Gifts For the Teeny-Weeny-Trailer Owner Who Has Everything
Give the gift of comfort and outdoor fun to your favorite teeny-weeny-trailer owner. (Photo: Thinkstock)
It’s that time of year! Santa is loading his own teeny-weeny trailer and hitching up the eight tiny reindeer. On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, and Vixen — teeny-weeny trailer owners everywhere are holding their breath to see what you’re bringing down the chimney next week!
We polled dedicated, devoted glampers to ask what they’re hoping to find in their Christmas stockings. Their answers? Everything from camper jewelry to cookware to brand-new, shiny tow vehicles. Read on for some of the most popular items on the glamper list of must-haves.
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For the Glamper Who Wants Bling, Bling, Bling
Happy Camper products from HorseFeathers Gifts will bring a smile to any glamper’s face. Consider a silk wrap bracelet with a hand-sculpted, bronze emblem of a Volkswagen bus or a “Happy Camper” motto. (Silk wrap bracelets, available through HorseFeathers Gifts, $42). Is the camper in your life more into the casual look? Consider a “Happy Camper” T-shirt, all the better to wear on a hike through a national park. (Happy Camper T-shirt, available through HorseFeathers Gifts, $28).
A HorseFeathers wrap bracelet for the happy camper in your life (Photo: HorseFeathers)
For the Old-School Camper
Back before teeny-weeny trailers had toaster ovens and coffeemakers, people cooked over the campfire. Seriously. Even more amazingly, lots of people still do it! And they cook more than s’mores. Holy cast-iron cooking, glampers — you can do it, too! Combine a copy of Cast-Iron Cooking — the unofficial bible of the women’s outdoor adventure club Sisters on the Fly — with a cast-iron Dutch oven (complete with skillet lid). And what will you get in return? Sweet potato biscuits, peach cobbler, and cornbread that will leave you wondering why you did that kitchen renovation a few years back. (Cast-Iron Cooking, available through Amazon, $13.32; Lodge double Dutch oven and casserole with skillet cover, available through Amazon, $44.95).
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For the Couples Camper
You can get a great night’s sleep in your teeny-weeny trailer, it’s true, but face it, you’re going to get pretty up close and personal with your bedmate. That person who hasn’t showered in a few days (and has been pooping in the woods). When you hit the hay, your teeny-weeny foldout bed is just barely big enough for two. That’s why the EZCuddle pillow is simply not optional. You can put your head down, and your partner can swing his arm under your pillow, and you can spoon, and there’s room for everyone — maybe even your camping hound dog. (EZCuddle Pillow, available from ezcuddle.com, $29.95 with promo code EZCUDDLE20).
This pillow will help with your campground cuddling. (Photo: EZCuddle)
For the Comfy Camper
Every camper needs a comfy chair for sitting around the campfire, or — even better — having a cold cocktail underneath a starry sky. Those black or red fold-up ones you take to the beach? Not even close. Nope, campers in-the-know sit their tired behinds in a pretty pink masterpiece of a folding chair, complete with side table, insulated beverage pouch, and accessories panel (perfect for nail polish, emery boards, playing cards, glossy magazines — oh, the possibilities!). The arms are padded, the strap is easy to sling over your shoulder… trust me, the glamper in your life will kiss you on both cheeks when she opens this one under the tree. (Picnic Time folding chair, available through Amazon, $83.95)
A pink masterpiece of camping efficiency and comfort (Photo: Amazon)
For the Adventure Camper
The single most requested item in our glamper gift poll? A pass to the national parks. A significant number of teeny-weeny-trailer owners love boondocking, or camping off the grid. No water, no electricity, no potty? No problem. For these folks, a pass to every single one of the 2,000 federal recreation sites is a dream come true. Even better — it’s cheap, folks. As in, less than a nice dinner out. And if you’re in the military, it’s free. Uh-huh. Bring it on. (National Parks Pass, available at national parks across the country, $80/two owners, $10/seniors lifetime, free/military personnel and families).
Yosemite is one of the parks your favorite glamper could visit with his or her new pass. (Photo: Thinkstock)
For Me!
Hey, Santa — can you fit one of these in your sleigh? (Photo: Chevrolet)
I’m hoping Santa might bring me a new tow vehicle. While I love my tiny SUV, it huffs and puffs when it climbs hills or goes over 45 miles per hour. Top of my list? The 2015 Chevy Tahoe. It’s got a V8 engine, so it would be a cinch for it to pull my teeny-weeny trailer. It warns me if another driver is so busy gawking at my trailer that he or she is weaving into my lane. And if Santa is supernice and brings me the version with OnStar, I can call and ask for directions or roadside assistance any time I want. No more finding myself trapped on dirt roads to nowhere. I just wonder if the OnStar folks can help me back up? (Chevy Tahoe, available from Chevrolet dealers nationwide, MSRP starting at $45,550).
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