The story of Max (our trailer)

We have been on stay at home orders due to Covid-19 pandemic for several weeks now.  I have been able to get out for my job.  We have also gone out on the lake with friends and to campfire (with social distancing) at the lake picnic area (lake is for our neighborhood).

But we are ready to get out of town. Ready to go camping. We have a small camping trailer (pull behind).  It's been about two months since we got out. I will be perfectly happy to sit outside, read a book, and enjoy the fresh air and view of the lake.

The trailer is small but we feel fancy.  Our first camper was a very basic Coleman pop up.  We purchased it second hand for $2000.  It had a furnace, two burner cook top, an ice box (cooled with a block of ice), and a pump sink (10 gallons of water under the bench seat).  Very basic but lots of good times with our daughters and pup Jake.

We would use candles and electric lanterns for light.  Loved to unzip the canvas and let in the breeze.   Rain on the canvas made you really feel like you were out in nature. We would have to boil water to wash the dishes.  We would play games at the dinette because there were fire bans in Colorado at the time.  No sitting around the campfire at night.

To make camping more fun for our daughters, we asked them to name the pop up.  They named it Max--as in the story Where the Wild Things Are.  So we have continued the tradition and named our current trailer Max.  We found large decals of illustrations from the book and put them on the outside of the trailer.  Transformed into Max.  We are looking to purchase a different trailer soon and it will be Max also.

Happy trails