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

Last Leg Home (November 11, 2018)
Olympic Peninsula (November 4, 2018)

October 2018

Seattle and Whidbey (October 26, 2018)
Revelstoke (October 22, 2018)
Nelson and BC Lakes (October 14, 2018)
Fernie (October 9, 2018)
Whitefish (October 2, 2018)

September 2018

Banff (September 24, 2018)
Blasting North (September 20, 2018)

August 2018

False Start (August 23, 2018)
AS Mods and Prep (August 21, 2018)
ROAMSchool (August 19, 2018)

April 2018

Airstream Vanlife in Utah (April 19, 2018)

September 2017

Pasture Parking (September 17, 2017)

April 2017

Heading Home (April 23, 2017)
Southern Utah (April 18, 2017)
Capitol Reef (April 15, 2017)
Bryce (April 12, 2017)
Zion (April 7, 2017)
Heading to Utah (April 3, 2017)

October 2016

Home is Where We'll Park It (for a while...) (October 27, 2016)
City of Rocks, Winnemucca, Reno (October 26, 2016)
A quick drive thru Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, WY (October 24, 2016)
Bozeman with the Bennetts (October 22, 2016)
Teddy Roosevelt National Park, ND (October 15, 2016)
Blasting West (October 14, 2016)
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI (October 12, 2016)
Sleeping Bear Dunes and Mackinac Island, MI (October 9, 2016)
Adirondacks, Ithaca and Niagara, NY (October 5, 2016)

September 2016

White Mountains, NH and VT (September 26, 2016)
Back to Boston (September 22, 2016)
MidCoast, ME (September 16, 2016)
Acadia National Park, ME (September 11, 2016)
Digby, Nova Scotia and ferry to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada (September 6, 2016)
Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada (September 3, 2016)

August 2016

Halifax and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada (August 29, 2016)
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (August 21, 2016)
Prince Edward Island, Canada (August 13, 2016)
Bay of Fundy, NB, Canada (August 5, 2016)

July 2016

Back to Boston and North thru Maine (July 28, 2016)
Visiting Home: Flying to CA for 5 weeks (July 21, 2016)

June 2016

Moochdocking in Boston (June 1, 2016)

May 2016

Washington D.C. and north to Mystic (May 27, 2016)
Shenandoah National Park, VA (May 24, 2016)
Northern Blueridge Parkway (May 19, 2016)
Southern Blueridge Parkway (May 15, 2016)
Great Smoky Mountains (May 11, 2016)
Asheville, NC (May 2, 2016)

April 2016

North to Merlefest (April 25, 2016)
Athens, GA (April 22, 2016)
Atlanta, GA (April 17, 2016)
Charleston, SC (April 14, 2016)
Hunting Island, SC (April 11, 2016)
Savannah, GA (April 8, 2016)
Okeefenokee Swamp (April 7, 2016)

March 2016

Florida Springs (March 28, 2016)
Gulf Coast and FL Panhandle Beaches (March 20, 2016)
New Orleans (March 14, 2016)
East through Lafayette, LA (March 11, 2016)
Johnson Space Center and Galveston Island (March 8, 2016)
San Antonio, TX (March 6, 2016)

February 2016

Padre Island National Seashore (February 26, 2016)
Austin, TX (February 21, 2016)
Hot Springs, AR and Texas Hill Country (February 13, 2016)
Nashville and Memphis (February 7, 2016)

January 2016

On the Road Again: MA to KY (January 28, 2016)
Looking Back at 2015 and a Slow Start to 2016 (January 11, 2016)
2016 Map, Calendar and Stories (January 1, 2016)

December 2015

Visiting CA - Holidays in Tahoe (December 21, 2015)
Visiting CA - Petaluma (December 12, 2015)
Visting CA - Temporary Vanlife (December 2, 2015)

November 2015

Thanksgiving and Winterizing (November 24, 2015)
Nomadic (and other) Rumblings (November 17, 2015)
Getting Homey and Tractor Mods (November 11, 2015)
Enjoying Fall and Downtown Boston (November 4, 2015)

October 2015

Getting settled and Halloween (October 28, 2015)
Into the East, PA and NJ (October 26, 2015)
Jackson Center Airstream Factory and Amish Country, OH (October 22, 2015)
Chicago, IL (October 19, 2015)
Madison, WI (October 15, 2015)
Blast across the Midwest (October 12, 2015)
Buffalo Gap National Grasslands and The Badlands, SD (October 10, 2015)
Black Hills and Mount Rushmore, SD (October 8, 2015)
Devils Tower, WY (October 6, 2015)
Across Wyoming (October 3, 2015)

September 2015

Grand Teton National Park, WY (September 29, 2015)
Yellowstone National Park, WY (September 25, 2015)
Bozeman, MT (September 19, 2015)
Glacier National Park, MT (September 15, 2015)
Waterton Lakes National Park (September 12, 2015)
Banff National Park (September 8, 2015)
Icefields Parkway (September 5, 2015)
South to Jasper (September 1, 2015)

August 2015

Liard River Hot Springs and Muncho Lake (August 26, 2015)
Whitehorse, Watson Lake and the Alaska Highway (August 21, 2015)
Chicken, Dawson and the Top of the World Highway (August 15, 2015)
McCarthy, Kennicott and the Root Glacier (August 10, 2015)
Valdez, AK (August 7, 2015)
Seward, AK (August 3, 2015)

July 2015

Ninilchik, AK and SalmonFest (July 31, 2015)
Homer, AK (July 28, 2015)
South onto the Kenai (July 26, 2015)
Anchorage and a visit home to CA (July 12, 2015)
Portage Valley and Hope (July 5, 2015)
Talkeetna and the Girdwood Forest Fair (July 1, 2015)

June 2015

Denali National Park (June 23, 2015)
Fairbanks and the Northern Parks Highway (June 20, 2015)
Alaska Highway to Fairbanks (June 14, 2015)
Haines: The town, the highway, the junction (June 11, 2015)
Juneau, AK (June 5, 2015)

May 2015

Alaska Highway to Skagway and Haines, AK (May 31, 2015)
Northern Cassiar Highway, BC (May 27, 2015)
Southern Cassiar Highway, Stewart BC and Hyder Alaska! (May 23, 2015)
The Yellowhead Highway, BC (May 19, 2015)
Whistler and The Caribou, BC (May 12, 2015)
Vancouver, BC (May 3, 2015)

April 2015

Tofino, BC (April 27, 2015)
Ferry to Victoria and Parksville, Vancouver Island, BC (April 23, 2015)
Hoh Rainforest, Port Townsend and Hurricane Ridge, WA (April 16, 2015)
Olympic Peninsula Beaches, WA (April 10, 2015)
Seattle, WA (April 5, 2015)
Snoqualmie, WA and the Dirtfish Rally School (April 2, 2015)

March 2015

Oregon and Washington Coast (March 30, 2015)
Hood River and Portland, OR (March 25, 2015)
Smith Rock and John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR (March 19, 2015)
Bend, OR (March 11, 2015)
Crater Lake, OR (March 8, 2015)
Ashland, OR (March 2, 2015)

February 2015

A Visit Home Before (re)Launch (February 18, 2015)
California Coast (February 8, 2015)
Mojave National Preserve (February 3, 2015)
Trona Pinnacles (February 2, 2015)

January 2015

Alabama Hills (January 28, 2015)
Hwy 395 South (January 26, 2015)
Into the Foothills (January 23, 2015)

October 2014

Tahoe and an unplanned overlander meetup with Bumfuzzle (October 13, 2014)

September 2014

East Side, Mammoth and June Lake (September 25, 2014)
Tuolumne Meadows (September 19, 2014)
Climbing the Half Dome Cables (September 17, 2014)
Towards Yosemite (September 17, 2014)
Playing house in San Anselmo (September 8, 2014)
Westport-Union Landing and Navarro Beach (September 1, 2014)

August 2014

Humboldt Redwoods State Park (August 24, 2014)
Arcata and the Lost World Expedition slide show (August 21, 2014)
Hendy Woods (and a solar showdown) (August 18, 2014)
Pasture Parking (August 14, 2014)
Chabot Regional Park (August 11, 2014)
Wanderlust vs. A One and a Half Hour Drive (August 11, 2014)
Driveway Camping (August 8, 2014)

July 2014

Bathroom updates, storage tweaks, a bike rack and an AC fix (July 1, 2014)

June 2014

Stick some cork in it - Kitchen and bathroom countertops plus one for the pup (June 15, 2014)

May 2014

Re-deciding on a New Tow Vehicle (May 31, 2014)
Bodega to Calaveras Big Trees: From the beach to the mountains (May 19, 2014)
It’s been a hell of a day (May 15, 2014)

April 2014

A Shakedown Weekend (April 20, 2014)
Setting a deadline for the maiden voyage, ready or not (April 14, 2014)
Drawer fronts and kitchen scope creep (April 1, 2014)

March 2014

The purge (March 16, 2014)
Finding more kitchen counterspace and building drawers (March 8, 2014)

February 2014

Solar and Inverter Wiring (February 20, 2014)
Panel wiring, battery box modification and antennas (February 5, 2014)

January 2014

Planning and layout of the solar (January 23, 2014)
Replacing an old vent with a Fantastic Fan (January 18, 2014)
Removing the couch and fridge for wiring (January 13, 2014)
Yucatan Flashback and Future Plans (January 5, 2014)

December 2013

Deciding on a New Tow Vehicle (December 1, 2013)

November 2013

A new trailer three states away (November 1, 2013)

September 2013

Early Snow in the Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest (September 25, 2013)
Ketchum, Craters of the Moon and trailer shopping in Boise (September 24, 2013)
Grand Teton National Park, WY (September 20, 2013)
Yellowstone National Park, WY (September 16, 2013)
Bozeman, MT (September 13, 2013)
Missoula and the National Bison Range (September 9, 2013)
Glacier National Park, MT (September 7, 2013)
Jasper and the Icefields Parkway South (September 5, 2013)
The Icefields Parkway North and the Columbia Icefields (September 2, 2013)

August 2013

Banff and Lake Louise (August 31, 2013)
Glacier National Park, BC (August 29, 2013)
Border Crossing and Kelowna, BC (August 27, 2013)
Aluminogan (August 25, 2013)
East from Seattle across the Cascades (August 21, 2013)
Visiting Home (August 20, 2013)
Airstreams and Flying Machines (August 13, 2013)
Sleepless on the way to Seattle (August 11, 2013)
Hood River and a Sprinterlife Reunion (August 11, 2013)
Portland (August 10, 2013)
Oregon Coast (August 7, 2013)
Far Northern California Coast (August 3, 2013)
Lassen National Park and Trinity Wilderness (August 2, 2013)

July 2013

North up Highway 89 from Lake Tahoe to Graeagle (July 30, 2013)
Getting gone and a glamping weekend in the foothills (July 28, 2013)
To B.C. or not to B.C? That was the question… (July 27, 2013)
The Simple Life: On the Farm or On the Road? Plus an Overlander Gathering (July 2, 2013)

June 2013

Sierra Foothills and a Musical Homecoming (June 3, 2013)

May 2013

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (May 29, 2013)
Williams, AZ and Kelso Dunes (May 28, 2013)
The Grand Canyon, AZ (May 26, 2013)
Sedona, El Morro and the Wolf Sanctuary (May 23, 2013)
Overland Expo, Mormon Lake, AZ (May 20, 2013)
Route 66 and Canyon de Chelly (May 16, 2013)
Durango, CO to Mesa Verde to Santa Fe, NM (May 13, 2013)
Goosenecks and Valley of the Gods, UT (May 9, 2013)
Highway 12 up the Grand Staircase, UT (May 8, 2013)
Zion National Park, UT (May 6, 2013)
Las Vegas, NV to Zion National Park, UT (May 4, 2013)
Mono Lake, CA to Las Vegas, NV (May 2, 2013)
Home to Mono Lake, CA (May 1, 2013)

April 2013

May 2013 – Airstream Southwest Loop (April 30, 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)