6 Vintage Trailer Stays

1. The Shady Dell, Bisbee, Arizona. Choose from seven 1940s and 1950s trailers or a 1947 Chris Craft yacht or a bright blue Airporter bus redone as a Polynesian tiki palace.

2. The Vintages, Dayton, Oregon. Thirty-one restored and newly built retro-model trailers, each with two vintage coaster bikes, are in a 14-acre RV park in the heart of Willamette Valley wine country.

3. Kate’s Lazy Desert Airstream Motel, Joshua Tree, California. Six mid-century-themed restored Airstreams serve as the Western outpost of upstate New York’s celebrated Kate’s Lazy Meadow, the funky motel run by B-52s singer Kate Pierson.

4. Lakedale Resort, San Juan Island, Washington. Besides other accommodations, the resort offers (May through September) a 1978 Excella Airstream with a wooden deck right at lake’s edge.

5. El Cosmico, Marfa, Texas. High-plains desert digs include 11 vintage trailers, all with cedar decks, ranging from the 11-foot-long Amigo to the 42-foot Imperial Mansion.

6. The Sou’wester, Seaview, Washington. Supplementing lodge rooms and cottages are a range of trailers, from small, no-shower “rustics” to models with kitchens and living rooms.

Photo: The Vintages Trailer Resort