As you can see, the blog is undergoing a makeover. It’s far from complete but I should have it tweaked into shape in a week or two. All of the old blog content is here, but occasionally you may find broken links and pictures that don’t quite fit.

In the next couple of weeks all of the blog elements will move around until they find their comfortable places, so don’t be surprised if things change. I’ll probably also change the template that governs the look of the site. The current look is temporary — “Excuse us, we’re remodeling.” Behind the scenes there have been enormous improvements in how the blog works, which will make it easier for me to post and manage the content.

The new blog is courtesy of our lovely friend Charon, who in addition to being a sword swallower, fire eater, reader of tea leaves, bartender, podcaster, and blogger, is also pretty handy with computers. Moving our massive blog (700 entries, thousands of photos, thousands of links, and many customizations) over to WordPress was not as straightforward as we would have liked.

We did the final work in the Airstream visitor’s lobby this afternoon, and it was quite a sight: Eleanor with her Apple iBook, Charon with her Apple Macbook Pro, and me with my Apple Powerbook G4, and Emma with a paper book, all heads-down and concentrating. The folks who showed up for the 2:00 pm tour were amused by all the glowing white Apple symbols. Brett, alas, still uses a Windows laptop but we plan to convert him later.

Tom Collier, International Vice President of WBCCI, has been here for several days and he dropped by to chat, as well as Dave Schumann (who runs Airstream’s Customer Service, Parts, and Warranty operations). We told them that this was a gathering of Airstream Life staff: I was the Editorial Department, Charon was the I.T. Department, Eleanor was the Accounting Department (and Food Editor), and Brett was there as the Advertising Department.

We are planning to hit the road Friday morning, heading west toward Denver. At first Denver was just a stop where we were going to leave the Honda Fit, but serendipitously a number of very useful meetings have come up. It looks like our week in Denver will be very full.