Not Really a Camping Story

[bayoubill]

I bought a 3326 King three weeks ago. I took it to my Gulf Shores, AL home and left it there closed. It was raining heavily. I had to leave to go back to Birmingham the next morning.

This weekend was the great revealing. The whole neighborhood had been texting me with questions about the TM. One lady wanted to know if I was just going to sleep in it because it was too short to anyone to stand-up.

This past Friday morning, I opened the TM. I expected everyone to flock to it. Instead everyone was busy or gone. So I was disappointed. One neighbor did come by and was very impressed but that was it.

I waited all day Saturday to closed it up (had to leave on Sunday morning). Still no one came. So begrudgingly at 5 pm yesterday, I started working to close her up. Then one neighbor came by. Then another. Then another. Until most of the neighborhood was standing in my driveway.

One of my neighbors said he use to work with someone in the Pacific northwest that traveled on each job towing a TM. So he knew ALL about them. But when I lowered the back shell, his mouth dropped. Everyone was oohing and awing. It felt great. Then I lowered the front shell. They were all oohing and awing again.

It was a great day!

[Redtail Cruiser]

Congrats on your new TM. It's so much fun to see people's reaction the first time they see one. The neat thing is most times you take it out, you see that reaction over and over again. After awhile you'll get use to it, but it's still fun.

Enjoy camping and keep sharing your experiences.

[Kidkraz]

Bayoubill,

I know how you feel. The first time I had mine on the street to do some work on it. The first day I just tinkered, that Sunday I had a gentleman and his son stop by and ask to get a tour. I was happy to show it.
On my last trip, as we drove out a neighboring camper said they were sorry to have missed us closing it up.

[hillbillyhotel]

ditto here also,
at fuel stops , rest areas, even been ask to see inside while on trips,
and its fun to ask if they have a king size bed also?

[wbmiller3]

We just got that question at a Mississippi state park front desk last month: "How do you stand up in it??" (while it's closed). It had been a while.

[tgpmd1]

I recall a trip out west where we stopped at Wal-Marts every evening to spend the night. A guy and his girlfriend drove right up next to us as we were ready to open up the TM and she said, "What are we doing?" (yes, they were that close). He said, "I want to watch the show." After that, he said, "We'll isn't that, wow, really ingenious" and drove off. I think he expected it to be a lot more difficult.

And yes, we have also been asked to give tours, mostly at campgrounds. It's a show when our family gets together and someone hasn't the TM open or close. It's pretty interesting conversation.

Enjoy your TM!