Well, it was finally time to stop tinkering and actually go camping. "Happy" as my wife named the Apache, performed magnificently. It towed easily, set up in record time (more on that in a minute), provided electrical and water service and kept us dry. Yeh, when we arrived it was raining and didn't give much hope of stopping anytime soon. Good thing that I have set it up 20 or 30 times in the driveway at home! Interesting to me was the fact that the design of the bed ends keeps the inside dry during setup unless your in a torrential downpour or experiencing horizontal rain. Once you lift up the top and secure it, you have time to take a breath and leisurely work on the side walls. We had a great couple of days kicking back, reading, napping, hiking, and EATING. We came home with a moderately long list of things that we want to do before next trip, but not too bad.
Big thing is that I realized the aluminum has to get polished and the primer grey paint has to be painted. It looked kinda poorly sitting up there like it is. Oh will, everything in it's time.
