| Campbucket was established in April 1996 at Bakers
acres campgorunds in Parkerstown New jersey. After years
of tent camping in three states and twenty years of
camping at the Philadelphia Folk Festable and the rainey
weather that always seems to follow tent campers. My wife
said she had enough of the tent and all of the work
setting up, breaking down and the bad weather that seemed
to follow us anywhere we camped lately. In 1995 we had
stayed at a friends campsite at Bakers acres and where
amaze at the convence of trailer camping. So when a
trailer and a lot became available we jump on the chance
of being in the great outdoors agains and bought a 1983
32 foot Citation travel trailer, that came with a small
shead and a 12' x 12' screenhouse. We spent the next 9
years making friends and adding a platform under the
sceenhouse and adding a 12' x 20' deck to the front of
the trailer. We also added a 12' x 20' sceenroom to the
front of the trailer a few years ago, but by this time
our aging 22 year old trailer was becoming a money pit
due to age and about 90 days of use each of the 8 seasons
we had it. In the last three years we had to replace the
frig, air conditioner, the toilet, the gate valves on the
holding tanks, repair the black water tank, replace the
propane bottles and install a new rubber roof. Now the
aging floor of the trailer was getting soft and ready to
be replaced, but the cost of the new trailer we wanted
was just to high.
Just two weeks after opening up for the 2005 season we
heard of a trailer that was up forsale just around the
corner from us and desided to check it out. Well, when we
walked thru the door we where sold right away. This was
the floor plan and size we where looking for, it's a 2001
Dutchmen 36' living area and 39' overall length two
bedroom with a 14' sideout making the kitchen and living
room. A 14' x 16' living area and a full size bathroom
and was really worth all of the work we put into changing
the trailers out.
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