Well, we took the tear out for it’s first trip and had a great time. It pulls really well behind the truck and it was easy to forget it was back there. We had great weather with warm clear days and cool nights. Even with the windows and sunroof open, we stayed nice and warm. The only issue we ran into was when we tried to convince Heidi (the dog) that she had to sleep at the foot of the bed. Well, that and only packing DECAF coffee!!! You can bet that before the next trip, I am going to roast and grind some fresh, real, coffee.

This is so much better then tent camping!!! It only took us about 7 minutes to setup camp, and tear down we timed at just 8 minutes. It really seems like we can have “grab abd go” camping if we keep things stocked and ready. The galley worked out well, but we still need to get a line on where stuff goes both in camp and on the road. The bed was very comfortable and we even spent some time in the cabin playing Yahtzee after the sun went down. We are keeping a small pad of paper handy while camping to take notes on what we want to change for the next trip but so far, there is not that much to change.

We went to one of my favorite areas around here (11 mile canyon) and stayed in the Springer Gulch campground. It is a great place to camp at this time of year. Even the fishing was good on this trip! On Saturday, I caught a nice 14″ rainbow trout that we cooked up for dinner in the campfire. Then, I went out again on Sunday and fished for a few hours after breakfast and brought home two more nice trout that are waiting in the freezer.