Category Archives: repairs

Replacing the Reefer — Episode 1

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Richard

Our 15-year-old refrigerator died on us in Texas and we limped home tripping over coolers in the Airstream.  We also started with ice at $.99 for 20 pounds and saw the price increase to $3.75 for 10 pounds as we … Continue reading →

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Rig is Home Again

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Richard

We have a large aluminum lawn ornament in front of our house after I moved it yesterday from its storage place downtown. Many thanks for our friends Shawn and Helen for loaning us some flat space beside their big rig … Continue reading →

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Less Road Trip Drama, Please!

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Richard

We were booked to stay four nights in Mississippi, to see our friends and to let things melt more at home. Well, that changed when we learned that Kevin would be away at work and I got looking at weather … Continue reading →

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Trying To Chill Out

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Richard

Back at Balmoreah State Park, I wrote about our string of calamities and promised to provide an update on our malfunctioning refrigerator. Here’s the update: it’s dead and probably needs a complete replacement. Got ice? It began about the day, … Continue reading →

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The Balmoreah Triangle

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Richard

The wind advisory for southern New Mexico was not kidding: Saturday we endured one of the tougher nights we’ve had with winds gusting off the lake at 50 mph or more, and the Airstream shaking and making all sorts of … Continue reading →

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Wrapping up the Lower Valley birding

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Richard

We had guys from a RV repair service out of Tennessee, who winter in the Valley, come by to size up the work on our sagging belly pan. I had devised a plan to fix it but it was a … Continue reading →

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Bumper Tag

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Richard

Dear Mayor of the City of Laurel, Mississippi: "I’m sorry about the scrape marks and gouge my Airstream left on 32nd Avenue but you really need to make those gutter ditches a little shallower." Yes, we had a little "issue" … Continue reading →

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A Riveting Day

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Richard

It’s never a good thing when a trucker passes you, tooting his truck’s horn, and pointing back toward your rig. The only time this has happened to us was on I-10 outside Baton Rouge and we made an emergency pullover … Continue reading →

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Nearly Ready to Go

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Richard

For the last several weeks, when it was not freezing or 8o degrees outside, I’ve been working away, polishing the inside of the trailer.  (Last Fall, I had taken off the grimy “mouse fur” lining the walls and fried a … Continue reading →

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All Jacked Up but not yet ready to go.

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Richard

The small bruises and cuts on my fingers signify the completion of a repair project — the replacement of the front jack.  Like most efforts with our old trailer, it was not easy or without “issues.” So, here is the … Continue reading →

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