buzzman said:
When I first started travelling around in my Grandby in 2008, I was surprised how many people would stop me in a parking lot or stroll by while we were camping to ask about the camper, especially here in the Midwest where these campers are not very common. And then they wanted to know where to buy one. When I visited the FWC factory on '08, Stan gave me a stack of his business cards that I always carry in the camper to pass out and I'll also mention that I bought mine through Sean Dempsey in Eagle WI. Sometimes I will invite them to look inside the camper if they sound really interested. Lately it has been some tent camper people who are getting too old for, or tired of, tent camping.
Yep-think that's how we all strated-getting to old to hike for miles and setting up tents in the wind, rain and snow and sitting around a smokey
fire while trying to drink a cold beer------now I have vodka with ice cubes and a heater
. Still remember my first outing with my brand new FWC up at Eagle Lake. Two buddies/with dogs showed up to help me break it in. Having that first cold beer out of the frig instead of a cooler was something; then the wind came up with lot's of blowing sand, so we moved around behind my truck to get out of it and wind shifted so we moved again---then I had a thought
why don't we go inside the FWC-a new thing and maybe why I bought the dang thing
---so the three of us and two of the dogs piled in
--my old Austrailian Shep refused to(always liked it outside in the wind and snow and never got used to being inside), why no wind and a beer at hand and I turned on the heater-my a whole new world was at hand
!!! I often think, if I would have wanted one of these things earlier in my wanderings, but me thinks not
---years of roughing it makes me enjoy every moment of having my new comfort--and quite willing to share my feelings with someone who also is discovering they to, find it harder to put that tent up every night or climb into the back of the PU and under the camper shell with the mate and dog and say "what a wonderful time I'm having" ! Yep, what did one of our folks say a while back, those last days will be spent, sitting by my FWC in some wonderful place out there with a drink in hand while sitting in my strongback chair-just rememember to come and get the dog!
Smoke