Sunday, August 16, 2009

Camper Shopping

We had so much fun camping this spring, I started stalking campers on Craig's List. Just checking to see what's there. How the prices run, what options are available on all the different trailers. Finally yesterday we went to a dealership to actually get inside some campers. We plan to go to the RV show in September, but that seems forever away right now.

United Camper had three models on the floor that fit our criteria. Which pretty much is small and cheap.


The Surveyor Model SV-320 I don't know if this is the exact model we were in, but the floor plan is generally the same. What I like is the queen bed is accessible from both sides. What I don't like is there is no couch. And the model we saw is 7' wide so the dinette will only hold two grown people. For the money ($15K) It was a tad tight.



This was my least favorite. The bed is a double and 80% closed in with a bunk on the top. Can you say claustraphobic? What I did like is the couch. But neither the couch or the dinette make into a bed big enough for both DH and I. I might be able to justify it, if it didn't cost and arm and a leg, but for the price, I think we can find a better fit.



This is our dream camper. Oh, while we're looking I'm sure we'll find many "dream" campers, but we fell in love with this one yesterday. We decided that maybe in two years, if we are still into camping, we'll upgrade and go on vacations.

For now we plan to buy a "weekend" camper. What that means is we don't buy a trailer that's nicer than our house.

I can't find the floor plan we really liked. It's simialr to the first with queen bed accessible on both sides and a full size dinette. Still small, but workable.

We'll keep looking, planning and narrowing down what's important to us.

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