I have since taken Sassy out for many girl camping
trips and Sister on the Fly trips with my mother who has
her own little trailer as well. I have had Sassy at a vintage
car show once and that was a lot of fun showing her off
too. I love seeing the smiles on people’s faces after they
have looked inside and are stepping out of the trailer. It
makes me feel like I have spread a little joy around.
Usually the first thing people do is ask me how
old she is. They always tell me what a gem she is and
then I almost always invite them to take a look inside
and people are always surprised that I would let them
take a tour. It makes me so happy to do that. I love how
tiny everything is; the tiny stove, the tiny sink, the tiny
shower. I like to think of it as my own little doll house. It
brings out the girl in me.
Although I adored Sassy, I wanted to get something
smaller and lighter to pull with a smaller SUV, so I sold
Sassy this past Spring to a lovely couple and I had the
feeling they adored her as much as I did. That was very
important to me… that she went to someone who would
care for her. I have now found myself a 1947 Tourette
teardrop trailer. I named him The Breezy Kilt. He was
pretty much restored but I just had to put my personal
touch on him so I painted a plaid design on the hatch. My
inspiration came from one of my vintage coffee thermos.
I enjoy camping in him but I must admit there are days I
miss my Lil Sassy Shasta.
You can follow Angela’s adventures on her Facebook
page: Vintage Wanderlust.
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