Sunday, October 12, 2008

A Camping Icon

Actually, it still is possible to go into debt in these uncertain
times. We now have a 2007 Airstream Safari 27'. Great camper with lots
of bells and whistles, including a full-time queen size bed. Took
delivery on Friday morning at the Boomtown Casino near Reno, then
headed south to Walker River RV Resort for a shake down cruise. The
trailer had come up from Los Banos to Boomtown earlier that morning.
Taking possession in Nevada saves a lot of money.

Hoping to use it on a regular basis during winter by heading south.
Will schedule in a lot of vacation time since biz is slow anyway.
Looking to do Route 66 in the spring. Lots of plein aire painting and
drawing. Drives like a dream compared go the boxy trailers. The air
simply flows across the unit without building up a vacuum behind it to
drag on the tow vehicle

4 comments:

RWP said...

I am so freaking jealous right now! An Airstream! An American icon! Wow! Did Marty help you pick it out?

bullwinkle said...

No, this was Susanne's idea. I was skeptical, but it really is a cool RV. Compared to the little Terry, it is pretty modern. Will probably sell the Terry, but need to use it for business trips the next few months. Cannot bring the Airstream into California for 90 days.

RWP said...

You can't bring it into CA for 90 days? What, exactly, is the purpose of that?

I thought you would have traded the Terry in?

I am glad you listened to Susanne! My next RV will look slightly different than yours... I think the term 'minimalist' is appropriate.

bullwinkle said...

Your dream RV is nice, but we like to be able to lay down on a queen size bed without having to "assemble" anything. The Terry has full-time, narrow bunk beds, but the dinette can be "assembled" into a larger, uncomfortable bed. I bought a custom size inner spring mattress recently for one of the bunks, and used it last week while doing work in Sac area. Much better than the foam pads that came with the trailer.