Cowgirl caravan: forget about roughing it. This fun-loving group of "Sisters on the Fly" travels in comfort on their girls-only fishing trips, riding high in vintage trailers restored and decorated with Western flair.
I was camp cook at Arizona Cowboy College," says Maurrie Sussrnan. "That's how it started." She needed a base of operations, so she restored and decorated "Lucy," a vintage trailer, with an appropriate Wild West theme. "Then my sister, Becky, wanted one," says Maurrie, who restored and decorated the trailer Becky shipped to her and dubbed it "Ethel Mae." Maurrie's friends got into the act and they soon had to number the trailers to keep them straight: Sisters Three ("Miss Maddie"), Sisters Four ("Mazie"), and Sisters Five ("Rhinestone Cowgirl"). "By this summer's trip, we'll be up to Sisters Seven," says Maurrie. This July, a dozen ladies--who call themselves "Sisters on the Fly"--will take a two-week road trip to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, where they'll fly-fish, cook out, and bed down in their cozy campers. The trailers are outfitted with 1950s and '60s kitchenware, cowgirl-themed linens, and small luxuries like feather beds and down comforters. "We have more fun than anyone," says Maurrie.
I just love this idea it's campy in every way. My dream is to refurbish a camper like this.