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Really Big Trees

Location:  Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park Campground, CAHookups:  NoneSpot:  79Nights in current Airstream/combined new and old Airstream:  52/208Particulars: Bear boxes and bear-proof trash cans (Posted by Laura)

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Four Inches Shy

On Sunday at Odell Lake we decided to rent a boat and go fishing. We've fished before…caught some small rainbow trout at Detroit Lake, a handful of kokanee at East Lake…enough for a dinner or two. We have two collapsible rods (medium light) and some 10lb test, and some little…

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Odell Lake, OR

This is the view from our campsite at Princess Creek. We took our kayak out fishing for a while but didn't catch anything (yet). Related articles Quick Trip to Central Oregon Fishing Pedder Bay, British Columbia

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Sun Seeker 3D

Now that we have an awesome solar power setup (AM Solar rocks!) the question arises – Will we have sun at this campsite? I found this cool iPhone app called Sun Seeker 3D. It uses the iphone's built-in GPS to figure out where you are, the date and time to…

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Solar Upgrade In Progress

Right now, the trailer is at AM Solar getting 400W of solar panels, a charge controller, a converter/inverter, and 6 300AH 6V AGM batteries installed. We are headed off the grid.     (Posted by Kevin)

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Rube Goldberg Goes to the Movies

Last time we were home, Laura downloaded some movies and TV shows from iTunes onto her Windows laptop. She brought the laptop with her on this camping trip. We watched those movies on the flat screen TV in the Airstream. How? The laptop connected to the Airstream wireless network via…

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Wine Storage

Wine bottles knocking around in the cupboards just wasn't cutting it.  We found these cool stacking wine crates at The Container Store last week: Two of them fit nicely in the cupboard at the foot of the bed: (Posted by Laura)

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The Best Views

We got a great spot on the lake at Detroit Lake this week.  In my opinion, the best spots in a campground are the spots where your main view contains no other RVs or campers.  This one is close to perfect.   View from our dinette: I think we're going…

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Rainbow Trout

We rented a boat today at Detroit Lake and went fishing for trout. We caught about a dozen trout, but only kept three to eat.    Kevin knows how to filet fish, but these are a little too small for that, so we looked up how to clean 'em on…

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Pajamas

They make bright turquoise flannel pajamas with little Airstream trailers printed on them. They also make all-black sweats. I own both. The good thing about the blue flannel pajamas is that they’ve got cute little Airstreams. The good thing about the black sweats is that you don’t look like a dork when…

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