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Please note: Price does NOT include the car, custom made summer quilt or some other accessories that may be seen in the attached photos. This price is for the Camp-Inn as it came from the factory. Some other accessories are included. Additional accessories are available. The finish on this...

Why didn't I think of that -before? The Griswold ci griddle fits perfectly on the CI stove. Now we can cook all the french toast at once while the bacon stays hot on the warming shelf. Hilditch

Tear Days of Summer 2012 In honor of Karen from Alabama’s great idea and well orchestrated multi-state gathering of teardrops at Cloudland Canyon, GA in 2010, the tradition will continue again this year back at Cloudland Canyon the weekend of July 26th thru 29th in the West campground...

For those normal folks that like to sleep between two sheets that fit the bed correctly; here is the answer. With a 1” topper of choice (2” will probably work) the bottom fitted sheet goes on easily and the elastic all around it keeps it snug and in place on the Camp-Inn mattress. Without...

We keep our Sub-Zero cooler on the side table. (See: Cooler latch issue in Care & Maintenance.) When absent or at night I wrap a 1" nylon tie down strap around the cooler securing it to the table and then put the cooler cover over the cooler. Thus far this has upset one 40# raccoon that got...

I had a woman at a propane distributor quote me $65 for a new valve for my tank if I came back the next day at 8:00 AM only, while I was on the road. Yea, well...... Northern Tool (& probably Harbor Freight) sells a new 11# tank for about $35. I think they are full. One can get 14 meals...

Woody Wax and their CPR kit is made for metal - read aluminum - and is proven. Woody Wax XXX is made for fiberglass. If your CI is made of fiberglass, use XXX. Hilditch

A friend recently said he thought most teardrop buyers and builders did so because they thought they were cute and later found out that the teardrop camping style didn't fit them well. These folks seldom make even 50 nights after years of ownership. Here are some general categories...

Five gawkers slowly walking around the campground killing time. Walked past 5 tears but when they got to ours one said: “Can we see your camper?” “Sure, it’s a buck a question.” “What year is your car?” “That’s one. It’s a forty.” After showing the galley one asked, “Is there...

We were cruising along a freshly paved section of road out in the country at 60 mph pulling the tear when suddenly I heard a strange noise followed by a low rumbling sound like a diesel engine with a mild jake brake. I did not feel a thing change in the car. There was construction equipment...

“Dutch Oven Bakery Pizza” In many Italian bakeries you will find a sheet pan of pizza cut into squares and sold by the slice. It has a thick bread crust and is meant to be eaten at room temperature. This recipe tastes like the 1950‘s Trusello’s Pizza. When I went with Pop for a Sunday...

Over 300 CI owners are missing from this site!!!! Most of them have a lot of experience and knowledge they could share about their CI’s with new folks. Yet no one at CI has found a little time to send out a mass (to all owners, not a select few) email to them to invite them to visit and join...

Although I normally choose relatively level campsites, the one I chose this past weekend from Google Maps was a surprise. It had about a 10 degree slope from the road to the back of the site toward the lake which the satellite view didn’t tell me about. Thanks to CI’s site flexibility I was...

Dinner for 2, but it can be multiplied out of course. A few days before going camping have fettuccine with ground beef tomato sauce and an Italian sausage on the side for dinner. Cook too much of everything. When camping coat a one or two qt. DO liberally with olive oil. Some on the...

Hilditch’s Fourth Original Chex Mix 2011 By 1954 the Original Chex Mix recipe was on the Wheat Chex box. Before Corn Chex or Bagel Chips were invented. Since then there have been over 33 more “original” recipes for Chex Mix from the Betty Crocker Kitchens, some worse than...

I sure do wish a label like this had been on the galley hatch when we picked up our tear. Even though I didn't know what Woody Wax was, a coat of any wax would have made owning a CI a much happier experience, rather than having to find out the hard way. We had no warning like some folks...

East Coast camping: We have found that when you plan your trip, you call for reservations at state, county or city campgrounds. In over half the cases you reserve a specific site. In the rest you reserve a site, and then it is first come. Eighty-five percent of the sites are RV sites with...

Unless you have ruined the seasoning, there should never be such a thing as re-seasoning required for your DO. Simply use it. There is no law that says you can only use it when camping. If it is only used to cook liquid dishes, you will ruin the seasoning. When at home fry in it...

The ball on your trailer hitch is not supposed to be used dry & shiny. Spread a finger full of auto grease on the ball and it will work its way around the receiver on the trailer where needed. Add more grease as required if the ball looks dry. It will get very dirty/black. Hitch shops sell...

Since my posts about Woody Wax last June in the Patina & Walbernizing thread, our tear has been towed another 5774 miles and slept in another 42 nights. Half of those nights were spent next to the ocean or the gulf in baking hot weather with too much salt spray. I'm happy to report the tear...