cess of renovating an old bus (yeah, like a school bus) into an RV... and he decided it would be a grand idea to go celebrate New Years on the beach... in style. hubby and i decided that yeah, that was a cool idea... so... before we started any repairs, we checked the whole thing over, made sure all the important stuff worked (stove and fridge) and made reservations.we ended up staying at this little place (yeah.. *snort*...little) called "Camping on the Gulf" in Destin, FL. beautiful place. we had two spaces quite close to each other, right next to restrooms. (because, notice, i didn't include "plumbing" in the list of "important things") we stayed two nights... New Years eve, and New Years day. spent most of the time just goofing off or walking around on the beach... watched a little TV, and cooked my first meal in the trailer. (altho, due to the aforementioned lack of working plumbing
, i had to wash the dishes in the parent's RV). we also spent a good deal of that time "chillin'", because getting TWO RVs ready for a weekend o' fun, was quite tiring (as you can see. from left to right, Bengee, hubby, Luna, and Solar).Now, at the same time, i was posting these self-same adventures to a forum that i joined just after purchasing the trailer: the Airstream Forums. (for ANYONE who owns, wants to own, or just loves those goofy silver twinkies, i HIGHLY recommend this site... its awesome) well, the weekend AFTER New Years, they were going to be holding their first rally of the year (the "can opener" rally... clever, huh?). hubby and i decided it would be an excellent idea to attend this rally, so we could pick the brains of all the knowledgeable Airstream owners in attendance, because at this point we'd owned the darn thing for less than a month still, and we still had a million and one questions. we launched into examining the existing plumbing, and figuring out what wasn't working, making quick n' dirty repairs, and off we went... this time to Henderson State Park. again, beautiful... not as crowded as the previous place... this park had almost a cozy feeling to it, and i enjoyed it very much. I would recommend this state park to anyone. there were plenty of beautiful Airstreams there, like this one:
when we got home, that's when the "fun" really started, but i'll save that for another post.
