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On the road

Posted 05-01-2011 at 07:11 PM by idmtman

Finally on the road. Now to keep away from severe weather... don't travel to the south, avoid the blizzards on the northern plains. How do we get to Virginia?

First night in Nampa, Idaho. Second night at Willard Bay near Ogden, Utah. Tonight in Rock Springs, Wyoming. So far we've avoided most of the negative weather and plan to stay north.

Good roads and only paid...

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idmtman

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Second Camping Season

Posted 04-24-2011 at 07:01 PM by Bowmans (This blog shows our renovation of a 1979 Sovereign 31' center bath AS)
Updated 04-26-2015 at 09:20 PM by Bowmans

Since our Airstream was a ways from home over the winter season, we didn't get to see how it was until this month (Aug 10-Apr 11). I was worried about posible leaks over the winter.

Everything was in excellent condition and even smelled good inside even though it had been closed up for that long.

We had only one small leak in the front window which was probably from the old seal there. They need to be replaced. It was a minimal leak and just wetted the edge of...

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It's hard to be good...

Posted 04-20-2011 at 10:25 PM by DKB_SATX

So, we bought our Argosy before we really intended to. I had been looking even before I knew whether or not it would be practical to buy, and only a few weeks after we found out we were staying in Fort Worth for at least 3 more years (and therefore a trailer was feasible) I stumbled upon the Argosy before I even bought a truck... we're first refinancing to a fixed note on the house before buying a tow vehicle (neither of our cars is anywhere near capable.)

It's HARD to wait! I really...

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Sylvia is home... the work continues

Posted 04-18-2011 at 04:45 PM by idmtman

Tags repair

Picked up the AS from the dealer last week and first thing I noticed a little moisture in the rear compartment. It was definitely less than before so I dried it out (again!) and started checking all the other jooints in the area. I noticed the right tailight had some missing caulk on the side which is very close to where the leak is. I repaired the tailight caulk and we had two days of continuous rain and all is dry. I'm not ready to say it is fixed just yet, but so far so good.

My...

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Agua Caliente SD County Park

Posted 03-08-2011 at 01:23 PM by wilkes711 (JoyRidin Airstream)

Woke Friday morning to clouds and cold temperature - I know, 50 is not bad, but we are spoiled Californians! Knowing it was going to rain all day Saturday didn't deter us. 4 hours later, we were at camp - what a pleasant surprise! Beautiful, wide, full hook-ups, against a hill so the view was a beautiful, quiet, serene desert vista. We walked, explored different hiking and off-road trails. In the evening, we jumped in the clean indoor hot spring pool at camp. Every night, we were treated to...

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