u/Dinoppl

Hello! I’m a tent camper, but recently my wife and I stayed in a teardrop due to the temperatures. She has always tolerated camping but never really enjoyed it (due to the tent). She loved the teardrop and has been looking into getting one. My issue is that currently we have an ’08 Honda Odyssey and a ’23 Hyundai Kona (a smallish SUV, if you want to call it that I personally don’t think it should qualify haha). I also have a truck that I’ve been fixing, but in no way is it ready to be on the road or towing anything.

My question: I contacted a salesman who has a ’19 nuCamp Boondock Lite and says the dry weight is about 1,045 lbs. Some Googling tells me I should assume more than that, as dry weight is what it weighs off the assembly line, not what it will weigh loaded. Some posts I see say to stick with GVWR, some say to add about 20% more than dry weight, and the salesman is saying it’s going to be the dry weight. I’m just not completely sure what the best route is when estimating weight and capacity. I also thought about a pop up but everything I’m seeing on market place for those are in the 3k lb range.

Realistically, the Kona or Odyssey would only be used temporarily until the truck is ready. I’m thinking I should just wait on the truck, but my wife would like to get something before our next camping trip.
Until the truck is fixed, the maximum distance it would travel would be about 25 miles one way on mostly flat, straight roads.

Any tips/advice is welcome and appreciated.

My wife and I are new season ticket holders this year, our kid will be old enough next season that they will need their own seat. We did not sign up to lock in the rate as 1) we wanted to make sure we enjoyed going (we have about a 1:30-2 hour commute) and 2) didn’t know if we would stay in club due to needing a third seat. All three of us are enjoying the games quite a bit and are assuming we will renew, is it normal for prices to go up substantially year after year or are they typically just adjusted slightly with demand? I know we are too early to know for sure if they are going up, but I’m a planner so didn’t know of any long term season ticket holders could give some insight on it!

I’m thinking on going back to school to finish my bachelors as I don’t have a lot of classes left, the school I’m looking at doesn’t have a major in public admin but a business admin with a concentration in public admin. My question is would this have any real world effect on employment in the local government sector? Or would it carry a similar weight to it?

Thanks for any insight!