1947 Drexler trailer coach advertisement ~ Trailer Travel Magazine, November 1947

While enjoying a weekend at the vintage trailer 3rd Annual Lone Pine Roundup in October 2015, we were already aware the area was rich with historical sites to explore such as the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, National Manzanar Historical Relocation Camp, Bishop, the Alabama Hills, Laws Railroad Museum and more . . .

Well . . . u-m-m-m . . .this section is primarily purposed to include roadtrips taken with our vintage trailer; but, this 40 minute trip from our house in our daily-use vehicle just has to be shared. We have always wanted to drive the Ridge Route through the Tehachapi and San Gabriel Mountains, but portions of it have been closed for a number of years. We weren’t even sure if it was worth our time to explore the possibility of seeing a portion of it. Wrong! it was a fabulous trip igniting our imaginations of times past.

Selected excerpts (1921 - 1988) from Galloping Bungalows
by David A. Thornburg, Shoestring Press Inc., Connecticut, 1991:

“Indeed motor-camping is the only way in which many people can afford to travel at all.”
—Elon Jessup, The Motor Camping Book, 1921

6th Annual Buellton Vintage Trailer Bash 2015 September 25 - 27

“In Nomad’s Land … When Half the Nation Lives In Trailers” [copyright 1936 by the Chicago Tribune]

Golden Village Palms RV Resort Hemet, California April 29 - May 3, 2015

April 10 - 12, 2015 “undisclosed location”