The Stargazer Chronicles

 We're still figuring everything out with the camper. Still, after this first weekend out, there are some definite stand-outs from the things we've put in our camper. In no particular order, here is our top 5 Weber Q1200 with Griddle I like to do my research and it looked like the Weber Q1200 was going to be hard to beat as a mobile grill. On half a whim, I ordered a griddle for the grill, considering how useful many people find the griddle-based Blackstones. This grill gave me the best of both worlds. The first night out with cooked brats on the grill half and peppers and onions on the griddle half. The next morning, I flipped the griddle over and cooked break sausage on the grill half and pancakes on the griddle half. It is a great little grill.  Dewalt Fan Having an older camper that you make your own means having tools on hand. I have a general tool tote, a bag with electrical tools and supplied, and a bag with a cordless driver, drill, and impact. When choosing tools, I f...

 It has been a 3 year journey for us to save up for a camper. Owning a home always comes with certain expenses and the last two years, a bad HVAC and a bad pool liner soaked up the camper saving. This year, we made it through and started looking. Now 2021 has been a strange year to look for a camper. The 2020 Pandemic left a lot of people ready to hit the road and see the world in a camper. There have been shortages of campers, new and used camper prices have skyrocketed, and new camper quality has plummeted. Folks are buying new campers, waiting months on them, and then getting them to find issues that need to be fixed under warranty that require several more months of wait. It is crazy.  We looked a lot. We had simple but challenging to match requirements: 25 foot or less fifth wheel, under $10000, with a bathroom. We saw a lot of fifth wheels. We drove two hours to a dealership to find a beautiful newer fifth wheel only to step inside and find that though it looked perfect,...