Vintage Camper Rally, Spring Mill State Park Indiana

We FINALLY get to camp in the Higgins tent trailer! What a fun trip! #vintagecamper, #camperrally, #vintagecamping
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[@mustie1]

what a great vid, felt like l was camping as a kid 50 years ago,

[@68hitnmiss76]

I agree!! My grandparents had a white and orange Shasta trailer like the one there. 🥰

[@marcijunebug]

thank you, I'm trying to create some good memories for my little man as well!

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

Dear Mustie1. Always nice to kind of meet you here. I really hope that you will be recovered soon and as healthy as you have been before damn Covid happened to you. I sure miss your fantastic and famous laughing! 2) I simply cannot understand why the channel Marcijunebug has not AT LEAST 10 times more subs. Can't you help somehow, Sir? That would be really nice and generous. Best regards, luck and health. Additionally two 💚💚, one for Misses Mustie1 and one for you.

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

Dear Misses@@marcijunebug And you definitely do that more than well! Best regards, luck and health to all of you.

[@slimpickins3425]

What a great gathering of vintage campers, trucks, van and cars!!! Your rig Marci is just so awesome, there couldnt be a better combo, and with all the appropriate accessories its amazing! The work you did on that trailer is second to none, I dont think there is finer canvas work to be found! Your efforts in bringing the shine back were so worth it! The best part is you get to enjoy it all with your family!

[@marcijunebug]

Thanks for that! I often wonder sometimes if it is all worth it...then we have a weekend like that and I can answer a resounding YES! Best part is all the folks there share our passions of preserving our little pieces of history! Thanks so much for coming along with us!

[@aussiebeatle4049]

A lovely record of a great weekend with lots of like minded folks enjoying life, as it should be. I really loved seeing the hula bobble girl in the landie, for me it’s a mandatory fixture. There’s one in both my ‘65 and ‘72 buses, a must have.

[@marcijunebug]

bahaaa...she's kind of "loud" in this truck as it isn't the smoothest of rides! But I do love her! lol

[@steveaw5895]

Thank you so much for this video. I just love the vintage campers and tow vehicles. And of course, the most beautiful state park in Indiana.

[@marcijunebug]

Thank you for coming along! There were so many amazing pieces there this year...and agreed on the beauty of this park!

[@jeffclark3924]

Love your videos, they keep me motivated to finish my projects.

[@marcijunebug]

Well you all keep me motivated to keep on wrenching! We are all good for each other! Thanks for being here!

[@prestocoop]

Excellent Marci...still my hero. So happy that you got "unbelted." Love Dad's oval!

[@marcijunebug]

when the seat belt locked up I was like well uh oh...hope we don't have any issues on the way home! ha Yeah Dad's car is pretty nice...he's pretty proud of it and should be! thanks so much for coming along!

[@kbtruck65blair64]

Thanks for taking us along with you. The classic campers are cool.

[@marcijunebug]

thanks for coming along with us! There are so many great ones at this show every year, hard to pick a favorite!

[@VWJawbreaker]

Such a beautiful video. Well done as always not just on the camper but telling the story of the weekend.

[@marcijunebug]

thanks so much man! I certainly was a great weekend!

[@aceadman]

I love the fact that the people who know the most about how to build and fix cars and other vehicles are always driving something broken… or about to be broken. Knowledge makes one fearless! 👍👍😊 That Avocado stove is AMAZING. In 1976, we camped cross country in a converted van. Thus, I remember those Winnebagos on the road when they were new. Never actually saw the inside. Bigger than a nyc apartment. 🤪

[@marcijunebug]

Oh we drive broken daily lol...don't know if we are fearless or just stupid, but either way we keep life interesting! ha Yes, I was so glad Mom was able to bring it back to original! They are pretty cool little RV's and yep about enough space to turn around in! ha

[@bmh67wa]

That mill is so cool! I like that there were other brands of travel trailers there that weren't Airstream too. They're great trailers but there were so many cool and unique designs that other manufacturers made that you don't see very often anymore.

[@marcijunebug]

Yes, this park is an amazing time capsule! I love how each of the campers have their "take" on how a camper should be...so many unique designs and yet they are all so similar!

[@johnnewcomb1128]

Pretty cool, looks like VWs were well represented. Its always a good time when you can spend time with family and friends.

[@marcijunebug]

yes the VW crowd was certainly the most it had ever been and we weren't there in ours! I admit I missed the ole bus a bit, but the rover got some attention too!

[@johnnewcomb1128]

@@marcijunebug Definitely like the rover. It reminds me of "Daktari" TV show back in the day. I know I'm dating myself. Peace

[@RobStapleton]

Wow! So many cool things to see!

[@marcijunebug]

yes sir! I missed so much of the big picture, but was too busy having fun!

[@MaxAC]

Another good one Marci. We did vintage camping this spring with my In laws. It was so much fun, cant wait for the next time.

[@marcijunebug]

I love that so many folks are like us and love good ole junk just like we do!

[@daniellarrivee6510]

Thanks fo the trip Marci !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marcijunebug]

thanks so much for coming along with us! it was a great weekend indeed

[@charleslawrence7194]

Very cool stuff marci. Loved the rigs and the foggy morning. Looks like a great place to hangout. You did outstanding on the Higgins. 😀

[@marcijunebug]

thanks so much! We love this event...such a great group of people who all love the same "junk" we do! ha

[@alanwondergem2105]

Great video. Loved seeing the grist mill still operating. Loved the vintage vehicles tour. I actually went to a car show in Kalamazoo, Michigan today. Every year September 10 ,11 and 12. One of the largest shows of the season.

[@marcijunebug]

Sounds like a good time!

[@stevewarren3051]

Poor old Pickle. I remember him well.

[@marcijunebug]

YEP and you will be very happy with the next video! 😉

[@lynnew5619]

I really love it when you take us along on your trips. Your jeep looked like it had flowers painted on the front wing at one point. 😁 And all those different old campers and trucks. I’m so pleased people want to preserve their quality transport. This state reminds me so much of here in England with the gorgeous misty mornings, and we still have loads of working water mills to grind corn as well as working windmills, cloth mills etc. Your set up was so unique and one of the best for me. Thank you! 👏

[@marcijunebug]

thanks for always coming along for the ride! The little vintage car parade is so fun as you drive around seeing only old cars ahead and behind you and only vintage campers around you it really does feel like you are in a different time...I LOVE LOVE LOVE misty mornings...near our house is a covered bridge that often I wake early to see fog and I jump in the car pajamas and all and "chase the mist" to try and get there before it lifts! lol Spring Mill is almost always misty as you wake and I love that!

[@johnlogsdon8178]

I normally don’t say much but I love the video. I really want to go camping now. Thank you for the video.

[@marcijunebug]

Well, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! We love this event and look so forward to it every year! Thanks so much for coming along!

[@sergehorion7155]

I really appreciated this trip you shared with us, worth all the preparations you did. Thanks a lot for not editing some random music instead of the sound of cars, that’s so rare!

[@marcijunebug]

I think those engines played quite a beautiful piece of music...was to my ears anyway...The rover has a fairy overdrive (highway gear) and when you reach down and shift it in...there is nothing like the chorus it sings! 😉

[@100Jeanluc]

Hi Marcie, Great vid, looked so relaxing amongst like minded people. Some very nice setups, would love to have been there,

[@marcijunebug]

was a great weekend indeed!

[@daleclyne6057]

Thank for the work you did to put this all together.

[@marcijunebug]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@patrickloring6914]

Too much fun! Thank you for sharing.

[@brianstuder2078]

I would love to set up my old land rover 109 for camping/overlanding. Thanks for sharing your set up. I love it.

[@marcijunebug]

thank you! I would love to have a 109! This one kind of fell in my lap years ago and I feel very blessed to be it's caretaker for the time!

[@Picturedave]

Loved the video and love vintage camping. Keep up the good work.

[@marcijunebug]

thanks so much for coming along with us!

[@williamtanner1372]

Very nice campers and vehicles. The park is beautiful and interesting. You did a very good job with the video production. Just a really fun watching experience. All that I remember from camping in the South in the 60's and 70's was the suffocating heat. Thanks for posting and I look forward to more.

[@marcijunebug]

Thank you kindly...I wish I would have got around to more campers, but I was having too much fun riding the "sketchy" Cushman! lol It was pretty hot in the day, but cooled off nicely at nite...thank goodness! Thanks for coming along!

[@davemcguigan218]

Marcie Everytime I see your shiny paintless trailer it reminds me of in the mid fifties when I was very young a neighbor from across the street worked for a major TV network in Philly. We were only about 5 miles out of the city. Anyway this neighbor, a news anchor, built by hand an aluminum body roadster. He did a great job and the car had a lot of straight lines. Of course it was an open body and he tended to drive it in the warm weather months. This and my late father got me hooked on cars!!! I was probably about 5 years old, 1957.

[@marcijunebug]

oh wow! What an undertaking to build a car! Reminded me of this guy...Check him out! kzbin.info

[@davemcguigan218]

@@marcijunebug now he just needs to borrow the engine from his parents car! Ready for the 1930 Indy 500!

[@tomdunigan234]

Really enjoyed seeing all the vintage campers an vehicles. Someday my 96 Jayco 806 popup will be vintage.

[@marcijunebug]

haha yeah it will! Did you see the 72 Jayco popup? It was in such great condition!

[@tomdunigan234]

@@marcijunebug didn’t see it but will have to look again. We used to have an antique camper museum in our area. We enjoyed seeing early campers up close.

[@sunsetcrusades1300]

Really enjoyed this video, like the finished unit, and the cooker box in the back of the landrover.

[@marcijunebug]

Thank you! The ole landy and the "camp kitchen" worked out pretty well! We nicknamed it the "chuck wagon" since it kind of looked like a covered wagon! lol

[@michelecrown2426]

I loved this video! So great to see all the old campers and vehicles. And OMG did your boy grow 6 inches this summer. What a thrill it must have been to get to use the fruits of your labor. Did you say this camper is going to someone else? Be sad to see it go.

[@marcijunebug]

Thanks so much! We visited my brother in TX in June...Dalton was barely tall enough to ride the little rides on Kemah Island...I measured him second week of August right before he started school...he grew 4 inches! Not even kidding! No, we are keeping this camper! We really loved camping in it! The little white one is the one I sold to a friend of mine!

[@michelecrown2426]

@@marcijunebug So glad you are keeping this camper after all the amazing work you did on it. Although I do covet one of your single wheel ones. Someday I hope to have one to tow behind my little bug.

[@conrad1468]

So much coolness!!! Looks like a really fun weekend.

[@marcijunebug]

we love this event! Was really fun taking the rover there this year!

[@austinswallow]

Great to see the fruits of your toiling being used, what they are meant for, brilliant! Whilst the high sheen of the aluminium looks great, the patination is equally as good as it is living a life rather than being a show piece! You didn't say how well the sleeping arrangements went? The beds looked comfortable, was it as you hoped? Awesome job, well done, greetings from the UK!

[@marcijunebug]

Thank you! We slept great in the camper! I was a bit nervous about the replaced hinge deal but it worked just fine! I love a tent trailer because you get the feeling of a tent but comfort of not sleeping straight on the ground! Cheers my friend!

[@mowguy1]

great video. I have a 72 Winnebago brave also. What a nice place to have a rally.

[@HubertusSchaper]

Hi Marci nice Vintage Camper Rally 👍🏻. Great view of the Mill State Park🇺🇸.You did a great job with the landrover canvas and the Higgings Trailer👏,I did enjoy the trip.Greetings.HCS🇳🇴☘️☮️

[@marcijunebug]

THANK YOU! We certainly had a great time!

[@rickkoshak4919]

WOW Marci- Your vintage trailer turned out fantastic!!!!!! (I think I missed a video) I love your parent’s camper as well; a time capsule for sure. Thank you Marci for your fine videos and for always bringing us along. I really enjoyed this one.

[@marcijunebug]

Thanks for always being here Rick! It was such a great weekend, but as always WAY too short!

[@rickkoshak4919]

@@marcijunebug - forgot to tell you that I gifted Picklechip #5 to my famous friend Ryan Chiarella this Saturday. He was honored. 😎

[@marcijunebug]

@@rickkoshak4919 awe! Love him and his projects! Don’t know him personally of course, just followed along on the Hans bus and his other projects!

[@tommaples9174]

What a awesome job you did on your camper. And the video 👍

[@marcijunebug]

Thanks so much! Wish we would have had a few more camps in it this year than we did, but so glad it’s DONE! Ha thanks for coming along on the video, so many great rigs at this event every year!

[@68hitnmiss76]

It looks great Marci!! 🥰

[@marcijunebug]

Thank you, we had such a great time and not a single break down which is unheard of for us! ha

[@pauljarvis1937]

Looks like you had a great time .

[@marcijunebug]

we did indeed and did the entire trip without incident which is rare for us! lol

[@alexjinks6172]

The avocado paint scheme ...I have an Glastron 1968 GT160 Fibreglass speed boat ... Advocado, being the color ... Tell Mom and Dad they can borrow it anytime ! Glastron also had association with Winnebago

[@marcijunebug]

That would be cool to have behind the winnebago! In my mind it is the primary color that defined the 70's lol

[@backyardkombi5466]

Wow someone got a drone!

[@marcijunebug]

haha...had it for a while but I kind of have to be "in the mood" to use it seemed to fit this video!

[@mikahakkinen5651]

hi.great video.awesome see that old mill

[@marcijunebug]

I LOVE this park! It is truly like stepping back in time!

[@kubelwagen516]

Vintage camper towed by Defender, sweet.

[@marcijunebug]

thanks! Fun times!

[@carlosalbertomejiatamayo2727]

Maravilloso

[@marcijunebug]

thank you!

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

Dear Misses Marci junebug 👍👌👏 The Higgins camper looks unbeliiiievably good. You did such a fantastic and impressive job on that shiny green thing. Even before I watched the video completely, I already have to ask: Is your parents 1972 Winnebago RV the same model that appears in the animated movie series "Cars"? I mean the big race fan RV? 2) I will not write "First" this time because this is still without any importance at all. ;-) Best regards, luck and health.

[@marcijunebug]

Thank you! It certainly was a lot of work, but in the end the reward was totally worth it! I believe they DID model the cars race fan RV after this style of Winnie...and when mom and dad put their "eyes" in the camper windows the kids walk by and point and just smile...I love seeing their little faces light up when they see it!

[@sandym4317]

Cool set up! Love it! How do I find out about these Vintage Camper Rally’s? They look like so much fun!!

[@marcijunebug]

thank you! A friend of mine sent me a link on facebook to this one years ago and we have attended every year since. Once you attend one, you get lots of invitations for other ones! Also if they do them at state parks in your area they are typically listed on their activities pages!

[@SE-cm3rh]

How can this possibly have gotten a dislike?!!! You have such a great mix of showing the sights that we want to see plus the well composed "artsy" shots!!! With a grand finale by the up and coming little man!!! Fun stuff all around.....thanks for taking us with you!

[@marcijunebug]

ehhhh some people just don't "get it" lol Thanks so much for coming along and enjoying the show! We had a great weekend!

[@pvillehick67]

Simpler times.

[@marcijunebug]

Yes and for a few days it really does feel like you have stepped back into them!

[@vintageoverlanding]

Subscribed!- Awesome rig, hope you have some great adventures. We just drove our 68 Scout and teardrop down from Alaska to Virginia. Nothing like some Vintage Overlanding! (check out our channel) If you get down near the Southwest end of Virginia look us up!

[@marcijunebug]

thanks! I've been a bit overwhelmed with work lately but once I can start uploading again I have tons of content to share and we will have a "New" 1954 ranger pop up to share at this event next year! (hopefully anyway...I JUST got it and it need a ton of work, hopefully I can finish it by AUGUST! ha) I will check out your channel for sure! cheers~

[@alanwondergem2105]

Don't really appreciate the music being so much louder than the talking. The only way I can hear the talking is I have to wear earbuds. Music is way way too loud.

[@marcijunebug]

ummm...Isn't that way on my computer...that is just weird! Sorry about that