Scamp Salon – New Luxuries Coming Soon
Edison is killing it on the Scamp upgrades. He’s gone through the whole camper, laid out the new upgrade components. The new power converter is installed, final fitting and connections for the batter, water heater in place. He’s got welding work for the dual tank platform and stabilizer jacks going today, and the air conditioner […]
When time doesn’t fly…
Sometimes, you’re just on the losing side of the stopwatch. Back in June, I had wild plans: roll north up the PCH, park the Scamp, and trade stories with fellow travelers over the hiss of a propane stove. But I underestimated my little fiberglass escape pod, and the timeline swerved into a ditch. While the […]
WiFi, Wrenches, and Wanderlust: RV Life for the Housing-Crunch Generation
In the July 5th edition of The Wall Street Journal, journalist Katie Deighton shared her gloriously chaotic rendezvous with a 25-foot rental RV and her band of brave comrades. Somewhere between dodging low tree branches and wrangling sewer hoses (a rite of passage, really), she rekindled a spark—that long-lost grit from her pre-luxury-lifestyle days. Turns out, […]
7/16 Little Video Update
A quick video update for today …the pattern and desktopper details are posted yesterday. https://www.shutterscamp.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=171&action=edit
Work desk via bunk bed
Getting Scamp ready for its inaugural trip meant that not only should I be ready to hit the open road, but to be able to do online work once I have sorted my campsite. I realized that the dining table/sleep area isn’t really a place to setup the imac, multiple external drives, keyboard, and mouse. […]
Changing directions, that painful lump
Well, without the benefit of knowledge and experience, my purchase of the Scamp has been a truly “Ohhhhhhhhhhhh……” kind of deal. Like, just because it looks good and functions at the point of sale does not mean it will function once you drive off into the sunset. Missed malfunctioning trailer brakes: wasn’t able to test […]
Lots of Parts, Nowhere to Go
It really takes patience I am supposed to be better at; there is no use getting worked up about it though. Every expensive RV shop is busy with huge Class A diesel pushers right now, summer in full swing. My wonderful nephew has a full time job, but he’s helping me out. So much to […]
Wednesday July 16 – Mods begin
Finally, the majority of the components are in for the Dometic water heater, replumbing with PEX, upgrade to 75watt power converter/charger, 280ah lithium battery, 12 volt rooftop air conditioner, 2000 watt Renogy inverter. Once the PEX expander tool arrives, we’re ready to the the stuff updated. As the bath will be a later phase, I’ll […]
Tick-tock, stop the clock
The nature of repairing, upgrading an old thing to be fully safe and functional means you have no idea how long it will take or what it will cost, until you really start thinking about what it take to live in a small space. It’s one thing to rent a little trailer for a week […]
Little Baby Water Heater, Purple Hump
IT ARRIVED!!! I haven’t unpacked it yet but just from eyeballing it is think it will fit perfectly. Was worried because it showed the order as canceled when I checked on it, and Amazon support said it is resold by the same reseller but maybe outsourced. Anyway the Lil guy showed up. WH-6GEA RV Gas […]