WITH FOUR MUTTIES and almost four years! of full time living in 220 square feet, the time had come for a much needed spa date for our beloved Silver Palace, a 2017 Classic Airstream. Off to the Mothership we rolled where our Airstream was born in the tiny town of Jackson Center, Ohio, population 1,400. After enjoying the festivities of Alumapalooza, a large Airstream gathering held annually at the factory, we popped over to the terra port, an onsite Airstream factory campground with full hook ups for Airstreams, and their owners, as they await service appointments.
On Monday morning the big, green John Deere tractor arrived to pull the Palace into the bay for a day while we spent time in the lobby. At 4:00 p.m. the Palace was returned to the terra port for us to call home until the next morning at 7:00 a.m. when the John Deere swung by and swept her away for her final spa day. It’s an exciting time to get items checked off the Wish List and completed professionally at the factory, but also crazy busy to get up and going with two dawgs fed and out the door so early in the morning. The sound of that John Deere coming around the circle at o’dark thirty just sends me into a tizzy!
Boonedocker walks into the Service Center like he owns the place, heck, when we adopted him 13 years ago, he climbed into our 19′ Winick Bambi Airstream and has been rollin’ ever since! Piper spent the day in the lobby while Jim caught up on work.
While at the Mothership, the Palace received new hubs and front brakes; the defunct, flex solar was cleanly removed from the roof; new mattresses were added along with fresh trim and a few other replacements and tweaks. Our aluminum adventure pod is now ready to roll and after a quiet morning latte, we hit the road.
Camp Dawg 