April, 2021 Drinking the Kool-Aid We knew when we got Tess that the Airstream lifestyle is kind of like joining a cult. There are cheaper campers, there are bigger campers, there are campers that are in many ways, even better campers than Airstreams. We can’t and won’t even try to argue those points. But people […]
Are We Rally People? Silver in the City 2021. Plus Mushrooms. Read More »
February 2021 Whenever Melinda asks where I want to go for my birthday getaway, my stock answer is always “south.” When you’re born in the cold, dark month of February it seems you crave sunshine and light. Or at least I do! So we went down to Beaufort South Carolina– not to be confused with
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October 2020 Melinda was doing a bicycle tour around Lake Champlain with some friends, so we decided I’d follow her up and meet her when her trip was ending, then we’d tour New England. I lived in Maine and Massachusetts and had family all over, so it seemed like a good enough reason to tour
Fall Leaves- Vermont, NH & Massachusetts. And Camel’s Hump, Oh My! Read More »
September, 2020 At this point in time we have done a LOT of work to Tess- the bathroom subfloor has been remodeled, plumbing and electrics have been replaced and modernized…. you can see the work here if you are interested in the behind the scenes stuff. But we don’t have a good way of mounting
New Awning, New Truck, New AC- Test Run! Read More »
June 2020 As ill prepared RV newbies, we decided to take on a 1300 mile round trip as our first run. Of course we did. I guess we weren’t totally ill prepared- I did have a small camper 30 years ago I towed across country, but it’s been a while. I do tow utility trailers
May 2020 When we “re-met” for the first time in June of 2019, I told Melinda that I’d always wanted a vintage Airstream, and she told me she wanted a new one, because she didn’t have the maintenance skills old vehicles required. So in the very first weeks of our relationship in 2019 we began
Tess the Airstream, the Adventure Begins Read More »