All three of us (me, my cousin Helen and sister-in-law Liz) are upwards in years. We're not elderly, although others probably think we are. However, we do have a few aches and pains. Perhaps a touch of arthritis comes painfully in the night sometimes. But for one of us, the matress pads in the trailer are not thick enough to ease a sore hip. After all, we are walking up and down trails to reach beautiful vantage points, and sometimes it is a steep climb, so sore hips are part of the territory for some of us.
We first folded up the spare blankets I had brought. One was a thick fuzzy checkered blanket I have used in camping for years, and it makes a nice layer. Then, we placed the soft and fluffy quilt. Next we placed an ultrasoft fleece. Then we made the bed with sheet and down blanket topper. That night was a "no-go." The little princess' hip was very sore, even though she had tried to squeeze her pillow under the hip.
We decided to get memory foam at the next Kmart or Walmart we encountered, or anything similar to those stores which sold it. Until then, we made a layer of pillows for the Princess, which worked fine, exccept she would roll off the pillows in the night, and that, too, was a "no-go." After some sleuthing, we found that the closest we got to one was 190 miles from Ely, and we decided we wouldn't drive that far. But in Ely there was an all purpose hardware store, and it had a thin eggshell foam bed top. We bought a king size and folded it in half--it fit the Princess' bed perfectly, and we used all the other usual softeners, except the pillows were used for the head and not the hip. The Princess slept wonderfully, so we had found a solution. Still, on a future trip we will have memory foam.
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