RE: Hello, introduce yourself here!

[Gone-Camping]

 garym053
As most of you are aware, my name is Cliff, and my screen name is an extension of my website (Gonecamping.net), we had to add in the hyphen (-) because someone else had the name without it.
 
 I m a Mass native and grew camping with my folk s who first had an old Apache PU, then upgraded to a Starcraft. I now live in Virginia, and have tent camped for years, but eventually found the need to get a PU myself. I m now on my 3rd Pop-up and admittedly looking at bigger things (yep, the darkside). I m into camping and NASCAR (which go together really well), too old to say how old, and ummmm, recently single? My niece ( and nephew (12) live here with me, and usually go camping with me. I ve been a member of PUT for quite a while, and also a moderator at another popular forum (iRV2). And somewhere between all this, I manage to work full time too!
 
 Oh, and for us, the tree s will probably start budding in 3-4 weeks, spring is closing in fast! Almost time to dig out the PU and get it ready for another season of fun!

[cartooncaracter]

 fivegonefishing
Well, my handle came from a long story. We have 3 kids and we are fairly new to camping. I found PUT before I even bought a popup and have been hooked on it ever sense. We live in South Louisiana so we can pretty much camp anytime of the year. We purchased a 1978 Apache Ramada for 300 dollars and have been in the process of restoration ever since we bought it. I keep thinking I need to put it up on the board but have been to lazy to do it. Well thats about it for us. Thanks to all of you for your great advise.

[iwantapopup]

 garym053
Hi, I m Linda! and my DH (jackgoesthepopup) were married in Sept. 01.  I had tent camped with my girls and Tim did Civil War re-enactments in I think a pup-tent.  Last jan.  I got the urge for a pop-up.  I found the old put board and hence the handle - iwantapopup.  Finally in May last year, I found someone selling an 82 Palomino Colt for $50.  DH brought it back from IN and we spent all summer restoring it.  We got 2 trips in last year before it got cold.
 
 This year we re debating what to do.  Our pop-up is really too small for all of us.  I have 2 daughters and a granddaughter and sometimes all 5 of us go; plus we need a new canvas so we re keeping our eyes out for another deal.  If not, we may try to patch the canvas for 1 more year.
 

[wiininkwe]

 garym053
Hello there.  I see this thread everytime I log on, but never thought to post to it, just read it for the first time and decided to get into the swing of things.
 
 Most of you know me from the old board, my screen name is an ojibwe word that means  fat woman .   I found PopUpTimes when DH and I were looking for a camper, and I needed advice on the various models, prices, and features.   I ve been hooked on this place ever since.  We started camping when our kids were little, and tried just about any method of camping you can think of, then someone loaned us their popup for a trip to Fla and we knew we had to have one.   All my other info is in my profile, so you can look there, nothing special to say,I m just a normal  cult  member (if there is such a thing).
 T
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[NightOwl]

 wiininkwe

 

ORIGINAL:  wiininkwe
 
 Hello there.  I see this thread everytime I log on, but never thought to post to it, .   All my other info is in my profile, so you can look there, nothing special to say,I m just a normal  cult  member (if there is such a thing).
 T
 []
 

 she may be " normal"  but she IS unique!!  And special.  But then we ALL are (obviously) since we make this place our home and  appreciate being part of this great CULT!!
 

[startx]

 garym053
Name s startx - cause when I first joined three boards ago we were on our second starcraft and we live in texas.  Now I have to use that handle, because that is what everyone knows me by. []
 
 Let s see we are now big Flagstaff fans, since we have one!  We tent camped for about three years pretty regularly until we bought our very first pop up, a 1980 Starcraft Starmaster.  She was stolen, and replaced by the 1990 Starcraft Meteor, and we sold that one to mom for the much larger more posh 2000 Flagstaff 822 we have now, which we absolutely love!
 
 There are six in the family right now, we seem to gain a kid to raise or help, about every six months or so lately.  We are Brian (68), Barbara (72), Darren(84), Kaleb(93), Kaitlind(96), and Kayleigh(02).  I state we are six now, because we may gain another kid next month if another one needs adopting that we are expecting to make an appearance in March, and that will add one from 2003 for the signature line.
 
 Anyway, thought I would post here to let people know I am back, and hopefully can be more active than I was last fall.

[cavman]

 garym053
Helloooooo
 
 The name cavman came from my association with Job s Daughters (a young ladies Masonic group).
 
 The year I was the male member of the leaders, my female counterpart had a tag on her car which was " GORGEOS" .  I didn t have a personalized tag but one day at a gathering, someone saw me in my bib overalls, brogan shoes, beard, long hair and tee shirt and said that the only thing missing was the club " like a cave man"  would carry.  Wellllll, my DW instantly hit on the tag to be the opposite of " gorgeos"  would be " CAVeMAN" .  Since the full spelling was already taken it was shortened to " CAVMAN"  and has been my truck tag ever since.[][&:]
 
 Now, DW was the baby of the family and having two older sisters, she was called " BABYSISTER"  by the family and it came to be her CB handle and thus the name here on PUT.[]

[GaryWT]

 fivegonefishing
Hello all [], I had been on the old forum and made it to 500 posts before the changes where made.  I was not sure if I was going to continue because my wife always laughed when I was on, more on that later.  Anyway, I am not sure how to take it but for Valentines Day, she signed me up to poup times again so here I am.
 
 The reason that she laughs at me is because for the past year the popup has been parked in the yard except for the 2 times friends used it.  The reason it is park is, after 11 year of popupping, we went seasonal to get even more camping in.  We currently have a 34 foot X 12 foot park model, Canterbury.  I still have the popup in case I want to travel.  We can now get away for part weekends if we are doping other things.

[GeneF]

 fivegonefishing
Nothing original about the screen name.  First name and first letter of last name.
 
 We have been camping about 15 years now and are on our 4th popup.
 
 DW and I are both teachers so we have had the luxury of being able to do some long camping trips when the ds and dd were younger.  Longest trip was 49 days, NH to Washington state to San Francisco and back to NH.  We have covered 30 plus states.
 
 A lot of the fun of camping has come from finding this board and finally meeting some of the members last summer in Tennessee.  Great bunch of people.
 
 

[EZCamper]

 garym053
Nothing really complicated here. I like it easy when I camp. I wanted to relax  and enjoy the nature and E-Z life. Pop-up is the way to do it.
 
 My dw  introduced me to pupupping. She did it a lot in her younger years and told me all about it. Finally, after ds came into this world, I accepted to get a brand new popup and try. Found it real fun and relaxing.  I did a lot of researching on PUT and learned from all your experiences.
 
 I tried very hard last year to be in Pennsylvania but couldn t do it.  I ll try this year if I can.
 
 Looking forward to it.
 I hope my english is no so bad after all.
 
 

[PJay]

 garym053
PJ are my initials, I added the PJay when I used to post on a birding forum.  
 I am married to AustinBoston, and we have camped continuosly in some fashion ever since we were married in 1982.  
 While planning a summer long trip, Austin decided that setting up and taking down a tent would not be fun. Knowing Austin as well as I do, I agreed that we would enjoy camping much better if he wasn t miserable and angry.
 The Bayside was chosen after a double visit to a camping show.  One with kids, to get their opinions...Second to do the nitty-gritty work of pricing and accessorizing.
 Love my dutch ovens and all food over a campfire.
 

[C. Hains]

 EZCamper
OK, I am going to take a deep breath and do this!  I have never posted a message on this new board -- I probably posted one or two on the old one.  I saw my behavior most appropriately described by Horscampr, I think, when she said she mostly just " lurked and learned"  -- that s what I do!
 
 I am from Milford, OH -- a bonafide " little old lady" .  I never camped until the summer of 2001.  Sometimes I wonder if I have lost my marbles (one of my kids wonders that too) -- starting to camp at this late date -- but, Oh, well!  
 
 My husband and I loved to travel with our grandkids but we always stayed in motels. Then two years ago this month he moved on to a better world and left me here to figure things out for myself.  I still wanted to travel with my grandkids but on a tighter budget, so I bought an Olds Silhouette and my grandaughters and I would take off, find a nice campground, take the middle and back seats out of the van and sleep in our sleeping bags on the floor.  We liked it so I bought a Coleman Westlake.  I have never camped alone and am a bit afraid to do so -- I can use all the encouragement I can get!  I do have several trips planned this summer with my grandkids -- they love to camp and we have a wonderful time together.
 
 I have a dog -- I believe the politically correct way to say it is a " mixed breed"  -- she s a mutt and a wonderful one at that.  She is a beagle, border collie mix along with many other things I suspect and she loves to travel.  Her name is Chrissie because I got her around Christmas time and that seemed to fit.  I have a cat -- his name is Lucky because I found him lost, dirty and hungry on the 13th of July -- his lucky day.  Mine too, I guess!  My signature is not at all original -- just the first letter of my first name and my last name.
 I was once retired but am working again -- to keep myself busy and in traveling money.
 I love the Popup Times board because I enjoy reading what people write and I get a good laugh every now and then.  My most recent chuckle was when I read NightOwl s description of her cat s behavior!
 
 There -- I finally overcame my intimidation and am ready to post my first message -- I feel like such a big girl!!!
 C. Hains

[midwest_camper]

 garym053
We live in Illinois, out in corn country far enough away from Chicago so that we are not affected by it but close enough to be able to enjoy many of the great things it has to offer. My wife and I were both tent campers before we met and then were still tent camping until we had kids. It just seemed like it would be so much more convenient to be able to have just about everything you needed for camping already loaded into a comfortable sleeping area, so we bought a popup. We have really enjoyed it and I am so glad to be off the ground when camping. Although I still camp in a tent when I go out with my son s Boy Scout Troop(I bought a cot...).  http://www.troop3bsa.org  We are very involved in Scouting, both Cub and Boy Scouts. We have two wonderful (especially when they are sleeping) boys ages 7 and 12. Our first camping trip for 2003 will be in sunny Florida. We are going to Amelia Island for Spring Break. Wish I had more time to spend here at PopUp Times, but there is just always so much going on. Hope to see everyone around the campfire...
 
 Brooke, Joan, Ethan & Gannon
 2000 Astro
 1999 Jayco Eagle UDK 12

[camper4pack]

 PJay
Our name was originated from our last name how many is in our family and our hobby of camping!  Our last name is beers!  No six pack for us, so that is how we ended up with camper4pack!  
 We are campers in a pop up for 10 years and tented for 5 years prior to that either in my husbands truck S-10 or in our Dome Tent.  
 We live in Connoquenessing, PA which is about 30 minutes north of Pittsbugh.  My husband Steve and I have been married for 16 years this July.  We have 2 wonderful children:  Laura age 13 and Charles age 10.  We just bought our new popup last year at the RV show and it is a 2002 Coleman Utah.  We love it, it has so much room with the slide out.  We have DD on the end by the heater, DS sleeps on the pull out bed/couch, and we sleep on the other end by the galley.  It really is a great camper!  []
 Our first camping trip this year is planned for Brookdale Family Campground
 in April 25-27th.  See the website:  www.brookdalecampground.com
 
 Happy Camping!
 
 

[DBGCAMP]

 fivegonefishing
I was very surprised to see that my DH had not introduced  us yet, so I guess I will do it.  David and I have been married for 16 years and have two children, DD 12 and DS 10 years old.  DBG happens to be both mine and my hubby?s initials and our newest hobby is camping - hence DBGCAMP.
 
 We have been camping for about 3 years now.  Our first camping trip ever was a canoe camping trip on Indian Lake in the Adirondacks with the kids (then 9 & 6) and DH?s sister and her husband.  After that experience it is hard to believe  that we continued camping!  The campsite was on an island about a 45 minute paddle from the launch, so everything we needed for the two night trip had to  fit in the canoe with the four of us - I am amazed at how much you can fit into an 18 foot Sundowner!  The first day was great - we had an island all to ourselves.  It was August, so we went swimming, the kids did some fishing and a lot of exploring.  Everything changed when night fell!  We did not expect the temperature to drop to 35 degrees at night in the summer and were not prepared!  Needless to say, between the fear of marauding bears, DD crying about the daddylong legs on the outside of the tent and freezing, no one got much sleep! ( oh yeah, DS also wet his sleeping bag that night!)  We decided to leave the next morning, but not after coffee and breakfast around the campfire.  That hooked me - it is still my favorite time of the day when we go camping - especially when the kids are still sleeping!  
 
 For the last two years we tent camped and bought our first PU this past September - 1990 Coleman Alta in near mint condition. The previous two owners took very good care of her!
 
 We are really looking forward to our first season in our PU and already have 3 trips reserved.  We also take our 3 year old black lab, Grace, when we camp. She seems to enjoy it as much as we do now that she has her own camp chair to sit in around the fire!