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Our adventures with the Airstream - a 2006 19' Safari SE.

Trips, tips...and troubles too. We learn something new each time we take our Bambi out.
Will include links to sites we think are helpful. Trip initiation date (YYMMDD) is in the blog entry title.

130917 - Selling Bambi, Buying Flying Cloud

Posted 09-19-2013 at 07:31 PM by chbocca (Toaster Travels)
Updated 09-21-2013 at 08:28 AM by chbocca

After nearly eight full years in our 2006 19' Bambi, we decided it was time to upgrade to a new 25' Flying Cloud.

One of best things about the upgrade is that, while new and bigger, it's very familiar...and all the lessons-learned still apply.

Looking back at our adventures, there are so many memories! Perhaps some favorites:

Trip To Grand Canyon - Described in series of posts from June 16, 2006, where we visited Needles, Grand Canyon, Lowell Observatory,...

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130819 - Oregon Coast Down

Posted 09-19-2013 at 05:40 PM by chbocca (Toaster Travels)
Updated 09-19-2013 at 05:49 PM by chbocca

Tags cafe c'est la vie, depoe bay, lincoln city, prairie creek redwoods, tidal waves seafood grill

We enjoyed mostly sun during our great stay in Bella Beach Bungalow, so we took many walks to beach, sunbathing nearly everyday.

Exploration nearby included trips to Lincoln City History Museum and Mossy Creek Pottery. We purchased live clams and fresh fish for dinner at the house, as well as prepared soup from Dungesness Crab Chowder at The Soup's On restaurant.

We also enjoyed riding bikes and simply walking the grounds in and around Bella Beach community. Pretty...

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130819 - Oregon Coast Up

Posted 09-19-2013 at 03:14 PM by chbocca (Toaster Travels)
Updated 09-19-2013 at 03:31 PM by chbocca

Tags bella beach, charles schulz museum, harris state park, trinidad, tugman state park

Planned for last year, but postponed until this year. We visited Oregon Coast finally in August for first time. We scheduled one week up, one week renting house on beach, and one week back. All along US 101.

First stop was familiar Petaluma at the KOA North San Fransisco. We actually stayed a couple days. We visited the fun Charles Schulz Museum and the beautiful grounds at Luther Home and Gardens. We also enjoyed nice company of artists Caryn Fried and Wayne Reynolds, including eating...

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130522 - Monterey

Posted 09-11-2013 at 02:11 PM by chbocca (Toaster Travels)

Tags cannery row, crystal rose collection, fish hopper, moss point, pezzini farms

We returned again to enjoy the bike path on Fisherman's Wharf and visit the Monterey Aquarium.

We've learned to park at the public lot near the Naval Post Graduate School, then take the bike path in. Near the school, we stopped at the eclectic Crystal Rose Collection.

We rode the bikes to the aquarium, in fact, where lockers were available for our helmets. That enabled us to stroll around the aquarium and then Cannery Row afterward, including great lunch at The Fish Hopper....

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130411 - Big Sur

Posted 09-11-2013 at 10:35 AM by chbocca (Toaster Travels)
Updated 09-11-2013 at 01:20 PM by chbocca

Tags pfeiffer falls, ventana restaurant

A perfect springtime drive up California Hwy 1 through poppies and wildflowers to one of our favorite campgrounds Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park.

Beautiful weather, spectacular views, great bike rides and easy hike to Pfeiffer Falls.

We stayed three nights. One night, we went out for great drinks and dinner at The Restaurant at Ventana. We actually arrived a little early, but the gracious host welcomed us to the bar and patio with spectacular views.

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