RE: Hello, introduce yourself here!

[67_Skamper]

 PJay
Well, 67_Skamper = 1967 Skamper.
 
 I have camped in this camper since I was 7years old when my Grandparents bought it new, they then sold it to my Parents, who they gave it to me and DW for a wedding present.
 
 The Skamper has been in very state of the nation east of the Rockies, has gone thru two canvas tops, two lift arms, to many tires to keep track, three sets of wheel bearings.
 
 The paint job was added this past summer, we try to camp at least twice a month from May to October.
 
 DW and I are both United Methodist Ministers so all of our camping is Thursday thru Saturday.
 
 We camp with our Kampping Kitty Grayson, who love to set in the bunk ends and watch the wild life go by.

[RamblingWreck]

 PJay
I m a Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech.  The expression began with alumuni who traveled abroad (South America I believe) and built various contraptions, usually not very elegant but functional.  The name just fits me.  After graduating from Georgia Tech I traveled extensively professionally and Rambling fits my writing style.  If you ever saw my desk you wouldn t question the Wreck part.  Finally the intitials, RW, are the same as my given name, Robert Watson.
 
 Both my wife and I are originially from southern Georgia.  We have have two lovely children both born here in New England.  My dry sense of humor helps me fit in up here.  DW and I still get the comment, " your not from around here"  when speaking to locals for the first time.
 
 We got a tent to take the children camping and they loved it.  DW and I got an accute case of popup envy last summer.  Had to do with some rocks that kept finding their way under our bedding and the lack of a few other creature comforts and privacy.
 
 With the assistance and advise from members of this board we purchased a Starcraft Centennial 3600 this weekend.  We can hardly wait for the spring thaw so we can take delivery.  Hope our trails cross at a camp ground in the not to distant future.  It would be nice toput some faces with names.
 
 Bobby and Patty Watson

[YesDear]

 PJay
YesDear seems to be something we are always saying to each other, (in a loving way!) so it just seemed appropriate because we have said it more since buying our Pop Up.  
 We live in Anaheim, CA.  Duane was born in North Dakota, and moved to CA when he was 4 years old.  Michelle was born in CA, and has always lived here.  Duane is retiring the end of this month after being a police officer for 30 years, and will start his new career 3 days later.  We have 2 grown sons with families, and are blessed with 2 beautiful granddaughters ~ one in Mission Viejo, and one in San Jose.  Michelle has had the wonderful opportunity of babysitting our oldest granddaughter (16 months) everyday, since she was 3 months old.
 Both of us camped as kids with our parents and families ~ Duane in a trailer, Michelle in a camper.  When our sons were young, we tent camped and did 4-wheeling every summer in Utah for many years, near Zion National Park.  Duane also did a lot of tent camping and hiking with our son s scout troops.  Duane still does annual backpacking/hiking trips, and has been to the top of Mt. Whitney 3 times.  
 It has been probably 13 years since we have camped, until this year.  Two years ago we were introduced to the exciting adventure of camping in a Pop Up!  Friends had invited us to spend a few days with them at Capinteria State Beach ~ them in their Pop Up, and us in a nearby hotel.  We spent the days with them at the beach, along with 2 other families, then went back to our hotel talking about their trailers.  Over the next year & a half, we would talk about getting a Pop Up, but Duane kept saying we should rent one first to see if we would even like it.  We started shopping around, then went to our first RV show last October.  Prices were great at the show, and we bought our Starcraft that day.  We never did rent one just to see if we would like it!  
 We are enjoying our Pop Up, and have done a few things to make life a little more enjoyable while camping.  We have gotten a lot of helpful information from the old message board, and the new one, and enjoy the camaraderie we see between members.  Had to laugh out loud several times when reading the topic about Pop Up s being " money pits  ~ and we thought we were the only ones that felt that way!  We have purchased many things (thanks guys!) because of everyone s suggestions on what to use for leveling, cooking, sleeping (yes, we have hard mattresses also!), storage, and all the other items that go along with stocking our " home away from home .  We don t know what we would have done without all the invaluable information we have received from member postings.
 We are kicking around the idea of trading in our Tacoma Double Cab for a new 2004 Tundra later this year ~ as it is coming out with 4 full doors, and would like to have a full-size truck.  Always something.....
 We look forward to many years of fun and adventure in our Pop Up, and getting to know the members at the Pop Up Times website.

[B-flat]

 PJay
I m the one and only B-flat with great interests in Bluegrass Music.  B-flat is the chord/note most bluegrass is play and my camper had better be flat when it is being towed.  B-flat is a handle that has always worked for me.[]  I love to camp at Bluegrass Festivals and with the CarolinaPopupCampers.

[NightOwl]

 B-flat

 

ORIGINAL:  B-flat
 
 I m the one and only B-flat with great interests in Bluegrass Music.  B-flat is the chord/note most bluegrass is play and my camper had better be flat when it is being towed.  B-flat is a handle that has always worked for me.[]  I love to camp at Bluegrass Festivals and with the CarolinaPopupCampers.
 

 
  Well, Nancy, the old place just was not the same without you.  You  ALREADY KNOW how I feel about you being away for so long.[:@][][: (][>:]  So I d like to add that although I have always known that Al is a genius, his idea to  bring you back here  through a gift membership just proves  how smart (and sweet)  he really is!

[ShirleyT]

 PJay
WOW was great reading about everyone!
 
 I started on this board last spring when I had bought I rockwood PU. I found the people here friendly and willing to answer the numerous questions I had about repairing a lift system and also any other questions I had so I stuck around.
 
 I am Shirley T. That is my name (no the T does NOT stand for Temple as birol seems to think [8D]). I have one daughter who is 11. We started camping around 7 years ago but stayed in cabins at that time. We always went on camping trips with my aunts family (aunt and uncle have 9 children and now have 9 grandchildren). We graduated from cabins to campers, they did, I used a borrowed tent. I finally invested in a tent of my own when my uncle and aunt bought two lake lots and I would be camping more than just one week a year.
 
 Last year my uncle bought another lot and told me I could put something on it so I started looking around for some type of camper. I came across the rockwood and quickly bought it. I worked hard on trying to fix it up and getting it ready for the lake but it was becoming more than I could do by myself. I went to Tunica Mississippi on a trip and joked that if I won enough money I would sell the camper and buy a building. WWWEELLLL......I didn t win any money in Tunica but 12 miles from home I stopped an Indian Casino and won $1900....SSOOOO...I got the cabin (it was $1904).
 
 Since I love this place so much I have stayed here and had no problems with paying a membership even though I don t own a PU anymore. My daughter and I frequently talk about getting another PU in the future and also a tow vehicle since a Chevy Metro barely pulls my fat butt around [8D].
 
 Anyway that is my story in a nutshell (maybe a coconut shell [])

[Giffster]

 fivegonefishing
Hi....my name is Doug.  How do you like me so far?
 
 Cheers

[LoadedCamera]

 PJay
We were an active member of the old board with over 500 posts... We finally decided to join the new board after a bit.
 
 Our user name comes from my love of Photography and the name I have chosen for my website (http://www.loadedcamera.com) domain.
 
 I have been using Loaded Camera or versions of it for quite awhile now.
 
 We are into our second Season of PU ing.  We were tent campers earlier last year and moved into the PopUp.  
 
 Hope to have as much fun as we did on the old board!
 

[Catonsville Camper]

 PJay
I too have been a lurker.  Found this message board late last year after I had talked my DW into a PU.  I used to tent camp and my DW absolutely would not sleep on the ground so the PU was the compromise.  Bought a  00 Coleman Mesa last fall and got to use it three times before we had to winterize it.  (Thanks to this board, it was alot easier).
 
 As my handle says, We re from Catonsville MD.  Just west of Baltimore.  We are empty nesters.  With a granddaughter on the way.  But just like the PU, I talked my DW into getting a dog and now she s hooked on the dog and the PU camping.

[jstaddwtr]

 PJay
We also found PUT when we were looking for a camper.  Our daughters swim on a couple of swim teams and my DH is also a swim coach, so a good time for us has to include camping and lots of H20.  
 
 He s a big city guy and I am a Hoosier raised  far from the city, but both our families raised us camping.  We have been lurking for over a year and finally decided to take the plunge and join....and we are glad we did.  We are still newbies with our PU and owe everyone alot of thanks for the wonderful information (like winterizing the DAY before it snowed...ooops)  and friendship........
 
 The girls are jazzed  cause we leave for Fort Wilderness this weekend! Make room at the campfire!

[campingboaters]

 PJay
Hello everyone!  We are campers that love to boat as well.  It s tough in the summer to decide which to do.  Our favorite place to camp and boat is a lakeside site at Seven Points Campground on Raystown lake PA -- the best of both our worlds! []
 
 Hubby is an auto technician for a living, a volunteer firefighter/EMT for " fun" .  I m a computer programmer and mother.  We have TWO beautiful daughters.  DD1 is 5 and LOVES to camp and boat.  DD2 is only 3 months old, but I m SURE she ll love to camp and boat this year -- she s just so easy going.
 
 We ve planned several trips this year already and are looking for a few more weekends to plan.  We re going to Raystown lake twice, Knoebel s at least twice, Spring Gulch twice and Lake-in-wood once.  Who knows where else we ll end up.[8D]
 
 Nice to meet all of you!  Keep an eye out for my bumper sticker to find me!

[Luv2Camp]

 fivegonefishing
Hi
 We are Rich and Jackie. We have both been campers since childhood. We grew up together dated for about 6 weeks when I was 18 and Rich was 21. We went our separate ways meeting back up 25 years later when my mother told me to contact Rich. 9 months after reuniting we married on his 46 birthday July 1999. So yes he will be 50 in July. His first marriage my second. Marriage was easy, becoming a dad of a 16 year old daughter was not as easy. Now almost  4 years later, she is married and has moved to St Louis with her husband. My oldest will graduate North Texas University in Aug and hopes to move back east.  She will be married to her high school sweetheart May 2004 hopefully in Richmond, Va. Just begining planning.
 We tent camped  until Rich and I bought our 1st Pup-up about 3 years ago a 1996 Coleman Cheyenne which after many modifications and getting it just how we wanted it we sold it because it did not have some creature comforts I wanted. So we bough a used 1998 Grandview  which is the equivelent to a Niagra without a trunk. It was Coleman s top of the line for 1998.  It has A/C, furnance , shower, potty, hot water, 3way frige, slide out dinnete. And we LOVE it. Then last week we bought a new wonderful tow vehicle. A 2003 Chevy Sileverado Ext cab 1500. We  just got back from completing our first adventure with the new tow vehicle and we wonder why we didn t buy a new vehicle sooner!!!

[angsills]

 fivegonefishing
hello my name is Angie, no nick name yet.. we just acquired a 93 Rockwood, purchased it for 151.00  U.S. $  it needs some TLC, or as my hubby says its the HONEY DO WAGON  the roof is being resealed  I guess our question is how do  I wash the mold and mildew from the canvas. we will need to eventually replace the wing ends, but funds are limited, so washing and a 20 x 30 tarp in case we get rained upon. please email me any ideas.
 thankyou
 Angie & Johnny Sills
 angsills@youronlyisp.com

[wmkrahling]

 fivegonefishing
Hi All,
 
 I don t get a chance to get on all that often.  I am service member with a better half and four kids.  I am stationed at with the 101st and we are a bit busy lately.  Glad to be here and I would like to thank Dave for making that happen.  Hoping to have a great fall camping.  See you around the camp fire every once and a while.
 
 
 Home
 Bill Krahling
 Home
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 Work
 92  Hummer
 95  Frame Tent
 

[Ab Diver]

 PJay
Hi Bill, and Welcome to PUT!!!!! Also, a big Thank You for all you and your Brothers are doing for all of us.