During our last visit to the shop, we asked the guys at C & G Trailers to install our solar system for us. But rather than buying a complete turn-key solar system, we did some shopping around and put together a basic system of our own.

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We live in an older house built in the 1920s. Unlike today, people back then did not subscribe to the ‘bigger is better’ mantra that dominates today’s capitalistic society. So we live in a sub-1000 square foot home with a modest garage set in the rear of the property. That gives us a long and narrow driveway to park our Airstream in.

This photo shows how the driveway looks before the new fence and gate were installed. The old fence is on the right with the jasmine bush on it. On the opposite side is the property line with our neighbor’s side yard.
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People have asked us about the insulation in the Airstream on a few occasions. Since we have not owned a ton of other trailers, it is hard for me to compare with others. But I could comment on how our experiences have been having traveled through various weather conditions in ours. The Airstream is also kind of unique in that the exterior panels of made of aluminum which is going to conduct heat better than fiberglass. There will also be differences depending on the model of Airstream you have. Some like ours, have the interior aluminum skin exposed as opposed to being lined with fabric which I would assume adds another layer of insulating quality to it.

Here is a short video I shot of the inside of our Airstream to give you some idea of what to expect.

We went back and forth whether we should go to Nashville or not. After some consideration, we decided to go and check it out. We thought we could help the city out by dropping some money in town. Every little bit counts, right?

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I know we haven’t been blogging for the last few days and some of you have worried about us. I just wanted to let you guys know that we are safe and sound. We spent just short of a week in Oklahoma with some old friends up at a beautiful lake for Memorial day weekend without Internet. It was both liberating and confining at the same time to be offline for so long. Being in the middle of tornado and hail season, we spent a couple of long traveling days getting out of there and have now made it to New Mexico. We will try to catch up on our posts to let you guys know about some of the great places we visited along America’s Bible Belt.

By the way, check out this video of a hail storm hitting Oklahoma City on May 16th 2010. If we got there a week earlier we would have been right in it. Make sure you watch until 0:53 when it really gets crazy.

One of the most innovative t-shirt companies and a pioneer in the crowd-source t-shirt business is going on tour this summer in a custom-made Airstream. We are really excited to see Threadless.com using the Airstream platform for their cross country trip and can’t wait to see when they will cross paths with us. Most of all, check out the dual doors on their custom coach! I want a tour!

Enjoy a little walk through of the Cactus Country RV Resort shortly after rain. Marlene even busted out her binoculars for a little southen Arizona bird watching.