Lisa M. Van Wormer

Once my hands stopped hurting from all the gripping and hand-sewing of the cushions, I moved on to a simpler project that I could do while watching cheesy Rom-Coms. Like most popups, ours came with a big, heavy table that is used as support for an additional bed and when popped up takes up almost all the movable space in the camper. Our friends told us that during the day they always used the table outside of the camper as a prep table or as a store-all-of-the-stuff-we-want-l

For my 2000 Coleman Taos, it takes 136 revolutions to crank that bad boy up and another 136 to bring it back down. What a workout! The hubby, knowing that the majority of those cranks would be done by him (up and down every time I wanted to get in), decided to make an adapter so he could use a power tool to make this happen. This is the crank that came with our popup. I was super excited to make this easier for us, so the hubby sent me to Ace to get a socket for his drill to

There is a major problem when a city girl from East Detroit marries and Alaskan, you get a Green Acres scenario that I have been struggling to find a compromise for. My hubby loves camping, but I hate bugs and sleeping on the ground. Luckily, our friends needed to upgrade their popup camper to account for their growing family of 2 adults, 6 kids, and 2 dogs, so we took advantage and now have a happy medium of camping on beds with air conditioning. On to the pinteresting the u