West AIRSTREAMS and ROUGHING IT...

[Len n Jeanne]

Er, um, Ray-- some of us aren't "hairy chested."

At least we hope not.

Jeanne

[Piggy Bank]

Ray, that is a lovely quote.

"The trailer is the ruby slippers, and you could be home where ever you decide."

[Ray Eklund]

Ray, that is a lovely quote.

"The trailer is the ruby slippers, and you could be home where ever you decide."
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Piggy Bank
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You picked up that line and its meaning. I could have written it better. Dinner was to be served in five minutes... or else.

Better said:

"Your Airstream are your Ruby Slippers and home is where ever you find yourself... and Toto too."

I tried to correct a typo on an Up and Down thread and was too late as well. Everything flows like an overfilled bathtub while you are answering the door bell.

Jeanne: and "long beautiful hair..." however the rest of the song goes. Not all males are hairy beasts. Maybe... eye lashes. How's that for women?

[Len n Jeanne]

Much better, Ray!

Do you mean, "I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair"?

At my age, I'll settle for not giving anyone nightmares.

[Ray Eklund]

I had to Google this tune from the late 1960's/early 1970's. I am going to post this on Beauty and the Hairy Beast under On The Road threads.

It will say to Jeanne... and the Hairy Beast Len

[Eagle & Bear]

Lena dear, I think we dun found our people.

I grew up in Bishop, California in the ‘50s & ‘60s. My father prospected and my grandparents owned the Rainbow Pack Outfit near South Lake. Camping was just part of our lifestyle. In my teens I learned how to use climbing equipment and spent every summer exploring the National Parks and wilderness areas in the western US.
The geography in eastern California and western Nevada are extreme but I was at home at 260’ below sea level to altitudes above 14,000’. A good pair of boots, a small tent, a sleeping bag, stove and sleeping bag were all I needed to explore the world around me.
In the 1980s I discovered the southwest. We camped on the ground wherever we wanted and woke up to stunning sunrises almost every day. In 2004 I bought a used Sportsmobile 4X4 van. I felt a bit embarrassed telling people that I was going camping in the van because it was nothing like the camping I had done in the past.
In 2007 we decided to full time and bought a 29’ 1976 Airstream. It is a bit longer than I wanted but the price was right and the trailer was in good condition. We have spent the past 7 years boondocking and exploring the back roads in the western US. We have put creases down both sides and broken the frame but it keeps on rolling.
The Airstream does allow us to stay in remote areas that 98% of the population will never see. I am 65 and cannot imagine not being mobile and out of earshot of the coyotes nightly chorus.



Thanks for posting this Ray. Anyone want to schedule a get together sometime in the next year or so?

[Eagle & Bear]

[Len n Jeanne]

Ray, we're a bit north of you, but how about a rock-hound gathering? We've never done this, but hey-- we like rocks and getting to the back of beyond.

p.s. Len's not exactly hairy. Let's just say that he has a high forehead.

Jeanne

[mefly2]

Originally Posted by Ray Eklund

Today, make the best of your health and find a friend to introduce you into a new experience with your trailer, or tent. The majority of people living will NEVER figure out why you do it... this is 98%+. I do not know why I persist on encouraging others to do the same as myself. Maybe company loves misery. Just like finding the deep pools for fishing in a Rocky Mountain stream... begin with small steps and then discover... you had the ability all the time. The trailer is the Ruby Slippers and you could be home where ever you decide.

Well said, +97 from a 48 ...

[Ray Eklund]

The last two weeks of February 2015 for Boondockers Roughing It north of Florida and east of the West Coast... understand. We spent five weeks on the road in Tucson and Las Vegas in late January and found a "three day window" of sunny and dry weather to make it back to Castle Rock.

I have plowed our driveway four times in two weeks after arriving home. Most of the USA and ALL of the interior of Canada was a NO BOONDOCKING time. There is not enough Propane and 12volt battery to warm the trailer very long. Even on power... you are going to be absolutely miserable.

Usually... February is mostly tee shirt weather with some wet snow here at elevation at 6500 feet. Sunny and warm days...

Well excuse me. This could have been an absolute disaster for even the best of us in terrible conditions. Getting over Raton Pass on the New Mexico and Colorado border was Number ONE on the list and the rest of Colorado was to just make it home. We made it from Truth and Consequences, NM to Castle Rock, CO, nonstop and were taking no chances. Three days later... I was plowing 24 inches of fresh snow. Our neighbors plowed our driveway from the previous snow, so the driveway was dry with a white yard and roof.

I am looking into living through the next Pleistocene Ice Age. We are said to be in the Holocene Epoch with the Pleistocene behind us... in geological terms. I hope so. My hairless ape body cannot take much more of this abuse.

[Len n Jeanne]

If global warming picks up, we'll be back to the hypsithermal, if not the carboniferous.

[cwf]

Originally Posted by Len n Jeanne

If global warming picks up, we'll be back to the hypsithermal, if not the carboniferous.

We are always Bar-B-Queing here in Texas!...

[Ray Eklund]

OK... those who have never "roughed it" with your Airstream, pop up trailer or your 40 foot diesel bus... now you have a soft introduction to using your driving skills, back up experience and no hookups other than what you have loaded as cargo or accessories for an easy Off the Grid camping experience.

Boondocking
Southwest: New Mexico Rockdocking- July 13, 2015 post #44

June 15, 2015 will be our first trip to the area for checking hunter's camps we plan to use and general condition. Anyone who wants can come and help scout out camp sites for the July 13 Boondocking.

Follow the Thread with the dates, place to meet, time and other general things you might want to bring with you.

If you are at Quemado, NM on June 15 and/or July 13th... we will be there "Hell or High Water".

[TG Twinkie]

I lived near Conifer, CO for 23 years. At 9,000' elevation. 42" snowfalls hit us routinely in October and the Spring. I live in the Nebraska panhandle now. And laugh when the folks here freak out with 6" of snow. Granted 6" can blow into 10' snow drifts.
Most people don't realize that it is more dangerous to be on the Great Plains in a blizzard than it is in the mountains.
We headed for California two years ago for Thanksgiving. Spent 4 days on the way out in Colorado City, CO and 4 days in Socorro, NM on the way back. Waiting for Raton Pass to be cleared.
Travel in the late fall thru late spring in the west can be a challenge. But I will take it over what has been going on in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas the last couple if weeks.


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[JPericin]

I think he doth protest too much.

Ease up on judgements of others as it's a relative world.