In those first weeks after the camper came to be ours, the kids and I had a bit of trouble adjusting to the idea that we would be giving up our tent camping for a broken down trailer. Tent camping is how we identify getting out in nature and doing outdoor things. Having a camper, especially one that needs more work than I was willing to do, seemed overwhelming.
After finding Parker Trailer and getting such good news from them about repair costs, we finally were able to think about a future with the camper. I began to refer to it as "her" and "she" and one day as we drove by the trailer place and saw her up on the lift through the big glass windows, we decided she needed a name.
We tossed around a variety of names, among them Ethel and Norrie, but what the kids settled on was Hammie. Hammie the canned ham camper, because it is impossible to say it three times fast. You know what it means once you name something. A name means it stays. So Hammie is ours and we are all finally excited to have her.
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