It has been a long year and though the webpage has been quiet, we have by no means been taking it easy!April & Ben are getting married in 35 days and took a "pre wedding trip" to Colorado.  Stay tuned for more about the trip!

Colorado is, hands down, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been and I just love it there.  This was our second trip to Estes Park, CO and our first with the Hobbit Hole.  900 miles there and no problems at all with the trailer, which was impressive.  Even more impressive,...

Book End made its parade debut in the New London, MN Water Days parade!   This year New London celebrated 150 years since it's founding.  Perkins Lumber (the place where we got the rough hewn log siding) sponsored us to be a float in the parade.   We handed out candy and...

Where our heroes travel to Pipestone, MN for a family reunion and they learn they still have some work to do on Book End. The weekend after Father's Day we travelled down to Pipestone, MN for the Kummrow Family reunion. The camper pulled great, and we had a great time. We forgot some simple...

 So we finally took the Hobbit Hole (which we have affectionately named "Book End") on its first camping trip! Why "Book End" you ask?  Well, Bilbo Baggins' home is Bag End, and seeing as the Hobbit Hole is not only our camper but a mobile library, we felt "Book End" was a great name. As...

This weekend was exciting as we took the camper on its inagural trip on the road -- not anywhere fun for camping, but just to the next town over to weigh the finished product (and make sure all of Ben's additions for extra strength didn't pack on too many extra pounds). We were taking guesses on...

Today Ben and I both did what we do best -- he did some electrical wizardry and I painted.  The lights we installed in the camper are actually lights I bought for our bathroom, but they didn't fit.  So, we swapped the original lights we'd intended for the camper and this actually worked...

So much for enjoying a day out at the lake. With the rain putting a kibosh on our plans for the day, Ben and I decided to get some more much needed work done on the camper.  We sanded down the varnish and applied a second coat, he did some work on the galley in the back hatch, and we hung my...

  After a very busy day of graduation parties, Ben and I  settled in to take care of some much needed painting,  staining, and varnishing.    Of course, I picked out the stain color, approved Ben's  sample test. . . and then hated it once he had the whole  thing...

Despite the rainy weekend we managed to get some work done on the teardrop.  Yesterday Ben worked on staining the interior while I painted the doors and shudders green.  The interior stain is a little darker than I would have liked -- I should have picked a lighter color, but there's no...