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Markj55 · 12-13-2013, 07:09 PM

I see a lot of familiar avatars when I'm on the forum researching or catching up on the latest.......??? Anyway, I was wondering that if all of you were honest, how much time do you spend on the forum vs traveling in your Airstream ?...... PharmGeek you're exempt from this one and congrats to you..... Columbus has finally sailed. Bob C, you however are not exempt. :wink:

For all of you, I am curious just how much time you really spend a year 'traveling' in your Airstream ? And, why not more?

Since picking mine up 4th of July, I've spent about 32 nights in mine.
I hope spend around 80 nights or more a year.

Please share

andreasduess · 12-13-2013, 07:12 PM

It's winter in the frozen North. Browsing the forums is as close as I can get to camping these months.

switz · 12-13-2013, 07:17 PM

Traded the first trailer in and delivered it to the dealer in early October. The next one will be built starting 9 January. Lots of time to read and discover great suggestions to incorporate into either the trailer of stuff inside it.

robineb · 12-13-2013, 07:25 PM

Okay, since Nov. 15, we are full-time. So a lot of time. On the forum--maybe check in in the a.m., more at night (i.e., now)

mstephens · 12-13-2013, 07:38 PM

We did about 90 nights this year.

Goal15 · 12-13-2013, 07:42 PM

For now we only get to do about 30 nights a year. Once we sell house, hope to do many more weekends, and retirement is about 4 years off and hope to do at least 100 nights then. So in the off-season I'm on Forums several times a day

richinny · 12-13-2013, 07:52 PM

i winter in mine and about a week a month at one location up north so about 6 months a year between two locations.

i get off the forum to eat and sometimes sleep. i'm always learning from the talented people here!

TBRich · 12-13-2013, 08:01 PM

We will have spent 99 days on the road with the Bambi during 2013 by the end of the Holidays.

dkottum · 12-13-2013, 08:15 PM

Six to seven months a year touring about the country on the way to destinations in the south for winter. This is our fifth year with Airstreams, sure beats the many years with VW Camper vans for comfort but not for touring.

PharmGeek · 12-13-2013, 08:30 PM

Since 11/15/13

8 nights since pickup date above

We've stayed a few nights in it in backyard during some aspects of kitchen renovation - as we are right now with new hardwoods being re-sanded and refinished and house is noxious - not a prob with second home in backyard

I would guess I will see 20-30 nights camping in 2014 - wife switched jobs and some limitations in leave for a couple years - we shall see

Lovin life

Markj55 · 12-13-2013, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mstephens

We did about 90 nights this year.

That's what I'm talking about..... Wonderful isn't it!

Markj55 · 12-13-2013, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richinny

i winter in mine and about a week a month at one location up north so about 6 months a year between two locations.

i get off the forum to eat and sometimes sleep. i'm always learning from the talented people here!

I agree, a lot of great information and some good humor too!

Markj55 · 12-13-2013, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBRich

We will have spent 99 days on the road with the Bambi during 2013 by the end of the Holidays.

Are you retired ?

Markj55 · 12-13-2013, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PharmGeek

Since 11/15/13

8 nights since pickup date above

We've stayed a few nights in it in backyard during some aspects of kitchen renovation - as we are right now with new hardwoods being re-sanded and refinished and house is noxious - not a prob with second home in backyard

I would guess I will see 20-30 nights camping in 2014 - wife switched jobs and some limitations in leave for a couple years - we shall see

Lovin life

Hey PharmGeek, you were exempt... Ha ha.... Again congrats on the new baby! Any name yet? And there's nothing wrong with camping in the back yard as long as your wife knows......

RickDavis · 12-13-2013, 09:00 PM

usually 100 to 120 nights per year

drew05 · 12-13-2013, 09:02 PM

We try to camp (or is it glamping) 1 weekend (3-4 days) a month between April and November, with a 7-10 day longer trip thrown in. Our current work schedule limits the number of weekends we both have off.

Sbb · 12-13-2013, 09:07 PM

I got 160 nights in 2013 both for work and pleasure. Now we r in winter, so used for naps couple times a week or just as a little escape.

PhilipKS · 12-13-2013, 09:20 PM

I've lived in mine full time since Sept. 2011. Baby gets new shoes tomorrow morning, then the first trip in a long time next week. Nice to be mobile, insured, and hooked up again!

Lara Me · 12-13-2013, 10:50 PM

When we did the "math" to see if the AS was a good purchase decision, we figured we'd need to use it about 3 nights avg a month to have it pencil out. We based this on what we'd spend on a hotel room, and having the trailer would have the forcing effect of making us actually get out on weekends. Winter messes up that calculation a bit, but Oct we did 2 nights, and Nov we got in 7 nights, so we are exceeding our min average so far. Dec-Feb will be tough unless we can get south.

30 nights a year is the min goal.

webspinner · 12-14-2013, 12:39 AM

We do about 60 nights per year in the Airstream, some pure vacation, some logging in to work via DSL line.

I check the forum daily when I'm at home. And when I'm home, I'm often planning, researching or working on the tail end of our interior re-do.

All of it is valuable, refreshing and rewarding. I honestly think that I wouldn't enjoy the trailer half so much if it didn't give me something to tinker on and a bunch of great people to yack to about it.