Travel Trailer Update – The Waiting Game

This weekend in camper news, not a lot of physical progress but TONS of mental progress.  James and I really want to get framing but it’s a bit premature… We’ve decided we need to get all the major appliances, make sure they work and then frame directly for them, there isn’t a ton of room for redoing stuff.

We’ve decided that this little camper is a bit harder to plan than the tiny house was, we have even less room to fit all the same stuff AND it needs to be on-grid and off-grid capable!  We are researching solar options right now, this book has been fantastic in helping

It’s a great big complex thing for me, and James has never dealt with Solar either so we both decided it was about time!  Anyway, I highly recommend this book, it’s one I am going add to my side bar of helpful resources!

We ordered some other stuff, I need to update my (over) budget sheet

• Jacks for the back end, these will get welded on to the frame –
• A new front Jack for the front, the trailers was broken
• Water Heater – we went with another Eccotemp model, different than the tiny house one but very flexible and affordable with workable clearances with a strainer
• Our Tub – 25″ around bucket for a shower stall and a kids bath
• A dry erase sticker for the fridge, this will be a nice place to brainstorm and cover the yucky old sticker

We have a possible lead on an A/C unit that is fairly new and listed at about 1/3 of retail price, we’re taking a look at it tomorrow, wish us luck!

Got the kids' chalk out, drew out the floor plan and stood in there to see how 'doable' it will be. It feels good, I think things always seem a little smaller than they will be at this phase but it still felt ok, so thats good

We ordered our 'tup/shower basin and water heater

the kitchen area is over that wheel well

The bathroom at the rear

The kids' bunk beds, they will grow as needed, starting at 30"x55", like their current bunk beds but will be able to grow to 6'6" long

Back view

We also got our mahogany plywood ordered and shipped, this will be the inside finish.

the tub, it's 25" in diameter

I have a flower budget! I used to wonder who bought all those pretty flowers at the grocery store beforeI had room in my budget... I went to the store and Hazel asked to get some pretty flowers and I realized we had money for it. So we got some! This is our second round of flowers to brighten out tiny house, it's been a fun thing we get to do together, pick out flowers, prep them together and talk about things... super great 'recentering'!

My brother is getting hitched this weekend, I have been making the clothes for that, Hazel is going to be a flower girl, Miles wasn't supposed to be walking yet so he doesnt have a roll but I'll say he is the honorary ring bearer

The groomsmen are all wearing suspenders si I figured I'd make some for Miles too!

Pretty cute if you ask me!

He knows it

Kids are gross, who thought raspberries could be so gross... its a talent I think

Da-da reading her her bedtime stories. Her favorite is Bed Hogs I know it by heart

I'm a bridesmaid so I had to make me a dress too, this is BY FAR the easiest dress I've ever made. It took 5 minutes and 1 20"seam. I found an earring to finish it and it was silly how simple it was, I had to ask my mom to make sure it didn't look like crap, I didn't trust it!

And of course I had to make Hazel a matching one... there WERE two earrings... I cut the time in half on her, 2.5 minutes!

Shes already stealing my shoes!

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