Camper of The Week: Overland Journal Hits a Home Run with Donna Stewart's "Old Ironsides" 1964 Trailer

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by Mark Stephens on Fri Jul 1, 2011 - (2) Comments

 

Southern Utah 1964 canned ham camping trailer, donna stewart, overland journal
courtesy of Donna Stewart

Ah, Utah. Utah, Utah, Utah. You look so lovely today. Now check out Darren and Donna's 1964 Canned Ham trailer. Like most of us first time parents hanging on to a backpacking habit (or insert your own form of outdoor adventure), they had a miserable time tent camping with their fresh-born little one who just couldn't manage to go to sleep at night in a tent. But they didn't give up too easily. Their final Hail Mary play was in an auction on eBay for this trailer.

Donna wrote a funny, fast-paced essay that Overland Journal just published in the latest issue issue (Summer 2011) about this scene right here. You ought to read it, I think you'll be able to relate to it as I did. It's honest about the highs and lows of traveling as a family, which are both higher and lower than you ever think until you get out there and just do it. She jokes, "One more round of 'Old McDonald', and we'd better find a place to park and set camp."

Ah, so true, Donna, so true.

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Frank Ledwell
+3 # Frank Ledwell 2011-07-02 07:27
All of us "adventure parents" can related. If I hear "Elmo's World" one more time on a weekend camping trip, I'm going to pull all my hair out!
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Mark
+1 # Mark 2011-07-11 19:56
Duuuuuude.... I feel for you.
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