Feature Trailer
A Touch of Nostalgia
WORDS & PICS LISA MORA
Adorned with bunting, bursts
of yellow flowers and an old
bicycle parked out the front,
Carol Lowell’s 1965 Shasta
Compact certainly made an impact when I
first saw it at the Sister on the Fly Northwest
Gathering in Idaho back in June.
Venturing over for a closer look, it was
obvious that I was going to need to get
my camera for this one! The inside of the
trailer is simply amazing with examples
of fine craftsmanship and attention to
detail everywhere you look.
Carol and her hubby Mike are about to
celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary
and had been working on the trailer for
the past two years from their home in
Bothell, Washington, north of Seattle.
They are currently working on a 1965
Chevy truck that they want to use to pull
the trailer.
Carol told me that she was lucky enough
to have been gifted the Shasta, after
having put the word out to everyone
she knew that she was looking for one
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