Maui - Snuba Diving

Piper and I snuck away for 6 days. We didn't miss Max or Steve at all ;)

We snuba dived, snorkeled, swam in the ocean and a few pools, ate yummy food, drove the road to Hana, swam with sea turtles, shopped, shopped some more, whale watched, and had sooo much fun!

Trilogy Sailing - highly recommend!

Molokini Crater - pretty cool, but honestly, the other places we snorkeled were prettier. Of course, going to the crater is an experience in itself. So well worth the excursion.

Trilogy photographer's picture...

My picture (I rented an underwater camera for the week).

*photos of me courtesy of our Trilogy Sailing photographer, Juan. Highly recommend them for snorkeling/snuba excursions.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Sunday Randoms

Piper decided she wanted to play volleyball awhile back. So we found a team for her to play on this summer. This fall, we did closer city rec team, which was nice because she knew a few kids from school.

Random cat pics - they are quite the duo.

Never thought I'd see this! They're almost friends!!

And then he almost fell...

The cats helped me install a new garbage disposal...

Double headphones at school.

Because everyone likes to sleep with a ukulele balanced on their chest, right?

Some nights a train does the trick...

Kitty litter... Sand... Pretty much the same thing, right?

She's Painted!

I finally finished painting the glamper! Next up - polishing the Shasta emblems and name plates so they can go back on. And then when it cools off a bit, I'll get back to working on the inside, and maybe even someday get the fridge working ;)

More details on the glamper blog here :)

Camper to Glamper

So, I thought I posted last fall when we got the camper that I have dreams of turning into a glamper. But maybe I forgot. Here she is:

We call her Ellie (glampers have names).

I soon realized I was in way over my head. Sooo much hidden water damage. So I haven't gotten very far on the glamper part. But I've repaired a lot of crap. Still have a long way to go, but at least we got to take her to Bear Lake last weekend. And nobody died.

Anyway, I decided to start a separate blog to track the progress. It's https://camper2glamper.wordpress.com/
Recently updated if you want to see more :)

And a full tour (including video) before we started the reno here:  https://camper2glamper.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/vintage-shasta-16sc-camper-tour/

3rd Annual Bear Lake Camping Trip

Well, I had a good 9 months to get the camper ready for our annual trip to Bear Lake. I slacked. But we took it anyway. It was more like a glorified tent this trip. Next year we should have working appliances and cute paint! But it was a good maiden voyage.

Piper insisted on a trip to Winco for supplies before we left ;)

I'll do another post on the glamper soon, but here she is... halfway to Bear Lake. I had to rewire the trailer lights (the part that plugs into the truck) three times on the way up. The wires were too short and pulled out every time I turned right! Ha. I hit up Ace Hardware and extended the wires before the drive home. Don't know why I didn't think of it on the way up. I think I was just too nervous about the whole thing. I was fearing that the tires would fly off or something on the highway ;)

Parked at the campsite!

Messy but bright!

Piper painted the cupboards before we left :)

I did a test patch of paint on the front - aqua and orange!

Down to the lake...

The water was really high this year.

 I even got up on the paddle board (of course, Piper missed getting a shot of me during the 10 seconds that I stood up)... but check out my dollar store hat!

On the way home we stopped in the Walmart parking lot in Evanston and had a little lunch in the camper.

DIY lunchables. Super fancy!

And Piper found this cute little souvenir at the gas station. It even has Shasta wings! (mine will too, eventually)

Such a fun trip. We look forward to it every year!!