Heh all, guess I might as well join in on the introductions here too
Grew up camping with a tent on the back of the motorbike through my teens and in the early twenties moved up to pulling a 12' BonAir tent trailer and sleeping on a mattress/chunk of foam

. Life got busy and the next thing I know it's been years since I'd been camping (let alone the fact my 20's and 30's were gone) but the new g/f and her daughters had moved in and wow... they had never been camping before.
Soo... what to buy to to try and get them involved... ? My g/f Nicole was a bit nervous of living "in the bush" compared to the prairies where you can see animials coming towards you from hundreds of miles away haha... so wasn't too keen on sleeping in a tent. Other options to start off were cheap, falling apart old hard tops (so the bears wouldn't eat us

) or for not much more, some newer tent trailers to get them in the swing of things? I was fine with a tent...Nicole actually bought a little 10" Coleman tent trailer....and off we went with the kids almost every warm weekend for the following 2 years. They LOVED it!
This past summer we made a trip to Wisconsin Dells and stupidly followed the woodalls guide on recomendations... ended up at a campground they rated top notch but found out was next to the interstate and so loud we had to wear ear plugs to stay in the campground, let alone sleep. Leaving the Dells we had enough of the tent trailer experience and stopped in at a dealer and put money down on a new 2011 Dutchmen Dutchmen 295BHGS, just what we were looking for, quad bunks, at the limits or a bit over what we wanted length wise, but... it will work with the campgrounds we tend to visit. Room wise, the kids have picked out their bunks already, have plans for bringing the friends along, Nicoles so excited she's showing everyone the new trailer and me... I'm soo looking forward to having cupboards to keep things organized (ha... sad but camping with someone who is a bit disorganized... cupboards will help out soo much).
So... brand new to pulling a full sized trailer, new to having actual beds/bunks and such things as A/C while camping (seriously... jeeshh... just put it in our house

) but sure looking forward to getting out even more this coming summer
Dennis, Nicole, Brooklyn and Falon