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Original Invoice

After digging through a lot of old yellowed and tattered paperwork, I stumbled upon the original invoice for our 1977 Argosy trailer. How cool is that?!?! I find it hilarious that they charged $84.45 for bedspreads! That was back in the 70’s! I paid $25 each for a quilt from TJ Maxx in 2013! I […]

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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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Quick Note about Financing

We decided to finance our Argosy purchase for a couple of reasons: • We expect to have to put about $3k to $4k into this trailer within the first two years (especially if we gut it & glamp it) • We have been in our home for over 12 years and are expecting some major […]

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