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12-10-2018, 08:18 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: Casita SD 17
Loon Lake Wa. and Boulder City, Nv.
Posts: 2,020
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Stocking Stuffers for Christmas
Okay as we get closer to Christmas, as usual, I'm experiencing "buyers block" for what to get my wife. As we age we have been trying to declutter so big ticket presents are agreed upon beforehand and are purchased for mutual need. We do still buy each other small stocking stuffer type "fun" presents. Does anyone out there have any great ideas? I'd like to limit it to ideas to enhance "the camping experience". Is there anything that you have seen, purchased, or given as a gift that went over particularly well? Befuddled in the Northwest!
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12-10-2018, 08:41 AM
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Senior Member
Name: P
Trailer: Casita
Washington
Posts: 268
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Luci Lights seem to be a good gift. They are solar recharged bright lights. I use one whether plugged in or not in my Casita bathroom. Kids like them, adults like them and they are under $20.
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12-10-2018, 09:56 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Donna D
Trailer: Escape 5.0 TA, 2014
Oregon
Posts: 25,216
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When you camp do you have "your" duties and "her" duties? IF so, create a coupon book where you do "her" duties. Like... one coupon good for making the bed.., from putting the linens on, making it in the morning and stripping it at the end of the camping trip. Another for a total meal, including planning, fixing, serving and clean-up... all of it.
Trust me, pampering is wonderful!
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Donna D.
Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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12-10-2018, 10:48 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: Casita SD 17
Loon Lake Wa. and Boulder City, Nv.
Posts: 2,020
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Quote:
Originally Posted by slowpat
Luci Lights seem to be a good gift. They are solar recharged bright lights. I use one whether plugged in or not in my Casita bathroom. Kids like them, adults like them and they are under $20.
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Never heard of them. Is the solar panel connected to the light or do you run a wire outside? Sounds interesting.
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12-10-2018, 10:55 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: Casita SD 17
Loon Lake Wa. and Boulder City, Nv.
Posts: 2,020
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
When you camp do you have "your" duties and "her" duties? IF so, create a coupon book where you do "her" duties. Like... one coupon good for making the bed.., from putting the linens on, making it in the morning and stripping it at the end of the camping trip. Another for a total meal, including planning, fixing, serving and clean-up... all of it.
Trust me, pampering is wonderful!
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LOL sounds good but apparently I'm pretty whipped. I cook, I clean, I drive, I set up. I take down. It probably has a lot to do with my micromanagement style learned from many years as a teacher.
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12-10-2018, 10:58 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: Casita SD 17
Loon Lake Wa. and Boulder City, Nv.
Posts: 2,020
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12-10-2018, 11:42 AM
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Senior Member
Name: bill
Trailer: 2013 Escape 19; 1977 Trillium 1300
The Mountains of North Carolina
Posts: 3,347
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+10 on Lucy lights. I think Walmart sells them.
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12-10-2018, 12:10 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Byron
Trailer: 2006 Scamp 13' towed with a 2005 Dodge Dakota 4.7l Magnum W/full tow package (over kill)
Oregon
Posts: 7,053
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thrifty bill
+10 on Lucy lights. I think Walmart sells them.
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I bought mine from Amazon
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Byron & Anne enjoying the everyday Saturday thing.
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12-10-2018, 12:21 PM
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Senior Member
Name: P
Trailer: Casita
Washington
Posts: 268
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On the Luci Lights, a lot of stores sell them. I have found them at kind of hardware/sporting goods stores. I first found them at Sunbirds in Chehalis and now find them at North 40 stores here on the dry side. I'm sure they are easily found on line too.
They are very lightweight, no solar hookups--you put the light outside with the solar cells in the sun. I think I've gotten almost 12 hours or so off one charge. The light was still going when I put it in the sun to recharge.
They come squished up like a concertina and you blow them up. You can let the air out when needed for storing the light. Because of them being so lightweight and inflatable, you can drop them and there is not much chance of damage. I've used them a lot so can vouch for that.
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12-10-2018, 12:25 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Tom
Trailer: Sprinter 'til I buy
Denver, CO
Posts: 944
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Want to put some spice into your relationship? How about magnetic spice tins? I know, pretty romantic.
Search and you'll find maybe a dozen small metal tins with transparent lids that twist off. They come with labels for most spices and some for you to write on. Magnets on their bases let them stick to a metal sheet you can attach on a vertical surface in or outside a cupboard. I use them constantly at home, too.
Here's a basic set. But look around.
https://www.amazon.com/12-Tins-Talen...ref=pd_bxgy_2?
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12-10-2018, 12:40 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: Casita SD 17
Loon Lake Wa. and Boulder City, Nv.
Posts: 2,020
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom 72
Want to put some spice into your relationship? How about magnetic spice tins? I know, pretty romantic.
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Whoa, for a moment there I thought we were going to turn in a disturbingly interesting way
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12-10-2018, 12:51 PM
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Member
Name: Vicki
Trailer: Casita 16' Freedom Deluxe
Missouri
Posts: 60
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If you enjoy playing cards or board games I suggest Sequence, Backgammon, and a couple decks of cards with a book of card games.
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12-10-2018, 02:50 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Raz
Trailer: Trillium 2010
Vermont
Posts: 4,846
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A nice pair of heavy socks to keep the feet warm on the cold trailer floor. Red is nice for Christmas
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12-10-2018, 03:03 PM
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Senior Member
Name: sharon
Trailer: Scamp
Virginia
Posts: 187
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How about the scamp keychain? I keep the key for the hitch on mine
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12-10-2018, 03:23 PM
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Senior Member
Name: sharon
Trailer: Scamp
Virginia
Posts: 187
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12-10-2018, 03:29 PM
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Senior Member
Name: sharon
Trailer: Scamp
Virginia
Posts: 187
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12-10-2018, 03:38 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Peter
Trailer: G30 Elite Class C
British Columbia
Posts: 1,498
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
When you camp do you have "your" duties and "her" duties? IF so, create a coupon book where you do "her" duties. Like... one coupon good for making the bed.., from putting the linens on, making it in the morning and stripping it at the end of the camping trip. Another for a total meal, including planning, fixing, serving and clean-up... all of it.
Trust me, pampering is wonderful!
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:forget all that just pay up at the end of the camping trip. My wife's birthday falls on the 12/28 so I just give here a healthy sum of money, I do not buy her a Christmas Gift when she likes to see what her birthday brings then she can go and shop the sales.
Stude
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12-10-2018, 04:44 PM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: 1998 Casita 17 SD
Alberta
Posts: 748
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if you know someone with a 3d printer, how about a trailer cookie cutter! Trailer cookie cutter and the truck to go with it
Some libraries have printers and check out makerspaces in your area.
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12-10-2018, 05:27 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Fredrick
Trailer: Escape 21C
Tennessee
Posts: 318
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lanterns
Wally World has a nice rechargeable lantern
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Tra...tern/778563357
also have a rechargeable flashlite wh is brite and adjustable. Make sure they can use the same recharger... "flat tip" style...[looks like the one the iphone 8 uses]
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12-10-2018, 05:44 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Kelly
Trailer: Trails West
Oregon
Posts: 2,966
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dudley
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They got that wheel on the trailer too far to the back....
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