First Camping Trip of the Season

By Bryn | Operations Manager

Jun 15, 2018 @ 6:34 PM MDT

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Sent from reader, Jen:

We took our first camping trip of the season this past weekend and are excited to plan a few more.

We bought this vintage 1966 Frolic camper a couple years ago from the Facebook garage sale site for
under $500 and are slowly doing repairs on it while making memories. My dad named it Dinky. Although it may be dinky, it does the job of making camping fun!

I picked up the letter board at Target in the dollar section for five dollars which included the letters that go with it. I will be using it on each trip to document our travels in Dinky! Let the adventures begin!

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Tolu June 15, 2018 at 6:46 pm MST

Adorable 🙂

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fla33023 June 15, 2018 at 6:56 pm MST

I love Dinky! Wishing you lots of awesome memories!

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Ihearthip June 15, 2018 at 7:12 pm MST

Too too cute. Have fun!

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LC June 15, 2018 at 7:22 pm MST

So very fun!

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Juma June 15, 2018 at 7:23 pm MST

This is so cute and precious happy camping and great memories

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Jess June 15, 2018 at 7:45 pm MST

We did the same thing! Ours is a 1999 travel trailer with a slide out. We ripped out all the flooring, painted everything and built bunks for our boys! Camping is the best!

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Mom2boys June 15, 2018 at 7:46 pm MST

That is the best $500 you have spent….the memories you are creating are priceless!! Enjoy!!

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Patricia June 15, 2018 at 7:47 pm MST

I hope you show pics of the updates to Dinky.

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cielo0 June 15, 2018 at 8:05 pm MST

thats not camping… camping is when w

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cielo0 June 15, 2018 at 8:06 pm MST

you sleep in camping tents

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Valyou June 16, 2018 at 6:42 am MST

And then camping to me is having to stay at a Holiday Inn… kindness makes the world go round 😍 have a super time camping, glamping, …
or calling the suite butler for me:)

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L June 15, 2018 at 8:20 pm MST

We camp in our tent at the beach. We downsized and live in a trailer in the mountains. It feels like we’re camping all the time. It’s cool!

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Ksantos128 June 15, 2018 at 8:31 pm MST

So adorable!! I love it! Safe travels

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Haseena June 15, 2018 at 8:43 pm MST

So cute! We are looking forward to our first camping trip of the season after schools are out next week. We want to go to a few new campgrounds this season, we are in NY as well, any suggestions? Tia

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Nel June 15, 2018 at 10:31 pm MST

Love everything about this post!!!

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karen June 16, 2018 at 8:11 am MST

Good for you! It doesn’t matter if you tent camp, or go ‘glamping’ as we do now (we’ve gone from tent to pop up, to travel trailer to 5th wheel).. what is important is the quality time you get to spend with your kids and family unplugged from the day to day. Many families don’t get that kind of time together before their kids are grown. Enjoy that adorable camper and make those sweet memories! Happy camping everyone!!🏕️🏔️🏖️

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HBee June 16, 2018 at 8:58 am MST

What great memories you are creating! Thank you for sharing!

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just me June 16, 2018 at 10:37 am MST

So cute! Everyone has their own unique trips they plan with their family. All that matters is that it’s your memories and that you are having a Fantastic time! Yours couldn’t be any cuter!

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