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MOJAVE NARROWS January 2006:  High Desert Vintage Trailer High-Jinks

Aka Mojave Wind Fest

Review:

14 vintage trailers braved the discouraging weather reports forecast for the weekend to arrive at the Mojave Regional Park in Victorville , CA .  We experienced beautiful weather on Friday.  In the evening, we enjoyed the 1930’s Ace Drummond serials provided by Dennis.  As we sat around the campfire and viewed the films, the “audience” commentaries about the 1930’s films were even more humorous and entertaining than the films themselves.

The wind fest, as Doug has termed the outing, began Saturday morning.  The wind did not stop us from enjoying the unexpected events of the day.  Doug Hall invited us to his museum/yard/garages which house his vintage trailers, autos, camping gear and almost seemingly infinite number of vintage collectibles.  Comments heard from the viewing gallery were incredulous, fabulous, fantastic, incredible, and unbelievable.  Oh, yes, also “Oh, my God!”  Words do not really describe Doug’s collection (www.dougsvintagetrailers.com).  Thank you, Doug, for sharing with us “amateur” collectors.

Many of us continued on to the Route 66 Museum and Visitors center in Victorville in addition to shopping at a couple antique stores.

The wind continued to hammer us throughout the day.  A wise decision was made to seek out a local Chinese Buffet for the potluck event. That proved to be a good decision as we encountered, good food, warmth with no wind, and good company.

It was still windy Sunday morning, but most of us took our time in leaving.  We enjoyed sharing our vintage trailers, adventure stories, restoration “secrets” and advice, and talk of future get-togethers. Thank you to all who attended and especially to Dennis & Jeannie Kaho who organized the outing and to Doug Hall for providing us with our sightseeing activities and adventure.  Be sure to take a look at the pictures for this outing.

We hope to see you at the next vintage trailer event.

Happy trailering!