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Lynn 15 hours, 24 minutes ago.
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My wife and I have been campers off and on for the last 40 years. For the most part we were tent campers but we spent about year living in an old class A. This past fall, with retirement on the horizon, we bought an old (1984) Fleetwood Prowler 18′ fifth wheel with lots of water damage as a winter project with plans of setting out this spring for places as yet unseen. I retired at the end of Oct. and have spent endless hours disassembling, replacing rotted wood, and reassembling this little camper. There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. New paneling is going up, new vinyl flooring is here as is the new laminate for the counter top. I will be installing a small but built to be expandable solar system (150 watts with 2 6volt 225 AH batteries) very soon. The sc2030 and tm 2030-rv are on hand as is the 8 gage drop wire. The plan now is to make a big loop seeing all those places we haven’t seen yet at a comfortable pace ( no more truck driver schedule) and end up in Tucson to see my mother and sister. We have small tanks so I know some provisions will have to be made for extended dry camping. I am sure there will be a lot of things I haven’t thought of and look forward to learning experience.
Well the walls are all painted (thanks the wife, Clara) and the new vinyl floor is installed. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Lynn
Got the new counter top built and installed last week. Today I finished rebuilding the rear end wall. The siding will go back on in the next day or so. I decided to go with 2 160 watt solar panels and they should be here tomorrow. I also ordered 2 Crown CR260 batteries and they should be here tomorrow as well. With luck (good) , we will take the shake down trip by the end of the month.
Off to the boondocks for systems trial. We are on the way to AEP ReCreation Land
Have you ever stayed there before? can you describe the area a little more plz. Was reading website info and sounds interesting with all the trails.
We are retired as of July 1st. 2015.
It has been a number years, but yes we have been there before. The area is rural, wooded and hilly. The campgrounds are very well kept now. Better than I remember. The Buckeye Trail runs through 2 of the campgrounds.ke
We stayed at Bicentennial (camp K) which is the northern most camp, and one that the Buckeye Trail goes through. It is a very nice campground sitting right nest to a small lake. I will post some pics when I get back home. The down side, there is no cell service at this or any of the other campgrounds except Hook Lake (campground A) where I had 3 and 4 g on Verizon. You would also be hard pressed to get a large rig into K camp although the southern loop of Hook Lake looked to be big rig friendly. All the campgrounds have hand pumped water and pit toilets. The closest dump site is in Caldwell, about 30 miles away.
I hope this answered your questions, If not let me know. We are driveway camping for a couple of days ( read wifi available).
Later
Lynn
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