Vintage Caravan Magazine Issue 37 | Page 40

Later, when her grandparents passed away, ownership of the trailer passed on to Lorenda’s mother. The trailer had fortunately been relatively protected from the elements most of the time until April 21, 2007, while it was actually sitting outside; it was hit by a tornado. “The window over the kitchen sink was broken, as was the rear window and there was extensive body damage to the front of the trailer and the paint took a big hit from all the debris being thrown around. That was when we asked my mother if we could buy her. We were told: ‘No, but you can HAVE her! 38 | vintagetrailermagazine