Dinner tonight

Dinner was a turdunken cheese ball followed by bacon explosion.  Here are a few pictures of the bacon explosion under construction and the completed cheese ball.  Next time we will put hard boiled eggs and cheese inside the bacon explosion for some color.

Japan America Kite Festival

Airstream friends of ours told us about a kite festival and today we took our granddaughter, Kinsey, to the 15th Annual Japan America Kite Festival in Seal Beach.  Here are a few pictures.

Polishing the outside

Since the interior is now usable, I decided to spend some time polishing the outside.  That way the Liner will look less like a derelict and hopefully keep my neighbors happy, although no one has complained.

Fifty seven year old aluminum polishes strangely, to my mind at least, some sections look great and some look hazy.

Palm Springs Modernism

We spent the late morning and early afternoon at the Riveria Hotel in Palm Springs viewing the vintage trailer exhibit sponsored by Airstream Life.  This event was part of the Palm Springs Modernism week.  There were 19 trailers ranging from 1935 to 1973, Airstreams, Spartans, Holiday House, La Crosse Vacationer, Westcraft and a Bowlus.  Weather was cold and cloudy, but no rain.

Thanksgiving Weekend

After spending Thanksgiving with Tricia's family, we traveled to San Elijo State Beach on Friday for the balance of the weekend.  Friday night we went to Campo to take the Polar Express train ride from the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum.  The train left the station and traveled to the North Pole where we picked up Santa and returned to the train station.  Here is a picture of Kinsey with Santa.

On Saturday we attended the first birthday of our great grand niece in San Diego.  Here are a couple of pictures of the pinata breaking and the birthday girl.

Santa Barbara and Vintage Trailers

Last Wednesday, we left home and traveled to the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara for an Airstream club rally.  There were 17 trailers and about 35 members in attendance.  Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were spent relaxing at the Showgrounds, there was a swap meet on the grounds Thursday and a book sale all weekend which we attended and bought a few books.  On Saturday, we went to the Flying Flags RV Park in Buellton to tour the Buellton Vintage Trailer Bash.  The pictures are from that rally, there were about 200 trailers, the oldest being a 1937 Covered Wagon and a 1937 Pierce Arrow trailer.

1954 Liner posts

I have decided to copy some of my posts on the 1954 Double Door Liner acquisition and rebuild from another site to this blog.  This post was originally made in July, 2005 and here it is with pictures:

Well, we are back, after fifteen days, twelve hours and 5,602 miles. We is myself, my wife, Beth, my number two daughter, Anne and her friend, Tricia. In six days we drove to Tampa, FL through El Paso, San Antonio, dinner at Riverwalk and a tour of the Alamo, Houston, baseball game, home team Astros won, lunch at Nicks in Eunice, LA, center of cajun culture and home of 101.1 FM KBON Louisiana Proud, stop at Avery Island and the Tabasco Plant, dinner at Emerils in New Orleans, begnets at Cafe DuMond, lunch at Lulu's (Jimmy Buffett's sister) at Homeport Marina in Gulf Shores, Al and then to Tampa and the 1954 Double Door 30' Liner. We spent two plus days replacing the axles and wiring the brakes, etc, visit with Jim Smith, the Silver Albatross, see the Devil Rays lose to the Marlins, and then left for the return trip. Seven days back, through Plains, GA, Vicksburg, MS, Dallas, return unused wheels and brakes and see the Rangers beat the Angels in eleven innings, Carlsbad Caverns, visit with Brad Norgaard in Phoenix and now home. Also met GunnyUSMC (from Airforums.com) on the way to Shreveport, good luck to you in Texas and hope to see you again.

We took the 1977 Lincoln which performed flawlessly both ways. Will compute mileage both bobtail and towing, later and will share with anyone who is interested. A vintage tow vehicle will perform on a long trip if properly maintained, and the comfort greatly exceeds a pickup or Suburban or Excursion.

Now the fun begins, take stock of the trailer condition, develop a plan of attack and rehab the Liner to the glory it deserves.

Here are a few pictures after we arrived home. More to come as the rebuild progresses.