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 […]
Tag: Missouri
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, […]
Update on that Wind and Water Business
This is the screenshot I sent Melanie and Doug last night while Tracy and I were driving east through the top of Missouri. I thought we were headed to that red star just out of the severe weather zones, but I wasn’t quite sure. You see, Tracy was blaring The Von Bondie on the truck […]
Misadventures with Wind and Water
Well, the water was a mishap; the wind was a near disaster. Flying Kayaks We were driving away from a big storm in Oklahoma and Kansas, into an area with less risk of hail and tornadoes in Missouri. There was still wind though, for sure: we’d had 45-mph gusts in the sketchy town park we’d […]
You Can’t Choose Your Neighbors, Either
The Harper Lee quote is about not being able to choose your family, but it applies just as well to neighbors in campgrounds. Every time we pull in to a new location, we’re in for a surprise about what our site will be like exactly (wooded? sunny? level? small?) but also who our very close […]
Better than Lakes and Sunsets
I’d lost sight of how long it’s been since we saw a friend. Heck, or even had an in-person conversation with someone else that lasted longer than a few seconds. Yesterday’s meet-up was a balm to my soul. Thank you, Tom! Tom’s the reason we came to Missouri, and just a couple of hours hanging […]
Missouri: Where are my warm lakes and bright sunsets?!?
Our last night was at that Swan Lake state park where we stayed just one night, which was thoroughly undocument-worthy. We did pull over in Iowa to make grilled cheese sandwiches (Tracy is brilliant with these, adding toasted dried onion) at lovely little town park. Too bad it was so cold and windy we could […]
