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I haven’t seen cooler covers for sale, although someone must manufacture them. We designed and sewed ours with help from Julia (of Toodles). They’re made of medium weight canvas from a huge roll in some hardware store in Utah –we got 7 yards at $5 a yard and I wish we’d bought more. The...

Julia just reminded us to look at the forum -- lots going on and we haven't been visiting. We are happy to her that the second NW Round Up is scheduled. We will certainly plan to attend.

And my cooler is one of those nice stainless steel Coleman coolers -- non magnetic. In fact there is almost nothing magnetic on a CI -- SS kitchen and fenders, alu skin, wood everywhere. I could put the holder on my truck but I would forget and drive off... Talk about the wind unrolling your...

I think I like the Perfect Tear paper towel holder, but I naturally thought to install it on the right (non-sink) side of the kitchen. That's where I had the the plastic one that broke the second trip out. I am tallish and wear a hat most of the time so the sink side would just mean knocking...

We also want to thank Evan and Lena for the arrangements, and all the other folks for good company and great ideas. We are looking forward to the next one! Fran and Allan arrived home last night, with Julia just behind to visit with us for a few days and to shop for some of the new idea...

Evan, we have a friend from Portland who will be joining us at the NW round up. He isn't a teardropper but lets us park in his yard when we're in town so his heart is in the right place, and we trust he will be welcome.

We are planning to attend the gathering in Washington in August. Our schedule not 100% yet. 2 people, 2 dogs, 1 CI teardrop. Allan_fran.