The New and Improved Taj Mahal

HOLY SHIT!!!! We purchased a camper on Sunday. I'd like to say that it was my "mother's day present" but, I'm not a mother. It's made by Bigfoot Industries in Armstrong, BC and it's 9.6 feet long. DUDE! It's huge. We have a bathroom. We have a galley (a kitchen in campers is called a "galley"). We have a dining room. We have a bedroom. The damn thing could sleep 4 comfortably (3 adults, 1 child). Be careful. You might get lost going from the galley to the dining room!

Here's what the floor plan looks like:

I know. Kinda hard to see. But, you get the idea. It's VERY clean and plenty big for both of us.

We bought it from a retired couple in Port Orchard. They bought it from a lady in Ellensburg who bought it brand spankin' new from Apache RV in Tacoma. They told us she used it like 8 times to take her daughter to horse shows. I believe them too because there's a sticker in my kitchen window that says "American Paint Horse Association" that the retired couple couldn't get out of the window. The retired couple bought it because they thought they might do some camping outside of going to their property in Trout Lake where they park their travel trailer. They told us the camper's been parked in their driveway since last July, untouched.

It's got the "Nordic" color scheme. VERY light wood and with fabric in cream's, blues and silvers. There's a sky light in the galley that has a shade to slide over it for sleeping at night.

I've been trying to talk Ed into sleeping out here for the last two nights, but, he really wants to sleep in our own bed. But, this IS like our own bed! We'll be living here for days at a time (hopefully). We need to try it out to make sure everything works!!! Our friends and neighbors, who shall remain nameless, bought a camper about a month ago, and decided to take it for a dry run in their driveway. They cooked and ate dinner in their new purchase, and decided to sleep in there as well. The husband didn't realize how close the ceiling was going to be when he laid down and he got claustrophobic so badly that he had to go inside the house to finish off the night. They ended up making a modification to the bed area that they hope will alleviate some of the claustrophobia, but, as far as I know they haven't tried it out yet.

Being the last of our group of friends to buy a camper was a curse and a benefit. We were cursed because we got teased and berated for still sleeping in a tent. But we benefited because we got to hear the trial and tribulations everyone else had with their campers, so we go to use their knowledge when purchasing our own. Pretty sneaky if you ask me!! Besides the fact that we got to look at the campers of our friends and decide what we liked and what we didn't. It helped to narrow down what we wanted in the camper and helped to put us on the same page quickly!

As soon as I take some pictures, I'll post them. I just haven't gotten the camera out of the car yet to do so.

Besides, it's raining so damn hard that I'd be afraid of ruining my camera.