Howdy, my wife, Carol, gave our then 37 year old Spring Bar tent to our son. I had been counting on that as part of our preparedness equipment. She informed me that our once enjoyable tent camping was now being performed too close to the ground, and I think she's right. Our best friends purchased a 5th wheel
Scamp, and my wife suggested we look into a trailer, so we could enjoy the outdoors together. I studied the
Scamp so far as to read lots of
Scamp forum threads and ran across one intriguing message that said, "We love our Scamp, but it's no
Casita." So I looked at the
Casita website and fell in love. We purchased our trailer and I drove to the factory to take delivery. The folks at
Casita were endowed with Southern hospitality and manners; a touching adornment they placed in our new trailer was a copy of the Bible. Our Casita towed like a dream behind our Chevy Trailblazer on the way home to Utah from Rice, Texas. A couple of years later we pulled an 8.5% grade at 15 mph on the way home from one weekend camp; we decided a new tow vehicle was in store. We bought a used Silverado 2500HD with a Duramax diesel and Allison transmission. We love camping. The Spirit DX is just right for the two of us, one grandchild at a time, and our two Lhasa Apso SND puppies. SND is short for sneaky neighbor dog, a mix of Pug and Short-haired Miniature Dachshund. They are so fun. I love ham radio and am in the process of installing equipment including
solar panels for off-grid power. I'll have 2m, 70cm, 220, and HSMM-Mesh in voice, packet, APRS and other data modes, hopefully internet over mobile hotspot. Maybe some video later on mesh.
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