At least for this year, much of that space is occupied by the high chair and portacrib for visiting relatives. I'm looking forward to reclaiming that space for my camping gear, though I don't want my babies to grow up too fast. On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Mar 10, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Peter DiFalco wrote: > ............................... What's held me back is that a topper is one more > bulky item to travel with in my van that has open space but no cabinetry. > > I have found that even tho the folded up topper occupies 1/3 of the storage space behind the rear seat, that it does not impact my ability to carry all the crap I usually carry & still see out the rear window. That said, I don't carry it unless I am going overnite.I usually carry 2 duffle bags of clothes, 2 fold up chairs, a fold up table, the topper, the front westy table, dutch ovens, charcoal, fire starter, etc. & miscellaneous other stuffs back there when camping. Bedding is in the clothes closet which you don't have? > YMMV, > Mr. BZ > > -Peter > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > > I'm really confused by all the interest in a pad to place on the lower > camper bed. I find the bed very comfortable, and a pad would just be > something else to pack, haul around, and mess with at bed time and in the > morning. Do you guys really find the bed uncomfortable? > > DMc > > ---- Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > We just got a 3" topper for our bed from overstock.com. Best prices for > the > real goods. BTW you don't want the whole rear pad in memory foam. You > need > some support under it. Make the pad out of stiff foam and top it with > memory > foam. > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone know a source for bulk memory foam (or a similar product). > I've > googled it and has spent quite some time sorting through a ton of > crappy > web > sites. > > We would like to make our rear matress pad out of this - or even > something > else with a smaller layer of memory foam over top. > > -- > Thanks, > > Jeff > '85 GL (Gertie) > '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor) > '86 (We call this one Scrap) > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus > > > > |
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