Airstream Safari - Manual (Page 30)

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CAMPING
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OVERNIGHT STOP
Airstream owners have parked virtually every placing imaginable from filling stations to
farmlands. In time you’ll develop a knack for spying wonderful little roadside locations
by turning off the main highway and exploring.
There are many modern parks including State, County and Federal parks with good
facilities where you might obtain hookups of electrical, water and sewer connections.
Directories are published which described in detail these parks and tell what is avail-
able in the way of services and hookups.
On overnight or weekend trips chances are you will not use up the capacity of the
sewage holding tank, deplete the water supply, or rundown the batteries which sup-
plies the 12 volt current.
On a longer trip, when you have stayed where sewer connections and utility hookups
were not available, it will be necessary for you to stop from time to time to dispose of
the waste in the holding tank and replenish the water supply. Many gas stations (chain
and individually owned) have installed sanitary dumping stations for just this purpose.
Booklets are available which lists these dumping stations.
When stopping for the night, your Airstream is built to be safely parked in any spot that
is relatively level and where the ground his firm. Your facilities are with you. You are
self-contained. Unless the tow vehicle is needed for transportation, it is not necessary
to unhitch.
WARNING : Do not parked in a manner that would prevent the escape
windows from opening.
Try to pick as level a parking spot as possible. Stabilizing jacks or blocks probably
won’t be required for an overnight stay unless you extend a slide out room. However,
if you put the jack pad on the hitch jack and run the hitch jack down to take the weight
off the tow vehicle’s springs it will provide some stability. If you must parked on a
slope, PARK FACING DOWNHILL. It is easier to level the trailer this way.
All you need to do to enjoy the self-contained luxury of your Airstream is to turn on the
LP gas and light any appliances with pilots.
Before moving on, check your campsite both for cleanliness and also to be sure you
haven’t left anything behind. Turn off the gas supply and make sure everything is
properly stowed. Use your PRE-TRAVEL CHECK LIST and you are ready for more
travel adventure.