ThE FiRSt wEEk

So after hooking up the Airstream to our truck (which took about 2 hours because we had to run temporary lights and just other versus complications that arose) we go to pull away, pulling the trailer out of it's parking place that it had called home for about 2 years. We wanted to check the tire pressure to make sure it could make the 3 hour drive home and as soon as Levi gets down to look at the tires he lets out a huge bark of laughter. I get out and walk around and him and an employee from the hardware store are picking and poking at the tires like it's a foreign bug. "Dry rot", "wreck", "not going anywhere" are only some of the scary phrases I was trying to block out at that point.

All we could do was get in and pray. 5 mins down the road we found a tire shop but they were PaCKeD! so we kept driving and not even 5 mins later we found another place that didn't have but one car in the lot!!! WooHoo!!! So we pull up, take up the whole parking lot, and meet the owner and his wife and they have exactly 4 trailer tires in stock!!!!!!! This couple was so nice and I wish I had taken a picture of both of them, but this is him jacking up Meatier!!

So after about another hour we had new tires and were finally ready to take 'er home!

DeMO BeGInS!!!!

First thing on the list was to TaKE eVeRyThiNG OuT!!!! So we did.



All that was left at the end of the week was the bathroom but since we were planning to reuse a lot of that we took a little more time in removing those parts!!

NeXt Up: WaLLs & InSuLAtIOn!!

FRoM ThE BeGGiNGinG!

It all began in Jan '11. Dreamin and Pillow Talkin. We started throwin around the idea of getting a travel trailer so I went on the hunt!! Checkin prices and brands..etc. It didn't take long to figure out that we weren't gonna be able to afford everything we wanted, so we decided maybe refurbishing an older model would be pretty cool and not near as expensive. The only thing with older model is you start running into "Vintage." And I'm sure as anyone can image that's when the price jumps for no other reason than there just aren't as many of them anymore so people feel like they should charge an astronomic amount of money for them. I mean really, some that I found were going to be ground up restores and for what? A fiberglass travel trailer that's not gonna last 10 years before it starts falling apart again. SOOOOOO, long story short we started looking at Airstreams!! When taken care of and maintained these things will last forever. Literally. There are people out there that have their parents '53 model and have only done some minor repairs and have maybe updated the interior to their liking. THAT'S INCREDIBLE!!!!!!

So FINALLY I find one on Craigslist one day. It's in a little bitty town (population 83) south of Dallas about 200 miles. I'm emailing the guy, Levi's callin the guy. He's getting a ton of phone calls and emails about it so I'm freaking out wanting to go see it before someone else snatches it up. So the next day, Levi had to work so he missed this little road trip!!, I drive out to the guy's house...well the hardware store in town that he has it parked at..but anywho...I BOUGHT IT!! I could tell it needed a lot of work but the bones of it were good and it had a ton of potential. So that weekend we went and PiCKeD 'eR UP!!!

                                 1978 31' Airstream Sovereign International!

                                                     "Sr Meatier"