[Blu_Hwy_Lady]

I completely re-did my 23 foot '72 Safari because frankly, the floor plan sucked. I didn't want to have anything that was double-duty like a gaucho folding out to a bed. I ripped out the front gaucho and my son welded a frame that fit in the whole front of the trailer. I got a roll of that heavy brown paper used to protect floors during construction and made a template of the curve. A custom mattress shop made an amazingly comfortable mattress that is longer than a queen, but a little narrower. In fact, when I started to unroll the template at the mattress shop, before I even finished the guy said, "you have an Airstream!" Regular queen sheets fit on the mattress because some how the width and length cancel out. Of course it is a pain in the butt to make the bed from scratch, but it's so nice at the end of the day just to crawl into it.

I also converted that back gaucho to a dinette and ripped out the bulkhead separating the front from the back. I'm attaching some pictures. The one looking forward to the bed isn't as good as the other which was taken by Zeppilinium with his wide angle lens.