The fulltiming adventure begins

[safari57]

Originally Posted by Gen Disarray

I had to google that one

Me too.

[wkerfoot]

Originally Posted by safari57

Me too.

Man, you guys are way too young. There were two PBS radio stations here in So Cal which would play "old time radio" all the time. I really miss them.

Bill

[eikel1we]

Was Fibber McGee and Molly also an early 50's tv show? Perhaps I remember mom telling me about that closet from the days of radio for entertainment!

You should see our self store unit! That thing is packed so tight NOTHING could fall out!!! And that's not all of it either since our move 4 yrs ago. Wish I knew what we'll need/want once we finally stop putting of the project of building another house.

You and Terry are doing a terrific job of adjusting to all the changes you've endured and with a smile yet !! You are blessed, many of us wouldn't be able to hold up.

Happy trails always ! sue

[Boondocker]

Originally Posted by wkerfoot

Man, you guys are way too young.
Bill

Could be, but my doctor assured me less than two weeks ago that I was outgrowing it

[safari57]

Gadzeeks, next thing you know you'll be referencing the Katz and Jammer kids or what ever they were called. Or that Lil Abner character. Man, those WERE simpler times when humor and entertainment did not require 300 people slaughtered, loud noise and flashing lights and all the stuff that goes with it. Mind you, there were a lot of other things not too polite going on in the world so it's all relevant I guess, but I still remember my dad laughing at Red Skelton, the other guy with the fiddle and Roscoe as his sidekick, and some of the other shows. I still remember the first TV viewing of the 1963 Corvette split window and I vowed I would get me one of those - and I've had almost every year BUT a '63.

But Fibber Magee and Molly goes WAY back.

Barry

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by safari57

Gadzeeks, next thing you know you'll be referencing the Katz and Jammer kids or what ever they were called. Or that Lil Abner character.

Barry

I have refrained till now of comparing myself to Joe Svelk, from Lil abner...

[Sugarfoot]

This past Sunday I had the privilege of meeting Terry and Marie as they swung through after the wedding for an overnight stay at the Georgia Mtn. Fairgrounds. I got to see Bertha as big as day, she's looks great, is quite a gal and is serving them well. All their hard work on her has paid off. Terry showed me first hand that the "Fibber Magee" closet effect can also exist in the overbed compartments.

Internet access for them right now isn't always accessible, but when they can I know they have more stories of their traveling and fulltiming adventure to share ~ just ask them about Route 64 through the "hills".

Godspeed Terry and Marie, and travel safe.

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by Sugarfoot

~ just ask them about Route 64 through the "hills".

We have returned to our point of departure, little the worse for wear. We had a sway issue that has been temproarily resolved, and it looks like the campground wi-fi is going to take longer than Nov. 1 to get online (Embarq can't be bothered for now with such trivial things).
We nearly rammed a tour bus on a hairpin curve on US 64, we managed to avoid the bus and the vertical cliffside by about an inch on each side.
A couple of the curves were so sharp, we reached the limit of travel on the sway bar, and bent the trailer hitch on the truck.
And then there were the 9%-11% grades...18mph, wide open in second gear. To quote Scotty, "That's all she's got, Cap'n, I canna Give ye any more!"...
We'll post pictures and more descriptions after we get internete service again, hopefully in a few days.
We enjoyed meeting our fellow forums members at Falluminum, and wish we could have met all the participants. From all reports, the "Not Ready for Prime Time Campers" were great.

[Boondocker]

HOLLY SMOKES!!! Sounds like a read adventure. I guess that exta 7 feet of camper really matters in hair pin country. When I have towed in that general corner of the country the Trade Wind stayed well behaved in the tighest of curves. I am suprised that yours wasn't. Can't wait to see the pictures!

[njoysrvin]

Sounds like you are set , but consider North Tx Airstream Community ...you can buy a lot for $2,000-$5,000 with full hook-ups.There are also villas ...low Tx taxes ....great community...close to Dallas/Fortworth. There aren't alot of frills to the community , but there is golf close by , as well a big lake. The site is: northtexasairstreamcommunity.org. So take a look . They're furbishing the terraport at this time.

[Jim & Susan]

Dang, we were in Brevard over the weekend. Wish I had known you were coming thru. I would have bought you that beer I owe you at the best Irish Pub in the world!

We drove the Hwy 64 stretch between Brevard and Highland recently. I gotta tell ya big guy, I would have never attempted that with the Airstream! Good on ya!

Jim

[bigeasy63]

Howdy. I haven't been on the forum for a while due to coaching a 9 - 10 year old football team and other things thats been keeping me busy. Now that the seasons done I can get back to the old AS. I read about the Hwy 64 trip...Holy S-curves Robin! Ga 75 through Helen is a mediun tough pull but about half way up you could stop at the Top of Georgia AS Park. Its just a few miles off 985 north of Atlanta. Too late now though. I hope things are well with you. I'm going to have to do some reading and catch up here on the forum. I also hope to take Bigeasy out before long.
Until next time... Rusty.

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by bigeasy63

Ga 75 through Helen is a mediun tough pull but about half way up you could stop at the Top of Georgia AS Park. Its just a few miles off 985 north of Atlanta. Too late now though.

We passed the TOG park on the way back down to mountain, we had started from the North, instead of South, where we normally would come from. Maybe next time I'll listen to Mapquest when it tries to route me an extra hundred miles around the most direct route--it may be for a good reason...

[overlander63]

Some of you with the patience to read through this whole thread will have noticed we replaced the non-functioning fridge in June with a new unit. After only 6 months of ownership, and 38 days' use, it failed completely, after giving us problems over the last several days.
It seems the cooling unit went South on it, not an expected condition on such a young unit. The place we got the fridge from is either sending us a new cooling unit, or a whole new replacement. The issue there is, they don't have an identical replacement unit, so we may have to replace just the cooling unit. The other units they have are too small, or too large to fit the space we have, and it will take a while to get one. This is time we will be living out of a picnic cooler...We got this unit because we didn't want more fridge problems after we began fulltiming. Sigh... I'll let y'all know what we end up with, and what happens, in a future post. And the fun never ends...(sorry, Gunny)

[safari57]

Geepers Terry, what a crappy thing to happen.

When you mentioned it had gone south I was thinking "but he's already in Florida - how much further south can it go without a passport?"

Hope the repair is not a painful experience, and please keep us posted.

Barry

[overlander63]

The Big Brown Truck brought a replacement cooling unit for our fridge today. Now I can stop blowing on our food to keep it cool.
I'll take some photos of the process, and as soon as we get better internet service, I'll upload them along with the other gazillion photos from the last couple of months.

[Gunnyusmc]

Hi Terry
I just saw your post "And the fun never stops".
I fully understand and you are welcome too use it.
It should be Airstream's logo!!!
I don't fully understand the failure of you frig., but if you put a computor fan inside and wire it too the light, it will allow the frig too work less to keep temp down.

Gunny

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by Gunnyusmc

Hi Terry
I just saw your post "And the fun never stops".
I fully understand and you are welcome too use it.
It should be Airstream's logo!!!
I don't fully understand the failure of you frig., but if you put a computor fan inside and wire it too the light, it will allow the frig too work less to keep temp down.

Gunny

Gunny, the computer fan is one of the things I did a couple of months ago to combat the warm fridge issue we all seem to face. If anyone else wants to perform this upgrade, the fan is about $8, and dropped our fridge temp by about 5 degrees, worth it IMHO. I have pics of that install, too. I put a small toggle switch in the motor circuit so I can switch it off in cooler weather, it is very quiet.
From what the fridge people say, there may be "construction debris" in the system blocking the cooling tubes to the fridge. The temp of -4 in the freezer is atypical, and indicates all the cold stuff going there, instread of being distributed. I guess all the "debris" finally got stuck where it wouldn't allow the cold ammonia to move anywhere any more.

[overlander63]

The new cooling unit arrived Thursday as promised, and I spent Thursday evening removing the fridge, removing the old cooling unit, and replacing it with the new cooling unit . I then replaced the fridge in its hole, and waited 24 hours to power up the fridge again.
I got oe Friday evening, and turned everything on. After 4 hours, the freezer was 25 degrees, and the fridge was 60, and this morning the freezer was 0, and the fridge was 45. Looks like a successful repair. When I get reliable internet service again, I'll post some pictures.

[safari57]

Congrats Terry. One less thing to worry about.

Barry