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My blog is dedicated to folding trailers (AKA PopUps or PUP’s). Hopefully non-PUP owners will find some of the posts of interest/value.

I’ll cover equipment, modifications, maintenance, camping stories, and of course SPUT’s (Stupid Pop Up Tricks). Please forgive my rants & raves and posts on my camping buddy – my granddaughter.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So I try and keep the post short but augment them with pictures from my SmugMug gallery.

Enjoy.

He Ruide

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Camping is prohibited

Posted 08-10-2008 at 05:11 PM by heruide

I saw this sign recently and it was not at a Wal-Mart parking lot nor an Interstate rest area but while I was doing a 10 mile hike along the Brays Bayou in Houston, Texas. The sign resonated with me as the reason that got me into camping with an RV was also responsible for my doctors putting me under a camping prohibition. But I’m getting ahead of my self.

My journey started back in the spring of 2005 while I was on a trip from Cincinnati, Ohio to the Yellowstone,...

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Close encounter of the furry kind

Posted 07-29-2008 at 01:55 PM by heruide

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We do live in a small world and the internet makes it even smaller. I just read where a fellow camper recently camped at one of my favorite camp grounds and had a very similar encounter as mine. This led to me pull out my own story from the archives.

Yes it was the spring of a couple years ago when my wife and I camped at Lake Cowan in Ohio and I had my own close encounter. I left the some of the Hummer doors open while I transferred food and clothes to the...

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New Evolution décor

Posted 07-15-2008 at 04:03 PM by heruide

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Thanks to a fellow camper Ron and Peco Campers, I’ve gotten a chance to see the new décor that Fleetwood has for the Evolution series. I knew changes were in the works and in fact these were planned before the acquisition. However, I suspect the new owners will welcome the change since it should reduce the variety of cabinets they have to order.

I can only speculate if the rational for the change was cost reduction or customer feedback. Yes I know...

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Two words that should be said on the internet

Posted 07-05-2008 at 06:08 PM by heruide

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Comedian George Carlin, who died late last month, was famous for identifying seven words you could not say on TV. Now while I knew of Carlin, I must confess I had to look up what those words were. Of course I was not surprised to find that the words he listed were not exactly nice words.

I recognize I will never achieve the fame of Carlin, but I hope that the one and only person that reads my blog will remember me for listing the two words that should...

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Drill pump – the solution to high gas prices?

Posted 06-28-2008 at 11:33 AM by heruide

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Well I know this title might conjure pictures of a big drill rig that would bore into the ground and pump out oil from your back yard… and you could spend the rest of your life touring the US in your camper, but I’m sorry my drill pump will not do this.

However, if you turn on the TV early on Sunday morning you might find an infomercial for one as the solution to a medical problem that affects millions of Americans – back pain. “… and for two payments of $14.99...

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