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07-18-2018, 06:13 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 27' International
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Boulder City
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Fake News- Airstream
The only thing that popped on my last Off the Grid Boondocking trip to Wyoming in my Airstream... was a bottle cap.
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07-18-2018, 06:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Eklund
The only thing that popped on my last Off the Grid Boondocking trip to Wyoming in my Airstream... was a bottle cap.
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07-18-2018, 06:42 PM
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Corpus Christi
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Ha! Many in the multitudes will be (choose one: happy/disappointed) to hear that.
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07-18-2018, 06:48 PM
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Rivet Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Eklund
The only thing that popped on my last Off the Grid Boondocking trip to Wyoming in my Airstream... was a bottle cap.
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Just one?
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07-18-2018, 06:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Morgan
Just one?
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Now thats fake news!
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07-18-2018, 07:18 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 27' International
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Boulder City
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One Gallon Diesel- 1,254.1 miles
While on a camping trip, towing a 25 foot Airstream, I went from San Francisco to Denver, Colorado on less than one gallon of Diesel. A 1,254.1 mile, one way, trip.
The tow bill was $5,234.00.
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07-18-2018, 07:56 PM
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Rivet Master
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Boulder City
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Hydrogen is lighter than Air...
My mini car was seriously overloaded. The bumper was almost dragging the asphalt.
My 34 foot Airstream was overloaded with corn dogs and beer.
My neighbor, Goober, uses Helium in his Tow Vehicle and Trailer tires at 80psi. Heavy gas in a tire is counter productive, he says. He’s the expert. I said… “Lets Do It’.
The Helium replaced the Nitrogen and took care of everything. I had more carrying load capacity, using a lighter gas in my tires. So I attached the four bicycles onto the back of the trailer.
Volkswagen ‘bugs' can tow anything... as long as you have Michelin 16” LTX Tires on the the Tow Bug and Trailer.
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07-18-2018, 08:24 PM
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Repossessed Airstream... Hong Kong Bank
My Airstream is to be repossessed. The loan was through a Chinese Bank in Hong Kong.
Federal Law says that a Chinese Bank in Hong Kong cannot repossess an Airstream made in the USA. Only those parts that are made in China.
All I have left are five loose Michelin tires, two propane tanks and three rolls of toilet paper.
(OK, that is it. Fake Airstream News... is for everyone participating.)
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07-18-2018, 09:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Eklund
While on a camping trip, towing a 25 foot Airstream, I went from San Francisco to Denver, Colorado on less than one gallon of Diesel. A 1,254.1 mile, one way, trip.
The tow bill was $5,234.00.
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That’s bullshot, because that tow bill would cost a tenth of that. You need to stop treating us like fools Ray. I am on to you Ray, and I’m not buying it.
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07-18-2018, 09:53 PM
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4 Rivet Member
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lol.........lol
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07-19-2018, 05:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Morgan
That’s bullshot, because that tow bill would cost a tenth of that. You need to stop treating us like fools Ray. I am on to you Ray, and I’m not buying it.
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Canadian Dollars, not US.
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07-19-2018, 06:33 AM
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Two well used, dinged up, dusty, folding Lawn Chairs
Nancy and I have traveled in our Airstream for many miles and weeks of our lives. The Airstream remained. Tow vehicles, replaced.
Two items that were precious to Nancy and myself… were the two well used, dinged up, dusty…folding Lawn Chairs.
The campsites were always situated high and dry. Out of the brisk winds at elevation. Chosen for the best views. Far away from the noises of civilization, but among the sounds of curious birds and the wind through the pine needles, whispering gently, asking that we stay a day or two.
The lawn chairs were always the last to be tossed into the bed of the pickup, but always the first to be taken out. Unfolded, side to side in front of our Airstream, facing Sunset.
When my wife passed, I loaded up half as many supplies as before. Some items were missing, as I had forgotten to use the check lists that Nancy spent so many years perfecting. There was no one to remind me there were empty spaces, which use to be full.
Two items that were not forgotten, were the two well used, dinged up, dusty… folding Lawn Chairs. Each were loaded in the same manner, unloaded, and set up next to our Airstream towards Sunset.
That Sunset, I had more of those best conversations between a couple, married for so many decades. Only one of those well used, dinged up, dusty… folding Lawn Chairs was used that evening. But the memories filled both.
(Often too many of us forget what is most important in our lives… To me… are those two well used, dinged up, dusty folding Lawn Chairs. A sense of humor. Being able to laugh at one’s self and the other's. Talking with one another about anything, even if it is only a glance and smile. When so much news is Fake today… our Airstream and those two well used, dinged up, dust lawn chairs are important and real.)
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07-19-2018, 06:36 AM
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Friends. Post #12 is Fake News.
This a reminder if you cannot enjoy a few laughs together, shed tears among ourselves over good or bad news, disagree on any subject dear to your hearts...
Celebrate the passing of a spouse doing what you would have done together.
When my or Nancy's life end... we will have those two well used, dinged up, dusty, folding chairs facing Sunset to continue those long conversations as if we both were there, together.
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07-19-2018, 06:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Eklund
Friends. Post #12 is Fake News.
This a reminder if you cannot enjoy a few laughs together, shed tears among ourselves over good or bad news, disagree on any subject dear to your hearts...
Celebrate the passing of a spouse doing what you would have done together.
When my or Nancy's life end... we will have those two well used, dinged up, dusty, folding chairs facing Sunset to continue those long conversations as if we both were there, together.
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So glad that is fake news, but your point is very, very well taken! Thanks Ray
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07-19-2018, 08:50 AM
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Ray, I'm so sorry to hear of Nancy's passing. Your lovely stories of the many trips you took together will linger here forever.
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07-19-2018, 10:44 PM
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Corona
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Fake News- Airstream
Ray, I’ve always claimed the truth should never stand in the way of telling a good story. I certainly hope Nancy read this one before you posted it. Well told!!
My wife showed me a picture of a backyard patio of a house for sale. It showed a single rocking chair on the back porch looking out at the garden. It was immediately obvious why the house was for sale. The spouse had probably passed, and the memories had become too much to bear for the survivor...
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08-13-2018, 09:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hittenstiehl
Ray, I'm so sorry to hear of Nancy's passing. Your lovely stories of the many trips you took together will linger here forever.
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Hittenstiehl... thank you for your response, but it was Fake News. The rest of the post is true. Nancy did approve the posting for the thought it carried. Waking up with an unexplained 'knot on the head' was avoided.
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08-13-2018, 02:34 PM
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Rivet Master
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On the 'Level' always
When we Boondock in the Rocky Mountains, we locate the flat spots on our State Road Map and do not need leveling blocks. The maps are free.
State and Federal campsites are graded by experts who understand that it is easier to back a trailer onto a level pad, any brush and low tree limbs trimmed back and the Pit House has a working vent fan.
There is a perfectly logical reason why rolls of narrow toilet paper are secured with a large padlock. Uhhh... well, there may have been.
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08-13-2018, 02:44 PM
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Trailer For Sale... or not
I was admiring a 25 foot Airstream parked outside a Truck Stop in New Mexico, when a couple appeared and were very curious about what an Airstream looked like, inside.
"Go help yourself, take a good look."
Nancy honked the horn to let me know everything was loaded and time to go.
As we drove off, the owners of the Airstream were just getting close enough to the open door to visit their new found friends.
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08-13-2018, 02:50 PM
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While towing through Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming not long ago, we have time to make fun of ourselves, frequently. Now that we are home for a week... none come to mind now and we should have written the ideas down.
Traveling down deserted State Highways with tears of laughter flowing, making up stories. Now that we are back home... we already miss these long drives to who knows where. But forgot... everything. Next time... pen and paper.
A good story is a terrible thing to misplace...
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