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Offline osage outlaw

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Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« on: July 23, 2017, 06:51:01 pm »
This weekend I attended the Cross Roads of America gathering at McCormick's Creek State Park in Indiana.  It is about the largest gathering of teardrop and tiny campers in the country.  There were a lot of home made campers there.  It's amazing the amount of detail work some people put into them.  The weather was similar to a wet sauna, 90 degrees with 80% humidity.  The showers only had scalding hot water so that was nice   :P   It was fun to walk around and talk campers with everyone.  It reminded me of our shoots like the Classic and Marshall, just with campers instead of bows.  The guy across the road from us is a TG member and is into self bows and making arrows so it was nice to visit with him.  He grabbed some of my osage firewood to carve some spoons.  We won a hand made American Flag quilt as a door prize.  My wife was happy with that.   

All of these are home made.


































My wife loved this one.  The owner built it all herself.  It was pretty cool for a girly camper.  Check out the TV.








This was our camp.  We had a lot of people stop by for a tour.

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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2017, 07:05:15 pm »
Really cool stuff Clint....
Your site look very comfortable, Glad you and your wife had a good time.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2017, 07:48:46 pm »
Those are sweet. I think I like yours the best though. Especially the antler door handle.  )P(
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2017, 09:39:47 pm »
Very cool Osage. Love em all, especially the last one. You did good and I'm glad you found these people to hang with to. Gotta lot of respect for you Clint, your very talented generous guy.
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Offline chamookman

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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2017, 02:56:18 am »
Way cool - thanks for sharing Outlaw ! Looks like a lot of fun - Bob.
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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2017, 06:36:30 am »
Nice pics Clint, looks like a fun and interesting event.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2017, 06:43:51 am »
Cool :)
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2017, 11:31:36 am »
Real cool mini-rigs 8)!  Nifty early '50's Chevy, too!  Those folks do some real good work.  Camping compactly at it's best!
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Offline Stoker

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2017, 02:14:42 pm »
Cool gathering
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Offline JEB

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« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2017, 03:23:21 pm »
All of the "woody" trailers are outstanding .

Offline mullet

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2017, 03:39:34 pm »
looks like a lot of fun and ideas, Clint. With retirement coming real soon in the future you might see Kathie and me at one of those get togethers.
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2017, 05:27:11 pm »
Color coordination of accessories certainly adds bunch of BLING to the trailer.
Glad ya had opportunity to join in the fun and took time to post these pics.
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2017, 05:57:31 pm »
Looks like a great time. I'm sure your trailer fit right in with all the rest of those one-of-a-kinds

Offline selfbow joe

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2017, 07:51:56 pm »
Some nice looking campers.

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Re: Home made campers at the C.R.A. gathering
« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2017, 07:13:16 am »
That's pretty blame cool Clint.Like your set up.
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