Nerve racking at the beginning, but nothing that I couldn't handle. It was a long day on Friday, which included my first attempt at towing the Airstream down a 75 MPH highway with our new-to-us 2008 Dodge RAM 2500 diesel. Like most dogs, they like to feel nestled in and secure. It's just my wife and me along with our two dogs who rest comfortably at night between the bed and the curved walls of the Airstream. As of last Friday, we have officially moved out of our large 1600 sqft house and into our Airstream trailer, just a shade larger than a tenth of the size of our previous home. She has attended a Good Friday service led by a fellow Airstreamer who's an Episcopal priest and celebrated Christmas with decorations and caroling on June 24.Well, we've done it - we are Airstreamers. The previous evening, she'd accepted friends' invitation to share fresh rhubarb pie. "That's what's so great about being a woman alone, is your friends are there." Some she likes more than others, but Agre said everyone is helpful. "I never met an Airstreamer that I didn't like." It's wonderful," Agre said of the constant mobility. A ceramic Airstream is tucked away in the living area. A few poodle-themed pieces reflect one daughter's interest. Everything that you've got is in here," Agre said as she showed off her living space.Īgre's Airstream is tastefully decorated, with touches such as the dried centerpiece and candles giving it more of a homey feel - devoid of the sorts of touristy souvenirs that can pop up in the living space of part-time RVers. Agre's eyes light up when she talks about upcoming trips, including one to Winnipeg's Folklorama music festival, another to Medora, North Dakota. We wanted to see the United States."Īmong her favorite experiences: A 50-day caravan trip to Baja California, Mexico, where she got up close to baby whales, and a drive through Death Valley while the setting sun augmented the colors. "We had the Airstream trailer and we said, 'Let's just live in the Airstream trailer for one year and see if it's what we want to do,' " Agre said. They'd discussed downsizing and buying a lake home. They got into the full-time lifestyle after Dennis had a heart attack and retired from Boelter & Son, the Snapper and Allis Chalmers dealership her father had owned. The Agres had owned another RV with bunk beds for family camping trips. You don't have to make a reservation," Agre said. "When you're full-timing, you don't have to make a plan. During the course of a 30-minute interview, two of the neighbors knocked on her door. She knows most of the 125 shareholders in the park that keeps her close to one of her two daughters six months of the year. "But my best support is the Airstream group, my circle of friends," Agre said. When he died 21 months later, she considered giving up the lifestyle. Then Dennis was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tour in 2005. The daughter of an implement dealer, Agre, 76, became a full-time Airstreamer in 2002 when she and her husband, Dennis, sold their three-bedroom, three-bathroom home on 7.5 acres in Raymond, auctioned their possessions and made it official. She finally told them to disperse, with assurances that she would call if she needed assistance. Trucks' side-mirror covers keep woodpeckers from mistaking rivals and attacking the glassĬLEAR LAKE – When Linda Agre had a bit of trouble hitching up for the season at Minnesota Airstream Park, she found herself surrounded by a dozen men offering to help.Agre said towing an Airstream is so easy%2C "You don't even know it's behind you".Agre and her husband became full-timers after his heart attack%3B she continued solo after his death.Linda Agre said driving through Clear Lake's Airstream Park is like experiencing a history lesson.
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