First Trip in the New Camper...

 We bought a new camper. It's from Baily's RV here in town and it's a Wolf Pup BHSW model. That's really not the big news. We bought it because our son Morgan, wife Ali and grandkids and moving because of his job to Greenville, South Carolina and in the coming year we will be on the road more often and something a little bigger and nicer will serve better. Morgan's job is really a move upward and what the heck, we deserve a promotion also.  

This past weekend we broke our camper in with a trip to the Brazoria County free camping beach. We both love the beach and with school starting it was not as crowded as a previous trip this summer.  There's no hook ups out there and with it's solar panel and off road package we felt in the lap of luxury.  

This rig has a 12 volt fridge compared to the the old three way conversion unit on the old camper and the solar panel kept pace on the sunny beach with the fridge and the indoor outdoor speakers playing the famous Carl and Cathy Radio mix tape/usb drive. Once the sun went down we switch on the Champion 4650 dual fuel generator for sleeping under the air. 

A few months ago when we bought that generator it seemed like it might be overkill for the rpod but it's just right for for this unit. A tank of propane last 10 hours running air, fridge and outside (you don't want a drunk driver to not see you at night on a beach without roads}

  lights. Since I sleep about 7 hours or less a night we might could squeeze that a bit but somebody sleeps 10 hours each night and we will just have to charge that to her passive income stream. 

I caught one trout which then escaped my old floating fish bag, lost a good size trout at the net and had several more hook ups but no landings while fishing Thursday evening. The water was calm and green. The trout chased bait fish everywhere and dolphins swam nearby. Really beautiful setting. I used to thrash the water to a froth every time I saltwater fished but I am mellowing and just enjoying the opportunity to go. The odds will line up for a big fishing bonanza sooner or later. 

It was no hardship to settle for pork chop and hamburger suppers.      

Rose and family are nearby in Lake Jackson and they came out. It was nice to have a visit from family but with the added people and the extra foot washing with the convenient outside shower to keep the sand out of the trailer it depleted our water. The rpod trailers don't have much of a shower and most of their owners don't even use it preferring to shower at the campground facilities which is where we are most of the time. We were so enjoying the various extras we were not used to that in addition to outside shower use Cathy took two indoor showers and I took one. At 26 gallons the water tank is actually 7 gallons less than the rpod and I drove into town to purchase 6 gallons at $1.34 each. I think at the end of the trip we had a hat full of water left.      

It was a really great trip and we look forward to another beach trip. September is a good time to catch the redfish running in the surf.   

I do still have the rpod. It's a 2010 model and as you might expect it's not perfect but I have camped it for almost two years and would not be afraid to go anywhere with it. Bluebook is $4000-$5000 and I'll sell it for a little less. 

Congrats to Morgan on the new job. See you in Greenville.