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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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Daddy Needs a Drink by Rob Wilder
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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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story city (and farming) in the news
Couple days ago NPR did a story on Iowa Farmers Looking to Trap Carbon in the Soil, featuring Doolittle Prairie in Story City (my hometown). I remember taking bus trips to Doolittle Prairie in elementary school to examine the flora and fauna. The idea is that plowing fields over time releases excessive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and plowing less - which is now possible to due better planter technology - is good for both the soil and the environment. So I asked Dad about this. Yep, he has something like a no-till planter... actually, they practice minimum till not no-till. But I don't think "capturing carbon" ever occurred to him. Apparently, minimizing plowing is good for a whole gamut of reasons, but not the least of which is it saves $$$ on fuel and is a lot less work. Music to a farmer's ears.
Doolittle Prairie is southwest of the I-35 and E-18 intersection. My parents' farm is on the map too but only if you know where to look!
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