Lessons Learned

As you may already know, we’re proud new members of the Wally Byam Caravan Club International (WBCCI), Northern Illinois chapter. This means the Weasel now dons the bright red numbers on her front and back “forehead,” signaling our membership to anyone who sees us. Unfortunately, these numbers don’t hop out of the envelope and affix [...]

A few weeks ago, I received my third consecutive monthly rate increase from Comcast cable. I instantly decided to never receive another rate increase from them again. I called and cancelled service right then and there. For every attempted offer to lower some of my rates for 6 months or give more service for the [...]

It’s Thanksgiving week, and aside from gearing up for turkey feasts-o-plenty, we’re ready to hit Black Friday and Cyber Monday with everything our wallets’ have this year. Now that the Weasel is part of the family, our shopping territory expanded into RVing and our Airstreaming. So, we needed to add a few more links to [...]

We like to cook. A lot. At home we have about 5 cast iron skillets, two pasta pots, a few regular skillets and some small saucepans. One of the biggest hurdles for us at the beginning of this RV adventure was figuring out how to cook like we do at home. Finding an Airstream with [...]

Deke and I drink a lot of coffee. I drink mine at home, or at work, very slowly throughout the morning and I like it to be scalding hot. Deke drinks his on the way to work, black. Both of us like to use a thermos — we’ve tried every kind imaginable [...]

While driving home from our stay at Sycamore something really great happened – another RVing couple waved at us for no reason! Immediately we jumped to assumptions: Did we have a flat? Did we leave the stairs down? Did we leave a drink on the roof? No, nothing was wrong, and we didn’t [...]

The wife and I unhitched last night at our first ever full-hookups-and-everything campsite. Of course it was a torrential downpour the whole time. Despite the rain, cold fall air, two dogs, way too much stuff, and the two of us, we still managed to unhitch in under 30 mins. Here’s how we did it.
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We just picked up the Weasel from her first trip to the able Airstream of Chicago Doctors and guess what? We learned a few more lessons to pass on.
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Nothing kills the sleek silver lines of our Airstream faster than the saggy, tannish, broken zippered bag covering our propane tanks. Replacing these with a svelte silver cover may not be the first job I tackle, but it ranks pretty high on the list. What do you guys think? What are my options?
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Before we purchased our Airstream, we had close to 45 minutes of towing time between us. After learning to adjust electronic brakes, making a few 90 point turns, and even a scratching the side molding, we’ve found a few simple tips for easier towing (and especially easier backing up). Read on for more.