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 […]
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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 […]
The Unexpected Allure of the Midwest
I knew nothing about the Midwest before I met Tracy, and it’s not like I know much now. Really, as we travel around the country and I think about where I might like to live as a home base, the only thing I’ve learned about the Midwest is what it does not have. It’s nowhere […]
Little Rock Nine and the Clinton Center
Oh my goodness is Little Rock, Arkansas, not what I expected. Not that that sets the bar high, seeing as how the main thing I was looking forward to was its cheese dip (which did not disappoint). Still, “better than cheese dip” is not a bad motto. We’ve done so much in just a few […]
My Doppelgänger
I knew something was weird even before I met her. As soon as Tracy and I pulled into this Airstream-only park in southwest Virginia, people who spend their summers here would wave at me enthusiastically. Like, really excited to see me. I thought, “They sure are welcoming here!” But then I noticed that the waving […]
A True Vacation
You know the background here: after two weeks in New York, we turned south to Virginia to wait on a couple of doctors—which’ll determine where we’re going next—and this change of plans meant we had no camping reservations for the summer. We were in a pickle. When my good friend Mary Margaret offered us her […]
Alaska Photo Journey
I’ve been thinking back to our Alaska trip last summer (2023), and I’ve realized I don’t have a single, encompassing compilation of our memories. Here goes! British Columbia in May The Alaska Highway connects the Lower 48 with Alaska, and it’s really the only way to get to Alaska. Like a lot of road-trippers, we […]
Convalescing in My Home Woods
Good grief we’ve been sick. I’ll have an hour here or there when I feel better, which, you know, gets a person through. Tracy, though. Yesterday, he declared he was going to make lunch (something he does for us every day but hasn’t in more than a week), but when I go inside to check […]