‘What!? You want to pay good money to
sleep in a tent and use an outhouse?’ But
now that I’ve been here, I get it. I’m going
home to create the same kind of thing
in our back forty. I’ll put together the
camping part of it and leave the glamour
to her.” I replied, “Exactly, how about
calling it glamping?”
How did the idea for the book come
about?
Glamping with MaryJane (fall 2012) was
a natural for me to write after publishing
MaryJane’s Outpost.
Can you tell us a bit about your vintage
trailers?
I have three vintage trailers, a 1968
20’Airstream, a 1963 19’ Shasta, and a
1958 two-door 24’ Yellowstone that I’m
currently rebuilding.
How often do you go glamping and where
is your favorite place to stay?
In the summers, I glamp whenever I have
a spare moment and have traveled as far
east as the Dakotas pulling my Airstream.
Also, I have several outdoor beds and
claw foot bathtubs (heated with propane
on-demand hot water heaters) that are
strategically placed in beautiful settings
at my farm. So, I guess we could say my
favorite place to glamp is in my own back
forty.
Why do you think glamping has become
so popular?
Female campers have ditched the notion
that camping equipment is the domain
of men (we’re buying trailers as fast as
we can find them); we’ve jettisoned the
notion that going camping means you
have to give up creature comforts like a
billowy-soft bed, stamped linens, and
bubble baths; we decorate our gypsy
world (trailers and tents) in our favorite
happy colors; we decal them (previously
allowed only on home refrigerators);
we dust off our prom dresses and hang
them right next to our lanterns; and we
eat chocolate with abandon, trading in
“harsh” and “roughing it” for comfort,
play, and style.
What do you love best about glamping?
I always love some sort of seated toilet
(even if it’s a more primitive five-gallon
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