Twisp of Fate

We took the 1973 Airstream over to the dealership in Spokane about 6 weeks ago to have a ZipDee awning installed.   This is something I have wanted for a while and we finally decided to go for it.  Up until now we have used the Kelty Carport shelter that we used with the Aliner, to provide some sun shade at least.  But it was a hassle to put up – Rick had to get up on a stepladder and bungee-cord it to whatever he could find to hook it onto.

So now we have a lovely 16′ long roll-out awning for both sun and rain protection.  It is manual operation, because on our old trailer we are not wired for the electric automatic option.  That would have been a lot more expensive.  But it is very easy to put up and down, so I don’t see why we would have really even wanted that.

Might not seem like a big deal, but it is to us!  We will put it to use on our first long trip in July.

When I told Rick my idea for the title of this post, he immediately went off into riffs on it.  This is a guy who has never heard a pun he doesn’t like!  He really thought I was awn-to something.