Space Race

Like ships trailer's should be christened. They could all bear a name. As of today, our 1966 22' Kenskill shall be Tabitha. What better name for a space age baby?
We decided to go full on space age for decorating Tabitha. Not kitschy rocket boy decor mind you. Understated Florida coast Cape Kennedy open toed sandals Oliver Goldsmith sunglasses style. One of our favorite Designers Justin VanGenderen seemed evocative. Yet Menna immediately found Erik Nitsche's work (pictured above) for General Dynamics - drop dead gorgeous - perfect inspiration. High standards but we'll try to keep up!
His work has even more meaning as Tabitha will be settled in the Pinecrest Retreat in Julian California - a former official General Dynamics Co. retreat - now privately owned and filled with vintage trailers. We fell in love with the spot at a recent weekend hosted by SOTF* local hostess Jayne Kennedy. Jayne has her own spot at Pinecrest in an original Spartan Mansion. She very graciously invited us all to share her mountain Eden. I immediately pictured our family spending weekends there beside the pool or hiking the thirty odd trails nearby.

In researching the Kenskill Trailers I have been struck by the lack of real information on them. As someone who has had classic automobiles all her life I see a need for the owners to share info. I've created a form that we can use to gather general info on what exists as a starting point. I'll start be posting it KENSKILL OWNER'S TRAILER DATABASE on the Kenskill Trailer Yahoo group... maybe we'll get a few bites there.