I’m partly joking here in that I don’t have real “ink,” as a friend calls it. (He is cited in the news, professionally and often.) If his is ink, mine is more like the smudge berries leave on your kitchen counter. Still, it’s my berry smudge! Airstream Club Magazine At the end of the recent […]
Birthdays on the Road: You Win Some, You Lose Some
Tomorrow is my birthday (the weird 56, not old yet!). I’ll be spending it at doctors’ appointments near Houston, because it’s that time of year again for us. We try to shove as many annual checkups as possible into one week and then move on. That’s why three of my four birthdays on the road […]
My Least-favorite Part of Full-timing
Today’s our final day at Lake Ray Roberts, north of Dallas/Ft Worth. We’ve spent a whopping ten days here, same site as every year, so we can visit Karen on our way to a week of annual “life garbage” (thanks, Melanie) near Houston. Man have I enjoyed these sunsets over the lake; we’ve watched them […]
Moments of Silly > All Else
I had written an eloquent post (really, I did!) about helping my friend Karen move into her house, and how it got me thinking about the stresses of moving, and how Tracy and I do it every week, and how much we have to cooperate and communicate to live in a tiny home, yadda yadda. […]
Your Daily Banjo Vol 2
I’ve been posting a photo of Banjo on my Facebook page nearly every day since we hit the road, which turns out to be an easy way to let friends know where we are. What I didn’t expect is that it’s made Banjo a bit of a rock star. That fits her diva-like personality in […]
Big Boy, Pelicans, Airstreamers We Can’t Shake
We designed the week after the big Airstream rally as decompression time by a Corps of Engineers lake in Oklahoma. We’ve gotten some down time in, but it’s been a whopper of a week, overall. On our way, we had a first: we abandoned a Harvest Host reservation after not being satisfied with the sloped […]
What Rallies Are Really About
It took me ten days at the International Airstream Rally (then a long travel day) until finally, as I was walking Banjo this morning here along the reservoir at our next campsite, did I figure out what that rally was all about. It’s true I was dazzled by the Airstreams, especially the old ones remade […]
Airstream Rally: Early Halloween, Seminars, Clubs, Libations, Oh My
Random observations from Day 2 and 3 of the rally: There are 1,300 Airstreams here, and let’s say 1/3 have one dog and 1/3 have two dogs. That’s 1,300 dogs, right? Big ones, barking ones, tiny ones in people’s purses. I’ve been sitting with folks from Arkansas and Tennessee at the Member Services desk, and […]
Airstream Rally Day 1 Photo Recap
I’m going to try to stay on top of this reporting business by doing less writing and doing more photo dumping. Let’s see how this goes. (Frankly, it’s hard for me not to write, but I don’t have much time.) Airstreams are parked by backing four up to each sewer, water, and electric pedestal station, […]
Airstream Rally Initial Impressions (In Short: “Dude!”)
I’m taking the morning off from helping my friend Sherri at the Member Services booth at the International Airstream Rally here in Sedalia, Missouri. Sherri does not take the morning off, or any time off. She arrived a week before the 5-day rally started and will work until the very last day, something close to […]
