How it all started

[kzhorse]

I was going thru some small memory cards to see what was on them and I came across these,This was a joint venture between a friend of mine that does canvas work on boats and awnings.These were taken at a campground at Gettysburg a couple years ago.


This was a Haloween weekend and it rained most of it.

Scott

[pete42]

simple and easy way to camp,
sometimes I long for my tent throw it in the back along with a cot and head off nothing to back in
nothing to pull nothing but fun.

[canned o minimum]

Canvas is NOT a good insulator.. hence, the Teardrop !

[Verna]

I gave my tent to my nephew last year after a trip to CA and the Pacific NW. First was that cold, cold night in Kansas in the tent, trying to put the tent up in a 30 mph wind. Then I tent camped in Seattle for 4 days/nights with a space heater running almost constantly. Two sleeping bags, a fleece sleeping bag, and a small dog with me on the cot. I kept warm enough, but I was just tired of bringing out all of the sleeping stuff and putting up that tent every night. I stayed in KOA Kabins and with friends for the rest of the trip home.

I knew I wanted a different way to camp. Hence the SideKick and now the Escaped2 TD. I had fun in the SideKick last summer, but I'm sure I'll be camping more in the Escaped2 this summer. Hopefully I bought enough electrical supplies today to keep me busy "electrifying" the Escaped2.

[Facemeltingly Epic]

Tent camping isn't necessarily a simple proposition, especially when your gear has to fit into a '91 Miata...

I actually began thinking about building a teardrop back when I was still active with SCCA Solo autocrossing. I was at an event a long way from home (it was in San Diego) and getting my tools and competition tires down there proved to be more of a headache than I originally thought. It occurred to me that having a trailer again for hauling all that stuff would be nice; I once had a 40" x 48" HF trailer for that purpose. Also, by this time, I was pretty active as a race worker (I'm a corner flagger) and I thought, as long as I'm building this trailer to haul my stuff to autocrosses far from home, maybe I should also build something big enough to sleep in...

A couple years after that, I started building.