Jasper is very expensive but someone found that the Whistler Tavern served good cheeseburgers and fries for only $5, and gradually most of us got there, some multiple times. Although a tavern, the men’s room was a bit of a surprise. I hear the women’s room was less remarkable.
Pictured in the Whistler are Henry and Edna, from Baton Rouge. They may not look happy but they are a nice couple, married at age 16. In an embarrassing little campground contest we learned he last gave her flowers when their last son was born – 53 years ago. (A few days later I gave Marcia a bouquet of wildflowers, freshly picked during our parking detail. She said it would make her very happy if I did it, so I spontaneously decided to do it.)
But back to Henry and Edna. They have been Airstreaming since 1976, in the same Airstream. Henry was given a lifetime warranty on his purchase, a policy Airstream later discontinued. Henry has been back to Jackson Center several times for what would have been very expensive repairs. Every time he is challenged and has to pull out his papers and have them confirmed by one of the old guys, then the work is done. So Henry is not about to give up his ’76 for one of those new models.
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