Mrs Squirrel and I are tossing around ideas for fulltiming, or at least
long-terming. We love Mellow Yellow, we love its floorplan, we love its
360-degree views. We don't love its reliability vis a vis a newer
vehicle, and while van camping is nearly ideal, because it lets us visit
places too out of the way for the "generator people," a van makes a
quick trip into town for a bottle of aspirin, a restaurant dinner, or a
movie more difficult than a trailer because you can't just drive away
from camp without some tear down and setup.

So while a small trailer is another option, with a husky little vehicle
like a Subaru Forester, the eentsier campgrounds might be harder to get
into, and none of the trailers we've seen (Casita, Scamp, T@B,
[Airstreams are too heavy]) have the tidy and sensible floorplan that we
love about our Westy, nor do they have anywhere the window space. I
expect that just about everyone on this group knows what we're talking
about. It's all about finding the right balance of compromises for the
individual camping style.

Mrs Squirrel asked me to write this group, figuring that there may be
some folks here that have seen alternatives that they've found to be
nearly as good. Main things: more reliable and windows, maybe all this
in small trailer format.

While this thread isn't one that I'd like to see take up much bandwidth
on the Vanagon list, but the list membership are nevertheless the ideal
folk to ask this question of, so if anyone has thoughts, please p-mail
me. Mrs Squirrel will receive a copy of anything you send, for her
consideration.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR