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10-22-2015, 08:54 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: DFW
Posts: 29
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Howdy from Big Tex
Been lurking on the forum for over a year, but just now saw the note from the Mod, saying go introduce yourself.
Looooong time campers starting in my youth with my parents in tents, then a pop-up, then back to tents with Boy Scouts and continued with tents until I moved to Texas.
We went camping on a July 4th weekend... played hard all day on the lake, then couldn't sleep because it was 94 degrees at 2am. We gave up & threw everything in the truck & went home. Started shopping for a popup with air conditioner the next weekend.
The Starcraft Galaxy Popup served us well for 14 years, with 3 kids... finally my wife said hard side or I'm not camping with you. Last June we became the owners of a 2014 Flagstaff V-Lite 26WRB.
2 major trips now up through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last year and up to Cedar Point (Sandusky) Ohio this past couple weeks. A single working trip up to Kansas for a week, and many weekends.
Miss towing the popup, but gotta admit, the conveniences (or is that comforts) of our V-Lite make up for it.
You could say that camping is in the family's blood. My folks and sister owned a campground for 12 years... that certainly has given me a different perspective in listening and helping them out. In the down system Snow-birded, and have been full timers for 15 years now. Oh any my sister is shopping to buy a new campground now.
Happy trails.
Larry
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2014 Flagstaff V-Lite 26WRB towed by a 2019 Ford F-150 King Ranch EB
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10-22-2015, 10:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Moundsville Wv
Posts: 1,504
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Welcome to the forum from Wv
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10-23-2015, 06:31 AM
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Georgia Rally Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: GA
Posts: 24,497
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Welcome to the forum and the V-Lite club. Enjoy as it sounds like you have  Later RJD 
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2018 Dodge Ram 2500 6.4 3:73 gearing.(sold) (sold) 2015 Chevy 2500 6.0, 4:10
Traded 2015 30WRLIKS V-Lite
Days camped 2019 62
Days camped 2020 49 days camped 2021-74 2022-40 days 2023 5 days
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10-23-2015, 08:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 13,738
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Welcome from Wisconsin.
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10-23-2015, 09:07 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Grayson County, Texas
Posts: 21,587
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 from the countryside near Sherman... not far from you.
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10-23-2015, 09:18 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Arlington, Texas
Posts: 469
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Welcome and Happy camping!
Jester
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10-23-2015, 09:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 7,916
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Hello and welcome from Arkansas. I went camping here one time..in a tent...in the summer...Lord it was hot. I got up sometime in the night...took the blower motor off my truck...the battery from the boat... and put it upside down in an ice chest...JUST TO GET SOME AIR!! So i understand.
My wife's youngest son was talking about boy scout camping...I was trying to figure how I could carry the trailer... Hmmmm.
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10-23-2015, 10:08 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 213
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Welcome from the tiny town of Willow Park, Texas!
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Getting old is just a matter of narrowly missing all the things that kill you.
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10-23-2015, 07:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 194
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Welcome from Arlington, Tx.
Hope you enjoy your V-Lite as much as we do.
Great trailers.
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MK Clark
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10-25-2015, 10:20 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: DFW
Posts: 29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwannacamp
...I was trying to figure how I could carry the trailer... Hmmmm.
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Of the 11 or so years in Scouting in Texas, I took the camper with me 5 times. 4 times to Cub Scout family camp & 1 time to a Scout Trip because I went a few days early & made an early vacation at a state park.
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2014 Flagstaff V-Lite 26WRB towed by a 2019 Ford F-150 King Ranch EB
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10-25-2015, 10:22 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: DFW
Posts: 29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MKClark
Welcome from Arlington, Tx.
Hope you enjoy your V-Lite as much as we do.
Great trailers.
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Thanks for the welcome & yeah verily on the trailers... we're pretty happy with the trailer at this point.
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Plano, TX
2014 Flagstaff V-Lite 26WRB towed by a 2019 Ford F-150 King Ranch EB
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11-02-2015, 08:50 PM
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Retired
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Sundeland, MA
Posts: 700
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Welcome from western Mass and the V-nose group....enjoy
Happy Trails 
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