Here it is.. Sunday morning and I am sitting here watching all my Friends hit the road .... all 173 rigs fom all over the USA & Canada. What a week... many new friends and Memories are made at each Rally. This one Tops them All!! The excitement never stopped from Tuesday till today.

     To Believe this was put on by 12 Volunteers Staff. They did everything!! Greeting.. Parking.. Electric.. Water... Trash.. Door Prizes (Wow they were the Greatest) .. Entertainment setup.. Set up all the Contests.. Just one Happy Crew.. WELL DONE & Thank-You!!! From all of Us Airstreamers.

    Saturday was the Best.. Sword Swallowing.. Fire Eating.. Antsy McClain till 11:30 PM. They all keep the crowd tapping their feet and also Clapping their Hands.

As I sit here watching ... I am Grateful for all of you and hope you all have a Safe Trip Home or Down the Road!!  God Bless ..  AirstreamHobo & Mom 

   Click for final Album "People at Alumapalooza"  https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/PeopleAtAlumapalooza#

any Comments ..please email me  obclown@ptd.net

 Class of 2012 .. Chocolate Cobbler Dutch Oven Cooking Class....

 Here I am (red) watching my cobbler

Let's Eat!!! Everyone of the ovens were empty within 20 minutes!!! Lots' of sampling!

     The rain has slowed down, the open house will be delayed till???  But the Back up contest is still on.  No Convertibles allowed. Some have tried to leave..2 wheel drive is not a good idea. Call a John Deere for field service tow!!!  Later.. AirstreamHobo

Here we are at the Airstream Factory for Alumapalooza in Jackson Center,Ohio. We had another full day of Seminars...Friends..Tours..Friends...Q&A  classes..Friends... Demo Classes..Local Church Supper..  Check some more pictures from Thursday ...  https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/Alumapalooza20122#

  See ya.. AirstreamHobo & Mom

What an end to a Beautiful day at Alumapalooza Here are some pictures so far.. https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/Alumapalooza2012#
   See ya tomorrow!!   God Bless... AirstreamHobo and mom

 Hot...Hot... Dutch Oven Cooking Class.

 The finished Ovens!!!!

Here is the 2012 Class of Dutch Oven Cooking!!!!(I am on the left)

    Wednesday, May 30th, We have a Dutch Oven Cooking Class.  Our teacher was Matt Hackney, and he did a great job instructing us on how to cook with a Dutch Oven. We all brought our own ovens to class with ingredients too. I brought Apple Filling with the cake mix. We fired up the charcoal and placed them under & over the oven & waited about an hour till done....Yum..Yum.. We all sampled each of the pots when done. So... Obie(thats me!) cooked for the first time in 44 years and did  not burn it!!Of course we had to sample all 12 ovens for afternoon dessert.  All the ovens were empty at the end of class...Yummy!!

 Here we are lined up for Alumapalooza at Jackson Center, Ohio

 The rain came before the gate opened at 9am so we waited till 11am to park. Because the fields were very wet!

This is where we spent the last 2 nights in Jackson center at a courtesy parking at a fellow Airstream  member. We has hookups and even a cook out on monday afternoon. There were 3 Airstreams here monday night, Great Fellowship and Fun!

   Sunday May 27, we left home at noon for Ohio to the place where Airstreams are made, Jackson Center,Oh.   We arrived at 10 pm (494 miles) at the plant, all spaces were taken so we headed out of town 2 miles to Courtesy parking of a fellow member. We hooked up to electric and hit the sack.
   Monday, May 28, we met with another Airstreamer here and had a get together in the kitchen of the home. We exchanged stories about airstreamin'. The other couple are running a 65 day Caravan to Alaska this summer! Please...Please can I come...No!! The caravan is full with standbys waiting for that call.  We then had a cookout but ate inside , it was 95* outside, the air conditioner was a welcome relief.
 We then went into the center for a chat session under the trees. many were there that I knew and we exchanged more stories. I don't think Airstreamers are ever BORED?
    Tuesday, May 29, we hookup before it rained,8am. We then went to the rally field at 8:30 am and waited in line till 11 am when we were allowed in the field..zip..zip.. we were all parked quickly. Thanks to the Parking  Committee. Electric came next then the water, we are all set up by noon. About 75 arrived today 200 total are expected as it is Sold Out with the 200. We  mingled on the field with aistreamers till announcement/welcome time at 4pm. We all headed to the Big Tent to hear the plans for the week. We also started  the door prize giveaways. Nope ...none for the Obers.. maybe tomorrow?  Till then  ... God Bless.... AirstreamHobo and Mom

Courtesy Parking!!!

We had a friend stop by for courtesy parking for a few days. Dacia is from Tennessee and is an Airstreamer!! Friends of ours for 5 years. She came here to see the Amish Country. In 4 days we drove 300 miles and never left the county. We drove the back roads to see all the sights, Amish farms, horse sales, quilt stores, antique markets, and a few out of the way stops.


Tuesday we even ate in an Amish house with family for a delicious meal, we also had 8 members from Central Penn Unit join us for fellowship. The food was out of this world.. Chicken, ham loaf, mashed potatoes with brown melted butter (Mmmm), peas, corn, string beans, fruit cup, chow chow, applesauce, butter noodles(MMMmmm Good) rolls too. Then came dessert... shoo-fly pie, rhubarb pie, vanilla pudding, tapioca, and home made ice cream!!! I had to loosen the belt tonight!!

Wednesday, we stopped at a One Room School House for a look. We sat for an hour just observing the class room teachings. The students sang to us 3 songs then did lessons verbally also. The basement was K thru 3rd grade, the first floor was 4 thru 8th grade. Then recess came.. all the kids went outside, the older ones played baseball, wow could they hit that softball far. The younger kids played on the swings and played their games. What a fun learning experience.

We then did some flea market searches thru out the county, Dacia did find some bargains. Then Thursday came and it was time for her to head home to Tennessee. What a fun time this week was... this time I provided the courtesy parking and entertained our Airstream Friends, either way it is fun to Airstream!!



God Bless AirstreamHobo and Mom...don't forget to click on below link to see our shots, Dacia and I took over 800 pictures this week!!!

https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/AmishDrive41612#