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Before The Deconstruction

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Interior Shots The Dinette Here's a number of photos of the trailer before the deconstruction.  We took it apart bit by bit...hoping to find that we could reuse some of the structure; but as you will see; it was mostly a total loss.  About the only thing we are reusing is the door frame, and all of the windows. Interior is shown first.  Pretty rough.  The dinette converts into a bed I can actually fit in.  I'm 6'3" - so that's a pretty good space.  Nice feature is the storage behind the bench on the left side that doubles as a shelf. The Kitchen Here's what was left of the kitchen.  Looks like there used to be a gas oven and stove (judging by the hole in the side of the trailer which I presume was a vent. Looking Aft Looking towards the back of the trailer you can see the bench that pulls out to an approximate queen size sleeping area.  There's a bunk that looks like it was added by a previous owner (...

In the Beginning

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Circa May 2016: Introducing our 1996 Cree RV.  Pictured above is our "set of plans."  Let me explain...no...it is too much.  Let me summarize:  we sold our boat because we were never using it, and decided to buy a camper.  The Cree was listed on Craigslist in Austin, TX.  So Erin ran down there during the day, paid cash, and towed it back up to Dallas.  The skin on the driver side began peeling off during the trip.  Erin had to stop and duct-tape it down.  This is called "foreshadowing".   When I got home from work, Erin was beside herself with excitement.  It's cute, right?!?  Hardly; the poor thing was rotten to the core. Years and years worth of water damage had destroyed the structure of the camper.  Really; the skin was the only thing holding the thing together; and as I mentioned: it was peeling off. Erin: "We can re-use a lot of it, don't you think?" Me: "Honey, I love you, but this thing is toast. ...