I knew that my father had been fixing up an old travel trailer.
He pretty much just gutted a decades old trailer and then set it all up inside to make it the way he wanted it. He has been posting lots of pictures on social media and I kept commenting with how amazing it looked. However, he hadn’t posted in awhile and I didn’t know that the trailer renovations were complete or that he intended for the two of us to go camping when I visited in November. I thought I might be helping him with the renovations and that would be it. So I was surprised at the camping plans he shared with me as soon as he picked me up from the airport. I really didn’t want to go camping. Yes we loved it when I was a kid but I’m now pushing 40 years old and haven’t been camping in over 20 years. I don’t like being cold anymore and I don’t like roughing it. But then we got home and I saw the inside of the renovated trailer. It was completely done and looked so warm and cozy. Dad had installed a faux fireplace along one wall as well. He explained that it runs on electricity and so I wouldn’t have to chop wood. However, the faux fireplace would keep us nice and warm. I still had my reservations but I saw how much he had planned and looked forward to this trip so I acquiesced. And you know what? I was never cold or uncomfortable during our entire camping trip. That space heater fireplace thing really kept the trailer nice and warm and we had a great time.