red and white checkered flooring, red and
white polka dot curtains, bunting and all
the right accessories, this diminutive
trailer had everyone buzzing. Having
never seen anything quite like it, I asked
Sue where they had managed to find
such a cutie. She told me that they had
actually been lucky enough to find it
only about ten minutes from where
they live. Apparently it was in pretty
rough condition when they first got it
and so it sat in their yard where it acted
as “yard art” and a playhouse for their
granddaughters for about a year before
they began the process of restoring it.
Sue admits that the “vintage trailer
bug” first bit them after they attended
the 2nd Annual Buellton Trailer Bash as
spectators, so it wasn’t long before they
began the process of restoring the trailer
that Sue had initially just wanted to use
for “yard art” in order for it to be used as
a functioning camping trailer again.
“We had to totally restore the trailer as
she was pretty much all rotten”, Sue told
me. “We used the old trailer as a template
and put her back to her original glory
with just a couple of minor modifications
to improve her function. She is red and
white with a cherry on top... and she was
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