Almost Camping Season...

As we find ourselves trapped indoors this January, suffering through the cold winter weather, our thoughts turn to camping season.  Only three months to go...!!  This year Margarit and I decided that it is time to upgrade our RV.  Ten years ago we switched from a truck camper to a Fifth Wheel.  That was when Hailey was born.  A decade and two more daughters later we find that our old Fifth Wheel is getting a little crowded.  Particularly now that the girls are getting a little older and now want to bring along bikes and all sorts of stuff.  The old Fifth Wheel itself is not all that small, but it sure is lacking in storage space, and with the Fifth Wheel hitch we don't have much room in the back of the truck.

We traded in the old Fifth Wheel and bought a new Travel Trailer.  The switch to a Travel Trailer will free up the back of the truck and provide more space for bikes, generator, etc.  And the trailer itself is about four feet longer than what we had, plus has a slide out.  There are a couple of really cool features on this new trailer.  Mostly we really like the rear "bunkhouse" for the kids.  It has two bunks and a kids dinette in a separate room at the back of the trailer.  The dinette makes down into two more bunks.  In addition to the kitchen in the trailer, there is also an outside cookhouse with a small fridge, sink, stove and BBQ.

These pictures are of the standard trailer.  We actually chose to get a slightly upgraded version which has a vaulted ceiling for a little more headroom, upgraded cabinets and upholstery, a bath tub enclosure rather than shower curtain, and comes with a flat screen TV and DVD player.  

We bought the new trailer from Roadmaster RV out at Leduc.  They are going to store it for us until later in the spring.  At some point in the next week or two we have to drag our old Fifth Wheel out of storage, clean all our stuff out of it, and haul it over to the dealership.  That may be a bit of a challenge as the snow is pretty deep right now, and at the moment it is bitterly cold.  What a pleasure it was to get up this morning and head in to work with the temperature at -28C, and a wind chill of -43C!!!  Oh well... only three more months till camping season!!