Ta-Da !!!!

I had never heard of this model of camper. Now we are surrounded by them. It seems that a T@DA owners group has descended upon our cul-de-sac for their T@DApalooza. As I understand it, our little slice of heaven was chosen, in part, for the way that their group could stay closer together instead of being scattered all over hells half acre.

Only 1,547 of these unique and practical campers were produced between 2007 and 2010. A dozen  T@DAs from around the U.S. and Canada are encamped here at Geneva State Park. 

If you do the math, that amounts to 0.776% of T@DAs ever manufactured!!! Here!!!

Leslie is the coordinator of this weeks festivities. She and her husband Tony made the journey from Indiana. That's their rig in the above photo. 

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Social media wiz Shelly created a Facebook group for T@DA owners, and it has resulted in a collection of members as unique as their homes on wheels. She and husband Steve headed down from Minnesota to be here.

It's pretty cool the way that the awning attaches to either side of the camper. An aluminum channel, called a keder rail, is mounted on the sides along the roofline. The awning slides into this rail much like a main sail travels up and down a mast. (There's an obscure analogy for ya!) It appears to be pretty stable, as I just watched a 100-year rain pound the hell out of it for over an hour.

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Most folks keep the appearance of their T@DA about the same as when it rolled off the factory floor.

International visitors Paul and Sue hail from Ontario, Canada...

Dawn and Ken North Carolina...

Kris and John came up from Florida..

Tom and Carolyn, from northern Indiana, went with a Grateful Dead themed wrap for their unit...

"Mable Lee" is shared by Deb and her dog Buddy. It showcases a seaside (or, in this case, lakeside) wrap motif...

I understand that Joann, from Michigan, bought her trailer already ready already, and stuck with it...

I was invited to take a look inside this 2-person unit...

"Dead Head" Tom told me about the heat pump-A/C unit in his camper. As to the power of the air, he said in thirty minutes you could hang meat in there.

As T@dapalooza drew to a close, everyone gathered together again to say goodbye...

...and claim their door prizes.

Simply a great bunch of people from all over that shared a common interest and bonded around our cul-de-sac at Geneva State Park Campground.

I, for one, enjoyed meeting y'all. And thanks again for the shirt. I love it.

And then, all of a sudden, they were all gone.....