Now the pop-up tent, lasted longer than the tent and cost considerably more. But they were happy, no more third person narration, we were happy. It served us well. Had many happy times with it. We have some friends that camp with us from time to time and they had a dolphin truck camper, but soon bought a travel trailer. It was a nice trailer. But we were still very happy with our pop-up. It goes off road, we put a port-a-potty in it for me, it had a heater, tons of windows and a king size bed. All was good....so we thought. We tend to do a lot of desert camping as we love the outdoors with wide open spaces. We were on our way with our friends and they decided it was time to stop and eat. Once again the wind was blowing pretty good. We stopped, got out and sighed, now if you're not familiar with a pop-up, the only way to use it, is to open it up completely. You must put up the support beams, slide out the bed, flip the sink up etc., just to go inside. Once again, the wind was blowing pretty good. We watched our friends get out of their truck, walk back to thier trailer and get in. I guess we had a pitiful look on our face because they opened their trailer up for us and invited us in for lunch. Their potty room was roomy, more than ours and we thought hmmm. We arrived at our destination and set up camp. Now the other thing about the pop-ups is that there are no holding tanks, which means the gray water just pours out onto the ground. Gray water is basically sink and shower water. The next day, we saw a few bees buzzing around our pop-up, my husband is allergic to bee stings so this was not good. No worries, it was only a few so we attached the hose to the sink to have the water pour further away from our pop-up. The next morning, apparently the "few" bees we saw brought friends and relatives and they were swarming the dog's water bowl and crawling up the hose towards the sink. Ok now we have a problem. Our friends offered to help clear them after a long discussion about how bees won't bother you if you move slowly and not threaten them. This may be true but there were too many for comfort and it only takes one sting to cause problems for my husband. We got the bees cleared and we packed up quickly. Hmmm after all the camping trips we've had, this was a first for us.
The next trip, it started to rain. We still needed to fill up our water tank but you gotta do what you gotta do. I get out of the truck, and my husband asks me, is the drain closed. I looked at the sink drain and said yea. What I misunderstood was, he meant the drain to the water holding tank. So while we both stood out in the pouring rain and got soaked, filling up the holding tank, or so we thought, it was pouring out onto the ground and we couldn't tell because the ground was already wet. So now we get to our camping spot and we have to set up. Do we wait for the rain to stop and will it. I figured it wouldn't so back out into the rain to set up camp. Now we are both drenched but now we have a warm place to go. The next morning it's time for coffee, but wait, something is wrong with the pump, because there's no water coming out. We figured it out after a short discussion about what I was asked yesterday. It was a cold day so we turned on the heater, but that won't work now either, hmmm, great no more propane. We're done, we just want to go home. Perhaps we should get a travel trailer like our friends.
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