New Canvas from Bear Creek Canvas

Bear Creek Canvas received our canvas late last week and has begun the work to create our replacements. So far my experience with Bear Creek has been great. They have answered all of my questions quickly and professionally. I called them up as well and they have a lot of experience and knowledge for people that are restoring their pop ups. I look forward to asking them more questions and of course receiving our brand new canvas.

New Floors for our Skamper Pop Up

As mentioned in an earlier post, we went all in on our 1989 Skamper Pop Up restoration. Today we removed all of the cabinets so that we could pull up the old vinyl flooring. Nothing was really in that bad of shape, but you could see the 22 years of wear and tear on it. It needs a restoration. Check out the pictures everything is out and almost ready for new floors. We learned a few more things about our pop up. The refrigerator was not a fridge at all but just an icebox. That's OK with us, makes the restoration easier. We also got to see the water system. That wasn't too bad either but we will probably redo the hoses and give the tank a good clean. The water tank is only 16 gallons which is OK for cooking and washing uses.

Skamper pop up without cabinets

Skamper w/o cabinets

Needs 70 sq/ft of new flooring

Complete Restoration has Started on 1989 Skamper 240C Pop Up

We decided to bite the bullet and go all in on the pop up Skamper Camper restoration. Today all of the canvas came down and we will be sending it to Bear Creek Canvas. They have been quick to respond to our request for quote and we have read lots of good things about them. We did find some soft spots in the floor but they do not go all the way through. Should be an easy repair. Next up while were waiting for our new canvas is to pull the cabinets and redo the floor. The materials should be cheap, just need the time to get it done. Stay tuned.

Skamper Pop Up w/o Canvas

Skamper 240C Pop Up minus the Canvas

1989 Skamper 240CPop Up Update

We got working more on the Skamper Camper. It got a good overall cleaning and the cushions pulled and washed. We are now planning to pull cabinets from it and install new flooring. We are also looking into replacing the canvas sides. This will leave us with a great road worthy pop up camper for well under the cost of a new camper.

!989 Skamper Pop Up looking cleaner

Good Side of the Skamper

Clean Versus Dirty Skamper Roof

1989 Skamper 240C Pop Up Camper

We will now be embarking on a new adventure in frugal traveling. We purchased a very affordable 1989 Skamper pop up model #240C. It needs some work but it is definitely a great start for our family to begin camping. Check out the pictures and come back often. We will be showing the work we will be doing to get our new used Skamper camper up to snuff for many more years of camping fun.

1989 Skamper 240C Pop Up

Travel for this Summer

The high cost of airfare will be pushing us to travel by vehicle this year instead of flying east. This is a good thing since we are planning to go to Yellowstone National Park. Everything is still in the planning stages but I look forward to bringing lots of great pictures back.

Upcoming Summer Travel Plans

Hi All,

This summer will probably include road trips in the car instead of air travel. Prices are going up on airfare and I have lots of people to pay for tickets. We are starting to look at our options but the possibilities are exciting. WE are looking at visiting Utah.