New Trailer Repairs Get Started

Frank Yensen started work on our trailer this week and invited us up last night after hours to check out progress up at his shop, Frank’s Trailer Works (in Baltimore, MD). We were quite surprised to learn that after welding on the rear bumper, he felt that structurally, things were in good place. He’d blasted and [...]

The Zen of Airstream Repair

As previously mentioned, Rick and I became aware of gradually feeling less and less confident in our trailer. By last summer, we were convinced something was not quite right, but we couldn’t quite put our finger on it. After showing the rusted spots we found, we were told not to worry. Deep down, we knew [...]

Signs of Trouble Appear

Who knows how much trouble lie beneath the calm aluminum exterior At the end of August, 2003, the Toaster—a 1961 Airstream Safari model—joined our family. Ever since Rick and I had met another young couple traveling and working full time from an rv in Utah nearly a decade ago, I have dreamed of hitting the [...]