It was with a heavy heart that I wrote this post back in 2014. Apparently I forgot to publish it! I made the difficult decision to sell The Pack N Play and let someone else enjoy her spacious, gracious accommodations.
When I decided to get a camper, my intention was for a teensy little thing I could hook up to my Escape, toss in my doggie and my groceries and head out on a whim. Those are not easily available, or typically well out of my budget comfort zone. This one was affordable, in fabulous shape, and worth the experience to get me back into a camping mode.
The two outings taken in it were very enjoyable. I loved sitting inside in the cool, watching the campground life around me. Sitting under the awning in the evening was divine. BUT, it was far too big for my car to pull, it was big enough to intimidate me trying to pull with anything, and required involvement of a friend with a tow vehicle and muscles, not to mention the nerve to pull a 26 foot tin can down the interstate at 70 mph!!! Juggling this retirees free time and a working persons schedule, working around two budgets and different paydays during the month, trying not to be away from our respective churches on Sundays, it made the logistics nearly impossible to find a good middle ground to schedule and try to find open campsites. It made me sad and irritated to see "her" just sitting in the yard, unused.
I knew friends who had been looking for an affordable camper for a long time. It just seemed like the right thing to do, offer it to them for what I had in it. They were happy with the idea, liked everything well enough to say yes...... they "said yes to the dress", ummmm, CAMPER, haha!! So, at the beginning of June, I cleaned out my personal items and spiffied up the Pack N Play for the final time. Battened down the hatches and got her road ready. Watching her pull out of the driveway was a sad moment. She's having a good life still, though my camping days are done. Thus ends this portion of my blogging.
