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Edie · 04-24-2004, 05:13 PM

It seems to me that some of us use our Airstreams to camp in style, and others of us use our Airstreams as stylish travel lodgings.

Which category do you fall into?

wahoonc · 04-24-2004, 05:29 PM

Right now mine is keeping the grass from growing so I don't have to mow it

It is also consuming my spending allowance at an alarming rate

But the reason we bought it was to camp in the lap of luxury

well at least have a well built hard side around us.

Aaron

Porky Pig · 04-24-2004, 06:17 PM

We're out on the road ... livin' in high style ... fulltiming for almost a month now. Currently we are parked in the middle of an orange grove in Bakersfield.

Life is certainly wonderful.

john hd · 04-24-2004, 07:46 PM

edie

all of the above!

makes a pretty nice base camp for deer hunting too!

john

**Janet H** · 04-25-2004, 10:37 AM

Yes, yes and yes.

Rog0525 · 04-25-2004, 02:27 PM

I use my Caravel for camping wherever the road takes me, whether in the lap of luxury or mingling with tent campers. Prestige was not a factor for me in buying an Airstream. Longevity, reliability, style, easy towing and comfort led me to AS.

on edit......ok maybe just a little showing off.

InsideOut · 04-25-2004, 11:58 PM

We use it for all three...but enjoy camping in the lap of luxury best!

Shari

mandolindave · 04-28-2004, 02:28 PM

I bought an airsteam because I needed one. I had been sleeping in my van
at least 75 nights a year. Mostly at Bluegrass festivals. Mostly boondocking.
The daughters started tagging along and have major hair needs. Having
a trailer also lengthened the season. Now I am living in the lap of necessity.

till · 04-28-2004, 05:11 PM

I second Aaron!! Here, here. The man speaks the truth.
Though I wish the trailer would limit itself to my spending money and stay out of the house hold buget.

davidz71 · 04-28-2004, 08:25 PM

Well, I use to tent camp over 20 days a year in all kinds of weather. It might be 92 degrees/sunny one day and 14-28 degrees the next day. All but 2 of these days would be during deer hunting. Since I added turkey hunting in TN. 3 years ago, I have added another 10 days of using the Airstream as a hunting cabin during the spring season.

gryphon · 04-28-2004, 08:30 PM

We went to a family camping trip three years ago. Everyone in the family had tailers or popups except us.
We had to sleep on a air mattress in a small tent. It was awful. It rained the entire weekend and we were both miserable. I came back home early cause i felt so bad from the ground and damp.
We vowed we wouldn't go again until we had a trailer and of course the only trailer we wanted was an airstream. Hey we have not been in this area of the country to go to any of the later family camping trips. we are too busy being on the road!!!

tom & betsy

fbaileysr · 04-28-2004, 09:06 PM

I have been camping since the 60's. Started in tents, then a 5th wheel, then 3 different motor homes, then 3 different trailers and I have now purchased a AS. Based on all of the different types of campers I have owned, this is the best built unit of all. I hope to own my AS for a long time. My answer is yes to all three.

**jcanavera** · 05-05-2004, 04:42 PM

We haven't changed our camping tastes or locales since we bought the Airstream. Our tastes towards staying at sites with hookups started back in our pop up days.

Jack

Tinsel Loaf · 05-30-2004, 04:49 PM

It's just plain comfortable. After boy scout camping and military camping their is nothing like an Airstream. A home away from home.

silver suz · 05-30-2004, 05:15 PM

As a rolling "clean" house- and I'm not talking about dirt, but avoidance of chemicals.
I realised the other day I cant even remember having a window open in this house.( 11 years this july) Either it's too =too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, too windy, too polluted, too much pollen.Maybe I can experience again the simple joy of sleeping with the window open at night, if I'm upwind from everyone!!!!! WOW silver suz

Navigator · 06-03-2004, 07:40 PM

Romantic Interludes with my wife of 43 years; as of today as a matter of fact.

keithp · 06-12-2004, 05:42 PM

I use mine for business. Basically a luxury hotel room with cooking facilities that I can drag my computer and technical library around with me on my consulting assignments. I travel 35 to 46 weeks per year throughout the Southeast as a computer programmer/database consultant and I was sick of the Interstate motel ghettos and chain restaurants. To complicate life, I am a long term vegetarian and an avid cook, which in places like Andreson, SC is too weird for the local tastes. I bought my 30' Classic on May 3rd and now I actually enjoy Anderson (great campgrounds, especially Springfield on Lake Hartwell).

The main appeal of the Airstream was the sturdiness and engineering - Awesome! I love it so far.

Edie · 06-12-2004, 06:37 PM

Quote:

I travel 35 to 46 months per year

WOW! You do travel a lot!

j54mark · 06-12-2004, 06:50 PM

I vote "other". We use the Airstream for traveling when we travel, and camping when we camp.

Doesn't everyone?

Mark

Pahaska · 06-19-2004, 08:01 PM

I just came home from just under 4 weeks in our 25 Classic. I never once felt cramped or deprived in any way. I could very easily have stayed on the road another month.

The Airstream tows like a dream and attracts attention wherever we go.