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- Flying Cloud is the model name of our 1963 Airstream... now at large (but often just parked) in the 38th state.
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- Our Flying Cloud was built in Santa Fe Springs, California around 1962. Airstream manufactured the Flying Cloud model from 1950-1963, so this one was the end of the line.
- It was originally registered as #11229 in the Wally Byam Caravan Club International, or so we have heard.
- We took over this blog along with the trailer from the previous owners. We are the Flying Cloud's fifth owners.
- An ad for a 1958 Flying Cloud.
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aspen
This weekend we are at Difficult Campground a few miles from Aspen. Appropriately, we are parked in an Aspen grove so dense that we can't see or hear any other campers. I like it here. We are in Aspen for the Jazz Fest, but it there isn't too much Fest going on, so we've spent most of the weekend in the forest. Tonight we are seeing the Black Crowes.
At the Aspen Saturday Market, we saw the "Artstream" selling pottery.
More Aspens in Aspen
Maroon Bells is supposedly the most photographed place in the state and is so popular that you have to take a shuttle bus to get there between 8 and 5. Expecting it to be annoying with so many people, we almost didn't go. Then we decided to wait until 5:01 and drive. It is superlatively scenic and lives up to its reputation. This will probably be the area where I'll plan our next backpacking trip.
This might be the best picture of the entire trip. On the way back from Maroon Bells, I reset the MPG average and coasted all the way down. Didn't hit the gas once in about 15 miles, although we idled pretty slow up a hill or two. Lucky no one was behind us. Michael thought I couldn't get up to 50 MPG. I got up to 98.8. It stayed at 98.8 for about the last 5 miles. So now we know that the maximum gas mileage we can ever hope for in the Dodge Ram 2500 Heavy Duty 4x4 Turbo Diesel is 98.8.
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Woo hoo! 98.8? WOW!
:-D)
By the way, How's your Aspen? bwahahahahaha!
(I know it's way overused, but I couldn't help it!)
Posted by: Lois Grebowski | June 26, 2007 03:30 PM
You could have got 100 with a DuraMax Diesel.
Posted by: ben | June 30, 2007 01:21 PM