Maintenance & Restoration

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 09:58 AM

This topic was posted by Charles Watts.

Ok, I admit it. I'm addicted.

Since I recently crossed the 1,000 post mark (good grief!) ... I thought it would be fun for ALL of us (lurkers, owners, wannabe's, dreamers, whomever) to try to come up with 1,000 reasons why we all love our little fiberglass rigs.

While I could probably come up with 1,000 reasons myself ... even I would get tired of reading what I write ... so I really need your help.

Ok ... with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, here goes:

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 09:58 AM

To our tiny fiberglass trailers:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

1. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

2. For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need.

3. By sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

4. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

5. I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

6 I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints.

7. I love with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life.

8. And, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 09:59 AM

Ok, ok, so the first 8 ways or reasons are really ones written by EBB ... so I cheated! But hey, we're

talking about coming up with a 1,000 reasons here.

Alright ... some of my own personal reasons for loving my trailer:

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 10:01 AM

9. I love the lifestyle our rig has given Pam and I.

10. I love the sense of adventure our trailer represents.

11. I love its light weight and ease for towing.

12. Its close quarters where Pam is never more than an arm's length away.

13. I love the fiberglass rig's soft rounded corners.

14. Its gleaming smooth white exterior. So fine, so fine!

15. I love the way it smells inside .. it reminds me of past trips.

16. The smell also causes me to dream of future trips.

17. I love packing our gear and rations onboard.

18. Washing it is a real thrill.

19. As is waxing its fiberglass surface to a shine! .

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 10:01 AM

20. I love the sight of the tiny trailer hooked to my tow vehicle.

21. Pulling out of our driveway is always a thrill.

22. I love seeing the rig in my rear view mirror as I drive.

23. And hardly noticing the fact that I'm towing it.

24. I love it because gasoline is expensive (eh?)

25. I love the way the trailer tracks behind us.

26. Even in the whoosh of a passing tractor trailer rig.

27. It's fun to pull it fast ... or pull it slow.

28. I love the fact it's self-contained ... and so are we.

29. I love the fact Pam hasn't used a public restroom in years.

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 10:01 AM

30. Stopping at a Flying J is fun, because we can pull up to any pump.

31. I love quick overnights in a Flying J or a Walmart.

32. I love the fact it doesn't really matter where we're going, as long as we going!

33. At the beach, it's a blast.

34. In the mountains, the trailer is magnificent.

35. On the plains, well, I love it because it's just plain fun!

35. I love backing up my trailer into a campsite.

37. Even when I back into a tree.

38. I also love asking for a big pull-through, parking next to big rigs.

39. Commerical campgrounds almost always have room for my tiny trailer.

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 10:02 AM

40. But I really love being in state (provincial) parks, national forests and parks.

41. I love tucking it into a mountaintop campsite.

42. Particularly in remote campsite, only big enough for us.

43. I love setting up camp.

44. But breaking camp is fun too.

45. I love the reflection of the sun off the shiny trailer.

46. The way it just seems to glisten and shimmer.

47. But I also love a rainy day.

48. The sound of rain drops on my fiberglass roof.

49. I love sitting outside the rig by a campfire with Pam and the dog.

50. But being inside with them is great fun too!

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 10:02 AM

Ok, the numbering might get off and some of us may say close to the same thing but who cares!

We need to come up with 1,000 reasons why we love our little rigs.

And you guys gotta help me! Start posting!

Everyone!

Right now!

I'll add more later!

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 10:36 AM

51. I love it that it is small enough just hook it up and drive it around town when I get the urge but don't have the time to camp.

52. I love the fact that it makes other people point and smile as I drive down the highway.

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Suz
1989 Casita
16 ft Spirit Deluxe

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 10:38 AM

53. I love the fact that once you step into it, you are in your own world and can be anywhere you want to be.

54. I love the fact that because of it, I have found this wonderful group to have fun with.

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Suz
1989 Casita
16 ft Spirit Deluxe

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 10:42 AM

55. I love the fact that it is just the right size so that I CAN back it.

56. I love the fact that it is like an Avatar in world of campers. Same picture in a smaller package.

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Suz
1989 Casita
16 ft Spirit Deluxe

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 11:00 AM

57. I love the fact that it is never changing; it was an egg in the beginning and will always be an egg.

58. I love the fact that it is ever changing; as when any little modification or decoration makes it seem brand new to me.

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Carol C
1999 Casita, Liberty Deluxe

Last edited by: Carol Christensen on 01-10-03 12:02:17

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 11:22 AM

59. I love that I can look out my kitchen window and see my Scamp, like a loyal puppy, waiting for me to take it for a ride.

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Karen
1990 Scamp 16' w/front bunks "Sweet 16"
1997 Chev. 4x4 tow vehicle

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 12:51 PM

60. We both love the easy care she takes to get ready for a trip.

61. We love her for the little housekeeping she takes.

62. We love the way she brightens our yard in her sparkling white.

63. We love how she makes a comfortable home away from home.

64. We love her for bringing us back to camping after 15 years.

65. We love her for introducing us to our new found friends.

66. We love how people stop us to see our Snuggy Buggy.

67. We love her because she sits beside our house ready to go.

68. and We love her just because she is ours.

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Carol
17' Casita Liberty Deluxe
"Snuggy Buggy"

Last edited by: Carol and Jim Upton on 01-10-03 13:53:00

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 05:55 PM

69. I love that I can see all the way through her using my rear view mirror

70. I love her for giving me my own bed to sleep in when traveling

71. I love that she makes my favorite fellow feel comfortable about my safety when I travel

72. I love sitting in her to read

73. I love that she gives me someplace to retreat when socializing becomes too much

74. I love that she's given me the ability to visit so many places while doing genealogy research

75. I love that she has power for charging batteries

76. I love thinking about getting her ready for a trip

77. I love that she's just the right size for Cali and me

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Debi Cundiff
Mac - '98 Ford Explorer 4x4
Doodle - '84 13' U-Haul - 3878-CT-3068
SOI #439, Casita #1280

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 07:42 PM

Hi
I love it because#78-Its Old like me
#79-Its unique (sp)
#80-Its mine
#81-Its attracts people&makes friends real fast.

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Ches & Marie
17Ft Boler Canadian In Use
13Ft Boler Canadian under Rebuild
Glass IS Class
http://www.fiberglassrv.com/board/uploads/...a_fl_md_clr.gif

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 08:13 PM

#82 - I love the way Murphy (me dawg) take to it, hopping into it with pleasure, jumping up on the bed, taking over!

#83- I love that feeling: headfing out, no schedule, all possibles aboard, the sun leading the way.

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"Otra" (On The Road Again)
2003 17' Casita Spirit Deluxe

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 09:21 PM

84 - I love that the body will never rust

85 - I love that it fits sideways in our driveway

86 - I love that it's light enough for Greg to move it by hand, all by himself so that it's sideways in our driveway

87 - I love that the trailer is only two years younger than me and looks great! (I'm only 30)

88 - I love that it's still wide enough inside to fit my 6'2" husband in the bed!

~ Melanie
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1974 13ft Boler, 1977 Chevy C10, Three Dogs and Us!

Legacy Posts · 01-10-2003, 09:57 PM

89. I can play house without having to work at it when I'm in the trailer.
90. She expects nothing of me so I can visit without doing anything, but sitting and grinning.

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Jana Journeycake
PullsButtercupwithYellaEscape
1975 Surfside TM-14 (ft)