airstreamy

Many of our friends and family have asked us, “Why did you buy an airstream?” All I can say is that I am surprised we hadn’t bought one sooner! I have been wanting an airstream for about 10 years, but only recently started actively looking for them. We always thought it would be so cool to tow an airstream with our 1959 caddy or 1961 oldsmobile. My husband, Matt, regularly goes fishing and camping. I have always wanted to join him, but since I am a self-proclaimed high-maintenance gal, I have always made excuses for staying at home. Now that we have an airstream, I feel like I have a travel bug. I want to go exploring. My sister feels the same way. We want to park the airstream near the beach, drive it to see Santa at the North Pole (my sister is OBSESSED with Christmas) and just escape the ordinary.

We had started scouring Craigslist several times a day for Airstream ads. Matt found one in Aguila, AZ and said we had to get out there before anyone else bought it. we had previously found 6 airstreams we wanted to view and all of them had sold the day they were posted for sale. Knowing this particular airstream was outside of town, we knew we’d likely be the first buyers to see it. And, we were. We arrived to a home with several trailers parked outside of it. A woman greeted us as we parked and told us to go take a look at the airstream. It was filthy inside and out. She told us that we had bought the trailer 6 months prior from a man who was living in it full-time. She knew very little about it. She didn’t know if the electrical, plumbing or AC worked. The biggest eyesore we saw was the massive evaporative cooler on the roof. We took about an hour reviewing the trailer and testing what we could onsite. We wanted to offer the seller less than the advertised price because of the many deficiencies we found and the inability to test all the major systems. She declined and we decided to pass on her best offer. We drove down the street to a convenience store, for some snacks for the drive back to town. We were really disappointed that the airstream wouldn’t be coming home with us. We decided to make a list of the pros and cons, since we had driven all the way out there (2+ hours). We agreed that if the seller would take our revised offer, we’d leave with the airstream. We drove back to the seller’s house, made the offer and she accepted.

We drove away and haven’t looked back. Now comes the fun part….bringing this baby back to life.

Here are some photos of Aguila, AZ and the first photos we took of our new 31′ 1974 Airstream Sovereign:

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