Part 3, Airstream #1

My husband has always wanted an Airstream and since we were looking for something with holding tanks and nothing to really set up I was sold. However, this would require a bigger truck, the Ranger would not be able to tow this safely. With an Airstream I would get a real bathroom, heat, and comfort. The bed was smaller than we had hoped for, no king size bed here, but we were ok with that...or so we thought.

Our firt Airstream was a 2006, 19ft Safari Bambi Special Edition. Aluminum interior, dinette, stove, refrigerator that was bigger than a bread box, indoor shower and a real toilet. Not a lot of counter space for cooking but we don't cook much. I think we camped in it 3 or 4 times before we realized we had made a huge mistake. It really was too small for us. Granted it's just my husband and I but we camp with an 85 pound Yellow Labrador dog. My husband is 6'2" so this made the bathroom area for him rather small. Now, we've seen other couples over the years in a similar bathroom and they were happy, but for us, it was way too small. Now the bed, which we both found was just too darn small, I think it resembled a full size bed. Once again, my husband is 6'2", I'm 5'4" but we don't spoon so sleeping got interesting. Eventually, my husband took the bed and I took the dinette thinking it was smaller than the two. This didn't work either, I'm not a morning person but my husband is, and the dinette is right in front of the door. Change in sleeping locations again, this time I took the bed and he took the dinette. This worked fine except, part of being married is being able to sleep with your spouse. This was not going to work. Back to the drawing board, my husband looked around and called the dealership where we bought our Airstream and inquired if they had a 25ft front bedroom, which seemed to have the best layout for us and a bigger bed. No more corner beds for us. They did and would accept the trade as they had a buyer already lined up. Hmmm but getting the 25 ft meant now we needed a bigger truck, sigh. Now, we must buy a bigger truck in time for the bigger trailer.

Damn Gene, you started all of this with that truck tent. The total cost of this "Wedding Gift" is what? Not free, lol. Honestly, Gene's a great guy, but we do give him crap for starting us on this path.