Hi ho hiho and off we go.

[rebel beck]

We are off early in the morning to pick up our new old Airstream. We found it last night here and the folks seem great and they are also members here. It's a 75 int. and we are as proud of it as if it was a 2006. Can't wait to post our profile. Again thanks to everyone who helped me with all kind of questions newbie questions in the last month. I'm sure there will be more and I'm so glad we found such a great forum.


The lacy's

[balrgn]

Originally Posted by rebel beck

We are off early in the morning to pick up our new old Airstream. We found it last night here and the folks seem great and they are also members here. It's a 75 int. and we are as proud of it as if it was a 2006. Can't wait to post our profile. Again thanks to everyone who helped me with all kind of questions newbie questions in the last month. I'm sure there will be more and I'm so glad we found such a great forum.


The lacy's

Very NICE, can't wait to see pics! G'd Luck with your new rig!

[Chaplain Kent]

Congratulations and how exciting today is for you. I will never forget the smile on Balrgn's face when I met him and his wife at a state park in Ohio when they picked up thier first "new" Airstream. Nor will I forget all I overlooked when I saw that same Airstream sitting on a busy street corner in Joliet, IL. when my wife and I first bought it. All I could think of was getting it home and making it mine. When I flew out to New Hampshire to pick up Chummy I did not need a jet my excitement was enough to keep me aloft.
Enjoy the moment and once more congratulations on your purchase.

[tin sista]

Congratulations Lacy family. Hope you enjoy your trailer.

[Boondocker]

Congrats, and happy airstreaming

[daisy]

Your excitment reminds me of how I felt when I brought our '76 Argosy,"Baby", home. I still go out and sit in her. Haven't been able to get on the road, but I know that time will come. Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!

Barb

[SafeHarbor]

I remember going down a snowy hill and up it and around the curve and laying eyes on Betsy for the first time. I think it took all of five seconds as I approached to decide that the trailer was going home with me. After coming 1,000 miles to get her, I was dreading disappointment and almost sick with it for the last part of the trip. Coming around that curve and looking at her... and it all blew away. She was reflecting the snow outside and had her sunglasses on. (I wish I had been as smart about that.)

I spent more time looking under her than I did inside her, and I took the PO at his word that everything worked. (It did.)

Then I got him to borrow a neighbor's Suburban to get it UP that hill, and I took possesion on the side of the road. We doublechecked everything on the hitch twice, and then I drove off without the towing mirrors installed.

That was remedied soon after, again on the side of the road (hey, they're PAVED in Michigan) and I drove jauntily away with Betsy in tow.

You Lacys, there's nothing in the world like the first few hours of owning a new-to-you Airstream. Maybe you'll find some flaws later and invest some work in making it right, but, hey, you have an Airstream!

I spent the following night in Toledo, and was twenty-three degrees when I woke up. The old girl had kept me warm with the furnace and the cat heater, and when I got home and went to fill up the propane tanks, one was full and the other took four gallons.

Congratulations on your new trailer. If you'll be good to it, I have every confidence that it will be good to you.

Best regards,

Lamar

[Swanny]

Congrats on your new trailer. The Golden Rule on our forum is that you treat your AS with love, respect and plenty of polish .

Everyone has offered great tips and the only 1 I would add is for your family to USE your new treasure. My wife and I still work, so we don't have the luxury of going on long 2-4 week trips, however, we do take our AS to a different state park every other week. Good luck and perhaps we'll cross paths.

Mitch