The Inside Tour

Here's a tour of some of the highpoints inside the trailer:



The dinette in the front of the trailer. The table folds down flat to make a bed. It's great to have this large table to eat at. Not super comfy for lounging during the day though, but an OK compromise. Seen here in the ugly current fabric.

Sleeping up there is like being in the best treehouse ever, since the panoramic windows give an awesome view (especially if you don't block the view by parking the van there.) Juliet has claimed this bed - better for me since it's about four inches shorter than the other bed.



The couch ("gaucho" in trailer speak) along the streetside of the trailer. Two windows above it give great light and ventilation. There are reading lights at one end.

Notice how we "reupholstered" with an old stripy tablecloth. Hey, it works.



Here is the couch pulled out into a bed. There is another foot-wide section to make the bed larger, but it almost fully blocks the aisle when used. Since we don't try to sleep together on this sub-double bed, we leave that part at home.



Love the orange countertop! Up front is a 2-way Dometic fridge - it runs on propane or AC. It works very well - slow to cool down, but it lights easily (from outside - the inside lighter is a PITA) and keeps stuff cold.



Small two-well sink with matching orange covers. They really do work to expand the worktop space.



Three burner stove with an oven and broiler. Works well - faster than the cooktop in the T@B, and we can broil toast! (I'm tempted to bake something, but Jules is wary.)



The shower. Tiny. Best to use the handhold sprayer rather than hanging it up. But it does work pretty well, and we have managed to use it without spraying the entire interior with water.



The business end of the bathroom. So nice not to have to go outside in the middle of the night. Sink has running hot and cold water. The water from the sinks goes into a gray water tank, but the shower drain design is below that tank (it's in the bottom of a closet) so that drains straight out. (We catch it in a basin.)



There is storage everywhere in this thing, a big advantage over newer models who often emphasize style over function. The entire length under the gaucho is storage. We store our bedding here (in the packing cubes) plus fit in our folding chairs and stools, plus a fan. And there's still some room left!



More storage, with a wardrobe closet. We put in hanging IKEA "shelves." Pure luxury compared to keeping most of our clothes in the van when we camped in the T@B.



Amazingly, all of the overhead tambour doors work smoothly! Lots more storage here, including our matching tableware from Target.

And how does it all work when camping? Next post.

Tom