So, about 30 of us go on an annual camping trip to the Point Reyes area. Most of us camp in tents. A couple families bring motor homes or campers. In past years, as I tossed and turned in my tent trying to get comfortable, I couldn't help but wallow in envy of those fancy camper people, tucked nicely into their cozy beds - probably looking down on me from their ivory-colored towers and laughing their way to sleep at my expense - while I suffered in a sleeping bag, either too hot or too cold, on the lumpy ground. We looked into renting a camper or motor home, but since we didn't really need a couch, table, or a place to hang out, and since it just sounded like an expensive pain in the ass, we were just resigned to doing the tent thing. Until this year. Earlier this month I was at the Amador County Fair and stopped by EZ Tow's display. This changed everything. I could rent, for a very reasonable price, an air conditioned, TV-equipped, impeccably clean, well maintained bed-on-wheels that I can tow behind my 4 cylinder Audi. Score!
Instead of listing all the cool things about the little camper, I figured it would be more useful to you if I listed the things I didn't have to do on last weekend's camping trip.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO:
1. Set up a tent. I just parked, and voila, I was camping.
2. Brush my teeth in some janky campground bathroom. I had my own sink and running water.
3. Monkey around with a camp stove or campfire to make a pot of coffee. The camper has a two burner stove in the back kitchenette.
4. Blow up an air mattress.
5. Sleep on the ground.
6. Alternate between overheating and freezing my balls off.
7. Roll up a sleeping bag.
8. Break down a tent and try to get it to fit back in the f#%$ing bag.
9. Try to fit a million things back in the car.
10. Clean a bunch of stuff (EZ Tow cleans the camper for you).
So, there you have it. The whole trip was EZ. And Randy, the owner of EZ tow, was great to deal with. It was worth the drive from Sacramento to Sutter Creek to pick up and drop off (especially if you can work in stops at Andrae's Bakery in Amador City, or Swingle Meats in Martell).
Five stars all the way. read more