Nancy's Vintage Trailers

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Vintage Camping Accessories...

Along with collecting Vintage Travel Trailer... I love vintage camping stuff... Picnic Jugs, Baskets... anything from that fun 50's era of camping..

Monday, October 18, 2010

Girl's Glam Halloween Party in Our Turn of the Century Barn

Next to My Vintage Trailer Park in our Turn of the Century Barn on the Acreage where we live. We finally got it cleaned out and restored so now it makes a wonderful place to host parties. We had a Girl's Glam Halloween party last Thursday night. It was a lot of fun.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Gril's Glam Halloween Party

Near my Vintage Trailer Park sets our turn of the century barn where I have my antiques. We hosted a "Girl's Glam Halloween" Party this past Thursday. It was in the upstairs our barn. Everyone had a great time. It was for "Good" Witches only!!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Creative Shasta Owners

I always love to see how people use their vintage trailers. This clever vintage Shasta owner sells Cupcakes out of hers!!!! Is that cute or What!!!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Can You Believe This is A Vintage Trailer!!

My hats off to this fellow blogger... rose cottage two ... for the remake of this adorable trailer.

It's so fabulous that I want to redo some of mine into this great romantic look. She has done an incredible job!! Don't you just want to crawl into that comfy bed.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Elkhart Indiana ... Home of the Vintage Trailer Museum

Years ago our family passed through Elkhart Indiana on our way home from a vacation out east.

We saw a wonderful brochure for the Vintage Trailer Museum as we toured the Jayco trailer factory. Unfortunately not very many people in Elkhart knew where it was. After much searching we found it.

It was in an old warehouse building, but I thought it was neat. They had many trailers set up to tour and a wonderful library of all old trailer brochures. They were raising money to move the museum near the interstate. We have not been back, so I've always wondered if they were able to get their new trailer museum built. If anyone knows ... please post pictures of comments. Thanks...

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Trailer Park at Sunset

The little trailer shine with our beautiful Iowa sunsets.

Welcome to Nancy's Vintage Travel Trailers Blog Site

I would like to extend a welcome to all the new followers of my blog. Thanks so
much to Brenda at the Cozy Little Cottage for featuring me. I'm new to blogging
so thanks for your patience. I'll try to improve my site so that it will be fun
for you to check it often.I have been so impressed with so many blogs.
You bloggers are so creative!!!I thought you might me interested in
knowing the history of how I fell in love with vintage travel trailers. I grew
up on a farm in western Iowa. My parents didn't own a trailer, we had a pickup
camper. We always took a summer vacations in our camper. My father loved
history, so I believe I've been to every battlefield, fort and National Park
west of the Mississippi. I never had even been to an amusement park until I was
in college. I've always had such great memories of travels in our
camper..Now I'm a forty something mother of four and live on an acreage
just outside of Iowa City, Iowa. I have a country store and antique shop in our
acreage.The shop is called The Rug Cottage which I started in 1993 out
of a grain shed and the antique shop is called "Barntiques" and is located in
our turn of the century barn. Several years ago we bought a
"woodland" camping theme for the Rug Cottage. One of the items was a small
rounded travel trailer. It was like a light bulb went off in my head... I love
vintage and I love traveling... what a perfect combination. Buy a vintage
trailer and decorated it with vintage stuff. It could be my vintage time capsule
for "Mom's" timeout getaway to read and relax.I found my first trailer
just miles from my house. A young man was using it to stay in while he restored
an old farm house. It was a 1958 Yellowstone small rounded trailer. I loved the
cozy warm Birch wood interiors and I decorated it with a woodland, Yellowstone
National Park theme.It was so fun ... I was like a kid again decorating
my little trailer. I found most of my treasures at thrift stores, garage sales
and antique shops. At that time I had never even heard of anyone else doing
this. One day while reading in my little trailer I picked up a magazine
from a yard sale and starting reading it. I almost fell over when I turned to
the page of an article about a group of women out west called "Sister's on the
Fly" who decorate vintage trailers and travel with them for women's fly fishing
outings. That was it I was hooked!!!!!Since then I have a acquired
several more trailers. All need restoration work. I decided since we live on an
acreage and I have a very understanding husband.. why just have one trailer when
I could have a "Vintage Trailer Park"...We have then all encircled and
at night we light them up and sit around the camp fire and roast marshmallows.
The "Vintage Trailer Park' has hosted many 50's parities, slumber parities and
just plain ole' camp outs.