The Original Purpose

Although I had always planned to hitch-up & hit the road with my American Classic, the original reason my Overlander was acquired was to have backup living accommodations in case the construction of a planned house addition rendered our home unlivable for a brief amount of time. At acquisition, nothing inside the trailer worked, and the goal was to address whatever functional repairs were necessary to make it habitable. But since we ended up not adding on to the house after the Airstream had already made its way to my driveway, the next many months were spent refurbing the trailer for Airstream Inc.’s intended purpose.

That was three years & 6000 miles of camping trips ago, and my wife never forgot about the house addition. So, armed with a better set of plans, we started construction on what I call “Project Big Tub” earlier this year:

Up until now the weather has been nice, and there has been no reason to leave the house in spite of missing a big chunk of one exterior wall. But then a squad of painters hit the scene:

Between priming & painting the new construction and painting part of the old construction to tie it all together, the air was P-O-T-E-N-T with the smell of latex paint. It was obviously time to go somewhere else for the evening. Airstream to the rescue!

Having an inkling that a “rescue” would probably occur in the next few days, the Overlander’s water tank had already been filled, and the fridge stocked with bottled water & soda. The addition of a CATV drop this year truly makes the Airstream a home-away-from-home.

The problem was that no one wanted to leave the next morning! The only way I could get the Boyz out was to remind them that we will probably be Airstreamin’ for at least three days once sanding & staining of the hardwood floors gets underway. But I may declare another rescue is necessary if they are especially good…