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    Matt's New Mexico (Formerly Airstream) Adventure

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    • MattM
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      @neph93  I'll ship it to you free of charge when the little one's grown out of it if you promise to create a whole post dedicated to you doing stuff around the house in it.

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        @Matt:

        @neph93  I'll ship it to you free of charge when the little one's grown out of it if you promise to create a whole post dedicated to you doing stuff around the house in it.

        I can do that. Although it may only fit over my head.

        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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        • MattM
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          It's yours in roughly 2 years…

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          • GilesG
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            Canals in The UK and a shit load more sedentary than that…..

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • MattM
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              That was the Potomac River.  The canal is actually what the boat was sitting in.  It's been abandoned as a canal for quite some time and the towpaths that were used by mules to tow the ships are now the hiking and bike paths.  I was looking for a good pic of the canal and the locks but I must have neglected those.  Sorry.

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              • MattM
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                The canal that runs parallel to the river was only about 50' away.  If I had turned around from that ship pic you would have seen the rapids.

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                • MattM
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                  New batteries are in and I got a great deal on them.  I get a perverse satisfaction from figuring out all the right coupon codes one can obtain from joining mailing lists…

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                  • MattM
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                    Now we’re engaged in some real in depth soul searching about solar panels vs generators for when we’re off grid.  Any thoughts from those who may have been experience or even an uneducated opinion that’s interest would be welcome.

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                    • MattM
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                      Also I fixed some interior rivets with my new rivet gun and drill…

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                      • MattM
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                        This was a simple task that gave me a disproportionate amount of joy.  I highly recommend it.

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                        • MattM
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                          Happy Father's Day dads!!!

                          Here’s my FD breakfast in The Tin Palace.  Chicken and waffles with sausage gravy, eggs, black coffee and NYT Crosswords…

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                            Note to self.  Must buy rivetting tool (then find something to do with it)….

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • MattM
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                              To help set the scene, I’m listening to this while I eat…

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                              • MattM
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                                26 days and counting…

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                                • MattM
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                                  Our new washing “machine”…

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                                    I tested it out on the kids clothes this morning.  It's pretty slick.  All my denim is clean and put away until things cool off so it will be a while before I get to test it out on those.  I'll be sure to post any photos of a wash day that includes any of my IH shirts to try to keep things Forum relevant.

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                                      We discovered this weekend that if you don't level your trailer just so then your air conditioner's condensation drain line won't drain properly.  When that happens you may experience some leaking inside your trailer in the middle of the night that you may discover when half drunkenly stumbling to use the toilet.  All's well that ends well I guess, I got to try out the new levelers and wheel chocks we got…

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Mein Gott.  You need to take a degree course in how to run a bloody Airstream…...

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • MattM
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                                            I know, you'd think we bought a 20 year old model that needed fixing up but no, this apparently is trailer living.
                                            I've given up on feeling like I've got it all figured out.  It's really just a matter of embracing the "For Christ's sake what now?" mentality.  Don't even get me started on the drain flies that have made our black tank their home.  I'm considering just depositing some frogs down the drain and letting them live there.  We'd never hear them over the sound of our kids fighting before bed every night.

                                            That said… we are extremely excited with only 24 days left to go!  We bought a 2000W inverter generator that's pretty cool and a bike rack that I'll post some photos of when it arrives.  Finding a bike rack that fits somewhere other than all the places you'd typically put a bike rack but can't because all those places are already fitted with something else is a real challenge.  Fingers crossed I've figured it out.

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