Yes, you guessed it. I take my crafts on the road. When I am not enjoying the great outdoors, I am crocheting.
Thursday, we hitched up our rig and ventured out to a campground an hour away from our home. This was our first trip of the year. On our first trip out, we usually keep it fairly local before heading out on longer trips.
This is our 22 ft. travel trailer. She is twelve years old but still in pretty good condition. Unfortunately, upon arrival at this campground, we noticed the awning had started tearing away. Up until one year ago, we never needed any repairs. We had purchased it used in 2016, and it was in excellent condition.
Last year, we replaced tires and refrigerators, and I reupholstered the dinette. This year, when the slide floor started breaking away we had to have it rebuilt. Since we were already into the floor anyway, we replaced the ugly carpet with some nice vinyl to go under the dinette. Yes, we could have traded her in, but in all honesty, it was cheaper to fix her. Even when we replace the awning fabric, we still will have not spend much in comparison to what this unit is worth.
It was almost funny that shortly after we realized the awning had to be replaced a hail storm came up. We had been out to eat and just parked at our campsite when it began to rain so hard we couldn’t get out of our truck. The rain quickly turned into hail. It hailed for a good ten minutes before it went back to a steady rain.
Saturday morning, we set out to go to the local farmers market. On the way back to our campsite there it was…the yard sale sign. When I asked the lady if by chance she had any craft supplies, she pointed to a large bag containing yarn. “You can have it for a buck,” she said. I could not get my money out fast enough. She here is one of the projects I made from that bag.
I am now going to go back and start stashing some of my craft supplies into our camper for those rainy days when I can’t get out to hike.
Enjoy the ride everyday. Life is good every day if you Believe!
Through My Eyes 