Pop Up Camper

Our second trip out with a "new to us" pop up camper is finally starting to work out. It's a 1993 Flagstaff 618 Limited. It's a small pop up - no bathroom. There's two queen size bed pull-outs and the seating/table area converts to another bed. For an eight foot box it's rather roomy. It was well taken care of by the two previous owners and the canvas is in really good shape.

I spent last Saturday through Tuesday removing the cabinetry, repairing two broken chain drives, replacing a sprocket pin for the roof lift mechanism, realigning the roof posts, and then replacing all the cabinetry. Quite a chore in the heat we've been experiencing. I also removed the sink since we really don't want to use it and it gives us more space. 

Sheared sprocket pin

Yet another in-the-field repair to make

There, I fixed it! (temporarily)

On the 4th of July we arrived at our favorite local campground, Myers Lake United Methodist Campground, in Byron Michigan. The roof cranked up nice and easy. Unfortunately, we weren't prepared for rustic camping. We had a nasty but brief thunderstorm the first night that took the electricity out at the campground and about 100,000 other Michigan residents. The canopy suffered some damage that I was able to temporarily "repair" with cable ties and duct tape. I'm afraid it won't last. Power didn't come back until early Saturday morning.

Fortunately for us we only live twenty minutes away. My daughter needed to go back home for her last driver's education test Friday so we all went home for a hot shower and some air conditioning before going back out Friday evening. We avoided the high for the day, somewhere around 100 degrees with winds of around two miles an hour.

Preparing dinner

The heat broke Saturday evening. We have a cool breeze and temps in the upper 80's. Not bad.

We had campfire pizza Saturday night. My large pizza stone split last trip, so I had to use the backup personal size pizza stones. Touchy to work with. You have to get the pie centered just right or it slides off the peel onto the grill.

Tools of the trade

Getting the oven ready

Rounds ready to toss

Pizza in the "oven"