This time to give the camper a test run...........

So not too much knitting has been done around here as of late. We bought an old beat up (cheap) pop up camper and in all my wisdom I declared "no problem, how about I just remove the canvas and replace the windows, screens, zippers, part of the canvas". So many hours later it is done. I will never do that again. Sewing canvas is hell. It is hard on your hands and body as it is so heavy and difficult to manoeuvre. At night my hands would cramp up and screw up any chance of knitting (it is all fun and games until it mixes with my knitting then.....). But now it is done, freshly painted and full of all things camping. So we are off for a trial run. This time we are heading to the mountains, to Queenstown, about 3.5 hours drive from Dunedin. The one spot in New Zealand where if you know anything about NZ it will be about Queenstown, a place I have never been but my US partner has! (I am from Auckland originally, the big smoke in NZ, Aucklanders are notorious for not travelling in NZ. We are like the New Yorkers of the South Pacific, we head to Europe). I don't know how long we will be gone, 3, 4, 5 days? But I will write upon my return and let you know how it all went, let you know if Queenstown is all it is cracked up to be, let you know how one who hates the cold enjoyed a camper in possible snow flurries.