The Pink Pearl 

aka the Geenies Lamp Studio on the road

For a while now some of our kids have been asking, almost daily, if we can go camping.  Honestly We're not very good at camping, unless we're with a group, like our Boy Scout Troop, a group of friends, etc.  This is because we are not planners.  I tend to do things as they come, without much forethought.  This has led to problems in the past while camping.  We love tent camping, being in the great outdoors, we don't mind sleeping on the ground.  We're always up for an adventure.  Always have been.  

Unfortunately adventures can be very stressful at times without some planning.  This we have learned the hard way on more than one camping trip.  This is why The Pearl is such a good thing for us.  We can keep her stocked with the essentials and at least wont have to worry about those things every time.  Plus eventually we'll have a fridge, and be able to use our stove and oven, possibly even a shower and loo.  

So we have booked a maiden voyage for her, and for us.  We spent the weekend working to get the last few things that absolutely needed to be done before she was seaworthy for a test run.  You can see all the help we had.  

 The goal here was to get the paneling around the bed changed so I wont have to be near any water damage.  Things like that trigger my OCD and who needs that on a camping trip??  My hubby also replaced the top of the nightstand there on the right.

He also replaced the roof paneling he removed and put some new insulation in to make it nice and comfy.

 here all of our helpers are getting involved with the unpacking of the new mattress.  It's Pink!

It is slightly too large for the space but we have plans for this in the end.  Involving a rebuild of the whole bed frame.  Here it is unmade.  I have plans of course to gussy the whole interior up when we're done.  We have not gotten to the floor yet, but I plan on giving it a good scrubbing before we go. In the end the floor will be black and white tiles.

On the opposite end where the dinette is missing he built a temporary platform for a twin sized bed.  To sleep a couple more little people.






The Maiden Voyage

Her maiden voyage will be at beautiful, scenic Crystal Cove Beach in Newport. Here is a little blurb about it from their website.


Crystal Cove State Park has 3.2 miles of beach and 2,400 acres of undeveloped woodland, which is popular for hiking and horseback riding. The offshore waters are designated as an underwater park. Crystal Cove is used by mountain bikers inland and scuba and skin divers underwater. The beach is popular with swimmers and surfers. Visitors can explore tidepools and sandy coves.

Image from EveryTrail.com

Sounds like lots to do!  And we love the beach!  It has since started raining, so hopefully it will have stopped and will be a beautiful sunny day for the beach.  Wish us luck!