Thumper
Thumper is an Avion cabover owned by a nice couple that we met at a gas station in Glenallen, Alaska. We saw the camper behind the station, then I saw Jim, who extended friendly greetings, and I talked to them both while they gave me a tour. Turns out that they had just come from Homer, and it was fun sharing thoughts and stories before I got on my way to Homer, and they continued back to Colorado by way of Chico, CA.
The Avion camper was designed by a guy that worked for Airstream back in the day, and later branched out on his own. This particular one, I believe, had had interior rework done, and was quite nice and cozy inside. It was named Thumper because when they got it, the tie-down mounts for it were broken or otherwise nonfunctional, and there was this annoying and worrying thumping that happened whenever they hit a bump.
Must have been fearsome on bumpy roads! That's all fixed now, though.
Susan mentioned the interior shower and toilet, both neatly set into a closet in the rear of the camper. She said one really appreciates an indoor toilet in instances where it is cold and windy, or, as happened to Jim, when he poked his head outside to see a grizzly prowling just outside the door!
- Gene Cornelius
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