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Tin Can Tales Volume XI, Number 3, Spring 2013 Edition
The Tin Can Tourists is an all make and model vintage trailer and motor coach club. Its goal is to promote
and preserve vintage trailers and motor coaches through Gatherings and information exchange.
Official Colors: Black and Tan
Official Theme Song: "The More We Get Together" Stated Objective: To Unite Fraternally All Auto Campers
Guiding Principles: Clean camps, friendliness among campers, decent behavior and to secure plenty of clean,
wholesome entertainment for those in the camps
[email protected] or visit www.tincantourists.com
Address: 4 High Street Bradenton, Florida 34208
Tin Can Tourists are on Facebook, join the group if you’re a Facebook user: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=92362365631
Tin Can Tourists forums & member pictures at: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tin_Can_Tourists/
You can view Tin Can Tourists pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbone2/collections/72157622322464027/
The Tin Can Tourists Insurance Repository is at: http://tincantourists.com/ins_entry.php If you have not entered your insurance information, please do. It will be a valuable tool for those that want to acquire insurance or need support material for a claim.
Jeri and I visited John “Canner” Culp last Sunday at the Clermont Health and Rehabilitation Center. John
is recovering from a serious infection and extreme weight loss. We had a great visit and enjoyed his fond remembrances of his travels in the Westcraft and his many TCT friends. John’s Westcraft will be on its
way to the RV Heritage Museum shortly. Through the efforts of Al Hesselbart, Larry Perry, John Wright and other TCT members, we were able to get his trailer in shape for transport. It will become an exhibit at the museum reflecting John’s experiences as a true trailerite full timing in his ’47 Westcraft. The
Westcraft has been in the Culp family since purchase in 1949, while visiting a TCT Winter Convention in Tampa Florida.
I am sure John would appreciate hearing from his friends and fellow members: John Culp – Room 210 – Clermont Health and Rehabilitation Center – 151 E. Minnehaha – Clermont, Florida 34711
John “Canner” Culp a true Trailerite
Teresa Archer - Texas State Representative
Email: [email protected]
My name is Teresa Archer and I love vintage campers. I was bitten by the bug a few years back. I started out refurbishing old farm houses when I lived in Michigan. I moved to Texas in 1996. I met my
husband, Guy, when I went to work for Wal-Mart. When I was able to quit working full time, we picked up our first camper. It was almost 6 hours away. It's funny now, but not then, that during the drive home
the lower front of the camper started to unhook from the sides when we were about half way to the house. Thank goodness for duct tape, it really came in handy. LOL! My husband restored the stove and I rebuilt the front and back of the camper. We have restored approximately 14 campers since then. We
currently have 3 campers and 2 of them are vintage. A 1955 Dalton Apache that we rebuilt from the frame up and a 1954 canned ham whose identification is unknown. My passions are photography, restoring /refurbishing vintage campers and the love of animals. Though I haven't been a member of the
TCT group for very long, I am so very proud to be your TCT state representative for Texas. I hope you will be able to join us for one of our rally's! See you soon.
Larry Hill and Sylvia Davids - Colorado State Representative
Email: [email protected]
Hello Tin Can Tourists! We are Larry Hill and Sylvia Davids and are pleased to be your state reps here in beautiful Colorado. Larry was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM and has always been involved as a hobby with things
retro... mostly classic cars and vintage arcade games. His passion for vintage trailers started in 2003 when a 1962 Tepee was purchased and restored to pull behind his 1958 Chevy Biscayne. Discovering the
fun of vintage camping soon lead to being one of the founders of the Southwest Vintage Camping Association, which has hosted several rallies in NM, AZ and CO. including the original Trailer Trash Bash every August. This passion for vintage trailers also opened up a big career change, leaving a career in
engineering to open a vintage trailer restoration shop, Retro Restoration. To date we have restored over 60 trailers, mostly canned hams with a few riveted trailers thrown in. Sylvia was born in Portland, OR and moved to Colorado in 1988. Possibly being born in the wrong
generation she has always loved the 50's styles and colors, especially anything turquoise. One day a 1963 Shasta passed by her home office and she was hooked, and soon went on a quest to find one of her
own. This led to several trailers, some keepers, others cleaned up and resold, but a turquoise1963 Shasta from Washington state was soon purchased, almost an identical trailer to the one that passed by the window that day.
In 2006 we met at a vintage trailer rally in Chama, NM. Tired of a long distant relationship Larry packed up his restoration business and relocated to Erie in 2008. We discovered that we both independently had a dream of owning a vintage trailer park and in 2010 we found our park. It was an old, abandoned
campground that had gone through a foreclosure five years previous. It was in very poor condition but the location was perfect so we saw it as a diamond in the rough. In April of 2010 we opened the Starlite Classic Campground just outside of Canon City, CO at the Royal Gorge Bridge. Besides being a typical RV
park for any size or age rig, we have several of our restored trailers available for overnight lodging. These include the New Moon, a clone of the Long, Long Trailer, a beautiful Spartan Royal Mansion, and several of our canned ham trailers for a true vintage camping experience. We also have themed campers
such as the Trailer Trash Hideaway, a Winnebago turned Tiki, and a 70's shagadelic trailer complete with lava lamps and beaded curtains. As time and budget allows we are adding more units from our collection of over 20 vintage trailers. We hope to have you visit us, please check us out at
www.theStarliteCampground.com or on our Facebook page. Being avid collectors, restoration experts, rally hosts and now campground owners we truly look forward to supporting the great group of Tin Can Tourists!
I thought I would share a couple of pictures I received from Doug Huse
regarding is 1949 Vagabond:
Before
After
Interior Thanks to everyone – enjoy the spring and get out and use those beautiful vintage Rigs- Forrest and Jeri
2013 Modernism Week Vintage Trailer Show On an absolutely beautiful morning in sunny Palm Springs a group of volunteers and friends waited in anticipation for the first vintage trailer to roll into the Hilton Hotel parking lot. One by one, as they
started to arrive from California, Nevada, Oregon and Utah, the parking schematic I’d spent hours perfecting started to come to life.
It was an honor to co-produce this years’ Vintage Trailer Show with my friend Christy Eugenis – I focused on recruiting a diverse group of 20 vintage trailer exhibitors while Christy set out to find 10 unique retail vendors. Both of us own vintage trailers - she has a darling Aristocrat while my husband Doug & I are
vintage Airstream owners – and we had a BLAST!! I reached out to the TCT, VAC and ROVT clubs, as well as the organizers of the Pismo Beach Vintage Trailer Rally and the publisher of Vintage Camper
Trailers in my search for vintage trailers from the late 40’s to the mid-late 60’s and am so thrilled with the results.
This is the fourth year of the show, which is always the last weekend of Modernism Week – an 11-day celebration of mid-century modern design, architecture and culture. Christy took my friend Susan Taylor and I to a few of the Mod Week events – we were astounded by the number of people who were
looking forward to the Vintage Trailer Show (it was so fun to be able to tell one aficionado that yes, there would be an Ultra Van in the show this year!)
As in previous years, two awards designed by Stevotomic were presented at the Saturday Night celebration: the “Peoples’ Choice Award” – which went to a stunning Airstream Flying Cloud owned by Randy & Anna and the “Best in Modernism Award” – going to Jim & Denny’s pristine Holiday House. To
the surprise & delight of the show participants two additional awards, also designed by Stevotomic, were presented as well: the “Best Original Vintage” – most original inside & out, with decorative changes only - went to Glenn & Teresa’s Airstream Ambassador and the “Best Vintage Flair” - most representative of
the style, fashion & era of their trailer – went to Alan & Jaysa’s Aladdin Sultans Castle. Thanks Stevo – that was really fun!!!
In addition to the 20 vintage trailer exhibitors, there were three mobile retail vintage trailers; another six
retail vendor booths, the Airstream Land Yacht Concept trailer as well as a presence from Airstream Los Angeles.
Thank you Alan & Shari from Bluesteel Airstream Photobooth for sharing your photos from the show: http://www.bluesteelphotobooth.com/modernism-week-vintage-trailer-show-in-palm-springs-event-
photos/. More photos, blog posts and media coverage from the event can be found on our Facebook page at:
http://www.facebook.com/VintageTrailerShowModernismWeek2013?fref=ts
A HUGE thank you to each and every trailer owner and retail vendor; to the amazing Mod Week Volunteers; for the support from my friends Jim & Lynda, Clifford & Vanessa and all of our friends from the Airstream community, my co-conspirator Stevo and, most importantly, to Forrest and Terry Bone for
their passion for the vintage trailer community. Little did Doug & I know that by purchasing a ’62 Shasta five years ago how it would change our lives unimaginably…and now we can’t imagine a life without the friendships that have come from this love of vintage trailers.
Safe travels & happy camping everyone -
Mona & Doug Heath
Tin Can Tourists 93rd
Winter Convention
The 93rd Annual Winter Convention was held January 21-24 at the Sertoma Youth Ranch north of Dade City FL. The Ranch is an Old Florida style campground, perfect for a Tin Can Tourist rally and services
as a venue for blues, bluegrass, rock, and jazz concerts under a huge new pavilion. The Ranch also provides a getaway for kids once school lets out.
Upon our arrival on Wednesday to help set up, it was obvious that several Airstreams had migrated north from the Sarasota Florida State Rally the previous Sunday. Under Thursday’s bright sunny skies, most of
the 51 pre-registered attendees found spaces where they chose, offering a great and eclectic mix of trailers, motor homes and converted busses…exactly what you’d expect from a Tin Can Tourist Rally. Following the Thursday evening induction ceremonies for 23 new members, there were more pizzas than
anyone could possibly eat or even take back to the rigs for snacking along with the finest boxed wine money could buy. Shortly after dinner, Hunt Jones gave a PowerPoint presentation on “The Lincoln
Highway, America’s Main Street” which is celebrating its centennial this June (see the TCT website for our OH to Kearny NE celebratory caravan). Forrest Bone began drawings which occurred throughout the weekend for free membership renewals, and he and Jeri tended the “store” for sales of TCT shirts and
paraphernalia. Fine weather continued on Friday, and the day began with a huge breakfast served up by Sertoma’ s
staff. A thick coupon book offered many the chance to shop locally while others just kicked back at camp. The evening meal was a pot-luck provided by members, and again was way more food than could possibly be eaten. “Masquerade,” a husband/wife duo then began what would become three hours of
accompanied songs which had everyone singing along and dancing, and by all accounts was acclaimed the best entertainment in recent TCT Winter Convention memory.
Saturday brought a continental breakfast and the Open House from 11 am to 3 pm which added more new members and XX cars of visitors at $5 a carload, a good portion of which was donated to the Youth Ranch. Prior to a barbequed chicken dinner, the winners of the TCT’s Southeastern Region Concours
were announced, including the Special Interest Award given to Harry and Faye Driggers’ 1912 Wynona sheepherder’s wagon, the Reserve Best-in-Show to Les Bowen’s 1952 Vagabond in stunning creamsicle colors, and Best-in-Show award to Herb and Sidra Spies superb 1926 Ford Model T with its slide-out
apartment scratch-built from a set of 1916 plans. Most all of us, exhausted from the day’s socializing and prior rally activities then fell into appropriate beds.
With the end of all the fine weather, Sunday’s gray skies and threat of rain had most departing immediately after the Ranch’s breakfast of biscuits and gravy. Forrest’s announcement that the 94th
Winter Convention would be held at Sertoma the commensurate long weekend in February 2014 was well-received, a confirmation of ”the more we get together, the happier we’ll be.”
Hunt Jones
“Masquerade,”
John “Canner” Culp’s Special Interest Award - Harry and Faye Driggers’ 1912 Wynona sheepherder’s wagon
Steve Allen and Doug Bachman – Honorable Mention 1954 Spartan
Reserve Best-in-Show to Les Bowen’s 1952 Vagabond in stunning creamsicle color
Best-in-Show award to Herb and Sidra Spies superb 1926 Ford Model T with its slide-out apartment
scratch-built from a set of 1916 plans
Additional Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbone2/sets/72157632846618560/
Manatee Village Heritage Days Open House
Hello Forrest, (Royal Exalted Tin Can Opener)
We appreciate your time and energy spent to invite TCT members to display
their vintage vehicles at Manatee Village Historical Park’s Heritage Days Open
House on March 16th
.
Your presence really added to the program agenda presenting a unique exhibit
for visitors unfamiliar with the history, vehicular design and engineering, or
adventure that this travel affords. Everyone I spoke with was so friendly and
polite answering my questions.
Thank you again for your perseverance over the past year to make this happen
here.
Best Regards! to you, your family and members,
Chris Brown
PS … We estimate from gate counters, that we had over 500 people.
Christine A. Brown
Special Events Coordinator, Manatee Village Historical Park
For R.B. "Chips" Shore
Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
www.ManateeClerk.com
"Pride in Service with a Vision to the Future"
1968 UltraVan
1955 Spartan
1963 Shasta
Additional Pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbone2/sets/72157632846618560/
From the Webmaster’s Desk
By Terry Bone
We get lots of questions about how to find a vintage trailer to purchase. We put together some resources on the TCT website to help with this common question. Here is a link to the page: http://tincantourists.com/wiki/doku.php?id=where_to_search_for_your_vintage_camper
This page is editable, so if you have other ideas or suggestions, please go to the page and add them.
Where to Search for your Tin Can
Of course we had to start with our own TCT classifieds but we really think this is the best on the internet.
Our website devoted to vintage motor home and trailer enthusiasts. We have a Classifieds section that everyone should include in their camper-searching ritual. Here is a link that you can use: Tin Can Tourists
Search. This goes straight to the page where the For Sale ads are sorted by most recent listings.
There is a wide range of campers on Tin Can Tourists, from just-found-in-a-cornfield camper to fully restored beauties.
People are listing trailers for sale or links to trailers for sale on Craigslist and Ebay - let them do the work for you, just join these groups. Tell them what you are looking for and sometimes you'll get a good lead.
Tin Can Tourists Facebook Group
Vintage Campers for Sale
Rolling Oldies Vintage Trailers
Classic Trailer Specialists
Facebook Buy, Sell, Trade Groups
Many local area Buy-Sell-Trade groups have been started on facebook. google search of some can be
found here: http://goo.gl/qqkk2 or searching for “Buy sell Trade” or “Campers + buy sell Trade” & Your City, State or County.
Craigslist & Related Sites
In order to perform an efficient search on Craigslist, you have to know how to use the pipe symbol, which looks like the vertical line: |. This is a link to a search that I commonly used on my local Craigslist. Here’s the text of the search:
((vintage camper)|(vintage trailer)|shasta|scotty|airstream|argosy)
You can see that I separated all of the keywords with the pipe symbol. It’s the same thing as putting an
“OR” between each phrase or word. If there is more than one word (like “vintage camper”), then you have to put it in parentheses. And then you put everything in parentheses.
My Craigslist search was in the Philadelphia area for listings in the For Sale: Recreational Vehicles (RVs) section. If there are results in nearby areas, they show up at the bottom of the page. But you can’t
control the nearby areas that show up, so you have to do multiple searches in different cities and states in order to get broader results.
Instead of performing a zillion Craigslist searches, you can use a website
called http://www.SearchTempest.com, which lets you enter the distance from your location. For example, your results can include all Craigslist listings within 500 miles, if that’s how far you are willing to go for a vintage camper. Also, on my IPad, I have an app called CraigsPro, which makes it a little easier
to perform Craigslist searches across many different cities and states. This is also great for yard-sale searching, so it was worth the 99 cents. There are similar apps for Android and iPhones.
Alas, through all of my Craigslist searching, I found that most of the campers on Craigslist needed some level of restoration. Many had water damage, which is the most prevalent problem with these old travel trailers. We wanted a camper that was already restored, so I had trouble finding contenders on Craigslist.
But I still looked at Craigslist every day…just in case.
Kijiji
Around my area, Craigslist is not really that big - Kijiji is king.
Couple of features I like on Kijiji:
Its free to search (of course), and to post. You can pay to get your ads up higher in the search, but not that many people do so I don't find it of much use. The default search is by date (most recent first), so
when I want to refresh my ad I just remove the old one and repost.
Searching is by area - you can drill down right to your municipality and get results close to you, but you can also search by province or state, which I believe is new to Kijiji in the last year. I like to search all of
Ontario - you never know when I may be travelling to that area - it may be worth the drive!
Once you have a basic search you can also expand the search - 100km to 1000km from home. the left panel will also let you narrow the search by category, municipality, distance, offering or buying and by
price. You can also sort the ads by price or date posted.
Now that you have a good search built with the parameters you like, Kijiji will send you a daily email of new ads which fit the criteria. I really like this from a buyer and a seller point of view - if I am selling, I
want my ad 'pushed' to a buyer who might be interested.
eBay
Here is the super-duper eBay search that I performed every morning: Vintage Trailer eBay Search. Feel free to steal it and give it a few tweaks. It isn’t just a search for “vintage camper” or “vintage trailer”. In fact, I didn’t use any key words in the search. I honed the results to only include:
Campers listed on eBay Motors > RVs & Campers category Campers made before 1976 Campers under 25ft in length (although 16 ft. would have been sufficient) Results sorted by “Time: Newly Listed” Be sure to use the filters along the left side of the page to help narrow your results. And then click the link that
says “Save this search” at the top of the page.
In the beginning, I also included a location filter: I only wanted to see campers within 200 miles of my zip code. But the results were too limited, so I removed that filter.
When you use the Model Year in your search criteria, keep in mind that some sellers don’t know what year their camper was made. So, they don’t enter any year in their listing. If your search is limited to specific years, then you might miss some campers. Every once in a while, I would remove all of the year
filters from my search, just to see if I missed any vintage campers.
I originally had it set up to email me every day, but those notifications just don’t seem to work for me - I was getting irrelevant or duplicate results in the emails. So I would just run the search at least once a
day.
eBay ended up being the winner for us - that’s where we found our 1956 Scotsman. Funnily enough, I
had never even seen another Scotsman in all of my months of searching. So it wasn’t a keyword that I would have typed into any of these websites.
The seller had a very high feedback score, a detailed listing, provided many photos and answered all of
the questions that we had. We could tell from his listing that he took pride in his work. In the end, it worked out for us, but you have to consider the risks of buying something without seeing it first. Most seasoned travel trailer owners would say that it is a bad idea. But I am not a seasoned travel trailer
owner, so I can play dumb if I want.
Other RV Sites
Here are a few other websites that I would visit every once in a while. Some of them aren’t very active,
but you never know if you don’t look!
http://www.rvtrader.com/RV Trader Online - There aren’t a lot of vintage trailers on this site, but it was worth the occasional look.
VintageCampers.com - These bare-bones campers are for hard code restorers only. Sisters on the Fly - The famous club of like-minded outdoorsy women has a page dedicated to
campers for sale on their website.
Vintage Shasta Trailer Forum - If you are specifically looking for a vintage Shasta travel trailer, this message board is a great place to start.
Little Vintage Trailer - A blog that occasionally has listings for vintage trailers for sale. Most are
smaller in size but on occasion larger ones are listed.
On the Road Playlist: > Route 66 Nat King Cole
> All Summer Long The Beach Boys
> A Thousand Miles From Nowhere Dwight Yoakum
> Get Some Hackensaws
> Cowboy Take Me Away The Dixie Chicks
> Break Down Here Julie Roberts
> At Last Etta James
> California Dreaming The Mamas and the Papas
> Dancing In The Streets Martha and the Vandellas
> Don't Answer Me The Alan Parsons Project
> Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd
> Hey Jude The Beatles
> Hot Rod Lincoln Twangbangers
> All Revved Up And No Place To Go Meat Loaf
> The Painted Desert 10,000 Maniacs
> Rain Rusted Root
> Begin The Beguine Artie Shaw
> Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa Ian and Sylvia
> 409 Beach Boys
> All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow
> Amarillo By Morning George Strait
> Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell
> Blue Moon Of Kentucky Elvis Presley
> Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke
> Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams
> Cherry, Cherry Neil Diamond
> Day Tripper The Beatles
> Don't Make Me Come To Tulsa Wade Hayes
> Drive My Car The Beatles
> For What's It's Worth Buffalo Springfield
> Gum Tree Canoe John Hartford
> Heaven Scent John Digweed
> Just Push Play Aerosmith
> Kit Kat Clock The Bottle Rockets
> London Rain Heather Nova
> Love Shack The B-52s
> Maybellene Chuck Berry
> M'Toto Zap Mama
> Party Out Of Bounds The B-52s
> Radar Gun The Bottle Rockets
> Albuquerque Asleep at the Wheel
> All The Gold In California Larry Gatlin
> He Reached Down Iris Dement
> I'm Moving On Hank Snow
> La Vie En Rose Edith Piaf
> The Last Trip To Tulsa Neil Young
> Little Brown Jug Glenn Miller
> Lodi Creedence Clearwater Revival
> The Mother Road Alan Rhody
> One O’clock Jump Count Basie
> Perfidia The Ventures
> Roam The B-52s
> Running On Empty Jackson Browne
> Santa Fe Rent Soundtrack
> Six Days On The Road Dave Dudley
> Take It Easy The Eagles
> Thirsty Boots Judy Collins
> Tulsa Queen Emmylou Harris
> All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight Hank Williams Jr
> Amanda Don Williams
> Amarillo Kathy Mattea
> The Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga. Jan and Dean
> Back To The Earth Rusted Root
> Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf
> Come Away With Me Norah Jones
> Dead Skunk Loudon Wainwright III
> American Pie Don McLean
> Girl On The Billboard Wylie and the Wild West
> A Good Hearted Woman Waylon Jennings
> Here For The Party Gretchen Wilson
> In The Mood Glenn Miller
> A Little Less Conversation Elvis Presley
> Mambo No. 5 Lou Bega
> Never Been To Spain Waylon Jennings
> Promised Land Elvis Presley
> Route 66 Revisited Jimmy LaFave
> A Stroke of Genius Christina Aguilera and the Strokes
> There's A Tear In My Beer Hank Williams
> The White Knight Cledus Maggard
> Amarillo Emmylou Harris
> Amazing Grace Judy Collins
> America Simon and Garfunkel
> American Patrol Glenn Miller
> Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson
> Born to Run Bruce Springsteen
> Here In California Lucinda Williams
> I've Been Everywhere Hank Snow
> Land Of Enchantment Michael Martin Murphey
> Oklahoma Hills Arlo Guthrie
> Old Mojave Highway Kenny Rogers
> On The Road Lee Roy Parnell
> On The Road Again Willie Nelson
> Rofiki Zap Mama
> Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
> Seven Bridges Road The Eagles
> So Nice (Summer Samba) Bebel Gilberto
> Truckin' The Grateful Dead
> Understand Your Man Johnny Cash
> Walk Don't Run The Ventures
> Walk On The Wild Side Lou Reed
> Will Rogers Highway Woody Guthrie
> Angel Delgadillo John Stewart
> I Walk The Line Johnny Cash
> America Neil Diamond
> Come Monday Jimmy Buffett
> Oklahoma Borderline Vince Gill
> Our Town Iris Dement
> One Fine Day The Chiffons
> One Summer Night The Danleers
> Good Rockin' Tonight Elvis Presley
> Speedy Gonzales Pat Boone
> The Long And Winding Road The Beatles
> Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun Dave Dudley
> Layla Eric Clapton
> Shadows Of The Night Pat Benatar
> White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
> Blessed Are. Joan Baez
> Coming Into Los Angeles Arlo Guthrie
> Do-Re-Mi Woody Guthrie
> String Of Pearls Glenn Miller
> Willin' Steve Earle
> Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell
> It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
> Another Place, Another Time Bobbie Gentry
> I'm Bad I'm Nationwide ZZ Top
> Lost Highway Hank Williams
> Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) Garth Brooks
> Tell Me Something About Tulsa George Strait
> Those Words We Said Kim Richey
> Sugar Baby Love The Rubettes
> Paradise By The Dashboard Lights Meat Loaf
> Pastures Of Plenty Tom Paxton
> Calling You Natalie Cole
> Two Lane Highway Pure Prairie League
> Two More Bottles Of Wine Emmylou Harris
> All American Boy Bill Parsons
> Life In The Fast Lane The Eagles
> Like A Rock Bob Seger
> She Loves You The Beatles
> Watching The Wheels John Lennon
> Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis
> Drive The Cars
> Rebel Rouser Duane Eddy
> Boogie Back To Texas Asleep at the Wheel
> Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
> Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett
> Phantom 309 Red Sovine
> The Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma The Sons of the Pioneers
> Why Don't We Get Drunk Jimmy Buffett
> Hotel California The Eagles
> No Particular Place To Go Chuck Berry
> Route 66 Theme Nelson Riddle
> Born To Be Wild The Cult
> Hotel Yorba The White Stripes
> Miles From Our Home Cowboy Junkies
> Ready Steady Go Paul Oakenfold
> Rock Lobster The B-52s
> Take Me Home Phil Collins
> White Rose Slaid Cleaves
> Endless Highway Bob Dylan and The Band
> Talking Dust Bowl Blues Woody Guthrie
> Take The "A" Train Duke Ellington
> Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone Charley Pride
> Convoy C.W. McCall
> In Trow/Texas Rode Song The BoDeans
> Thunderstorms And Neon Signs Wayne Hancock
> Tulsa Time Don Williams
> Headed For The Future Neil Diamond
> Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
> Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa Gene Pitney
> Mighty Big Car Fred Eaglesmith
> Stay Jackson Browne
> Walk This Way Aerosmith
> You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC
> Tuxedo Junction Glenn Miller
> Down The Highway Bob Dylan
> How Fast Them Trucks Can Go Claude Gray
> Sin Wagon The Dixie Chicks
> Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys
> Rockin' Down The Highway Doobie Brothers
> I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams
> Tucumcari Here I Come Dale Watson
> Old Time Rock And Roll Bob Seger
> Tonight The Rubettes
> Low Rider War
> California Girls The Beach Boys
> Little Man Alan Jackson
> Take Me Back To Tulsa Asleep at the Wheel
> The Dogs Of San Jon John Stewart
> Viva Las Vegas ZZ Top
> Cruisin' Gene Vincent
> King Of The Road Roger Miller
> Me And Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
> See You In September The Tempos
> Summer In The City Lovin' Spoonful
> Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa Dusty Springfield
> Every day Is A Winding Road Sheryl Crow
> Island Gerry Rafferty
> Mustang Sally The Commitments
> Pink Motel Cisco
> Deportee Judy Collins
> Rock and Roll All Night Kiss
> Route 66 Bobby Troup
> Sweet Little 66 Steve Earle
> Cadillac Ranch Bruce Springsteen
> Miles and Miles Of Texas Asleep at the Wheel
> Goodnight, Well It's Time To Go The Spaniels
> So Long, It's Been Good To Know You Woody Guthrie
Down the Road
2013-14 Events
After receiving some complaints from attendees of some of the posted rallies at our site, we felt
that we needed to designate the events that are Official TCT Gatherings.
The designation of “Official” TCT Gatherings is probably overdue. We have been promoting, through our website, just about everything that is submitted and have not been as clear as we
should be about the events that are generated by our regional representatives and from time to time by TCT members.
The qualifications for a listing as an official TCT Gathering will probably be modified as it is a work in progress, but for now the following guidelines will be in place:
1. The Gathering is hosted by a Regional Representative or an active TCT member 2. TCT membership is a requirement for attendance. Membership requirements must be
clearly stated and collection of the Tin Can Tourists membership fee must be part of the rally registration process. Note: when the staff at Camp Dearborn asked callers for site
reservations, many falsely said they were active members to secure a site thereby getting a price break granted to TCT and preventing a member from reserving that site.
3. The Regional Representative will be the clearing house for area events and recommend
events that they feel meet the guidelines for the Official designation. The Regional Representative should be kept informed about the event's overall organization.
4. Concourses will be limited to the Annual Gathering and Regional Rallies. TCT purchases
the awards and provides some judging guidelines and wants to keep such awards “special” by limiting the number of such events. It is up to the Regional Representative
as to whether they want to provide a concours for attendees. Each geographical area is unique and the Regional Representative is best suited to decide if such an activity is to be provided.
Check the Rally Calendar at www.tincantourists.com for a listing of other events.
Designates “Official TCT Gathering”
The registration forms are all available on Rally Registration page on the site:
http://www.tincantourists.com/rallyregistration.php or select "Rally Registrations" under Camp Office on the menu
Paypal forms will become available as the registration process is set up.
The event hosts will post downloadable forms and in some cases Paypal registration procedures.
Smokey Mountain Weekend - Brief description of event: Join us in the beautiful
Smokey Mountains for a weekend to remember. This is an adult campground (children under 2 and over 14 are welcome)
Date: April 19-21, 2013 Location: Four Paws Kingdom Campground, Rutherfordton, NC 28139, 828.287.7324, www.4pawskingdom.com
Number of units allowed at event: 41 Registration procedure: TCT Rally Participation Fee - $15.00 Per Site (collected upon
arrival) Reservations can be made directly with Four Paws Campground by calling 828-287-
7324 or at http://www.4pawskingdom.com . Site fees are dependent on size and type of site you choose. Remember, to mention you are with the TCT Spring Fling Rally to receive the appropriate rate! Please Note: TCT Rally Participation fee is NOT included in
your site rental. Contact person: For more information contact Kim at [email protected]
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16th Annual Gathering – May 16-19, 2013
Tentative Schedule 16th Annual Gathering – May 16-19, 2013 Thursday 5:00 Tent Crock Pot Thursday
50/50 – Tickets on Sale
New Member Reception
7:30 Tent "America’s Main Street: The Lincoln Highway”
Hunt Jones, presenter
Friday 9:30 Tent Breakfast Brunch 1st Seating – Even Numbered Sites
10:00 Tent Breakfast Brunch 2nd Seating – Odd Numbered Sites
3:00 TBA Dutch Oven Cooking – Doug Hardekopf
11:00 Tent MEETING FOR ALL CONCOURS ENTRANTS
11:00 Meet@Tent Antiquing in Howell – drivers needed
1:00 Chalet TCT Picture Display
2:00 Site # 50 Dan Hershberger’s 1927 Auto Kamp Trailer –
Vintage Camping Equipment Demonstration
6:00 at Tent Pizza Party
7:00 at Tent Music by Bugs Beddow Band
Dusk to Dark “Friday Night Lites” (Judging)
Saturday 7:30 Tent Coffee and Sweet Treats
11:30-2:00 Food Vendor will be available for lunch
11:00-4:00 North American Vintage Trailer and Motor Coach Concours
(Open House and Concours)
Period dress encouraged – reflecting your trailer’s vintage
PLEASE MOVE TOW VEHICLES TO TENT VILLAGE AREA
2:00 Dan Hershberger, 1927 Auto Kamp Trailer – Vintage Camping
Gear demonstration at Site #50
5:30 1st Seating - Catered Dinner –Odd Numbered Sites WRIST BANDS REQUIRED
6:15 2nd Seating - Catered Dinner – Even Numbered Sites WRIST BANDS REQUIRED
7:00 Concours Award’s Presentation, Door Prizes, 50/50 Drawing
Sunday 7:30 Tent Coffee and treats
DEPARTURE BY 1:00 HAVE A SAFE TRIP – SEE YOU IN THE FALL
Police Emergency Number: 911 or 248-684-1825 Fire Department: 248-684-2335
Camp Office: 248-684-6000 Forrest & Jeri 941-302-2415
5th Vicksburg TCT & 33rd Vicksburg Old Car Festival for Thursday, June
6 - Sunday, June 9, 2013 – Vicksburg, Michigan
Camping in the Vicksburg Historic Village at 300 N. Richardson Street. Registration fee, $25.00 includes electric, which is due by June 1, 2013. Limited sites.
Contact: Ken and Lee Evensen at 269.649.2445 or cell 269.808.0853 or email for more information or questions: [email protected]
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Fairmount Indiana June 15th
2013 Western Canada “Tin Can Tourists” Vintage Trailer Rally
Hosted by: Susan and Gerry Measures Sons of Norway Country Club East of Mission BC Canada
Phone 604 929 6403 Cell 604 813 7305 [email protected] Sons of Norway Country Club - 11901 Seux Road - Mission, BC - V2V 4J1
Lincoln Highway Centennial Celebration – 2013
Lincoln Highway Centennial Celebration – June 21st to July 5
th FILLED – STANDBY AVAILABLE
Port Crescent State Park – Vintage Weekend – July 25-28, 2013 - John Truitt host
Port Crescent State Park
1775 Port Austin Road Port Austin, MI 48467
Jul 25, 2013 - Jul 28, 2013
5th Annual Vintage Camper Show and TCT Gathering
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TCT Members and our RVs have been invited back once again to this beautiful state park! The park rangers go out of their way to accommodate us and our RVs’ special
needs. Our Saturday Open House and Tour is now a favorite activity for the locals and attracts visitors from 3 hours away! We entertain ourselves the other days with some
legendary shenanigans – The Weiner Cookout, The Morning Coffee Klatches, Affagoto Time, Sunset Watching, Worst Tchotchke Contest, Dancing, Strolling Singers, The Crock
Pot Dinner and the Legendary and Entertaining Stir Fry. Spontaneous fun tends to happen as well! A few other surprises are in the planning stages. We will have 75 Sites - but the Park will let us double up on several of them. RSVP ASAP TCTers!
Contact John Truitt at [email protected], 313-701-8930 follow this event on facebook at http://alturl.com/s4dur
Bell River Windsor, Ontario – Vintage Boats and Trailers – Hosts Rick Myer – More information to follow. Contact Rick at: [email protected]
39th annual Old Time Fiddlers Picnic
When: August 2-4, 2013
Where: Mercier Ranch, one mile South of Livingston, Montana (I-90) on US 89 See fiddlerspicnic.blogspot.com for more details on the picnic. It is a good deal more
than a picnic and welcomes any players of roots music. Lots of jamming around the campground which is on the Old Mercier Ranch. While there are spectators there are a good deal more musicians.
Tin Can Tourists are invited to gather in conjunction with the Picnic. It is dry camping with no electric, but there are porta potties provided, a free breakfast on Sun and a pot
luck with meet supplied Sat afternoon. Camping is free but you must be a TCT member (TCT membership available on site) and TCT members are expected to contribute for an event button to the tune of $25 each. We'll camp together on the site. Wonderful to
go to sleep under the Montana sky being serenaded by bluegrass, old timey, mountain, Celtic, gospel, cowboy singers and the like.
Since there is a heavy emphasis on musicians we are hoping that many of the TCT members also bring and play their instruments. Dogs are welcome but keep them under
control. Too dry this time of year for campfires on this ranch but propane campfires are OK. We plan to have a dash plaque and a few trophies but mainly this is just a great camp out.
US 89 is the Northern Gateway to the Yellowstone National Park and at the head of Paradise Valley which pretty much says it all. If you flyfish, hike, mountain bike or
whatever, this is the event for you. Contact: For further information contact Dal Smilie at [email protected].
Event: 2013 Port Sanilac Antique Boat Show & Vintage Festival
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"Celebrating (a time when leisure time was filled) Craftsmanship and Design" Dates: August 9-11 (For TCT Folks)
Location: Downtown Port Sanilac, Michigan
Event: 2013 Port Sanilac Antique Boat Show & Vintage Festival
Dates: August 9-11 (For TCT Folks)
Location: Downtown Port Sanilac, Michigan
TCT Members and our Trailers, RVs and Vintage “toys” are invited to the 2013 Port Sanilac
Antique Boat and Vintage Festival. We will be camping on the streets of Port Sanilac. Saturday
will be our traditional Open House and Tour, Friday Night we will host a Light up the Night
Sneak Peak Walking Tour. The rest of the time? We will join in with this small town as they
celebrate summer, our morning coffee klatches and other fun. Plans are still coming together.
We will have minimal electric, access to the marina’s showers and rest rooms, water. Camping
will be setup throughout the downtown.
Contact John Truitt at [email protected], 313-701-8930,
follow this event on facebook…http://alturl.com/8hiem
Oakland Grove – Holly Michigan, Hosted by Cullen Tate - August 22-25, 2013
Registration information Contact Cullen at 248-528-0713 [email protected]
Name of event: Watts Up-By the Bay
Brief description of event: Join us in an action packed weekend at Willard Bay State Park, Willard, Utah. Come Boat, swim, water-ski, hike, watch for nesting eagles, explore
Willard Peak, or fish all this only 8 miles north of Ogden, Utah. Camp under tall cottonwood trees that frame the night sky. We are going to wow you with a swap meet, meet and greet, open house, catered dinner, unplugged music jam, and lots
more. Newly renovated restroom with hot showers. Come meet the friendly people of Utah and experience the beauty of the land.
Date: September 12-15, 2013 Location: Willard Bay State Park , South Marina
http://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/willard-bay/video Number of units allowed at event: up to 48 with hook ups and some double parking,
plus lots of dry camping space Registration procedure: TCT membership required. The rally, camping fee and new
TCT membership: For full hook ups $105.00 (less $25.00 if current TCT member) or dry camping -no hook-up, but full restroom access for $
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75.00. Registration form and more details with PayPal will be online or contact your TCT Northwest Regional Rep- Watt Mungall. Email him at [email protected], or
call him for more info @ 1-435-723-6775.
Contact person: For more information contact Watt @ [email protected] or call 1-435-723-6775
TCTNE - 2013 Tin Can Tourists North East Rally SOLD OUT
Brief Description of Event: 6th Annual Northeast Rally at Sampson State Park on Seneca Lake near Ovid NY. Rally fee includes campsite for (3) nights, (3) continental breakfasts, pizza and wine Thursday dinner, Thursday night PowerPoint presentation,
Friday night is member-inspired chili/mac&cheese/soup cook-off, Friday night live music, Saturday Open House to public, Saturday catered dinner, and Saturday night
vintage film noir movie with trailers and trailer park (not "Long Long..."). No RV Concours judging…just a good time.
Date: September 12, 13, 14 Location: Sampson State Park, 6096 Rt. 96A, Romulus NY
Number of Units: 53 campsites (electric only, water available in loop or fill near office) Registration Procedure and Fees: To Be Announced
Volunteers Needed to Make This Successful Special TCT Broadcast to be released later in December
Contact: Hunt Jones ([email protected]) using TCTNE as Subject
Fall Gathering – Camp Dearborn, Milford Michigan – September 26-29, 2013.
Registration forms in summer (June) newsletter. If you already have a site, you will be
invoiced during the summer for the Gathering Fee. If you do not have a site, contact Forrest for early registration procedure.
Additional Information – [email protected]
Fall into Vintage 2013 dates are announced! This rally will always take place the
last weekend of September and will coincide with the TCT National Camping weekend. Left than half the sites are available so book soon to secure your spot.
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Festival of Lights in Charleston SC will be our first expansion rally into the low
country. Wayne Coleson will be heading up the preparations for this James Island event, November 7-10 2013. Sites must be reserved 12 months in advance and we
currently have a list of 20 trailers with prereserved spots. If you would like to join us, please contact Wayne at [email protected] or Kim at
[email protected] so that Wayne can reserve the correct amount of spots. We'd like to find someone who would be willing to host a Georgia Rally in June
2013. Any GA members out there interested in Hosting a rally?
2013 TCT California Rally
Date: September 27-29, 2013
Location: KOA in Petaluma, California Come Meet Your Peeps In Petaluma~
Time to make your reservations for the California Regional Rally held in beautiful Petaluma California. This year’s rally will be held the last weekend in Sept. Start collecting your wares for a fun filled weekend with fellow Trailerites. Some of the things
we are planning ~ chili cook off, Flamingo Bingo, leaded/unleaded cocktail soiree, pj parade, little swap meet shopping and of course the famous TCT
Tin~Can~Candle~La~Bra contest. It is never too early to begin the hunt for the perfect outfits/attire and accessories for you and your trailer....See you around the
campfire....
Registration procedure: To register using Paypal or Print Form and mail check
Way Down the Road
Koreshan Unity Settlement Gathering November, October 31 to November 3. Estero State Park, Estero, Florida Registration material will be in summer newsletter
Bradenton Blues Festival – December 7th – 2013 Make your reservation for a site at Braden Castle Park – no pets – 941.746.7700 or
Linger Lodge – 941.755.2757 - if you have a pet. Purchase a ticket early. They expect a complete sell out.
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Contact Johnette [email protected] for ticket information.
Florida Winter Celebration – Alachua Conservation Trust - Prairie Creek Lodge http://alachuaconservationtrust.org/
http://alachuaconservationtrust.org/index.php?/alachua/archives/prairie-creek-lodge
January 23, 2014 and departing Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Open House Saturday the 25th of January
Bob and Tish Kilpatrick TCT Hosts, with the help of Larry Perry
Ivor Kincaide Land Manager Alachua Conservation Trust
12 W. University Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
Ontario Caravan in the works Got a passport and don't know what to do with it? Why not begin planning to travel the longest highway in the world, Yonge Street in beautiful Ontario? At 1,638 K or 1,178 m,
(depending on your odometer), Guiness, (not the good stuff), proclaimed it the "Longest Street in the World!" in their book.
Tentative dates are sometime in 2014, July or August. Bring some sunscreen, OFF and
be raring to go on the, "TCT-Black Fly Caravan". Your Eastern Canadian Rep. and the Filaults on beginning to get excited in our first steps to organize this Canadian Caravan! Contact me if interested.
Just a FYI; started a Black Fly Caravan Group on Facebook. Info etc. there. Wanna join?
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Request and it's done deed.
Rick Myer - [email protected]
Julie Martin and the tiny house she designed and moved into after her Gulf Coast home was
destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. (Courtesy of Julie Martin)
Tiny houses were built to house the displaced after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake.
(Courtesy of The Overlook Press)
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Gregory Johnson's "mobile hermitage" in Iowa City, Iowa. (Courtesy of Gregory Johnson)
The sleeping loft in Gregory Johnson's "mobile hermitage" leaves just enough space for a good night's sleep. (Jay Shafer/Courtesy of Gregory Johnson)
Gregory Johnson's "mobile hermitage" feels bigger inside than you might think. (Jay Shafer/Courtesy of Gregory Johnson)
When Gregory Johnson says he lives in a tiny house, he’s not kidding. His entire house--an attractive chalet with a bed, bathroom, dining room table and kitchen--is just 7 feet wide and 10 feet long.
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“On vacation most people would love to go and live in some little cottage somewhere, a one-room sparsely furnished facility,” said Johnson, who lives in Iowa City. “Nobody ever thinks to live like that on
a day-to-day basis. But what I do is, I try to live every day as though it’s a vacation.” As the American landscape is increasingly peppered with overgrown palaces that many call “McMansions,” homeowners like Johnson have opted for the opposite extreme. These houses aren’t
just small, they’re tiny. And unlike the denizens of cramped apartments in cities, the inhabitants of tiny houses choose to live in them not despite, but because of their miniature size. The last half decade has seen American houses beef up like baseball players pumped up on steroids.
According to the National Association of Homebuilders, the average American house in 1950 had a total floor area of 983 square feet. By 2004, that number had more than doubled to 2,314 square feet.
Organizations like the National Trust for Historic Preservation worry that historic neighborhoods are being ruined as homes are torn down to make way for houses two or three times larger. Homeowners like Johnson share that frustration and prefer to live in houses without an inch of unused
space. Bigger than a child’s playhouse but much smaller than a typical Manhattan studio apartment, the house the 41-year-old built and has lived in since 2003 features metal roofing, exposed stud interior walls and red oak flooring.
The house, which is on wheels and is parked in the backyard of his parents’ house, has been dubbed the “mobile hermitage.” It has electricity and running water, but he chooses not to use them. Instead, he showers at his job each morning and lights the place at night with the LED light from the front of his
bicycle. The house has high ceilings and a sleeping loft, which make it feel more spacious, he says. Johnson, a technology consultant, is the founder of the Small House Society, which has a small but growing mailing list of more than 200, including architecture firms and urban planners. The group’s
monthly e-mail newsletter offers tips on everything from housing code battles to homeowners insurance, two common stumbling blocks for enthusiasts. Many owners of tiny houses are driven by a commitment to preserve the environment. Fewer building
materials, they point out, mean reduced building waste. And because the houses are easier (and cheaper) to heat than typical homes, reduced energy usage means decreased greenhouse gas emissions.
The biggest hurdle in getting homebuyers to warm up to the idea of tiny houses is that the dwellings are just too, well, tiny. But proponents say the perception of spaciousness can be a matter of design.
“I get claustrophobic in big houses if they’re poorly designed or too crowded,” said Jay Shafer, who started the Tumbleweed Tiny House Co. and helped Johnson build his little house after building his own 70-square-foot home in 1997. “But I don’t get claustrophobic in a small house as long as it’s well made,
unless there are too many people inside.” Tiny houses actually predate McMansions. Henry David Thoreau lived in a house near Walden Pond in Massachusetts that was just 150 square feet.
Author Lester Walker features Thoreau’s house and more than 40 other variations on the theme in “Tiny Houses: or How to Get Away From It All.” Following the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, mini “earthquake houses” were built to house
displaced residents, according to Walker. In the Carolinas, “pout houses” sprang up in backyards to provide spouses who lost a domestic argument a place to spend the night. In some of the more rural areas of Texas, where the family ranch was inconveniently far from church, families would build tiny
houses close to town for a place to sleep on Saturday nights, making it easy to get to Sunday services. According to Walker, the modern-day appeal of tiny houses is simple. “They’re cute; they’re little baby houses,” he said. “You like puppy dogs and babies. It’s the same thing.”
For others, the draw of tiny houses is far more practical. They can provide a housing alternative when there are no other options.
After Julie Martin’s home in Bay St. Louis on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, she lived on a FEMA-sponsored cruise ship for four and a half months. When she heard about Shafer’s tiny houses, she knew she had found the way to have a private space she could call home
until the reconstruction of her community was complete, a process that could take years. Her tiny house arrived in late February. “I love it! It’s wonderful!” she said. “I could live in this for a long time."
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Before the hurricane, Martin had a business restoring the grand historic homes for which the region is known. Her own home, built two years before George Washington’s inauguration, was the oldest on
the Gulf Coast, she said, until it was washed away by the storm. With her home and business destroyed and the area in what she calls “survival mode,” Martin saw a business opportunity in tiny homes. She worked with Shafer to design a special Gulf Coast model of a tiny house, with a front
porch, asymmetrical windows and doors, porcelain faucet handles and other details typical of the area’s old homes. The houses may be small, but Martin says they have two details she deemed essential: a full bathtub
and a walk-in closet. Because they’re built to last and can be set on property later as a guest cottage, Martin says the tiny
houses, which start at $37,000, will appreciate in value, unlike a trailer. She says inquiries are already starting to pour in. “It’s just cozy. It has a little homey cabin feeling,” she said, speaking on her cell phone from inside her
brand-new miniature house. “It’s the anti-FEMA trailer.” E-mail: [email protected]
Submissions Wanted If you have something that you think might be of interest to TCT members. Please submit it for possible inclusion in future newsletters. Stories about restoration projects, trips, recollections, etc. would be of interest.
TCT Member Lew Bowen’s Packard Ambulance
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Airstream Interiors: Think you will love this on Airstream interiors
http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/7346010/list/Haul-These-Fab-Airstream-Styles-Home
Urban Camping in Germany
Subject: Urban camping: The caravan site in Berlin that's INSIDE the Huttenpalast hotel | Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2262065/Urban-camping-The-caravan-site-Berlin-thats-INSIDE-Huttenpalast-hotel.html
Magnetic sign measures 11 ½ inches – One for $20 Two for $35. Shipping and handling $10. Mail check made payable to Forrest Bone, 4 High Street, Bradenton, Florida 34208
