For many years we have enjoyed the outdoors with our family tent camping around the Carolinas. We shared a tent with our kids until they were too big then they had their own tent. We're not primitive campers by any means! My wife and I enjoy campgrounds that have a bath house. We like sites that have water and electric. I grew up with styrofoam cups over christmas lights in our 'gypsy' camp sites. So I still like to string up some lights and make our site fun!
But a few years ago while camping at a state park I had a run in with a couple black bears...I actually had an encounter while working in the outskirts of town as well. So I guess our bear population was growing and they were less and less skittish around people. Having two young children at the time I felt safer camping at lower altitudes in less wooded areas especially as a tenter.
I looked pretty hard for a pop-up camper that we could afford and justify the cost of but just couldn't ever catch one! Then recently I stumbled across some weird looking little tow-behinds. Apparently there is a huge community of campers that go out in what are called teardrops or tiny travel trailers. Many of which are homemade!
I am always looking for something to tinker with so I thought hey! I have a small trailer that is good for about nothing some extra wood and a bunch of skills and tools..why not make one of these?
