Little things that take forever

At this precise moment, I own two Casita trailers. One is my first - a 1985 model from the early days of the company and the other a 'modern' 1998 version. There is an amazing difference in the two. As the company learned from it's customers, their design underwent both big and small changes. For example, the old door is a curved door like you'd see on an airplane while the newer door is square and flat - with a screen. On the '98, the door has a cute little catch to hold it open - believe me, in the West Texas winds, this is an improvement. The old trailer has a regular apartment air conditioner hanging out the back window; the new trailer has a regular A/C unit, but it is mounted inside the trailer wall - you'd kinda have to see it to get what they did, but it makes the egg look much better and is not sitting right over of the bed when it is running. (Much quieter)
A slide-show of the two trailers is at the bottom of the page.

I had found solutions for the oddities of the '85's design so that I could have what I needed in a place that seemed logical to me. When I bought the new trailer, I initially just moved everything over - but those design changes over the years mean that some of my solutions are no longer needed. So I have to look at each little thing & see what effect the design decisions have had on what I need now. Little things like where to put the dog's water bowl. Little things that take forever.
I'm ready to go camping, the boss is really ready, but Eglyntine isn't quite...

Spring!!

Spring is here - finally! You know that winter is finally over in west Texas when the snow flurries... Ok, we don't usually have flurries in the plural. It was a really unusual winter for us. When the snow flurries turn to windstorms and the white flakes in the air are the petals from early blooming pear and plum trees. The temperatures in a Texas spring can bounce from 20's to 80's and even into the 90's, so we don't know when winter is truly over until the mesquite trees start to green up. The ones in my yard are not showing the slightest green, so I don't have much hope for the fruit set this year.

Ok, I know this isn't about travel yet - probably because I'm not on the road yet. I am in the pre-travel preparation stage.

I took the new trailer (Eglyntine) out last month for the first time. Now I need to move around my 'stuff' to better locations, delete stuff that no longer fits, and load what I need for my next adventure.

Travels with a Texas Egg

What's a Texas Egg? It is a fiberglass travel trailer that has an egg-like shape. Mine is a Casita, but there are many companies that make 'eggs.' Mine is a Texas egg because home base is in western Texas. Simple, huh? Her name is Eglyntine and that's her picture on the top left. Like the arty lighting? This is the day I bought her, just at sunset.