Evolution as a Camper: My RV Purchases

Thor Palazzo 33.2

  Your FIRST RV PURCHASE should be the BIGGEST RV you ever plan to own. ~ RV Salesman ~ One thing for sure, we DIDN’T take the RV Salesman’s advice. Read on to see where this advice came from and my evolution as a…

Padilly News: New Thor Palazzo 33.2

Thor Palazzo 33.2

Winter 2021, Vol. 2, Issue 1 | MrsPadillysTravels.Com – NEW THOR PALAZZO 33.2 CLASS A: Howdy, Traveler! The end of winter is close at hand, and spring is in the air! It’s time to go camping! My Winter 2021 Newsletter introduces you to our new…

Padilly News: I’m on YouTube!

FALL 2020, Vol. 1, Issue 4 | MrsPadillysTravels.Com – I’M ON YOUTUBE! Howdy Traveler, it’s a countdown to the end of 2020, and I think this is something to celebrate! This has been a challenging year for sure, and I hope you have been…

Padilly News: Shasta Makeover Complete

Mrs. Padilly's Shasta

Summer 2020, Vol. 1, Issue 3 | MrsPadillysTravels.Com – SHASTA MAKEOVER COMPLETE! Oh my, Traveler, where has the summer gone? Fall is officially a few weeks away, and my Shasta Makeover is finally complete! But before I update you on the latest news in…

Adding a name to your Travel Trailer? Read this First!

Renamed Shasta Mrs Padilly

I think most of you will agree that giving a name to your travel trailer is one of the “funniest” steps towards making your glamped trailer your own. Your trailer’s name creates its personality, and it says something about you. It’s your personal brand,…

My Shasta vs. My Casita: An Honest Review

Casita vs Shast

Tips on Buying a Travel Trailer to Glamp Are you ready to glamp your first travel trailer, but you are unsure what kind to buy? Or are you ready to trade in your current trailer for another? Read on for some tips to help…

Installing a Flexible Dining Table In a Travel Trailer.

Lagun Dining Table in Shasta

It is not for the faint at heart to cut up a Shasta’s vintage tabletop to be repurposed as a flexible dining table. This post shows you how and why I took that tabletop and converted it into a flexible dining table using the…

Happy Camper: Camping Journal & RV Logbook

Happy Camper Journal

Available on Amazon: The Happy Camper Journal and RV Logbook has everything you need to document your camping adventures! With plenty of prompts to record your trips and simple checkboxes to record the details about the campground quickly, you will find this book a…

Yikes! I Cut Up My Vintage Dinette to Turn Into a Permanent Bed!

Shasta Dinette Converted to Bed

There was a time when camping was as easy as driving our pickup to a campground and sleeping in the bed of the truck. We never gave a thought that we’d wake up in the morning with chigger bites or where the nearest bathroom…

Create a Cute Flower Box for Your Travel Trailer

Creating a Cute Shasta Flower Box

We are the second owners of our 1961 Shasta Airflyte Reissue, manufactured in 2015. The manufacturer of the Shasta, Forest River, had a goal to recreate this 1961 beauty as true to its original design as possible. They succeed, but that still did not…