Category Archives: Trips

A year ago this weekend

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This weekend, actually on Martin Luther King day, a year ago, we took delivery of our current Airstream.  You can read about it here.

We have had a fun year in the trailer.  We have towed it a bit over 5300 miles, not all of them camping.  We have spent 51 nights in the trailer and visited 4 states.

This all just gives a taste and yearning for more.  Retirement cannot come soon enough.

I am very happy with the trailer.  The extra 6 feet makes livability much better.  More storage space, more space to stretch out.  It is a bit longer to tow but I find that makes me more careful when maneuvering.  The extra length actually makes it easier to back it up.  Much more forgiving.  I have to watch out for tail drag however.   I have not hit a curb, yet.

There are a few things that I would like to have changed and I will do so.   I will replace the simple vent fan in the bathroom with a Fantastic Fan so we can get better airflow (the rear air conditioner took the place of the second FF).

We will get it tweaked just right for our extended times and these trips now allow us to see what we need to do.

 

Arizona recap

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We have been back for a while and have had a bit of time to reflect.

We went out to the trailer a couple of days ago to get something.  Roxie said that she missed being in our trailer and I agreed.  That pretty much sums it up for us.  I don’t think we will have an issue spending extended time in the trailer.

We found out the truck will handle this trailer very well and get almost 13mpg doing it.

We found out that truck stops are a VERY viable location to spend the night although I hope we will be travelling such short distances that we won’t need them that much.

We found out how much we really like boondocking and it will come in handy in the future.

We found out that we like the Quartzsite area but there are some really interesting people there.  We might have even seen a naked guy coming out of a bookstore but we didn’t verify that.

We found out that Roxie can overcome part of her fear of heights.

We found out that Kmarts might not be the best choice for overnighting.  Have to stay with the 24hr Walmarts.

Here are a few shots that didn’t make it into the other entries.

Sunset south of Quartzsite:

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Our campfire from inside the trailer (didn’t turn out like I thought it would):

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Our spot in the 55+ RV Park near my mother:

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We are already planning and looking forward to another trip to the desert.