Monday, September 30, 2024

D155 - 09/30/24 RETRO RALLY 2024














































Got up early and watched sunrise across the river. Had a fawn out of nowhere run past me next to our picnic table. Tim and I walked half the campground this morning socializing along the way. Taking what pictures I could of Airstreams along the way. All of the rally attendees will be taking a private museum tour. Half of  them took the tour today. Tim and I are signed up to tour tomorrow morning. 


Today we went into town for supplies … Kroger & Costco. Returned to basecamp to walk and socialize our way around the other half of the campground. Found a very special 1948 Airstream Liner camped here similar to ours (famous in the A/S circle of who’s who/who owned it previously). We were able to take pictures of both the interior and exterior of this rig for reference in our build. The last three daylight pictures are of the Airstream like ours that we are restoring. 


Attended a lovely dinner for the Retro Rally here in the park. So nice to see old friends and meet so many new ones. Thank you to our host and rally organizers for all their hard efforts. 


This evening we walked around some more looking at some of the trailers after dark. Ran into a few more friends and hung out for a bit with our Vintage Airstream Club Present. He was projecting a football game on the side of his van. Must be the biggest TV I’ve ever seen in a campground!


Finished the night back at our Airstream. Need to get to bed early as tomorrow we have an early call for the private museum tour.


Sunset: 6:54 pm

Sunrise: 7:04 am


Wildlife viewings:

Fawn

Turtles

Squirrels

Blue Heron 

Great Egrets

D154 - 09/29/24 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS



































 


Today’s Epic Adventure took us from the Stafford Air and Space Museum in Oklahoma to Little Rock, Arkansas. But before we left this amazing museum we had a little photo shoot in the parking lot. 


As usual I started the day off by driving. Tim finished the day driving. The system we have now for who drives and who navigates has worked out very well for this  trip. We have definitely traveled into different scenery … desert to mountains back to desert to farmlands to now rolling hills with lush trees, beautiful lakes and river valleys. 


Basecamp for a few nights will be at Maumelle Park in Little Rock, Arkansas. Tim and I are here attending a Vintage Airstream Club event called the Retro Rally. Our campsite is beautiful! Love being next to the marina and being able to see across the Arkansas River. 


We spent way too much time socializing once we arrived. So much that I did not get any pictures of the other stunning rigs here in attendance. Love that we have many friends here attending from all over the U. S. that we have known for years. 


More pictures tomorrow!


Sunset: 6:55 pm

Sunrise: 7:04 am


Elevation: 260’


Miles from home: 

950 miles

Miles driven: 

15,051.8 miles


Wildlife viewings:

Bison

Hawks 

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