01/27/26 - Inks Lake State Park, TX - KEEPING WARM - We keep the Airstream in covered storage when we’re not using it. Because of our relatively mild winter climate here, we don’t winterize it to prevent damage from freezing pipes. Instead, when freezing temperatures are in the forecast, we drive over to the storage facility and set our gas heater to come on at 45° which is enough to keep the pipes warm. This is made possible by the Airstream’s lithium batteries: we expect we can go three or four days without running them down. However, this ice storm threw a big wrench into our plan because of all the unexpected road closures which meant, for almost a week, we couldn’t get back to the trailer to turn off the heat and take it somewhere to plug in and recharge the batteries. We fully expected the batteries to be fully depleted when we finally got to the storage facility and were surprised to find out we still had 40% remaining capacity. Still, we needed to take the Airstream somewhere to plug in, recharge the batteries and keep things warm for the next wave of freezing temperatures which start tonight. We took the Airstream to nearby Inks Lake State Park and plugged in there to recharge and stay warm. We’ll go back to get it in three days. In the meantime, here’s to staying warm and no more freezing temperatures.












