Airstream Adventures
After a couple longer trips in our 2012 19' trailer (a loop around the Southwest in 2013 and a longer trip to Canada in 2013), we returned to the farm for some soul searching, but by then we pretty much knew we wanted to do it full-time.We spent 6 months modifying a 2005 International CCD 25' (see our modifications) and in August of 2014, we moved into the Airstream when Mae was just 6 weeks old. After a Fall of short trips around California and visits with family, we officially hit the road in January of 2015.
In the next 22 months, we'd make it from Santa Barbara to Alaska, the Canadian Rockies to Texas, New Orleans to Nova Scotia and back to California. The map is looking pretty good! (sorry, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska)
Zoom in and click on any ADV-O-DNA icon for a link to a blog post, scroll down through the index of Airstream stories below or peruse back through our Instagram feeds in the right column (tho those only started in Canada). We hope you enjoy the adventure.
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
April 2018
September 2017
April 2017
October 2016
- Home is Where We'll Park It (for a while...)
- City of Rocks, Winnemucca, Reno
- A quick drive thru Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, WY
- Bozeman with the Bennetts
- Teddy Roosevelt National Park, ND
- Blasting West
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI
- Sleeping Bear Dunes and Mackinac Island, MI
- Adirondacks, Ithaca and Niagara, NY
September 2016
- White Mountains, NH and VT
- Back to Boston
- MidCoast, ME
- Acadia National Park, ME
- Digby, Nova Scotia and ferry to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 2016
- Halifax and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Bay of Fundy, NB, Canada
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
- Washington D.C. and north to Mystic
- Shenandoah National Park, VA
- Northern Blueridge Parkway
- Southern Blueridge Parkway
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Asheville, NC
April 2016
- North to Merlefest
- Athens, GA
- Atlanta, GA
- Charleston, SC
- Hunting Island, SC
- Savannah, GA
- Okeefenokee Swamp
March 2016
- Florida Springs
- Gulf Coast and FL Panhandle Beaches
- New Orleans
- East through Lafayette, LA
- Johnson Space Center and Galveston Island
- San Antonio, TX
February 2016
- Padre Island National Seashore
- Austin, TX
- Hot Springs, AR and Texas Hill Country
- Nashville and Memphis
January 2016
- On the Road Again: MA to KY
- Looking Back at 2015 and a Slow Start to 2016
- 2016 Map, Calendar and Stories
December 2015
November 2015
- Thanksgiving and Winterizing
- Nomadic (and other) Rumblings
- Getting Homey and Tractor Mods
- Enjoying Fall and Downtown Boston
October 2015
- Getting settled and Halloween
- Into the East, PA and NJ
- Jackson Center Airstream Factory and Amish Country, OH
- Chicago, IL
- Madison, WI
- Blast across the Midwest
- Buffalo Gap National Grasslands and The Badlands, SD
- Black Hills and Mount Rushmore, SD
- Devils Tower, WY
- Across Wyoming
September 2015
- Grand Teton National Park, WY
- Yellowstone National Park, WY
- Bozeman, MT
- Glacier National Park, MT
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Banff National Park
- Icefields Parkway
- South to Jasper
August 2015
- Liard River Hot Springs and Muncho Lake
- Whitehorse, Watson Lake and the Alaska Highway
- Chicken, Dawson and the Top of the World Highway
- McCarthy, Kennicott and the Root Glacier
- Valdez, AK
- Seward, AK
July 2015
- Ninilchik, AK and SalmonFest
- Homer, AK
- South onto the Kenai
- Anchorage and a visit home to CA
- Portage Valley and Hope
- Talkeetna and the Girdwood Forest Fair
June 2015
- Denali National Park
- Fairbanks and the Northern Parks Highway
- Alaska Highway to Fairbanks
- Haines: The town, the highway, the junction
- Juneau, AK
May 2015
- Alaska Highway to Skagway and Haines, AK
- Northern Cassiar Highway, BC
- Southern Cassiar Highway, Stewart BC and Hyder Alaska!
- The Yellowhead Highway, BC
- Whistler and The Caribou, BC
- Vancouver, BC
April 2015
- Tofino, BC
- Ferry to Victoria and Parksville, Vancouver Island, BC
- Hoh Rainforest, Port Townsend and Hurricane Ridge, WA
- Olympic Peninsula Beaches, WA
- Seattle, WA
- Snoqualmie, WA and the Dirtfish Rally School
March 2015
- Oregon and Washington Coast
- Hood River and Portland, OR
- Smith Rock and John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR
- Bend, OR
- Crater Lake, OR
- Ashland, OR
February 2015
January 2015
October 2014
September 2014
- East Side, Mammoth and June Lake
- Tuolumne Meadows
- Climbing the Half Dome Cables
- Towards Yosemite
- Playing house in San Anselmo
- Westport-Union Landing and Navarro Beach
August 2014
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park
- Arcata and the Lost World Expedition slide show
- Hendy Woods (and a solar showdown)
- Pasture Parking
- Chabot Regional Park
- Wanderlust vs. A One and a Half Hour Drive
- Driveway Camping
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
- Re-deciding on a New Tow Vehicle
- Bodega to Calaveras Big Trees: From the beach to the mountains
- It’s been a hell of a day
April 2014
- A Shakedown Weekend
- Setting a deadline for the maiden voyage, ready or not
- Drawer fronts and kitchen scope creep
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
- Planning and layout of the solar
- Replacing an old vent with a Fantastic Fan
- Removing the couch and fridge for wiring
- Yucatan Flashback and Future Plans
December 2013
November 2013
September 2013
- Early Snow in the Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Ketchum, Craters of the Moon and trailer shopping in Boise
- Grand Teton National Park, WY
- Yellowstone National Park, WY
- Bozeman, MT
- Missoula and the National Bison Range
- Glacier National Park, MT
- Jasper and the Icefields Parkway South
- The Icefields Parkway North and the Columbia Icefields
August 2013
- Banff and Lake Louise
- Glacier National Park, BC
- Border Crossing and Kelowna, BC
- Aluminogan
- East from Seattle across the Cascades
- Visiting Home
- Airstreams and Flying Machines
- Sleepless on the way to Seattle
- Hood River and a Sprinterlife Reunion
- Portland
- Oregon Coast
- Far Northern California Coast
- Lassen National Park and Trinity Wilderness
July 2013
- North up Highway 89 from Lake Tahoe to Graeagle
- Getting gone and a glamping weekend in the foothills
- To B.C. or not to B.C? That was the question…
- The Simple Life: On the Farm or On the Road? Plus an Overlander Gathering
June 2013
May 2013
- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
- Williams, AZ and Kelso Dunes
- The Grand Canyon, AZ
- Sedona, El Morro and the Wolf Sanctuary
- Overland Expo, Mormon Lake, AZ
- Route 66 and Canyon de Chelly
- Durango, CO to Mesa Verde to Santa Fe, NM
- Goosenecks and Valley of the Gods, UT
- Highway 12 up the Grand Staircase, UT
- Zion National Park, UT
- Las Vegas, NV to Zion National Park, UT
- Mono Lake, CA to Las Vegas, NV
- Home to Mono Lake, CA
April 2013
A few key Airstream Posts
- Re-deciding on a New Tow Vehicle (May 31, 2014)
- 2005 Airstream International CCD 25’ Modifications (January 10, 2014)
- Deciding on a New Tow Vehicle (December 1, 2013)
- A new trailer three states away (November 1, 2013)
- March comes in like a loin, out like a lamb (April 1, 2012)
- We're going Streaming! (June 3, 2012)