Greetings ALL from Mike in Michigan!!!! GO BLUE!!!

[indykar1]

Just a quick note to introduce myself and dig into your many posts, wealth of information and to basically "quench my rabid thirst" for my love of teardrop trailers and all the toys associated with this interest. My name is Mike and I am from Linden, Mi or approximately 35 miles north of my alma mater, The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mi. Yes, I do bleed maize & blue, so be easy on me as we can all get along here.

I have been retired about two years now after a nearly 40 year career with a major electric/gas utility company here in Michigan. Needless to say, it was time for me to literally "hit the road" and I have been doing just that ever since I left my job as a consultant with the company. I purchased a Little Guy rascal teardrop trailer last fall from a dealer in Virginia and have had a ball ever since. I recently completed a 13,000 mile odyssey (or loop) around the US, going as far south as Key West and across the southern tier of the US, up through Louisiana, TX, NM, AZ, CA, OR, WA, ID, Montana, the Black Hills region and back home to Michigan. So I am a seasoned teardrop owner and spent 4 days camped in the desert outside Quartzsite, AZ with a group from California and Arizona and sponsored by Paha Que Wilderness, Inc. Some very nice people and we had a ball!

I also love my "new" Little Guy 5-wide trailer and have been treated like a king by Joe and the folks in Massillon, Ohio when I visited Little Guy World Wide. They are very nice people and as I told Joe not too long ago, "I think you guys must have sprinkled a virus in that trailer" as I am hooked!!! I use to feel the same way when I was 25 years old, bought my first and only Harley Sportster and thus began my love for adventure, camping, mountains, meeting new people and just enjoying the smell of fresh air in every new town I explored. You get my drift!

So with that, I found your site back at Little Guy's forum area which is new, they will be tweaking it soon and people are finding their way there too. A fellow teardrop owner posted your web link and I am going to enjoy your literal "library of information" in the various threads as I have already keyed in on your Dutch oven information and being a DO newb, heaven knows it is going to come in handy as I try to impress friends and family with this new found interest.

Enough of my missive and I am looking forward to meeting you all in the coming weeks and months ahead.

Best regards and happy tear-dropping as the summer is before us!

Mike - Linden, Mi

[bobhenry]

What a small world I am from Linden also.......



Linden Indiana


We are 36 days away from the largest tiny trailer gathering to date. 125 confirmed site reservations making it almost 300 people strong. As of 2 hours ago there were 22 sites left in the campground. You need to come visit us. I will be giving the Dutch Oven seminar on Saturday ! For a closer look at all the events click the link below. Please join us July 14th - 17th in Spencer Indiana.

http://cra2011.weebly.com/index.html

P.S. Welcome to the insanity !

[indykar1]

That sounds like fun. I will check my calendar and we'll see what happens. But I "might" be up in Northern Michigan.

An true, we're only a stone's throw away eh???

What a small world I am from Linden also.......



Linden Indiana


We are 36 days away from the largest tiny trailer gathering to date. 125 confirmed site reservations making it almost 300 people strong. As of 2 hours ago there were 22 sites left in the campground. You need to come visit us. I will be giving the Dutch Oven seminar on Saturday ! For a closer look at all the events click the link below. Please join us July 14th - 17th in Spencer Indiana.

http://cra2011.weebly.com/index.html

P.S. Welcome to the insanity !

[Ooopsy_Daisy]

Hey There Neighbor!!! Talk about a stone throw away Mike, I'm just around the corner a Piece from you. Across 69 east and about 36 miles west of Port Huron.

I just bought my Tiny Travel Trailer in April and I'm hooked too! I have been camping at least 2 times a month. Going to Monroe this wk end. Maybe we'll catch up with you at one of the gatherings soon?

Carol

[aratman]

Spokane washington here, a Jackson MI transplant.

[indykar1]

Hey There Neighbor!!! Talk about a stone throw away Mike, I'm just around the corner a Piece from you. Across 69 east and about 36 miles west of Port Huron.

I just bought my Tiny Travel Trailer in April and I'm hooked too! I have been camping at least 2 times a month. Going to Monroe this wk end. Maybe we'll catch up with you at one of the gatherings soon?

Carol

So how's your summer going Carol? have you had an opportunity to break that trailer in yet? I have been up to Munising and did a kayak trip down the Au Sable two weekends ago with my youngest daughter and her boyfriend.

I also just installed a fantastic fan in the vent area and got it wired up. talk about a big time blow from above!!!

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Mike