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InsideOut · 11-04-2008, 05:29 PM

So this recent thread got me to thinking...there really are several different types of Airstreamers that come to mind.

Full-Timer "Parked" - Lives in their Airstream in lieu of a house and still works
Full-Timer "On the Go" - Lives in their Airstream while hitting the road
Traveler - Uses their Airstream in lieu of a hotel or cabin
Rally Goer - Uses their Airstream to attend rallies
Camper - Uses their Airstream in lieu of a tent

Which kind of Airstreamer are you?

Shari

eubank · 11-04-2008, 06:19 PM

We don't use ours for travel per se at all. (If it's just for travel, then we go fast, hit the Motel 6's, and use Maria's fuel-sipping Honda.) The Airstream is either to go camping or to go to a rally.

Lynn

ArtStream · 11-04-2008, 06:43 PM

Full-timer, working on the go

**moosetags** · 11-04-2008, 07:40 PM

We stay in Lucy on average 130 nights per year, and pull her about 20,000 miles a year. We just travel in her. We spend about 5 night a year at rallys.

3 Dog Nite · 11-04-2008, 07:56 PM

We're 95% full timers but we do take 5% of our time out driving to & enjoying rally going.

vswingfield · 11-04-2008, 08:27 PM

Full-Timer Parked, for now. Hi Terry, I see you were first to sign in this way. Hi to Marie, too. I'll be watching for your vote.

Enjoyed meeting you guys on the trip to the promised land.

overlander63 · 11-04-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by vswingfield

Full-Timer Parked, for now. Hi Terry, I see you were first to sign in this way. Hi to Marie, too. I'll be watching for your vote.

Enjoyed meeting you guys on the trip to the promised land.

It was good meeting y'all as well. As for the "paked" part, right now I wouldn't tow Bertha across the street. Brother, can you spare a frame?

cameront120 · 11-04-2008, 09:26 PM

I'm a fulltimer while my house is being built. Once the house is done I'll probably use it for camping and attending the odd rally.

**Stefrobrts** · 11-04-2008, 09:31 PM

We're so busy working it seems like rallys are the only thing that can get our rig out of the driveway, but we hope to advance to 'traveller' someday.

overlander64 · 11-04-2008, 09:43 PM

As a public school teacher, I have had the opportunity to use my coaches for caravanning, rallys, and travel for six or seven weeks each summer. A typical summer usually includes about 4,000 miles of travel.

Kevin

HiHoAgRV · 11-04-2008, 10:12 PM

We use ours when ever we can, typically every month. Most of the time it's for camping but when we CAN use it instead of a hotel, we do. Rally's? it's an excuse to go camping...

Frank's Trailer Works · 11-05-2008, 04:32 AM

perfect option for me with 90/10 choice... nine rallies, one camping...

juel · 11-05-2008, 05:20 AM

Go down to the lake and camp every chance I get. Never made a rally yet, but have that dream. Working full time and taking care of relatives leaves little time for joining other streamers. Bob sometimes takes the Argosy for work, but it's usually sitting here in the side yard. Now that it has no back window and Bob's in CA, it's just taped up and waiting to be fixed. Someday we both hope to retire....SOMEDAY

HankandLois · 11-05-2008, 06:16 AM

We're a hybrid...

Right now we use it as our summer home, for traveling, and rallies (our first rally is on Friday!). Hubby's job will soon take him out of state. Sooooooo, we'll full-time in it while we're out of state, but still maintain our home here in TN (part-time full-timer?), and use it for travel.

We'll have @ 8K miles on our unit this first year.

/Lois

hampstead38 · 11-05-2008, 06:36 AM

We are working towards the renovation of our '67 Overlander for use during an up to 12-month hiatus from full time work. My wife and I plan to take several months of "early retirement" as part of our relocation from the east coast to the west. When the Airstream is renovated, we'll start shake-down cruises to work kinks out of the systems. During our hiatus, we'll be full-timing. After we settle down and find "real jobs," the old tin girl will serve as a week-end camper and occasional bunk house for guests... and as a rolling hunting cabin. So, right now the Overlander is just a project, but over the course of the next five years, I think we'll have done it all.

willyd · 11-05-2008, 09:24 AM

I am currently using mine as a winter home. We really enjoy Land Yacht Harbor in Melbourne Florida.

wheel interested · 11-05-2008, 09:33 AM

We use the Airstreams to travel. We hit some rallies but they are incorporated in a longer trip. We have the convenience of our own driveway camping year round on a 5 acre campsite so the prospect of hooking up and moving a few miles down the road to have a campfire and a potluck in a private campgrounds isn't as big a draw as exploring and traveling. State Parks are a big draw however with plenty to do and see. We really enjoy being on the road and a variety of experiences and campgrounds. We would like to try a seasonal job sometime from the Airstream and have spent several weeks at a single gem of a place in a far away place. Sorry I couldn't find our niche on the poll to vote.

Mike Leary · 11-05-2008, 09:34 AM

We summer in the Pacific NW and are leaving for Arizona on Sat. for the winter.

InsideOut · 11-05-2008, 09:45 AM

When we bought our first trailer, we intended to be 90% Camper/10% "other". But due to all the great friends we have met at rallies and my "involvement" with the WBCCI & VAC, we have been 90% Rally Goer/10% "Other" (camper-boondocking). We have loved being where we're at, however, I would like to strive to be a more balanced 50% Rally Goer/25% Camper/25% Traveler or 50% Camper/25% Traveler/25% Rally Goer. With only "so-many-days-of vacation-a-year" and so many great rallies I want to go to, we are probably destined to stay where we're at.

One other category I should have included is 90% perpetual restorer/10% dreamer! That would have probably come a bit too close to home though!