our first Craigslist heap and bask in the warm glow of those memories.
For a few years we kept going out to the trailer, but found that as the kids were getting older that we spent less and less time there enjoying ourselves and more and more time at home doing the same things in our back yard that we'd do at the campground. That coupled with the age of the old girl and her desperate need for more work that we were willing to put into her got us thinking about purchasing a 'Real Trailer'. I bought my truck at the end of that summer with the intention of looking for a 5th wheel we would tow behind it.
Winter came that year and when we went to go see how the old trailer had fared, we found that wind had broken a branch off that shattered the large window in her side and snow and rain had gotten in. The final straw had perched on the camel.
Again turning to Craigslist, we found a company that would buy our old girl for scrap.
We spent that summer casually looking at used and new trailers, but without a sense of urgency, we passed on each opportunity.
Winter came and spring followed the next year and we had decided to start looking a little more earnestly. We had passed a RV dealer many times on our way back from Sunday brunch but had not stopped because they were closed on Sundays. That spring, almost like destiny calling, they added Sundays to their schedule an we decided to drop by.
We knew the layout we wanted. We had to have a bunk room that could serve as a place for guests as well as an office when we decided to run from the cold. We wanted a nice kitchen outdoors, because when the weather is nice we prefer to be outside. We wanted something not too bulky but light enough that we'd not have trouble towing, but large enough that we could bring our dogs.
...and we found it. We toured a 2017 model that fit the bill. Although not perfect, it ticked off all of the major items we wanted and was discounted for being an older model year. The price was right. I wanted to make sure, so we decided to wait a week to shop around, just to make sure that the price was the best we would find (it was) and when I called them back...it was gone.
Not to be dissuaded, our sales guy took us through a 2018 model that was virtually identical to the one we'd missed out on, and after a bit of haggling and putting down more than half the price in cash, we got it for the price of the 2017.
We love our new trailer, and last year made quite a few small trips with her, but sometimes I still look back and remember the great times we had in our first Craigslist heap and bask in the warm glow of those memories.
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| Out at the Old Trailer in 2016 |
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