{"id":188,"date":"2006-04-11T23:58:16","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T03:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=188"},"modified":"2006-04-11T23:58:16","modified_gmt":"2006-04-12T03:58:16","slug":"nesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=188","title":{"rendered":"Nesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given this big chunk of time we are parked in Tampa, we are taking the opportunity to make many improvements for our next voyage.  I&#8217;ve already documented a few of those in the earlier &#8220;Tweaking&#8221; posts.  Yesterday, we moved from the mechanical improvements to cosmetic ones, with the purchase of new bedding. <\/p>\n<p>It might seem like a minor thing, but in the small space of a trailer on an extended trip, you want everything in the space to be functional, compact, and if possible, attractive.  Our previous comforter was an orange-and-pink nightmare (visible in <a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/2006\/04\/sunday_night_tweaking.html\">an earlier post<\/a>).  Eleanor bought it for Emma&#8217;s bed months ago, and somehow we ended up with it.  We&#8217;ve since replaced it with something we like: warm, &#8220;poofy&#8221;, and even more functional.  It can be layered for cold nights and stripped down to a light blanket for warm nights, and still look good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Tampa%20MBR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tampa MBR.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Tampa%20MBR-thumb.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emma, being a kid, wanted lots of bright colors.  She got a mixed set of practically fluorescent sheets, blankets, and pillow cases (plus the aforementioned hideous comforter), and she loves it.  It is so bright back there it practically glows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Tampa%20Emmas%20BR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tampa Emmas BR.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Tampa%20Emmas%20BR-thumb.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The point is simply that you need to go with what works for you.  Make the space your own whether you are in there for a weekend or a year.  An Airstream is like a blank canvas in some ways.  There are no rules about how you should decorate it, and that means we all get to enjoy a lot of artistic license, doing things we might not risk in the primary residence.  <\/p>\n<p>A few other preparatory items for our next adventures:  I got a short haircut which Eleanor says she likes (that&#8217;s a miracle), the Nissan is going in for some minor service tomorrow to correct a shuddering when braking, and I&#8217;ve almost completed buying components for our new bike rack.  We expect to meet up with another Airstreamer tomorrow too, our friend Doug Dukane.  He&#8217;s another full-timer with small child, so I&#8217;m looking forward to comparing notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given this big chunk of time we are parked in Tampa, we are taking the opportunity to make many improvements for our next voyage. I&#8217;ve already documented a few of those in the earlier &#8220;Tweaking&#8221; posts. Yesterday, we moved from the mechanical improvements to cosmetic ones, with the purchase of new bedding. It might seem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}