It’s come to my attention, thanks to Owner No. One of our 2004 Airstream, that I never gave more details of how we came to get The Hot Mess. Thank you! It’s so complicated how we got him. First of all we weren’t ‘looking’ but always have our eyes and ears open. It’s a very complicated story that most won’t believe. I’ll be brief. This all started when a friend of ours in New York called Tim to tell him about a trailer that his friend who lives in Oregon knew about. Our friend called us because he figured it was close to us. Sixty-two miles to be exact.
The guy in Oregon had purchased The Hot Mess from a lady in Michigan sight unseen. The Airstream had belonged to her father, I call him Mr. Hunter. Mr. Hunter is who brought this Airstream to Florida in 1976. We never saw any of these people but had to meet up with the cousin of the lady in Michigan who lived somewhere in Florida who actually had the clear title. Every step of the purchase screamed STOP but we somehow pushed through and everything worked out.
Everyone that Tim spoke to referred to the property as a hunt camp. It was way out in the forest and surrounded by many hunt camps. However we have yet to come across anything of his in the Airstream that said ‘I’m a hunter!’ Being a Floridian I would have considered him a Snow Bird. He would have come only during the winter months. This caravan had no AC and would have been too hot for our summer months. He loved cooking in his crockpot, smoking and keeping his property cleared.
This is all speculation from our finds inside. Since no one had keys we still have a few exterior compartments to sift through. Also Tim found that envelope containing the original paperwork from the dealer on its original sale. That’s how we got some details on the first owner. Also we know for a fact that this trailer was not in the 1963 Around The World Caravan. The faded red Airstream WBCCI Club numbers could reveal more details for when we have time to research them.
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