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08-17-2021, 08:37 AM
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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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That day is here
Today I tow our trailer for the last time.
Too sick and rickety to hitch and tow anymore.
My buddy is coming over and he'll hitch it up and we'll tow the trailer off to be sold.
Sigh.
However in looking back. I have had a blast boon docking, rallies and traveling.
Courtesy parking will still be offered more so than ever just so I can see an Airstream in the yard.
Travel safe and enjoy the adventure.
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I'd rather be boon docking in the desert.
WBCCI 3344 FCU
AIR# 13896
CA 4
Yes, we have courtesy parking for you. About an hour North of Los Angeles.
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08-17-2021, 08:54 AM
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Rivet Master
2005 25' International CCD
Westlake Village
, California
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 508
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Could say passing the torch. Now others has the opportunity to experience what we do or have done. That’s a great exchange !
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08-17-2021, 10:26 AM
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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
Posts: 13,159
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Farewell, old Friend. That day is coming for all of us. You should consider staying on the Forums as you can still provide sage insight.
Brian
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SuEllyn & Brian McCabe
WBCCI #3628 -- AIR #14872 -- TAC #FL-7
2015 FC 25' FB (Lucy) with ProPride
2020 Silverado 2500 (Vivian)
2023 Rivian R1T (Opal)
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08-17-2021, 10:57 AM
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Site Team
2009 25' FB International
2018 27' Globetrotter
Tavares
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,726
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goin camping
Today I tow our trailer for the last time.
Too sick and rickety to hitch and tow anymore.
My buddy is coming over and he'll hitch it up and we'll tow the trailer off to be sold.
Sigh.
However in looking back. I have had a blast boon docking, rallies and traveling.
Courtesy parking will still be offered more so than ever just so I can see an Airstream in the yard.
Travel safe and enjoy the adventure.
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Sad but understandable. You have been a member here for many, many years. The advice to stay on the forum makes a lot of sense. And, yes that day will come for all of us.
Any idea how many miles you have traveled with your AS? What has been some highlights? Just curious.
Thanks and best wishes!
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08-17-2021, 11:16 AM
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Master of Universe
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Grand Junction
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 12,711
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Yes, the hitch gets heavier every year, setting up and breaking down is slower and there are more aches and pains. Towing a couple of hundred miles seems like an eternity and those cross country trips are becoming a distant memory. Adjusting as we age is not easy. Our bodies don't always obey our minds.
Sorry to hear that time to sell your trailer has come. I've been reading your posts for a very long time and hope to see more.
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Gene
The Airstream is sold; a 2016 Nash 24M replaced it.
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08-17-2021, 11:17 AM
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Rivet Master
2012 Avenue Coach
Corpus Christi
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 1,719
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goin camping
Today I tow our trailer for the last time.
Too sick and rickety to hitch and tow anymore.
My buddy is coming over and he'll hitch it up and we'll tow the trailer off to be sold.
Sigh.
However in looking back. I have had a blast boon docking, rallies and traveling.
Courtesy parking will still be offered more so than ever just so I can see an Airstream in the yard.
Travel safe and enjoy the adventure.
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If you're like me, the bad memories of traveling fade quickly (sometimes becoming humorous before fading) and the good memories stay. Hold those good memories close.
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08-17-2021, 03:49 PM
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Naysayer
1968 24' Tradewind
Russellville
, earth
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 4,968
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Sorry to hear that, thanks for your many contributions here over the years.
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08-17-2021, 04:06 PM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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'We are all traveling the same road, some just further along than others.'
RLC
Be well & stay happy...
Bob
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I’m done with ‘adulting’…Let’s go find Bigfoot.
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08-17-2021, 07:40 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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You guys are not going to get rid of me this easy.
While I can't do it anymore I still want to and will enjoy reading what you all are up to and where.
Oh man, So many stories of perfect and trips from hell in my memory and we enjoyed them all. Best thing to take on a trip is your sense of humor.
Sitting in the middle of a 800 acre ranch all alone when a window shattered, raining, fridge crapped out and the batteries dying. Tarp the window, heat up the canned beans and continue to enjoy.
Forum rallies with a margarita ball. How we got back to the trailer we'll never know.
Loved every minute of it. I hope you all can and do as well.
More stories later. One thing us geezers can do is tell stories. 
Courtesy parking reasons in effect and I hope you will stop in and hopefully we'll share stories and laughter.
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I'd rather be boon docking in the desert.
WBCCI 3344 FCU
AIR# 13896
CA 4
Yes, we have courtesy parking for you. About an hour North of Los Angeles.
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08-17-2021, 07:47 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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OK, got some emails about selling the trailer.
If you want to save a few bucks and are willing to buy it fully stocked instead of stripped, cleaned and prepped for sale.
Call Uwe at Area 63 and tell him you are interested in Milo's trailer as is. If this helps you. Good.
Original outside and inside except for curtains and fridge. All water and electrical and gas systems replaced. So she looks original but the systems are new.
1960 22 footer Safari, land Yacht, International (Says so on the glued warranty and attached badging). Twin beds with an upper bunk bed and went on a Wally Caravan in the 60's to Mexico.
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I'd rather be boon docking in the desert.
WBCCI 3344 FCU
AIR# 13896
CA 4
Yes, we have courtesy parking for you. About an hour North of Los Angeles.
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08-17-2021, 08:32 PM
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Rivet Master
1969 18' Caravel
Greenville
, whereEverIroam
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 1,412
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You are legend.
The memories blur, but the smiles never fade.
May we all have the good luck to travel as far, and the wisdom to know when to come home.
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08-17-2021, 09:58 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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PS if you were pulling your Airstream on Hwy 138 near Landers/Flamingo Heights today.
That was me waving at you.
Thank you for being there for my last Airstreamer to Airstreamer wave.
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I'd rather be boon docking in the desert.
WBCCI 3344 FCU
AIR# 13896
CA 4
Yes, we have courtesy parking for you. About an hour North of Los Angeles.
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08-18-2021, 06:57 AM
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Rivet Master
2016 23' International
Centennial
, Colorado
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,684
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I love your wonderful attitude about this rite of passage you are experiencing and I am so grateful you will still be here. I love reading your posts. You are an inspiration.
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Steve "Centennial Man"
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09-06-2021, 09:40 AM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,618
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It is with great sadness that I pass along the news that Milo (Goin Camping) passed away on the 31st of August. Rest in Peace my friend...
Attachment 403545
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Richard
Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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09-06-2021, 09:54 AM
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Naysayer
1968 24' Tradewind
Russellville
, earth
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 4,968
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Quote:
Originally Posted by azflycaster
It is with great sadness that I pass along the news that Milo (Goin Camping) passed away on the 31st of August. Rest in Peace my friend...
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Thanks for passing this on. Glad he got to Airstream right up to the end. There is a lot to be said for that.
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09-06-2021, 12:48 PM
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Rivet Master
1962 28' Ambassador
1961 19' Globetrotter
1962 26' Overlander
Mesa
, Arizona
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 5,996
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Rest in Peace Goin Camping, enjoyed your good humored postings here over the years.
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Hittenstiehl
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09-06-2021, 01:20 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
2021 28' International
Knoxville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 372
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Condolences to his family and friends.
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09-06-2021, 01:28 PM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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"There is no death, only a change of worlds"
Chief Seattle
Bob
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I’m done with ‘adulting’…Let’s go find Bigfoot.
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09-06-2021, 02:11 PM
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Master of Universe
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Grand Junction
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 12,711
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So many I remember and probably even more Forum members I have forgotten have disappeared. Sometimes we learn their time was up. I think more often we never learn. Milo joined a year before I did and I never met him, but have read scores and scores of his posts.
I thought just yesterday of starting a thread “where have they gone?”. I guess that’s what you do when you are feeling your mortality. Anyone who wants to start that thread, be my guest. Just let me know.
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Gene
The Airstream is sold; a 2016 Nash 24M replaced it.
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09-06-2021, 02:17 PM
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Rivet Master
1979 23' Safari
1954 29' Liner
Orange
, California
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,850
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Richard,
Thank you for that sad information.
Bill
Quote:
Originally Posted by azflycaster
It is with great sadness that I pass along the news that Milo (Goin Camping) passed away on the 31st of August. Rest in Peace my friend...
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Bill Kerfoot, WBCCI/VAC/CAC/El Camino Real Unit #5223
Just my personal opinion
1973 Dodge W200 PowerWagon, 1977 Lincoln Continental, 2014 Dodge Durango
1979 23' Safari, and 1954 29' Double Door Liner Orange, CA
https://billbethsblog.blogspot.com/
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