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Pardon me while I freak out for a bit! This has been a very exciting 2 weeks around here. I wish I could update the blog more often, but right now we are so busy with homeschool/work and full-time Airstream Renovation that I haven’t gotten nearly enough posts out. So, let me freak out a bit here and tell you what all has been happening...the short version!
Tomorrow marks 2 months that we have been here in Indiana. Honestly, I estimated two months to be done with it but we are pleased that as of yesterday we are almost completely done with the outside. Just a few more places to caulk and a few rivets to set and we’ll be checking to make sure it’s water tight.
So, let me back up a bit. You may recall, at the end of week 6 we were so excited to have everything mounted to the roof! I’m happy to report that it’s all still up there and almost everything is caulked. We just have a few more solar panel feet to secure.
We removed the last of the vinyl from all the interior panels and now we only have one long panel that needs the adhesive removed. Of course it had to be the most impossible panel to work with. We will get it soon, just a lot of extra work hours to be spent on it and right now we have more important things to do while the weather is so nice.
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In Part 1 of our deep dive into why we sold our brand new 5th wheel RV and bought a really old Airstream that needed to be renovated, we talked about simplifying, learning to do our own repairs and cutting down on our length, height and weight so that we could boondock and camp off the grid more.
After a year on the road we realized we wanted even less of the mainstream camping experience - and more secluded and sustainable adventures.
Part 2 explores in detail the final reasons we decided to go down this path.
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We’ve had a ton of people ask us why we sold our brand new, 37 foot 5th wheel and bought a 1972 Airstream that needed a complete overhaul. I mean, if selling your house and almost everything you own to travel around the country in 300 square feet with your family of 6 isn’t crazy enough how about buying an even smaller 44 year old Airstream that needs a complete renovation and crashing at your wife’s parents until it’s done?
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Guys! I have to tell you about our favorite laundry soap!
Do you love essential oils? Me, too! And my favorite scents are found in this laundry soap and it's making laundry day so kick awesome! If it didn't cost so much to wash blankets, I'd was them every single week so that I could smell that scent when I climb in bed.
When we would have guests over in our RV (our 5th wheel that we recently sold) often they would comment about how it smelled so good. And usually that was due to our laundry. I absolutely love it.
I found ZumClean Laundry Soap on Amazon after I had purchased a bar of their soap at Whole Foods. It was love at first smell. I picked out 4 scents to see which one we liked the most. I started with Sweet Orange, Frankincense and Patchouli, and Patchouli, and Frankincense and Myrrh.
My top two favorites are the Patchouli and the Frank and Patchouli. The Sweet Orange comes in close 3rd, though.
So, if you're looking for great natural laundry soap that comes in small containers - us full-timers need small, concentrated detergent bottles - then this is the soap for you! Give it a try. You will love it!
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It’s coming together guys... We are finally starting to move forward! In some ways it feels like we have been working on this beast FOREVER, and then I realize that it's only been one and a half months...it's actually pretty exciting how much we have accomplished. As we finish up weeks 5 & 6, we find ourselves with just 2 of the interior walls (panels) left to remove the vinyl, and 2 panels that have the vinyl off but still need to remove the adhesive and get them all shiny. Wahoo!
Rivets. We have spent so much time replacing rivets. At first we thought we would replace them with Olympic Rivets, but after much research we decided to order the Buck Rivet System since we have the interior walls out. (still keeping the olympic rivets for replacing them on the road, when we have walls up)
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Ashley Longnecker / November 02, 2016
Jonathan Longnecker / October 27, 2016
We’re Jonathan & Ashley Longnecker. We love weird ideas, great food, travel, drawing, music, homeschool, tattoos, dreads, woodworking, design and our 4 amazing kids.