Editor's Note: I found Taylor Long on Instagram and immediately fell in love with his restoration project. He has meticulously restored a gorgeous teardrop and agreed to share his story with Cool Tears. Find him on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/wood_art_restoraton_history/?hl=en I had been looking for a teardrop for three years when I came across an ad on Craigslist for an old trailer. The listing only gave me one photo description and one sentence with the price o

Editor's Note: I love this story that was first shared in the October 2013 issue of Cool Tears. From the original editor, Kevin Cross: "Back in January, while we where exhibiting at the Kansas City RV show I was introduced to Bill Gee. During our conversation I discovered that Bill does much more than kick back with a good book or take a leisurely hike when he goes camping. Bill uses his camper to live in while he is exploring and mapping out caves! I asked Bill if he would t

Editor's Note: This fantastic review of several different types of parks came from a reader a few weeks back. It was so excellent that I wanted to share Mike's views with all of our readers. He followed up with numerous fantastic photos from the trip. Enjoy! My wife and I bought a Vistabule about a year and a half ago and absolutely love teardrops, so when I stumbled on your magazine I was excited to find something dedicated to teardrops! The Nov issue you invited thoughts ab

When we decided to go to Alaska for our 45th anniversary, we began looking for a way to see as much of Alaska as possible. After researching canned tours and cruises, we decided that buying a “Lil Guy” teardrop trailer and camping was our best and most economical option. We had always been “tent campers” prior to purchasing our teardrop trailer at the RV show in March of 2012 from Missouri Teardrops. We chose to travel to Alaska on the Alaska Marine Ferry System, leaving f