The title of this is Peace Rockin' in the Glamper for two important reasons. Number one my brother used to come into my room all the time and look around at the fairy lights and the zodiac charts and the incense and shrug his shoulders and say "God, you are SUCH a peace-rocker". Not sure if that was good or not. My room was often a highlight of the home tour for our household. I had tourquoise walls, furniture with poetry painted on it, enough clear lights to outdo the Christmas Display at Menards, a poster of Melissa Etheridge (that I got as a gift from a friend and later realized all through high school it probably made me look like I was playing for the other team), more candles than Yankee, Cranberries music playing but occasionally letting Alanis Morrisette sneak in with a few angry lyrics, dried roses hung from the ceiling... are you getting a visual now? It was like entering Narnia. I loved it and I am amazed how much my parents let my creative energy fly even if it was a fire hazard.
Secondly this whole "glamper" terminology created solely by my mother to state how glamorous our old camper was has taken on a new life this week. I am happy to report that my renovations of the Peace Rockin' Glamper are nearly complete! Now I can be released into the dollar store to get the accessories!
The plan started out without a plan really. I went over to my parents one day to clean the camper and come up with a plan. Now mind you upon arrival in my Jeep I had no receiver hitch so I was probably was not taking this shaggin' wagon home. My Dad who was more than willing to have it removed from his field STAT went directly to the shed and appeared with a receiver hitch from an old truck they didn't have anymore. Before my very eyes he scrambled underneath the Jeep and began cranking away..... I returned home with not only a Glamper but a 1971 16 foot Model Grand Prix Lowliner. How do you like those apples?
Since I don't believe in any grass growth under the toes I took strait to my renovations. (and when I say renovations I mean paint paint and more paint and then sticky tiles and some light sewing and a dash of Pine Sol). Badda bing badda bamm badda boom the glamper is becoming a pretty sweet ride... except that you really aren't legally supposed to ride in them while you're moving but you smell what I'm steppin' in right?
I ordered the fabric for the curtains tonight and I can't wait to take it on the Maiden Voyage! I am even such a cool cat that I listened to the pandora station "road trippin' radio" the whole time (for inspirational purposes).
One of my final steps is this: My parents had this camper for about 15 years. Before this lovely beast came into our lives it was the product of Betty and Jack LaRock. Betty was a grandma at my school when I was in elementary and my mom used to take me to her and Jack's house all the time when I was a kid. I loved their house. They had homemade toys I had never seen before and cool things everywhere you looked. They are now in an assisted living facility together. Betty and Jack are cool people. They did all sorts of decorating when they had the camper too. So my plan is to make them a scrapbook of the restoration and send it to them with before and after photos. I think they might enjoy the fact that their camper is still out cruisin' the highways and checkin' out state parks. Not even kidding.
Also on a side note, not even kidding, I might drop kick my computer and my camera out into the yard because for the love of cheese I can't seem to upload a gall dang picture (or 24) of what I have been working on and trying to show you GRRR ... keep posted I may be reporting back (hopefully with images and not without electronic devices that no longer work due to said "drop-kick".)
