My Vintage Trailer Life

Trailering in The Northwoods of Maine

2010-08-03T10:53:00.000-07:00

We are up on Moosehead Lake Maine.

Living The Vintage Trailer Life Too beat to Blog!

2010-07-15T17:56:00.001-07:00

Well June and now July is a blur it has went by so fast. That's what happens when you spend more time on the road then at home. What a great time it has been. Here is a aerial photo I took at The 1st Annual Airstream Birthday Bash. It was held at Baker Acres, Rob Baker farm in Plymouth NY. This was a great place to have a rally. It was just like a camping in your back yard. But with 80 trailers including cooked breakfast and a steak dinner. Thanks to all the people who made it happen.

Yes this is people spelling out the word Bash. It was so cool to fly over and see this. It make's me smile every time i look at this photo.

This is are Bash hosts from the left Frank, Zoe & Rob Baker, John and Steve
They made a idea sitting around campfire into a reality. You guys rock!

This is me at 10 am a master on the flat top grill. Cooking eggs to order.

He I am 30 minutes later flying a rented Cessna over The Bash

Here is Amanda and Obie showing there TAC pride

We also spent 10 day on the Maryland shore in our Scotty.

We are very comfortable in this trailer. It has a full size bed, AC and a bathroom. What else do you need?

The kids chillin

We where lucky to have a beach front site.

Been Camping 3 Times This Spring

2010-05-25T05:00:00.000-07:00

Living The Vintage Trailer Life!

Been camping 3 times this spring. I guess it time to update my blog. Our latest campout was to The Que dam in Somerset PA.
We camped with our Scotty friends and a few

TAC(The Airstreams Club) members. A great time was had by all.

We will be heading to the MD Shore in our Scotty next week for some real R&R.

After that we will have our Airstream at the

Trailer Bash at the Baker Farm. It's NY the last week of June.

Here is a link to The Que Campouts photos enjoy

We Camp in All Weather

2010-02-22T14:10:00.000-08:00

We Camp in All Weather! Last week our Scotty group had a Winter Camp-In.

Since we are unable to get together this time of the year. We all camp where we are and share photos. We are lucky to have our trailer inside.

As you can see we have had a ton snow here in PA.

I have not been able to get to the Scottyport in 3 weeks

We had some great snacks and wine. Yum-O

Here's To All are Camping Friends!

Here is a link to see all the camp-iner's

http://vimeo.com/9688666

Another Great Trip

2010-01-26T16:06:00.000-08:00

Well the fun had to end for now! We are back from another awesome trip from Pa. to The FLA Keys. This was our 10th x-mas in The Keys. We where on the road for 18 days covering 3300 miles of our great land. After you look at the rest of the photos of our trip.

You will see why we love to go!

Here's are site at John Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo FLA. We spent 10 days here. Its a very nice park with lots of stuff to do.

Here's Amanda hanging in front of her tent. I the past Amanda and Adam would camp in the van together. This year she wanted her own space. She was lucky it didn't rain the whole time we where there.

Here is Adam in the van. There's more room in there then my Scotty has.

This is us keeping up with The Jones's.

We love to go to this Pub. Its a must stop when we are in The Keys. The No Name is out on No Name Key which is off of Big Pine Key. Just ask anybody it's well known.

Yes it all dollars and there is layers and layers of then.

We have been hanging dollars here since 2000

Yes my cool kids are very well traveled

Here is one of the beaches at the park. This photo was taken early in the morning.

This place fills up with people every day the sun is out.

We took a day to the Everglades.
This was a cool farm market we stop at just outside of FLA City
http://www.robertishere.com/

We saw lots of wildlife in the real FLA.

This is photo was taken thinking of my trailer friend Frank.

This is us leaving the Keys at sunrise.

He we are at Lisa's moms house in St Augustine.

We spent a few days there before heading north.

Well that's all for now.

Stay tuned we have lots for vintage trailering planned for 2010!

PA to South FLA in one day!

2009-12-24T16:53:00.000-08:00

Well its that time of year. Time to head south for a little "fun in the sun."

We left Pittsburgh at 2 am heading south. The roads where dry and traffic was light. By 3 pm we made it to the FLA line, 800 miles away. Usually when we do this trip we would stop and spend the night; the kids wanted push on. I was getting tired so we stopped for dinner.

Then, we got back on the road.

Well, we did it. Made it to my parents' house in south FLA by 9 pm. I drove 1133 miles (with a few breaks) in 18 hours. Lisa is flying in christmas day. Then, we will be heading to Key's to camp for 9 days. The weather is great warm and sunny. We are very happy to get out of PA

I'll Fly, Drive, Walk! What Ever It take to Save a Scotty

2009-11-23T17:10:00.000-08:00

I'll Fly, Drive, Walk! What Ever It takes to Save a Scotty.

My good Scotty friend Rose offered me some window parts and skin for my Scotty project.

She lives about 100 miles from my house. My plan was to fly there in my plane. I got the weather. The winds were calm and it was little cloudy. Here I am ready for take-off.

As I flow east passing over the Laurel Ridges at around 5000 ft. I had a smooth ride. After passing the ridges I started seeing a thicker deck of lower clouds. Well you may see were this is going. Well I ended up in the soup. I was fogged in. I was unable to land at my destination it was below minimums. Well all must of turned out OK. I'm blogging this. I had lots of fuel to get to another airport. I called ATC and requested a cleaence back to my airport. I climbed to 7000 ft and final broke out on the top of the clouds. Heading back west the fog broke up and I landed back home safe.

Well here is Rose. I ended up driving to Somerset PA to meet her.
We had lunch and talked vintage trailers for a good hour.
Thanks you Rose for the parts.

The Work Has Begun

2009-11-20T19:22:00.000-08:00

I started working on my new Scotty. Its seen some hard times. I removed the lower skin. The side wall has come loose at the bottom. The side wall bottom is dry rotted.

I'm going to reinforce the floor and wall and reattached them.

In this photo you can see the ground from inside the trailer.

This is the bad area in the roof, See the roof seam. I have removed all the nails, stapeles and bad wood. I need to replace the roof supports. Then I can repair the ceiling.

This is the gauge of progress.

Yes My Feet Are Plant On The Ground In My Scotty

2009-11-16T17:37:00.000-08:00

I guess if you work on vintage trailers.

Sooner or later you will find yourself inside a trailer standing on the ground.

Here I am standing in my new 1966 Scotty Hi-lander were the orig floor heater was.

My trailer buddy Steve said that it would make a good Ice fishing shed.

I was thinking I would make it a trap door.

This it my new Scotty A 1966 Hi-Lander

This wall is sanging and has come loose at the bottom. It is a very soild trailer.
I can put it back together

Loving the skylight

This is all the stuff I found cleaning out this trailer.
This is almost enough stuff to have a yard sale.

This trailer has been passed through 3 other owner with the intentions of fixing it up.
I was told that one of these people got as far as redoing this table.
That is about the last thing I would have done when doing this restortion.

Still diggin the skylight.

Don't worry I have a plan!
Stay tuned.

Another Busy week In My World

2009-11-10T18:44:00.000-08:00

I had a busy week. The weather has been dry and warm for November so I've been able to work outside. I've been cutting dead timber from my woods. I drag it out of the wood and cut and split it. I don't heat my home with wood. I just like a warm fire on cold nights.

Money well spent this tree guy came over with his stump grinder.

He did 10 stumps in 2 hours for $300 cash

Yes there is a Scotty in the Port!! This trailer needed a new home and some love.

More about this trailer to come.

Winter is Coming

2009-11-09T18:22:00.000-08:00

Hey All Winter is coming! That means that my work is slow. So I have more time to work on projects. I'm hoping to paint my Scotty Tonga and put back together a Honda mini trail I'm restoring. I spent sunday at the airport with my son Adam. We had a great time. It was sunny and warm. I gave Adam a flying lesson and then he help me wash the plane.

Adam is very much at home in the plane.

He has been flying in small planes is whole life

After we were done working at the hanger. We went for a ride. Here is Adam riding a 1970 Honda Trail 70. We take this bike camping with us. Its great for getting around campgrounds.

The View Out of My Office

2009-09-17T17:19:00.000-07:00

I know, what a office view

I was working today. What I call work is flying a few sites and waiting for the phone to ring.

You can see the city of Pittsburgh in the background

This is Robert Morris University. They are great clients.

I have been photographing there expansion for many years

Poor Trailers and Vintage Bikes

2009-09-13T17:37:00.000-07:00

I went to look at this 75 Argosy for sale at a campground. It was owned by a guy for many years. It was used as a summer camp and had not been towed for a very long time. It was all there but it needed everything. The frame was rusty the floor was bad. They said it was a 20 footer. That was the reason I went to look at it. It turned out to be a 26 footer. I passed on it. It is still for sale.

This is a Scotty that's for sale a few miles from my house. I have been driving by this trailer for years. It never moved. Today its up by the road for sale. I stopped and looked at it. It was in OK shape on the inside. The outside is pretty ruff.

Amanda hadn't ridden her little blue Honda for long time. I fixed a tire so I could ride it to the mail box. She saw me working on it and won't to ride it. Yes it's a vintage 1971 Hinda SL70. I taught her to ride it when she was nine.

Here is Amanda when she was nine washing her bike. She was so proud to have a bike.

Here's me showing my skilled riding ability

Check out the the Vintage Trailer Supply hat.

Today is my wife Lisa's Brithday

2009-09-12T05:30:00.000-07:00

Today is my wife Lisa's Brithday. We have been married almost 20 yrs. I am so lucky to have her. She love me and we have a great life together. I love her more and more every day. MY BABE and ME

This song sould get you singing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3M9h6uf0PI&feature=related

This song makes me think of all the Chevy vans

I have owed.

And the great places we've been

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhrmtbg6Co

Yes anyone can buy shelving from IKEA

2009-09-10T18:50:00.000-07:00

Yes anyone can buy shelving from IKEA. Anyone other then me. In my world, I just get to work. Today I started with a empty bay in my shed. By the end of the day, I'm all moved in.

This is my lumber. This is rough cut pine I had milled.

Laying out shelving

This is looking pretty good!

All moved in.

Custom built selves for bins

Side shelving is 5 feet wide and 8 feet high

Not bad for one day's work!

Great Time Camping

2009-09-07T16:50:00.001-07:00

Yes, After all the work I've been doing. I was ready for a break. We packed up our Scotty on Friday and headed south to a place called Chestnut Ridge Park in WV to met some of our Scotty friends. The weather was great. It was warm during the day and there was a cool breeze at night. We did have some rain, I wouldn't have wanted to be in a tent. But we were warm and dry in our Scotty.

We had a great time around the campfire. I ate way to much at the potluck dinner. The kids had fun hanging with there Scotty friendsa. I hardly saw them all weekend. We have one more fall camp out planned. We will take our Airstream east for a fall rally.

Scottyport Looking Good

2009-09-04T03:08:00.000-07:00

My Scottyport is looking good. I have been working on it all week. I still need to hang gutters. I also have some more trim work to do. Today, I'm pack for a campout with our Scotty group in WV.

Money well spent!

2009-08-29T05:53:00.000-07:00

Some people spend cash on things like lottery tickets, Starbucks coffee and other stuff I think is a waste. Some people may think I'm crazy to spend money on vintage magazine. Well did you every see anyone sell used coffee or tickets on ebay. I can re-sell my mag anytime I want.

Know when to walk away!

2009-08-27T02:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I drove alot of miles to look at a Scotty for sale. All I can say is ebay photos lie and seller's sugar coat there info. The guy said it needs work. He should of said it's junk and that's why I'm not restoring it. The skin had so some much corrosion, I could of put my finger thur it! He said it had only one bad corner and the roof had water damage. He didn't say the sidewall and floor was shot. I said to the guy its to fare gone for me to save.

Sometime its hard to say no.

I'm glad I can walk away!!!!

Scottyport and Kids

2009-08-26T04:33:00.001-07:00

Hey, been a little busy with life. I got my Scottyport done. I'm still planning on re-siding and putting a new door on it. I've been flying, cutting firewood and getting the kids ready to go back to school. The kid went back to school yesterday. That summer break went fast.

A Scottyport is Born

2009-08-18T18:10:00.000-07:00

As I was looking at my shed rehab project. I keep saying, I need a spot for my Scotty JS7. I had been able to keep it inside. But recently I got the boot. The building got rented.

So I had lumber and was able to get steel roof panel 16ft long for $35 each. I need only five panel to cover the Scottyport. If the rain holds off, I'll have the roof trusses and decking done Wednesday.

Busy Day in My World part 2

2009-08-15T18:02:00.000-07:00

After lunch we got right back to work. 2nd on the list was to ripe the roof off my shed. It was in poor shape and starting to leak. By 2:30 we where on are way to the dump. After the dump we picked up a load of topsoil. It has been dump in my yard. It needs to be move to the flower beds. We did all this in 6 hours.

Did I tell you it was in the 80's all day. I'm beat!!!!!!!!!
The kids have a campfire burning. I going to chill in the Scotty till bedtime.

Busy Day in My World part 1

2009-08-15T17:43:00.000-07:00

After a campfire and a good night rest is my Scotty. I was and ready to work. And work is what I did! Starting at 10am a buddy came to be my helper. 1st on the list was to finish the front part of a wall, I have been working on in front of my house. This took 2 hours. At noon we went and had Gyro's for lunch Yum!

Adam at 13

2009-08-14T16:21:00.001-07:00

Here is a photo of Adam.

Taken last month at Scotty Rally.

He love's to camp.

I guess it's in the our blood.

Happy Birthday

Buddy

2009-08-14T06:55:00.000-07:00

Today is my son Adams birthday. He is now 13 and wow that went fast.
I remember the 1st time I took him camping.
I took them to FLA to see the P's in Dec 2000.
We spent a week at my P's and then headed to The Keys. This was my 1st time to The Keys. We camp in my van and a tent. People at the park where in shock. That I was there with a 3 1/2 and a 5 year old. I was by myself. We have now been back every year since then. For the last five years it has been in a vintage trailer. This photo was taken on that trip dec 2000

Sunset By The Fire

2009-08-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

We had a fire in the yard tonight.

A nice clear night in PA.

I my sleep out in my Scotty.

I started a blog

2009-08-13T13:53:00.000-07:00

Hey All

Welcome to my world. A friend of mine in the vintage trailer world said I should write a blog. So here it is.
For people who don't know me:
My name is Dale(Ace) Goldberg. I have been a professional pilot and aerial photographer for the past 19 years. I have lived in Pennsylvania my whole life.
I have been camping for over 30 years. I now spend lots of time traveling in my vintage trailers. I own 3, a 1966 Airstream 17 ft Caraval, 1968 Serro Scotty 13ft Tonga and 1975 Serro Scotty 15ft JS7 model. All my trailers are in good original condition. We camp in all them. This year I have used our JS7 the most. We have been from Maine to The FLA Keys and 5 trailer rallies this year. I have few more outings planned for the fall.
I'm blogging about my vintage trailer life and other happenings in my world.
So stay tuned and enjoy the ride.