Experiencing the world from a home on wheels
By Never teh BrideWalking into most campers is like taking a time machine back to the 70s. I won’t lie — I’m a huge camper fan. I love the crazy old school ones that look like silver pill bugs! But unless a camper has been redone or began its life as a custom job they’re usually filled with bad upholstery, horrid colors, and cheap laminates. Bleah.
TerraCross vehicles are more than a little different. For one thing, they’re designed to stand up to harsh conditions and look good doing it. When you buy a TerraCross, you choose between upholstery made of fabric or leather, parquet floors or kautchuk, kitchen counter tops made of wood or stainless steel, cabinets with laminate or real wood surfaces, and more.
I don’t know about you, but I want one! All of the shots of the finished units show them rambling across red desert sands. I’m dreaming of driving across untouched foreign lands…with a whole lot of extra gas stowed away in the cargo area.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:12 am
We go camping. Me, the fashionista, calls it a day and puts on my jeans and hiking boots and we camp. With four kids. It is lovely and peaceful and the bathrooms where we stay are scrupulously clean (it used to be a military base, after all.) It is also not far from both the outlet mall and the wine trail, so it is a good experience for all.
We have thought about getting a camper. My biggest concern is maneuvering the behemoth through the streets. I don’t know how it is done. I did drive a school bus once (once!) as part of some morale building thing for a job, and that was scary enough.
My dream is to get an Airstream (one of the silver pillbug looking ones) and have it completely redone in luxury.
January 17th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I’m forwarding this to my roommate, who I am trying to get rid of. He loves vans and such.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:38 am
No need to redecorate a new Airstream! Our 2007 25′ Safari is the coolest house we own. The interior is beautifully modern minimalist. It has the best lines of the original Airstreams along with the brilliant use of space inside, but it is very clean and modern which makes it perfect for a small space. We love it for travel, but we also use it for a guest house when we have visitors. It is truly one of the best purchases we have ever made.
January 19th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Airstreams are totally cool! Although I’m not so sure I’d call this camping….I think this type of mobile vacationing has more in common with cruise ships. I think it’s really about having a mobile living space with a certain level of comfort as opposed to sleeping in tent and carrying a backpack (not a diss on either, just an observation.)
January 19th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Phyllis, I agree. I grew up pitching a tent and the experience is very different. The bonus is that we have “camped” in beautiful country and urban areas as well with our Airstream. They’re very versatile.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:03 am
Good point, Phyllis. When I was growing up, camping was a decidedly “on the ground, under the stars, freezing one’s butt off” sort of affair. I was definitely introduced early on to the character-building experience of roughing it, which is quite different from the comfortable experience of watching the world whiz by in an Airstream!