Maritime Teardrop / Tiny Camper Owners Group - Camping at Smiley's Provincial Campground
Sept. 23rd to 25th
I was thinking early in the summer it would be great to get a group of Teardrop / Tiny Camper owners together. While I was walking thru Blomidon Provincial Park, I came across this Tiny Tent trailer and almost walked by and then thought, no, the owner is there, I should go in and have a chat. Her camper really intrigued me and after talking to Gwen, I thought, I am going for it. This is Gwen's Tiny Tent trailer.(Lee-Surelite) I guess, besides myself, she was the first member of the group.
I started about mid July advertising on Kijiji with explaining that I was looking for any and all Teardrop / Tiny camper owners in the Maritimes. As of today, there are 23 in the group from Teardrop owners to Tiny Tent trailer owners to Molded Fiberglass models.
I decided that it would be great to get as many folks as we can from the group for a camping weekend it this was it! I was happy considering the weather forecast, including myself, 5 showed up and even in the rain, we had a good time!
Ed finished building his Teardrop in 2008. This was the first trip he made without his wife. This is also the first time he had to setup the tent without Vicki. He did a great job! He was also the only guy on this trip! Brave man.
His tear is really sweet and well constructed. The cabinetry shows off his craftsmanship. Really nice, well thought out and there were some surprises in there that really showed off his innovation!
Gwen arrived right behind Ed! The weekend was looking up!
I already had my site pretty well setup when Ed and Gwen got there. I decided I had better get the tarp up for cover just in case we did get a little rain!! Boy, am I glad I put it up!! We had a little rain Friday evening but it rained non stop all day Saturday. A couple of times it looked like it was going to stop and then, it would start again! :-((((
Lesley was the next to show and the smile on my face was getting bigger! She came with her Littly Guy, 6' Wide unit! I am really jealous, she has a king size bed in that unit. She needs it though, she came with 2 of her god daughters, Star and Alecia(sorry if I spelled her name wrong?), great kids!
Last, but most definitely not least, Susan got there around 10:00 pm Friday night. I had pretty well given up on her but then suddenly we saw some lights coming around our section an sure enough, there was Susan. She also owns a home built Teardrop. This is a real interesting unit as well, although it looks like it is clad in aluminum, actually, it is Fiberglass. The doors are another interesting feature on this one. They are actually windows! Really neat!
Everyone had there own site but we used my site as the gathering point
for the most part. I had a really large site and I had the tarp. It
worked well! We had a fire both nights but we were all under the tarp!
Ed gave all of us a lesson in cooking over an open fire with cast iron! I now know what I want for xmas and it isn't my two front teeth! Our pot luck consisted of beans & wieners, hamburger stew, fresh brown bread muffins, bannick, fresh biscuits, german potato salad, ginger cake, strawberry/rhubarb pie. And yes, the rain had finally let up! Good thing is, it may have been raining all day but it was warm!
Gwen's camper really folds up neat! Amazing how much storage there is when you fold it up. Gwen closes it the way I would, sit on it and latch it!! Works just fine!!! lol
Gwen, Susan and myself all left together. Too bad that Ed and Lesley were already gone but next time hopefully we will all be able to leave around the same time and get a bigger group pic. It was kinda funny that there is a nice large fifth wheel in the background!!
All in all, even with the rain, I think everyone had a real good time and plan on 2 trips next year. Hopefully more of our group members will be able to join us in the spring?!
