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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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Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie
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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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We got this thing to facilitate our summer adventures in Colorado. Michael's job transferred him to Colorado last summer and I gladly followed. I had been living in DC for nearly 9 years and was ready to get on the other side of the Mississippi. Michael went to high school in Denver but has not lived here since the 80s. My DC-based company kindly permitted me to continue working for them from home here in Colorado. If Michael could find a similar gig, maybe we would go on the road in the Airstream part time. That would be a least a couple years away, though.
We started shopping for campers as soon as we found out we were moving here but never had any intention of getting an Airstream. Michael grew up vacationing in motorhomes and trailers so he knew what he wanted: A truck camper. So we could get into the backcountry on 4WD roads and boondock to our heart's content. But we weren't really finding anything that made us tick. No matter what kind of camper we got, I wanted to gut it and remodel. I think that made Michael a little nervous. So, somehow we ended up with the 63 Flying Cloud. Luckily it doesn't need to be gutted. We are hoping to winterize it and park it in ski lots in the winter (I know winterize and Airstream don't really belong in the same sentence). If we can pull it off, we can avoid the ski resort's 3-night minimum stays, the astronomical costs for lodging, and the book-six-weeks-in-advance planning that is required for a ski weekend in Colorado.
The previous owners of the Airstream did a total renovation of the trailer in 2005 then lived in it for a little under two years while full-timing and working on the road. We took over the blog from them, but all the old posts are gone. I don't have any qualifications to have a blog about much of anything, let alone Airstreaming. But, since we live pretty far away from nearly all of our family and friends, it has turned out to be a pretty good way to keep in touch. Michael says it provides me an outlet for creative energy that I am always in need of. And frankly, it keeps us disciplined in enjoying the good life. If I go five days with nothing to post, I know it's time to get outside. I take more pictures and we do more because we don't want to publicly embarrass ourselves by being boring. We are boring, but we hope we have tricked you into thinking we are not.
Lynn and Michael
June 2007
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Lynn & boring can not be in the same sentence! It is simply just not possible.
Posted by: Beth | June 28, 2007 11:08 AM