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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
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These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations. Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here, I release those constraints and set the artist free. Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written. |
| Yes, we are going to try to sell the HiLo camper I was working on two summers ago. We had bought it very cheaply and tried to repair the water damage, but it's still in need of a lot of work before it's ready to use. One problem is, it's supposed to rise up for camping and drop down for travel, but the water damage caused one back corner to hang, and despite all my efforts, I could not get it to stay up where it's supposed to be. It does raise and lower now, but it flexes the hell out of the corner, and it's only a matter of time before it's leaking again. We had thoughts of bracing it up and using it like a regular fifth-wheel camper, but the person I purchased it from towed it in the upright position (it was stuck) and told me it was terrible to tow that way. There's also a lot of finishing work to do inside because we had to half-gut it to repair the water damage. With the cost of building materials, it's going to be spendy. Finally, there's the issue of time. I've already spent one summer and fall working on it, and it's likely going to take just as long for me to get it into usable shape. Someone who knows how to do this kind of work could likely have it fixed up and ready to use in a few weeks, but I'm no carpenter, and with my health issues, it takes me a lot longer to do things; some I can no longer do at all. We also have our pop-up, but again, it's become a pretty difficult job for me. The last time we had it out, my wife had to do almost all the setup. Also, we love camping and would go year-round if possible, but a mobile-tent (pop-up) isn't the easiest thing to heat, doesn't have A/C, and requires a lot of loading and unloading. It was great for us when we got it, but now, with health issues, it's not the best. The situation is much like it was when we tent camped and had to move up to the mobile-tent; now it's time to move from that to a hard-shelled camper. It's the natural evolution of a die-hard camper. Yesterday, we went and looked at an older fifth-wheel camper that's for sale about seven miles from us. It's old, 1998, but it's in great shape, and the price is right for us. There's no hurry to move it (it's stored inside for the winter), so we can wait until spring brings warmer weather and the snow's melted to hook onto it and go, or the current owner will deliver it to us, if needed. (I have a fifth-wheel installed in my pickup, but we took it out for the winter and put the topper back on.) All that's left to do now is to pay for it and sign the documents to put it in our name. I'm excited to get it home, load our camping gear, and head for the woods. While we wait, I'm planning on looking into a solar setup for the times we camp remotely, and once it's here, I want to put a rack on the back to haul our kayaks, gear, and, if needed, our generator. With all the unknowns in my life and my recent wake-up call that life's short, I don't want to waste time rebuilding a camper when I could be out camping. Now, I can do that. |
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