Holy Moly! We leave in 1 Week

It is hard to believe and even harder to imagine that we are leaving for our 1st camping trip with our 1977 Argosy in one week! We are still in the process of renovating the bathroom (major repairs needed!) and testing out all the water systems. We did decide to ditch the microwave in favor […]

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Faucets

    UPDATE:  We found that the Peerless Brand from Walmart has serious defects and leaks A LOT.  We tried many different types of Peerless faucets and they all leaked.  We finally went with a goose neck faucet from Home Depot that cost over $80 to find something that would not leak.   I could […]

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First Campground Stay!

Our 1st trip in our renovated Argosy trailer, affectionately named TarTar, will be at the KOA in Wytheville, VA. http://koa.com/campgrounds/wytheville/ It’s about 6 hours away from home and another 3.5 hours from our final destination in Walkersville, WV. In Walkersville, WV, we are staying at the Stonewall Jackson Resort’s Briarcrest Campground. Then off to my […]

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Original Invoice

After digging through a lot of old yellowed and tattered paperwork, I stumbled upon the original invoice for our 1977 Argosy trailer. How cool is that?!?! I find it hilarious that they charged $84.45 for bedspreads! That was back in the 70’s! I paid $25 each for a quilt from TJ Maxx in 2013! I […]

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Goodbye Old Friend

  Today we traded in our 2000 Ford Expedition (GWR about 6000) for a New Ford F150 XLT 4×4 (GWR about 7200).   We really had no choice. The Expedition was only getting to the point of needing costly repairs. We really needed something with more torque and specific for towing. I will admit that […]

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