Date:         Wed, 11 May 2005 13:31:11 -0600
Reply-To:     bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Light ladder
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
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> My lovely wife and are are both short. I'm 5' 6'' and she is 5' 2''.
> Snicker and point if you wish, but the two of us fit very cozily into
> the lower bunk. What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in
> luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without
> clambering all over the counter.
>
> We could use some kind of very lightweight leanable collapsible or
> otherwise easily-stowed ladder. Hangable from the upper bunk like on a
> bunk bed; and leanable against the outside so a short guy could fuss
> around with luggage without needing to hold on for dear life like I have
> to do when I stand on a seat.
>
> Anything like that out there?

I'm not real short (5-11") but I still need something to get up there also.
We either use a cooler or our porta potty as the step to get up into the
"guest room".  I have taken the cooler along empty for just this purpose. It
normally sits behind the front passenger seat, as I don't find that the
fridge is big enuf to carry what we need to keep cold, so we need the cooler
in any event.

Tom Buese-no stepping on the sink for moi