Teardrop and other tiny travel trailers; frugal travel in high style!
Author's spouse Susan poses near our Scotty teardrop, every bit as comfy around the campfire as our giant motorhome neighbors. Picture from Pinnacles National Park. Teardrop galley with two burner...
View ArticleTiny trailers make for cozy western travels!
Our current teardrop, a 58 Serro Scotty replica, lovingly crafter in 2011 by a West Virginia shop teacher! Our first teardrop camper was a Kit Kamper, built from a kit in 2004; we towed it with a...
View ArticleCrater Lake National Park; jaw-dropping vistas, azure blue waters!
Wizard Island is itself an extinct volcano in the caldera of Crater Lake, now an island as the Mazama Volcano's collapsed volcano filled with water over the last 7,700 years. Challenge your kids to...
View ArticleTravels with a teardrop, other tiny trailers, Part II
A nice teardrop, with an added "side tent" to expand living area, overlooking Ocean Cove Resort north of Jenner, CA. Possibly the nicest teardrop we have seen, built by Dan Hazard out of Manteca; 5′...
View ArticleTeardrop travel trailers gather on California coast (Teardrops, Part 3)
Last weekend, a dozen teardrop trailer owners gathered on the California coast just above Jenner and Ft. Ross, at Ocean Cove campground. This gathering is an annual affair, the second weekend in...
View ArticleCentral Florida; “big Ag”, and, old towns not feeling the tourism love of the...
Old shuttered theater and closed auto shop in Pahokee are emblematic of Central Florida towns that don't receive the tourism bounty of the coastal cities. Water cannons, mounted on huge “big Ag”...
View ArticleClassic travel trailers – is refurbishing or rebuilding one right for you?
Inside, the right rear quarter panel at foot of the bed; overhead water damage had so dry-rotted the wall that a finger could remove what remained - the blue behind is the trailer's aluminum siding!...
View ArticleComfortable, frugal travel – think tiny trailers in the New Year!
This article is for those of you who have the time and energy to travel extensively in the United States and Canada. My spouse and I have been retired three years, and have toured about 70,000 miles...
View ArticleTiny touring; seeing the USA with a small, comfy travel trailer!
Touring in a tiny trailer; seeing the USA with a small, comfy travel trailer… Our '58 Scotty teardrop with Mt. Saint Helens, WA in background. Last summer, Susan and I spent nine weeks crossing Canada...
View ArticleSo, you want to own a classic travel trailer?
Our rebuilt, newly painted Scotty after several years languishing in our garage. So, you want to get a classic travel trailer? Challenges on the way to a successful rebuild… Our Scotty, towing it home...
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