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We have camped more than 100 nights with l'escargot, our Camp Inn 500 #784. A 2014 Subaru Outback is our tow vehicle. L'escargot joined us in December 2015. Here's some of the places we've been. Being from Columbus Ohio, our first trips were to Ohio State Parks. One of our favorites is...

Coasters that look like out CI camper... Conquest Maps, a small, fairly new company here in Columbus Ohio modified their teardrop coaster to look like our camper (#784). If you would like a set of six coasters like this, email Katie at yourfriends@conquestmaps.com and ask for the Camp Inn Camper...

For three weeks this August and September we headed to the northern Rockies. L'escargo, our 2015 Camp Inn #784 took us to two Canadian and three US National Parks. First park was North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt NP, a beautiful hidden gem. Cottonwood Campground Lots of critters, big and...

May all your teardrops be tears of Peace and Joy this holiday season!

We were asked how our Subaru Outback did in mountains on our recent 6000 mile trip (pictures and details in the 'Awards/Long Haul' section, "L'escagot's First Big Trip"). It performed quite well... It's a 2014 four cylinder 2.5. Going up the divide and Vail Pass on I-70 to 11,000' in Colorado...

L'escargot's first big trip part two... We're on top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park. The tree trunk behind me is the remains of the Jeffery Pine Ansel Adams photographed in 1940. Florence, looking at her peak... The smoke on the right is from a fire in the south part of...

L'escargot, our new Camp Inn #784, followed us home from Necedah to Columbus Ohio in December 2015. After 12 nights of short trips around home, we set off on 3 1/2 weeks out west to family, friends and 4 national parks. We left Columbus on a sunny August 24, 2016 morning, and pulled into a...

We used Velcro cable ties, 3/4" brass flat head wood screws, and 'decorative washers' to mount the table extension bracket on the bottom of the table for storage during traveling. The table is about 3/4" thick, but after the screws go though the Velcro and the decorative washer, they only go...

After a whirlwind three day, 1190 mile round trip from Columbus Ohio to Necedah and back, l'escargot (out new 550 Teardrop) is home. With our 2001 Honda Odyssey we averaged just over 23mpg, and the 550 towed beautifully. A quick trip, but we had time to check out the Wauwatosa Curling Club and...