A full day at Home Depot, Lowes, Big Lots, Ray’s (for pizza!) and Camping World in Woodstock for supplies and prices on upgrades. I think I’ve decided on the above light for the back bedroom. A girl’s gotta have some glamour in her bedroom even if it is twin beds! We also are trying to […]
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The HOA police (aka nosy mean neighbor) has ruled that Tartaruga needs to be stored elsewhere. After calling around to no less than 10 storage facilities, I found that all have similarities (gravel, gated, 24 access) and the same price…. $75/month. I did find one place at $50/month but it looked too shady to […]
Continue ReadingOnline, It was impossible to determine how to title or register a vintage trailer in Georgia not to mention how much. I took the completed title from the PO to our local tag office to determine the process. Here is the scoop: A trailer older than 1979 does not need to be titled but ALL […]
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With Tartaruga (name of our Argosy) in the driveway for all of 15 minutes, I started opening up the purchases and glamping! The Couch Although Nick and I think the couch is a torture chamber when extended, Mike tried it out today and ….. Likes it! Personally, I think he doesn’t want to have the […]
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To be able to pick up Tartaruga, Mike needed to install an electronic brake controller on his Ford Expedition (V8, 5.4 L). Per Federal Law, any trailer over 3000lbs has to have electronic brake controller. At first, he called our local Ford Dealership and they would have to order the parts. Three days, minimum. Mike […]
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It’s Official…. Meet Tartaruga our 1977 28′ Airstream Argosy. We have a check in hand and plan on picking up Tartaruga tomorrow in South Carolina. Mike actually picked the name Tartaruga after finding that a lot of people are already calling their Argosy’s or Airstreams Tortuga. Meaning of tartaruga from wikipedia – the term tartaruga […]
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