Riverside RV White Water Retro Teardrop & Standy

Riverside RV in Indiana is focused on designing and building lightweight teardrops and larger trailers with a distinctly retro design. Most likely you are interested in teardrop trailers, but Riverside RV also builds several standy campers under their White Water Retro line that I think would interest someone who is on the lookout for something with an interior kitchen.

The smallest of the Riverside RV Retro campers is the Jr. 509. This classic teardrop trailer is just over 13 feet long and comes with a rear galley, storage compartment and an optional 17 gallon water tank. The Jr. is still being developed, but take a look at their other lightweight options.

The 155XL is just a hair under 15 feet long with a generous height of 8.5 feet. Its dry weight is 1,937 lb. and the interior contains a full bed, dinette, kitchen, refrigerator and a tiny wet bath. It has an 11 gallon fresh water tank, 18 gallon grey water tank and a 5 gallon black water tank.

For something a bit larger, the 166 is nearly 16 feet long and 2,180 lb. It has the same interior features in a larger space and a retro style in the checkerboard floor, wood cabinets and the bright exterior colors that range from red to aqua.

Photos by Riverside RV

Friday Teardrop Photo

I get overly excited about broken down or retro style roadside signs. I have to pull off the road, put the teardrop into place and get a shot. Odd...

This is the Sunflower in front of an abandoned gas station near Baggs, Wyoming.

Friday Teardrop Photo

This darling retro camper gingerbread "house" was made by Monica Eskridge of Paper Flour Ink in Houston, Texas for Sugar and Cloth. You can see the entire recipe on the Sugar and Cloth website.

Happy Holidays!

Friday Teardrop Photo

This photo from California State Parks is not a teardrop trailer, but these folks really know how to camp in style. The photo was shot in the Big Basin Redwoods State Park, the oldest state park in California.

Friday Teardrop Photo

This is a photo of Stacie Tamaki's Glampette sitting beneath the redwoods at the International Redwood Gathering. We just missed each other at that gathering, and in fact, she took over my spot at the base of a giant redwood after I left the event.

I recently wrote an article for the Tiny House Magazine on Stacie and her Glampette. If you are interested in reading it, the magazine can be downloaded from the website as an iPad zine or a PDF.

Photo courtesy of Stacie Tamaki/I Found the Place

Friday Teardrop Photo

We are heading down to Yosemite for a long teardrop camping weekend. This photo just goes to show that both this beautiful park and teardrops go together pretty well.

Photo by peakbagging

Featured Teardrop: Little Guy Silver Shadow

When shopping around for my teardrop trailer, I was torn between the Pleasant Valley Spirit and the Little Guy Silver Shadow. Both of these trailers have a retro style and similar features and options. I ended up getting the Spirit because of the color and I liked the look of the inside of the hatch more, but the Silver Shadow is still one of my favorite manufactured teardrops on the road today. Little Guy sells three versions of the Shadow: the White Shadow, the Silver Shadow and the Highline. They come in four sizes: 4'x8', 5'x8', 5'x10' and 6'x10.

The teardrop features include retro styling with white-wall tires, black fiberglass fenders, baby moon hubcaps and a silver Alufiber® finish for the roof and galley hatch. The interior has birch walls, a mattress, a single speed roof vent, three 110v outlets, LED lights and a wood countertop for the galley. You can stick with the silver walls or pick your choice of colored walls (available on the Highline). I think the current colors are green, red and black.

The upgraded kitchen of the larger Silver Shadows have an 8 gallon water tank, a sink with pump, a 12V refrigerator and a pull-out camp stove. The sink drain empties onto the ground.

The Silver Shadow is only sold through dealers or by private owners. I've seen them as high as $10,000 down to about $6,000. Keep an eye out on eBay, Yakaz and Craigslist for both new and used trailers.

 

Jason and Amanda of the TNTTT forum camp in a 2009 Silver Shadow

Jason and Amanda of the TNTTT forum camp in a 2009 Silver Shadow

Jason and Amanda of the TNTTT forum camp in a 2009 Silver Shadow

Photos by Little Guy Worldwide and Jason and Amanda of the TNTTT