My name is Angela Croissant but most people
call me Annie. I am 47 years old and I live in
Forest Grove, Oregon and my trailer’s name is
Lil Sassy Shasta.
My mother instilled the love of everything vintage
in me when I was a little girl. I loved looking at old family
photo albums, heirlooms and I collected 1920’s hats as a
teenager, in fact when I married my husband Steve, it was
a 1920’s themed wedding. I have two grown children,
Trevor and Ashlee. Ashlee is often my camping partner
and right hand gal. We can pretty much set up and take
down camp in a breeze. Years ago I owned a twenty-five
foot modern trailer and pulled it myself. One day while
looking at one of my trailer magazines I found an article
about Sisters on the Fly and those cute little trailers just
tugged at my heart. I knew then and there that one day
I would have one.
Lil Sassy Shasta is a 16ft. 1964 Shasta Continental.
I bought her from Mt. Hood, Oregon. She’s pretty special
because the entry door is at the rear of the trailer. There
aren’t a whole lot out there with that floor plan. Sassy
also has a toilet and shower, although the shower is so
tiny and I have never used it.
I had been pining over vintage trailers for years
before my husband finally gave in and let me buy Sassy.
He had a hard time understanding why I wanted an old
trailer so bad when I already had a nice new one. I just
like the way vintage trailers make you feel. Once you step
inside your heart is filled with nostalgia and you can just
imagine the good memories that families made camping
together when life was just moving at a slower pace.
My heart was set on a trailer with those glorious
wings so I had been looking at ads that were posted in
grocery stores, watched for trailers for sale along the
roads and perused Craigslist almost every day when one
day I spotted the ad for a Shasta. After talking with the
owner a few times my husband I drove the two and a
half hours to get her. I felt like it was many Christmas’
and birthdays all rolled into one. I couldn’t believe that I
finally had one of my own.
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