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08-28-2006, 02:20 PM
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Addicted to Aluminum
1959 18' "Footer"
1964 24' Tradewind
1954 29' Liner
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,015
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Our most precarious site yet...
... we just got back from Cumberland Falls, Ky this weekend. the camp sites were, shall we say... "quaint"... oh she'll technically FIT a 24 footer, SOMEHOW. with the trade wind 2 feet off the road, our back end was hanging high and dry in mid-air! no stabilizers! needless to say, we slept light. good thing the toilet didn't work. ha!
anyone else set up in a less-than-desireable spot like this?
jp
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08-28-2006, 02:23 PM
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Vintage Alum. Enthusiast
1959 24' Tradewind
Phoenix
, Arizona
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: I currently do not own a 2nd Airstream
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A less-than-desireable spot like this? No way - our toilet works. 
Did you guys sleep in the front of the trailer? Good thing your rig doesn't suffer the dreaded tail sag.
Brad
FF
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I'm haunted by aluminum.
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08-28-2006, 02:29 PM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Aug 2002
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shoulda brought the drill and rivet gun!
perfect spot for belly pan maintinence!
john
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08-28-2006, 02:32 PM
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Rivet Master 
2005 28' International CCD
Ottawa
, Ontario
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 587
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Holy smokes Batman...
Precarious is right!
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08-28-2006, 02:34 PM
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We can tow it!
1996 28' Excella
Where the water tastes like wine
, Michigan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,625
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A cantilevered Airstream!!
Talk about finding out the hard way, glad nothing bad happened...
It is a lovely place, Cumberland Falls, but I guess you have definitively answered my consideration of the campground. We had stopped at the main resort part near the falls a few years back but never looked at the campground itself. Saw a few reviews that said sites were tight, but holy Toledo!! Too bad they can't improve or enlarge sites somewhere else, I wonder if that Dupont Lodge really brings in all that much revenue? Maybe they could put in a better campground ...
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08-28-2006, 02:49 PM
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Rivet Master
1972 27' Overlander
Longmont
, Colorado
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 951
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I'm pretty sure I would have drug the picnic table over and jammed it up in under the bumper somehow! But good thing you don't have a rear-door rig...
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08-28-2006, 02:59 PM
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Addicted to Aluminum
1959 18' "Footer"
1964 24' Tradewind
1954 29' Liner
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,015
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the RV weren't-a-rockin THAT night! haha! this is a perfect example of why i HATE reserving spots on the internet. the falls were great, the hikes were awesome, but the campsites... well... let's put it this way, the guy across the street from us filled his spot with a goldwing motorcycle POP-UP trailer!
privacy, not EVEN an option... definitely one of those capsites you stop in, and get out first thing, or use it as a base for seeing everything BUT the campsite. oh well... lesson learned. at least the place was empty. just us and a few pop-ups at the end.
here's another pic from the front.
jp
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08-28-2006, 03:03 PM
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Rivet Master
1960 22' Safari
in the wilderness
, The great Mojave Desert
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 4,077
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Holey schmoley! That is beyond my comfort zone.
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08-28-2006, 03:03 PM
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Moderator
2015 25' FB Flying Cloud
2012 23' FB Flying Cloud
2005 25' Safari
Santa Rosa Beach
, Florida
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Cooooool picture; it's sure to become an Airstream classic.
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08-28-2006, 03:08 PM
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Addicted to Aluminum
1959 18' "Footer"
1964 24' Tradewind
1954 29' Liner
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,015
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my own aluminum teeter-totter. living on the edge... literally! haha!
jp
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08-28-2006, 03:45 PM
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Rivet Master
2004 22' International CCD
Spotsylvania
, Virginia
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 663
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The last time I saw a trailer hangin' in the wind like that, I was watching "The Long Long Trailer". 
Well, I guess there was a lovely view from the rear window, if you dared to go back there! 
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2004 22' CCD
1997 F-150
TAC VA-12
AIR# 4749
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08-28-2006, 04:16 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
2000 31' Land Yacht
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 497
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More than once we had to park our Coleman pop-up like that. We had to keep it attached to the car so it wouldn't tip when we used the rear bed. Not fun.
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08-28-2006, 04:30 PM
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Rivet Master
1958 22' Flying Cloud
1956 30' Sovereign of the Road
1963 16' Bambi
Southeastern Area
, Tennessee
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,116
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A-Merry-Can, you are BRAVE . . . . very VERY BRAVE! "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" comes to mind ~  ~ "D@mn! We're in a tight spot!"
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08-28-2006, 04:31 PM
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Rivet Master
1995 30' Limited
Ashland
, Missouri
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,610
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I think I'd have pulled forward (not a time to make a mistake and hit reverse!) amd parked it right on the edge of the road and set my emergency brake, hard. Or left to find some other campgroud, maybe a Walmart! I feel sick just looking at that photo! ~G
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1995 Airstream Classic Limited 30' ~ Gypsy
1978 Argosy Minuet, 6.0~Minnie/GPZWGN
Chev Silverado 2500HD Duramax/Allison, 4X4, Crew Cab
WBCCI #5013 AIR #2908
WDCU
Go, Mizzou...Tigers on the prowl!
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08-28-2006, 05:22 PM
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Rivet Master
1994 21' Sovereign
Down on the corner...
, CT
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Holy Cow.....That's nuts!!!! I could never have slept there....
I have a funny story.... We were camping up in NH about a month ago and we were on a slight bank....nothing like that....well I woke up in the middle of the night and I could swear we were rolling down the hill! It took me what seemed like forever to get my heart rate to calm down...No heights for me! 
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08-28-2006, 06:26 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,617
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Not me, I would not park my trailer like that. I noticed that the streetside wheel is not chocked either 
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Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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08-28-2006, 06:35 PM
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Naysayer
1968 24' Tradewind
Russellville
, earth
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 4,962
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On the other hand, who is afraid to walk in the back of their camper when it is disconect but not stabilized? I do it all the time. Strikes me a psychological issue more than anything.
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08-28-2006, 08:37 PM
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Addicted to Aluminum
1959 18' "Footer"
1964 24' Tradewind
1954 29' Liner
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,015
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A-Merry-Can, you are BRAVE . . . . very VERY BRAVE! "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" comes to mind ~ ~ "D@mn! We're in a tight spot!" |
ha! one of my favorite movies!
jp
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08-28-2006, 08:40 PM
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Addicted to Aluminum
1959 18' "Footer"
1964 24' Tradewind
1954 29' Liner
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,015
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On the other hand, who is afraid to walk in the back of their camper when it is disconect but not stabilized? I do it all the time. Strikes me a psychological issue more than anything.
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with a full cooler of beer counterweight in the front, she was alright... got a little hairy as the night went on, though.
jp
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08-28-2006, 08:47 PM
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Rivet Master
1978 Argosy Minuet 6.7 Metre
1989 29' Excella
Lorain County
, Ohio
Join Date: Jul 2003
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with a full cooler of beer counterweight in the front, she was alright... got a little hairy as the night went on, though.
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Gives new meaning to the term "hang over"!!!!
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