DAY 1: Guinevere's Purchase

DAY 1. Guinevere was purchased  on Saturday 11/14/2020.

I shopped on FB marketplace for a camper to fit our family's needs. I did this based on the advice of an RV Renovation blogger/author Sarah Lemp.

 My requirements were:

• Light enough to be towed by Mike's F150 (a max empty weight around 6000 lbs)
• Room for improvement in beautification (um hi every trailer fits this requirement)
• I had been doing a lot of reading about renovation and I was OK with buying something in not-so-pristine condition.
• I ended up buying one that had decent finishes, so we can use it in between my renovation messes. (ex. phase 1 was repairing some water damage, then we took it on Thanksgiving trip. Phase 2 is transforming the bunkhouse (BH) and slide-out. the kitchen & bathroom will remain unrenovated, but at least they are still usable when we go on Spring Break.)
• a bunkhouse room with a door (many BH models have the bunks in a little cubby corner off of the main living are)
• At least one slide-out. We went and looked at a sweet trailer that had no slide-out, just to see if it may be big enough for us and we realized it wouldn't give our family of 5 enough space.
• Under $20k. Originally I was looking for under $15k but with lockdown situations abounding and an increased desire to be outdoors by all Americans it seems (hooray for Americans! not-as-hooray for the economics of my new hobby), I had to bump up my minimum price in order to fulfill all of the above criteria.

We bought the trailer from a very nice gentleman who showed us around the trailer and explained everything in detail, plus gave us some camping tips. So far, it really seems like the RV/camping community is SO helpful and willing to share tips, tricks, and downfalls! It's lovely.