'with that much you could have bought a fifth wheel'

[rodsterinfl]

I went to HD and had some 3/4" 2x4 panels cut to use as roof supports for me to lay between rivet points. On my model the top of the door frame serves as the ladder area access point. I found a rivet missing up there on my first venture.

[PharmGeek]

you know what...i have taken almost no interior photos yet...took this snapshot of the fam for the first night home...of course it does not show all the interior but the best parts are covered

[PharmGeek]

Here is the pic sorry

[PharmGeek]

Don't tell my wife - she did not find the photo flattering

[switz]

Save the photo for the kids when they grow up! A neat family gathering in the new Airstream!

[m.hony]

Pizza? In an Airstream?
Now that isn't very campy/camperish!

[m.hony]

Is she wearing an Airstream hat?
Awesome.

[cwf]

Originally Posted by PharmGeek

Don't tell my wife - she did not find the photo flattering

Great CREW there Matey! Yo ho ho and a pepperoni pizza! Got that whole pirate stripe going for them!

[Protagonist]

Originally Posted by PharmGeek

Don't tell my wife - she did not find the photo flattering

Candid photos seldom are flattering, but flattery gets you nowhere anyway! And besides, if her smile is that appealing in an unflattering photo, just how gorgeous is she in a flattering one?

[Silverflames]

The first of many great family photos in there!

[PharmGeek]

Yeah AS hat the dealer gave her - I got a great AS insulated glass with an AS patch in it

I happen to think she is mighty purty

[PharmGeek]

" So where's the first trip and we really do need interior shots! "

I believe our first trip will be next weekend - 4 day weekend for thanksgiving up to huntsville area - my dad lives there - we will stay I think at monte sano state park...its a beautiful park - they only take limited reservations as I recall, need to call them today and ask about what checking in on thursday will be like logistically...

[Protagonist]

Originally Posted by PharmGeek

we will stay I think at monte sano state park...its a beautiful park - they only take limited reservations as I recall, need to call them today and ask about what checking in on thursday will be like logistically...

Thanks for mentioning that place. The Corps of Engineers training center on Sparkman Drive is only 10 miles away from the park, so if I get sent to Huntsville for training in the next year— unlikely but not impossible for them to send me off for training in my last year before retirement— I could stay at Monte Sano instead of in the hotel attached to the training center. Two birds, one stone. And it would save the Government money, too, because with prices between $22 and $28 per night, it's much cheaper than the hotel!

After I retire, I'll still have to keep Monte Sano on my to-do list; the Google Earth satellite view shows plenty of tree cover for nearly all of the sites, making it a good shady summer destination.

[Jim J]

Some cities have affordable housing laws. Why not affordable Airstreams?

[switz]

To get back on thread, I guess I can say I bought a fifth wheel - the spare..

[PharmGeek]

real quick mention...her hat also has an integrated bottle opener

"To get back on thread, I guess I can say I bought a fifth wheel - the spare"

heh heh, nice!

I just checked the forcast...low 30's all next week....oh my oh my...hmmm...alabama is so finicky...it will be for a week in the 30's then next week will hit the 50's, even 60...hard to enjoy monte sano in that cold of weather with the little kids....hmm....

[m.hony]

I don't care if it's cold! It's time to go camping! Big, roaring campfires!

[paiceman]

The thread, I always answer with "I have no idea, my wife bought it for me as a retirement gift" And I'ts true but I retire in 71 days, but who is counting. I do know the cost, but it's no ones business but mine and in reality I could care less what anyone else thinks.

As to the roof, I go up twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. I was her down, check the calking and the installation of a sat dish I put on. I use a Little Giant latter, place it up against the awning with foam on the latter and up I go. The roof does not dent, but don't really care as the only one who will see it is me when I am up there and truckers.

Pharm enjoy, best of times are ahead stay well.

[PharmGeek]

m.hony...im with you...but 10 month olds and 3 year olds...well, they are a different story...we do have a furnace....I will likely drag us out and camp in our toasty tin can....worst case disney movies in the warmth of our airstream

Paiceman...I hear ya...just the other night a couple we met that was a bit older than us, perhaps late 40's...when they ask "what year is it?" - I told them "new"....they gasped and he said "wow, you must really have some money man!"

I had a slight beer buzz and just said "well hell yeah, ima baller man! ive worked hard and I plan on playing hard!"

[PharmGeek]

hmmm frozen water lines in tow....hmmmmI think ill be ok if temps are in 30's in tow....I think.....