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Topic: Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos

Posted By: 67avion on 04/22/18 07:28pm

Cajun Avion, we thought of you while camping last month at the Sabine Pass in Texas. It had everything that a Cajun could want: fish shacks nearby, huge ships growling in the night, lights from the flares at the refineries, and a beautiful moon rising over the water. I've got photos, but I'm not sure how to post them. Here is a test on imgur of dawn on the Sabine.

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Posted By: 67avion on 04/22/18 07:44pm

Garryk6, you have been here since the beginning. Welcome onboard again. You have some of the most interesting and substantive comments on this string. How in the world are all those children that you took camping in the Avion? I know that one of them is a Marine at 29 Palms. I remember that you acnieved a new world record in children, pets and wives onboard an Avion TC in subfreezing temperatures.

* This post was edited 04/22/18 08:30pm by 67avion *

Posted By: 66C10 on 04/22/18 07:53pm

If any of you are on Facebook, I created a group where we can post there as well.

Avion Truck Campers Facebook Group

It will be a work in progress, but we shouldn't have to worry about pictures disappearing. You can create files (perfect for how-to's), create events, etc. If I get some free time, I'd really like to work on archiving this thread as it contains some very valuable information!

Posted By: 67avion on 04/22/18 08:21pm

You betcha. It needs to be archived. The photos can be retrieved, I think, on a case to case basis. Do it and we'll all be grateful. Unfortunately, I have always been a sceptic of Facebook, so I'm not a member. But maybe I'll join for this.

Posted By: rastaman33609 on 04/23/18 05:54am

67avion wrote:

Rastaman, there is no way that you can get rid of your Avion TC. Jane and I will personally serve you cease and desist papers while demanding some of the Jamaica jerk chicken at your place;-) How are you guys doing?

Wow....with a threat like that I have no choice....Not to worry..Jerk Chicken is just a grill away.
We are doing good, just leaving the Big Bend area today. didnt take the TC which we have yet to use...but it is ready, all systems functional.

Would love a meet up....sometime.

Posted By: 67avion on 04/23/18 08:08am

Then come on through to our place. Spring is in full bloom. We have more of that Baby Bourbon.

Posted By: rastaman33609 on 04/23/18 01:04pm

67avion wrote:

Then come on through to our place. Spring is in full bloom. We have more of that Baby Bourbon.

Ahhh.....tempting very tempting

Posted By: 67avion on 04/23/18 09:32pm

Rasta, check your private messages on the upper right of this page

Posted By: D1trout on 04/24/18 12:02pm

Trying to load Imgur pics from iPad...

Posted By: 67avion on 04/24/18 08:35pm

Jake, it looks like we're going to get the band back together.

Here's another story. As we have long established, there is never a trip without a tragedy. Well, not exactly a tragedy, but stuff that turns your day upside down. Recently Sweet Jane and I traveled to Austin, Texas. We had a little business to do and we planned to visit old friends. We were in Lake Charles, La. having just finished a lunch of crab cakes, oysters and gumbo. A little bit of wine and some good cajun bread. I was filling up the tanks and I happened to look up at the front of the Avion. The entire window had blown out! I went inside and glass was strewn over everything. It must have broken somewhere on the road and I had been traveling at 75MPH blowing the interior to smithereens.

What to do? We got on the the net and found 3 glass companies in town. We asked one after the other if they would fix the window. "Nope. We don't do that kind of custom work". At the last place the special glass guy was just going to lunch. He said he'd see us in 30 minutes - I said we'd clean out the Avion while we were waiting.

We found a spot and took out every pillow, mattress, rug, blanket and threw them all in a pile. Then we went through the interior with a broom and swept out thousands of pieces of glass. Jane got up on the cabover and plucked glass out of the edges of the window.

The guy came back and said you got two choices: we can replace your window and the frame, but we'll have to order all the parts and it will be at least a week and maybe $1500 - $3000. Or, I can put some polycarbonate in there. We went for the polycarbonate.

That Cajun drilled holes, applied some sort of magic glue and we trash talked about Ole Miss (my college) and LSU (his college). I was careful not to actually tell the truth about LSU so as not to upset him while he was working. In about 30 minutes he had it finished.

We went through Gulf rain storms after that at 70 MPH. Not a drop. Its better than the original.

We took three hours from discovery of the disaster to getting back on the road. It cost $125.

Life in the Avion is good.

* This post was edited 04/24/18 08:48pm by 67avion *

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