u/LoudMusic

A few weeks ago we picked up a 25' Flying Cloud in Denver and towed it to Fort Collins, then up into the mountains. We only did one DCFC. The rest of our charging was at the campgrounds.

The experience was essentially flawless, as far as the hardware was concerned. The people and the dog had a few rough spots ;)

We also drove the Old Fall River Road in RMNP. It was nice.

We also drove the Rollins Pass Road / Corona Pass Road / Moffat Road. Freaking gorgeous.

Truck did fantastic on all this.

A few weeks ago we rented (Outdoorsy) a 25' Flying Cloud in Denver and went camping west of Fort Collins. Our goal was to see if this is something we want to do more of and eventually own our own RV equipment. It was a really good experience and we learned a lot.

We went to three different campgrounds, each unique. State parks in the wilderness are clearly the superior experience if you're going to be in an official campground. We expected that going in. City campgrounds and commercial campgrounds seem generally unpleasant. We didn't take the trailer to offroad campgrounds, but we did explore in the truck and found places that I'm sure we could get a trailer to and be much happier for a week or two.

Having previously lived on a boat for four years, we were already familiar with tight spaces and small living. But a 25' Airstream is a whole new world compared to a 44' catamaran. It was also frustrating not having a bunch of personalizations, like hooks and containers for all the things we drop as soon as we walk inside. Or the "just right" comfortable place to sit and read or play with electronics inside ... or outside for that matter.

I did one fast charge while my wife provisioned on day one. Otherwise we slow charged at the campgrounds. Climbing 4000 feet over 95 miles only used about 70% of the battery, and that was by far our biggest energy day. If we were RVing for weeks or months at a time I don't think we'd ever want to do more than a couple hundred mile relocation, so that all makes sense to me and works out great. Otherwise towing with an 830 HP EV was incredible. I probably touched the physical brakes less than 10 times the whole week. Coming down the mountain on I-70 returning to Denver the truck did regen braking like a champ and charged the battery, and the trailer happily followed along with zero issues.

The main things we learned are, we don't hate it, and we'd want to do a lot of customization. Also, crowded campgrounds with close camp sites are awful. Hot and dry is awful, too!

I'd probably end up keeping propane for boondocking, but I really want to explore big ass batteries, inverter, and solar. That's what we did on the boat and easily lived without a generator or shore power for weeks at a time. We sometimes even ran an airconditioner a couple hours to cool the cabin before bedtime. It just doesn't make sense to me to go to such trouble to be in the wilderness and then fire up a noisy engine for hours at a time.

The Flying Cloud was nice, but I suspect we'd want a Globetrotter. I'm not sure we're "Classic" people, but my wife keeps buying lottery tickets so who knows. 25' was probably enough, but the counter space in the kitchen/galley is so tight. I've seen 30' Flying Clouds that have replaced the couch with storage and counter and that just seems amazing. Why doesn't Airstream make a model that's got proper counter space!?

Has anyone else transitioned from boat to Airstream? What recommendations do you have?

Is anyone else towing an Airstream with an EV (I'm aware of the various YouTubers)? What's been your experience with campground charging?

Has anyone converted their Airstream to all electric? Has it been successful, or problematic?

I don't know how many consecutive times you can do this, but I just went to cancel my subscription and got the following messages for a discount.

First cancel presents 50% discount.

https://i.imgur.com/8v3TWra.png

Continuing to cancel presents 75% discount.

https://i.imgur.com/k6z2s9R.png

I continued to cancel because even $22.50 is more than it's worth for me.