Preparing to run away from home

While Colin and I were exploring some of the delights of Springbrook we chanced to see a "For Sale" sign propped up outside one of the homes, it was for a camper trailer. Now we have been spending too much money lately on magazines on camper trailers and becoming more and more disheartened at the huge price that was asked for new ones - so Colin went door knocking. The folks were not at home so we wrote down the phone number and rang the following day.

To cut a long story short - we drove back to Springbrook on the Sunday and talked "turkey" and ended up buying the thing! It was about three thousand dollars cheaper than the ones that we had been thinking we might be able to afford and it had not even been used! The poor fellow that had it for sale had purchased it and shortly after been diagnosed with cancer so has spend his holidays visiting doctors instead.

We had to leave without it because the plug for the trailer was different to the plug on Steve's four wheel drive so I happily let him and Colin drive up a third time with a new plug to bring the trailer back down to home.

Of course the tent had to be put up to see if it was big enough. No worries, mate! It's HUGE! There is a king sized bed that is in a compartment that is on the trailer itself and the rest of the tent is big enough for a family, there are two parts on the ground - one could be used as the kitchen/dining area or as another sleeping area.

So now it looks as if we are ready for the road! But .... I have a hubby who just has to "fix things" and he has all these ideas about how he will modify the way the post go through the canvas and how the kitchen should be constructed and ..... hmmm! I think I will stay out of this!

AJ