We got a Camper

People recommend that we go to the RV show this year.  We knew that we wanted to buy a camper this winter/early spring.  We hear great things about camping and it's something we want to do for several years.   Neither Brian or I camped as a kid.  We have camped a few times with a tent and had a great time.  Our tent is old and needed replaced so instead of buying a tent, we got a camper.

We knew we did not want a pop up.  They can be great but too much work for what we want.  We want something easy to come and go.  When we get home, we don't want to set the thing back up again.  That is the reason we didn't get a hybrid either.   We wanted something enclosed and sleeps 6.  We know the kids will want to bring friends eventually so sleeping 6 will be perfect.  We also wanted a slide out and bunk beds.

Before we went to the RV show we went and got Austin's passport renewed.  It's hard to believe it's going to expire.  We needed to get it before Brian went to China.  We are going on a cruise in the spring.  It's crazy to look at Austin's first passport picture and the new one.  He has grown up so fast!  We are so fortunate to be able to travel with our kids.

After we got back from the post office, we hung out at home for a while.  We weren't in too big of rush to get to the RV show.  We had no idea what we were getting into.  We got there around 1:30 pm.  The line was crazy to get tickets.  After we finally got tickets, we went inside.  We realized there are so many campground just around us.  It was cool to see what they have to offer.  Then we started looking at campers.  We had a good idea what we wanted but there were SO many!

We went in all the campers that we the right size and had potential for us.  The kids loved it at first.  Then it became overwhelming for all of us.  I even went out and got the stroller for the kids.  The only time we use a stroller now is either Disney or the zoo.  But this was a lot of walking and we were there for hours!

We finally had it narrowed down to three campers.  One was bigger than we wanted but was a great price.  The middle one was very nice but more than we wanted to spend. The third one was the one we picked out last year but didn't work out since the van couldn't really tow it.  Brian had to negotiate pricing and everything.  I had the kids and they were getting restless.  Finally we caved and got them ice cream so we could talk.  That is something we never do is buy food at a place like this.  However it was past 8pm and still had not eaten dinner. We had some snacks though.

We decided to go with camper number 3.  It was the right price and size.  We were happy with our decision.  The camper place knew Brian was going to China and we couldn't pick it up for a few weeks and they were find with that.   On the way home, Austin said he wanted Pizza Hut for dinner.  That sounded good to us too.  I ordered it and we picked it up near home.  By the time we got there, the kids were sound asleep.  They wanted sleep over food.  We got home and Brian and I had a entire pizza dinner for ourselves.  After the exhausting day the RV show, we deserved it!