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2 Rivet Member 
1994 19' "B" Van Airstream 190
Inland
, Washington
Join Date: Nov 2012
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May 2013 Photo Contest - Flamingos!
Wow! I totally didn't expect to be this month's winner...there were so many great photos!
I have reviewed the last several month's themes, and given some serious thought to what to do next. Although several fun ideas have been considered, I think this month's theme should be FLAMINGOS.
At every Airstream rally I have ever attended (even before owning my own), flamingos have had a prominent place. I have seen everything from standard pinks to spray painted silver and black, to x-ray flamingos. I'm sure a few of you have some good flamingo pictures!
Here is one to start off the month. It is from the Area 33 rally a few years ago.
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05-02-2013, 06:15 PM
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Rivet Master 
Hampton
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Travels with Charlie
Bryce Canyon
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Brad (The Slowsky's)
2019 Airstream Classic 30RBT, 2021 Ford F350 King Ranch 4X4 w/6.7L Diesel, Hensley, ACI #1313
travelwiththeslowskys.com
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05-02-2013, 06:47 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
2012 27' FB International
Denver
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 445
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Fun theme! Bring on the Flamingos!
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05-02-2013, 06:59 PM
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Rivet Master
Vintage Kin Owner
HOUSE SPRINGS
, MO
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Ta~da! Flamingoes.
San Diego Zoo 2012...
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Tina and Mike
1959 Avion e-20
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05-02-2013, 07:05 PM
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2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
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After an AirForum Rally....
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I’m done with ‘adulting’…Let’s go find Bigfoot.
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05-02-2013, 07:19 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
2007 19' Safari SE
Laurel
, Montana
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 145
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Montana hunting season.
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05-02-2013, 07:55 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1997 25' Safari
Yakima
, Washington
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 424
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 It starts like the first photo, and then the second photo comes along. And I don't think that they need the services of their cousin, the stork.
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Dennis
1997 25' Safari
2012 Chevy Silverado HD 2500
Duramax/Allison
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05-02-2013, 08:04 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2007 25' Safari
Fairhope
, Alabama
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 305
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Can Opener 2013
and the party is over.....that is till next year!
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Tom and Robin
2007 Safari 25' FB Twin
"If you have to go through a minefield....follow somebody"
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05-02-2013, 08:11 PM
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Rivet Master Commercial Member
1993 34' Excella
York
, South Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,417
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Dang I love this place.
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WBCCI #268 Palmetto State Airstream Club 22
Region 3 Past President....come with us, you will like it.
Go often to the house of a friend, for weeds choke the unused path........Emerson
Are you kind?..... Uncle John's Band
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05-02-2013, 08:23 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2007 25' Safari
Fairhope
, Alabama
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 305
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Enjoying Cloudland Canyon,GA
.... or about to begin!
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Tom and Robin
2007 Safari 25' FB Twin
"If you have to go through a minefield....follow somebody"
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05-03-2013, 04:12 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1988 32' Excella
Bonita
, California
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 325
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A Fathers Love.
This is an easy win for my wife and I. Those who know us have no argument, no rebuttal. Our rig and theme is completely flamingo. I have dozens of photos I could post that would represent this fact. We would go up against anyone with joy for the competition in this issue. Instead I want to take the time to honor my father who has put up with my crap seance birth. He will likely never see this post and I have always looked for a way to post it without causing him embarrassment. My parents are the reason for my interest in camping and air-streaming as an adult. I moved away from from parents as a young adult and started a new life on the opposite coast of this country. I don't often have the time to go home to visit because of work and life as is goes. My wife and I sent them some flamingos one year and this photo is what we got in return. I love my parents very much but as they age their ability to camp with there friends and family becomes short. I regret never being able to pull our rig up next to theirs and fear the time will never come for that eventuality. Love you Dad. Thank You so Much. Cheers.
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05-03-2013, 04:22 AM
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
W
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Each month's contest is a real thrill. April just has to be a calendar - unbelievably beautiful and inspirational off the beaten track photos.
Now you've all made we want to buy flamingoes!!! And for a while in the 80s, my wife and I lived in Leominster, MA - yes, the home of the pink flamingo factory. Had I known then what I know now....
All the flamingo photos are cool but Rumship, what a great story about your dad and a great photo to boot!!
Just love this nutty group of streamers!!! :-)
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05-03-2013, 05:17 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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Just love this nutty group of streamers!!! :-)
Just WHO are you calling nutty??
Bob
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05-03-2013, 05:20 AM
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
W
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Originally Posted by ROBERT CROSS
Just WHO are you calling nutty??
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Well, for example, say you for starters :-)
And of course I include myself in this number of nuts!
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05-03-2013, 07:20 AM
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Rivet Master
1982 34' Limited
Brunswick
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2009
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The Flamingos Are enjoying the water view!
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1982 34' Limited
2000 Excursion V10 4x4
WBCCI #3321
TAC #GA-24
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05-03-2013, 08:58 AM
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Rivet Master
1999 25' Safari
Denver
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 2,781
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Here's our new ones ... Wendy
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AIR # 56543 TAC# CO-10
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05-03-2013, 07:47 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2011 28' Flying Cloud
Kingston
, Nova Scotia
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 130
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At Disney
Here is the troop at Disney.
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05-03-2013, 07:55 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1997 25' Safari
Yakima
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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RUMSHIP, if your dad has e-mail do him the honor and favor of sending him a link to this thread. He will be touched by your sentiments, I know I was.
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Dennis
1997 25' Safari
2012 Chevy Silverado HD 2500
Duramax/Allison
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05-03-2013, 10:01 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1985 31' Excella
Seguin
, Texas
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 113
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Flamingos at our unit's Christmas party...
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05-03-2013, 10:53 PM
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Rivet Master
Hampton
, New Hampshire
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RUMSHIP
This is an easy win for my wife and I. Those who know us have no argument, no rebuttal. Our rig and theme is completely flamingo. I have dozens of photos I could post that would represent this fact. We would go up against anyone with joy for the competition in this issue. Instead I want to take the time to honor my father who has put up with my crap seance birth. He will likely never see this post and I have always looked for a way to post it without causing him embarrassment. My parents are the reason for my interest in camping and air-streaming as an adult. I moved away from from parents as a young adult and started a new life on the opposite coast of this country. I don't often have the time to go home to visit because of work and life as is goes. My wife and I sent them some flamingos one year and this photo is what we got in return. I love my parents very much but as they age their ability to camp with there friends and family becomes short. I regret never being able to pull our rig up next to theirs and fear the time will never come for that eventuality. Love you Dad. Thank You so Much. Cheers.
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Not sure if this is the best picture, and I know this is a picture contest, but this the best story ever - hands down, winner in my mind. Love it.
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Brad (The Slowsky's)
2019 Airstream Classic 30RBT, 2021 Ford F350 King Ranch 4X4 w/6.7L Diesel, Hensley, ACI #1313
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