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Episodes 5/6: Tim Heintz - Trailer Historian
The All-American Vintage Trailer Rally in Brooks, Oregon - hosted by Jacyn & Bob Gallagher - is a highlight of the rally season for us! The annual July 4th weekend rally vibrates with life. Steam-powered vehicles wander Powerland Heritage Park, alongside explosive civil war reenactments and hundreds of vintage trailers. We brought our podcast set up to the rally in 2019 and talked with vintage trailer historian Tim Heintz about his love of trailers. The Audio Field Guide to Vintage Trailers is hosted by Bob Thompson and Carl Jameson. More podcasts with lots of great folks to come this summer...
One time at Boot Camp...
Way back in early March 2020 we took a road trip from our hometown of Portland, Oregon to Hollister, California and Vintage Camper Trailer Magazine's boot camp. It's about a twelve or so hour drive according to google maps, but we make it into a two-day trip down the I-5 corridor with a few stops along the way. We usually get pumped up on black coffee and maple bars for breakfast around ten in the morning. That's followed by some Slim Jim's, Skittles, and Mexican Cokes for lunch. By late afternoon we're pretty tapped out, so we usually pull into...
The Field Guide's 1958 Cardinal trailer makes its second appearance at Pickathon
Photo by Deirdre Thompson The Pickathon music festival in Happy Valley, Oregon tapped us again to use our vintage trailer for this year's series of band interviews. The Field Guide to Vintage Trailers' corporate headquarters, aka "The Canned Ham," served as both a recording studio and backdrop for video interviews at the annual music fest. The vintage style of our Cardinal fit right into the scene that featured multiple stages tucked into various wooded settings, along with campsites for the many attendees that stay the duration of the multi-day event. Along with the interviews, director Patrick Weishample also shot this beautiful series of Polaroid portraits of artists Karma Rivera,...