Category Archives: winter travel
The Best Laid Plans …..
Saturday morning, I slid down our iced-up driveway in four-wheel drive, thankful that I had got the Airstream home the day before. Well, Sunday, after a night of high winds and blowing snow, we woke up to this: With winds … Continue reading
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Dreaming of Texas
We got our first significant snowfall last night and while it is pretty outside, to me it’s a reminder of why we are getting ready to head Southwest. Instead of reading about Rick Perry and Ted Cruz, I’ve been following … Continue reading
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Ready To Go
Today has been a real work day, starting with plowing the driveway with the Kubota and then shoveling sand — it’s a long driveway when you are lugging pails of sand. Then, going up to the Town garage to refill … Continue reading
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Hunkerin’ Down for a day or two
I had planned our departure for tomorrow, Friday, so that we could hit the Tennessee’s Sandhill Crane Festival on Sunday but the winter storm, coming up from the south and also in from the west, has made us delay for a … Continue reading
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Waiting to Launch
For the first time, I’ve had our Airstream at an RV dealer for repairs and maintenance — in the past I’ve done it myself. However, with cold temperatures, the prospect of repacking wheel bearings lost any appeal it might have … Continue reading
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The Last Mile
The trip home was long but easy — until the last day. All we had to grumble about were the school breaks in Texas and Louisiana which clogged the state parks on weekends. We cruised up the Natchez Trace, enjoying … Continue reading
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3 Days on the road & gonna settle down tonight
After waiting out the storms and dealing with the electrical problems noted in my last post, we launched early Friday morning with the temperature holding below 10 degrees. The first trick was to get down our snowy driveway. I took … Continue reading
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Ready, Set, Wait Another Day
As is the case before most major trips, we were up very early this morning. I had plowed the driveway yesterday (we got nearly a foot of new snow), and cleaned off the trailer. I had a lot of trouble … Continue reading
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Getting The Airstream Home
After a Thanksgiving trip to Maryland sans Airstream, we returned for a week in Massachusetts to do some child care and retrieve the trailer. Not surprisingly, mice had taken up residence in the ‘Stream, leaving little piles of insulation and … Continue reading
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Winter Survival Kit
Carry a winter survival kit in your car/truck to include: sleeping bag or blankets flashlight & extra batteries brightly colored cloth sand or a bag of cat litter shovel candles and matches non perishable high calorie foods, (nuts, raisins, and … Continue reading
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