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03-22-2019, 11:30 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Sarnia, Ontario
Trailer: 2019 21
Posts: 20
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Tea in bed
My wife and I enjoy a cuppa in bed every morning, but our new Escape 21' does not have any shelving at the side of the bed to put our cups on! This was almost a deal breaker but we figured someone has already addressed this major problem! Can anyone help us?
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03-22-2019, 11:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Westfall
My wife and I enjoy a cuppa in bed every morning, but our new Escape 21' does not have any shelving at the side of the bed to put our cups on! This was almost a deal breaker but we figured someone has already addressed this major problem! Can anyone help us?
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Hi: Peter Westfall... We had the same issues with "Cracker's"!!! At least with the 5.0TA there's a few inches on either side of the mattress where the floor is open. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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03-22-2019, 12:05 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,547
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Westfall
My wife and I enjoy a cuppa in bed every morning, but our new Escape 21' does not have any shelving at the side of the bed to put our cups on! This was almost a deal breaker but we figured someone has already addressed this major problem! Can anyone help us?
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My question is how do you even make it while in bed? I must assume you just go back to bed to drink your tea?
I enjoy my morning coffee outside of the weather is half decent, otherwise I sit at the table and enjoy the view.
Could you not do a drop down shelf on the bath wall. The window side would be tougher. Bed tables maybe?
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
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03-22-2019, 12:37 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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I had the bath wall reinforced, enables one to hang things where needed, not necessarily limited at the studs.
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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03-22-2019, 01:05 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Trailer: 2015 5.0 TA
Posts: 394
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You could try something similar to this.
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03-22-2019, 01:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: WI, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 465
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What about a small freestanding tray that you can also use for breakfast in bed?
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03-22-2019, 01:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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something like this?
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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03-22-2019, 01:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Front Range, Colorado
Trailer: ?
Posts: 739
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03-22-2019, 01:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: WI, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 465
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
something like this?
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Gets my vote!
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03-22-2019, 01:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Have you thought of coffee?
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03-22-2019, 04:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Fredericksburg, Texas
Trailer: sold Airstream\Casita -2019 21' Escape
Posts: 190
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I use this in our Casita. Wedges between wall and mattress and works well.
https://www.amazon.com/FIOTOK-Multif.../dp/B01L6W0SLG
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03-22-2019, 05:36 PM
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#12
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trailer: 2019 21- Escape
Posts: 30
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Hi Peter-
We have a new 21’ being picked up in May. I love drinking my morning cup of Joe in the early morning while in bed. I had the wall next to the bathroom re-enforced and ordered a extra flip up table. For some reason they told me that I needed to install it myself, so that’s the plan. (I’m going to try to get them to do it when we have our orientation).
See you at the rally??
Mike
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03-23-2019, 05:22 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Sidney, British Columbia
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19, previously 2006 17B
Posts: 37
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I must have my morning cup of coffee. 11 years in our Escape 17 and now a year in our 19 footer we don't move for the day until we have coffee in bed. I get up and make filter coffee into a thermos.
(Note to those who don't want a bathroom in their Escape: of course we use it! Port-a-potti in the rain - done with that!)
My wife sits propped up in the nice round corner of our trailer with the cat in her lap, I pass her the cup and then slide into my side of the bed and enjoy...no shelf to bump into, no tray to store. Try it, we recommend it. 2nd cup: outside or inside dependent on weather.
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2015 Nissan Frontier Pro-X short box
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03-23-2019, 05:27 PM
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#14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Austin, Texas
Trailer: 2019 5.0TA "Junior", 2019 Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi
Posts: 1,600
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Escapist
My wife sits propped up in the nice round corner of our trailer with the cat in her lap, I pass her the cup and then slide into my side of the bed and enjoy...no shelf to bump into, no tray to store.
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Similar for us, except that when I get up and make the coffee and take my wife her cup, our three cats have sometimes taken over the rest of the bed and there's no room for me
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03-26-2019, 07:54 AM
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#15
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Sarnia, Ontario
Trailer: 2019 21
Posts: 20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
My question is how do you even make it while in bed? I must assume you just go back to bed to drink your tea?
I enjoy my morning coffee outside of the weather is half decent, otherwise I sit at the table and enjoy the view.
Could you not do a drop down shelf on the bath wall. The window side would be tougher. Bed tables maybe?
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We take it in turns to brave the cold and get up to make the tea! My wife is British so it has to be in bed! We've thought about a tray table and that might be the best option, or small hinged shelves that can be raised when we've got our tea ready to drink.
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03-26-2019, 07:56 AM
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#16
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Sarnia, Ontario
Trailer: 2019 21
Posts: 20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jumboscott
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What a great idea! We shall consider it more!
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03-26-2019, 07:59 AM
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#17
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Sarnia, Ontario
Trailer: 2019 21
Posts: 20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by firstpug
Hi Peter-
We have a new 21’ being picked up in May. I love drinking my morning cup of Joe in the early morning while in bed. I had the wall next to the bathroom re-enforced and ordered a extra flip up table. For some reason they told me that I needed to install it myself, so that’s the plan. (I’m going to try to get them to do it when we have our orientation).
See you at the rally??
Mike
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We won't be at the rally as we live in Ontario and are heading down to Florida with our current trailer next week - We are involved with the Habitat for Humanity Care-A-Vanners group and there's a big 30th anniversary build in Fort Myers in April with a lot of RVs in attendance, so hoping we might meet some Escape owners there!
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03-26-2019, 10:34 AM
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#18
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oswego, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21C, 2018 Ford F150
Posts: 5,373
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I had a folding shelf added to the bathroom wall:
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03-27-2019, 07:39 AM
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#19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper (#083); 2017 Escape 21 (#053); 2016 F-150 5.0L FX4
Posts: 1,765
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Something like this could work:
https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Shelf-B...77734527&psc=1
Three parts: one part that slips under the mattress for stabilization, a second part that extends up the wall the desired height, and a third part that will collapse against the wall when not in use but then fold out 90 degrees and lock in place to put your teacup on. I bet Charlie (tractors1) at RV Widget Works could design and make one for you. Sounds like there might be others interested in such a shelf if Charlie would decide to make them. (Well, Charlie?)
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03-27-2019, 07:55 AM
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#20
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: North of Danbury, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 21C
Posts: 3,033
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We get up in the morning , my wife makes a pot of coffee and fill the thermos .
I get up , get dressed and brush my teeth . My wife then hands me the thermos of coffee and the dogs leash and proceeds to tells me and the dog to get out .
I go outside with the dog and drink my coffee while she picks up
Doesn’t matter if it’s 28 deg f or a blistering 75 deg F
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