Apache for a Dollar???
One of the things Elaine, the kids and I like to do is occasionally go camping. My idea for camping has never been in a tent but in a trailer of some sort. Just last month, we had a very enjoyable 3 night stay at a campground just a few minutes from our house. In fact, it is probably about a mile away, but with the river crossing it was 4 miles. It was so close, that I would return home a few times a day to put Jasmine out.
Our neighbor called us the other night and told us that we could have their Apache Pop Up camper for a dollar. After a League of Mercy...oops I mean...Community Care Ministries that Elaine was responsible for, we went down and took a look at it.
It is not in the best of shape. Unlike the solid state Apache's ours is canvas, and the canvas has seen much better days! The lifting system doesn't work, we manually lifted the roof by ourselves. After sustaing a wasp sting on my lip, we got the camper fully extended. It does need work, but our other neighbor said he would love to help me out. We exchanged a dollar, and Elaine went to get the Chevy to tow it to our driveway.
As soon as I got home, I googled Apache pop ups and found out there are many sites on the internet for parts as well as owners forums. There is a wealth of information available, so it shouldn't be too hard, or too costly to get this restored to near its orginal glory.
It should be fun! I am looking forward to restoring this antique.
posted by Christian at
8/10/2006 11:39:00 AM
6 Comments:
What a wonderful opportunity to get into RVing. You will come to note what you would like to have in another RV as well as what you do not need. And it is small enough to allow you to get into some great small sites with great vies that Evie and I in our RV could not fit.
Pop-up campers are great. They don't flood when it rains, so you won't have to sleep in a damp sleeping bag and wear wet clothes for a week. I've been there and done that!
We've run the gamut through two tents, two pop-ups and our current RV.
You'll get many good years out of it. Since it needs some TLC, you'll be able to customize it a bit. That will be fun.
I must confess to being a little worried that I have bitten off more than I can chew with this one.
I keep getting encouraged from and Apache owners forum that I have joined online. It should be fun, and I will probably learn a lot.
Disregard some bad english in my comment!!!!
The Apache forum will probably be really helpful. I participate in a couple of online photography forums and it's like having pen pals. It's lots of fun.
There are some good RV stores around. Camping World has been one of our favorite stores...they have an online store. Watch the camping link on my blog for our ratings on various campgrounds we have visited.
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