[Jimarq]

Nothing as glamourous as Panama City and St. Andrews but we are going to some friend's place at Lake Brownwood - about an hour from us.

What makes this such a monumental event is that this will be our maiden voyage in our new 2007 31' Classic we picked up just last month.

Two years ago we were making this same maiden voyage in our 2000 30' Classic we had only 29 days when we totaled the trailer about 25 miles from our house. Thankfully, neither one of us were hurt and we still don't know what caused the accident for sure but we still lean toward a defective valve stem as the culprit.

We have owned two other Airstreams since that time - a 1992 Squarestream and a 2006 30' Classic. The 2006 Classic was totaled by one of our famous Texas hailstorms in February of this year.

We are dedicated Airstream owners, even though we've not had very good luck with them, and look forward to many years of happy camping in our 2007 Classic starting with this 4th of July.