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Generator Use in Campgrounds: A Rant
I’ve been camping with my teardrop trailer for 4 seasons, racking up 19,000+ km so far and have stayed at dozens of campgrounds. Over that time, I’ve seen generator use become increasingly prevalent. And irritating. And sometimes downright ridiculous—like tent campers with a small generator outfront and when my eyes followed the extension cord it …
Teardrop Camping in Quebec
I was so close to Quebec during last year’s Big Trip in a Tiny Trailer, I thought I should try out teardropping in La Belle Province. Opémican park was awesome and the whole booking & camping experience went smoothly. If you might like to go teardrop camping in Quebec here's some useful information to know. …
Naming Your Teardrop Camper
I love the notion of naming a teardrop trailer, especially seeing as they are small and personal and each one particular to the owner. But for the longest time I didn’t have a name for mine that resonated. Until a very serendipitous happening let me know without question I had finally found the right one. …
One Booking, Multiple Sites
One of the great things about a trailer is that it’s fairly quick & easy to pick-up and move camp. This is particularly true with a small and simple teardrop trailer, so why not try out a little-known feature of the OntarioParks and ParksCanada booking platforms which allows splitting your visit amongst multiple camp sites?! …
Pukaskwa National Park
Imagine falling asleep in your cozy teardrop camper to the sound of ocean surf crashing ashore. Come morning, a brief walk coffee-in-hand to a beach strewn with large driftwood surrounded both sides by stark dramatic rocky promontories. It all looks and feels a bit like the west coast of Vancouver Island. But you’re in Ontario. …
Dual but Differing Solar Panels: Yes You Can
If you have a solar panel on the roof of your teardrop camper plus a portable panel you move around, why not use them both to simultaneously charge the batteries? Turns out there’s a few reasons why it’s not so straightforward, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Here’s how I made it work. …
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Looking Back, and Ahead, for this Blog
Here near Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, we’re solidly into mid-winter. Temperatures are cold but, now a month out from Solstice, strength can be detected returning to the sun’s rays. It’s the time when Teardropping reappears on my radar, so here’s my annual look at last year’s top topics plus a preview of some coming soon! …
Tiny Trailer, Big Road Trip
My Big Trip in a Tiny Trailer as I call it has become an annual autumn outing for me, each one getting longer in distance and/or duration. This year, the fourth, was 26 days and 2800km—about the same distance as last year though almost a week longer, the difference being that I stayed two or …
Another great season ends: Bedtime for Teardrop
My little camper now winters in a large shed which, for a trailer of mainly wood construction on metal chassis, is a big improvement over being left outside covered by tarps. This year I got it up the ramp using this winch system I devised… with barely 6” door clearance on either side, backing it …
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Staying Cool When Summer’s Hot
Does the notion of camping in tiny teardrop trailer during the height of hot-humid summer evoke images of meat slow-cooking in a tin crock pot? It didn’t have much appeal to me, but I’d bought tickets to a late-July music festival so strategized how to stay cool... or if not “cool” at least avoid feeling …
Teardrop Trailer Travels 