Day 1: November 2, 2010

November 3, 2010

South Africa Adventure You know, what is amazing is going on a long trip, not taking your pets, and deciding what happens to them. We found out you cannot really rely on friends to do you a favor and how much it can cost boarding these days. Most folks that have pets usually have a [...]

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THE VERY FIRST Vintage Trailer Show – Old Town Auburn, CA

October 2, 2010

Saturday/Sunday, September 25-26, 2010: The Airstream RV family got wind of this event as early as July 2010, so they sent out an email to all northern California members to check it out. I contacted the event organizer Gary Moffat and explained that I am an Airstream member, that I understood it was a vintage [...]

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Day 22, July 8: Sparks, NV to Home

July 8, 2010

SPARKS, NV, 0752 PDT: Well folks, fans, followers, and bloggers — this is the last day of my Airstream adventure to windy Gillette, Wyoming. We are headed out this morning on the final leg to our homes. Our little caravan will start out together but will drift in our individual directions down the road as [...]

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Day 21, July 7: Wendover to Sparks, NV

July 7, 2010

0720 PDT: Depart Wendover KOA. MM 410. 0947 PDT: MM 260: Halfway between Elko & Battle Mountain. Pulled over for a quickie rest break. 1140 PDT: MM 145, Imlay, Nevada. Spotted Thunder Mountain Park on south side of I-80. 1155 PDT: MM 129, halfway between Winnemucca and Lovelock. 1210 PDT: MM 118, 15 miles from [...]

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Day 20, July 6: Rock Springs, WY to Wendover, NV

July 6, 2010

0730 MDT: Depart Rock Springs KOA 0830 MDT: MM 68 – stop at Little America for breakfast. 0925 MDT: Back on the road. 1012 MDT: MM 17, I-80. Eray calls for advice: while passing a semi on the left in a construction zone, the semi started to pull into his lane and ripped off the [...]

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Day 19, July 5: Gillette to Rock Springs, Wyoming

July 5, 2010

0730 MDT: Depart Gillette on Wyoming SR 59 south. 0830 MDT: Turn onto SR 387 south. 0945 MDT: Turn onto I-25 south. 1005 MDT: Turn onto SR 220 south in Casper. 1200 MDT: Stop at Devil’s Gate rest area for lunch. 1245 MDT: Back underway. 1315 MDT: MM 25 on U.S. 287 south to Rawlins [...]

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Day 18, July 4th

July 4, 2010

0800 MDT: Yesterday afternoon I drove the motorhome away from the rally to fill the gas tank and wash the red dust off.  Now that I’ve moved the motorhome from where it was on red gravel with flying red dust to another location with partial grass and brown dirt, it’s raining!  It wasn’t forecast to [...]

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Day 17, July 3rd

July 3, 2010

Saturday, July 3: Well, it’s almost over for activities — except for happy hour at 4 p.m., to which I will hitch a ride with friends Linda and Ed over to the BoxElder RV Park where I was until this morning. Things are really winding down from the hustle-bustle it has been this past week.

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Day 15, July 1st

July 1, 2010

Thursday, July 1st: Gillette, Wyoming – International Airstream Rally 8:30 a.m.: I am attending the classic Airstream motorhome restoration class. Paul Fancey, the instructor who is holding this seminar, is collecting email addresses from classic motorhome owners like me.  His purpose is to set up a network to be able to establish a forum for [...]

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Day 13-14, June 29, 30

June 30, 2010

Tuesday was sort of a free day to just wonder around the vendors’ tables, lunch, and socializing with fellow Airstreamers. That evening we went to the main great room and enjoyed the Yampa Valley Boys playin’ cowboy music. 50 members of our California Aistream chapter went to dinner at Boss Lodge in Gillette. Then early [...]

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