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Celebrating in Tartaruga

  My Birthday was a seriously rainy, stormy day. We had plans of going to TarTar for “happy hour” but with the torrential rains and lightening, it didn’t seem like a smart decision. But, we did need to do a check on the leak situation. Assuming there is a leak situation. We gathered up some […]

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Sourcing Supplies….

A full day at Home Depot, Lowes, Big Lots, Ray’s (for pizza!) and Camping World in Woodstock for supplies and prices on upgrades. I think I’ve decided on the above light for the back bedroom. A girl’s gotta have some glamour in her bedroom even if it is twin beds! We also are trying to […]

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Tartaruga’s Home Away From Home

  The HOA police (aka nosy mean neighbor) has ruled that Tartaruga needs to be stored elsewhere. After calling around to no less than 10 storage facilities, I found that all have similarities (gravel, gated, 24 access) and the same price…. $75/month. I did find one place at $50/month but it looked too shady to […]

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Registering / Titling Tartaruga

Online, It was impossible to determine how to title or register a vintage trailer in Georgia not to mention how much. I took the completed title from the PO to our local tag office to determine the process. Here is the scoop: A trailer older than 1979 does not need to be titled but ALL […]

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HOA Police aka Nosy Neighbor

  Quicker than a dog can bark at a cat, our wonderful (insert sarcastic voice) nosy neighbor who bitches about everything has given us a warning to get Tartaruga out of the subdivision before Thursday. Our HOA allows a travel trailer to sit in your driveway for no longer than 5 days. We can take […]

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Scrubbing, Inventory & Curtain Clips

Today was the day that Mike started to take “inventory” of what repairs have been made and what needs repaired. Nick and I went about scrubbing the walls and shelves…..and tackling the back curtains.  Airstream / Argosy walls are known to be “sticky.”  It’s not necessarily grease but some sort of substance that was originally […]

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