Photo Courtesy (c) 2010 by David Foxhoven All rights reserved

I just finished writing an article for Trailer Life Magazine on a rapidly growing group of women called “Sisters On The Fly.” They are a group of women, married, single, widowed, divorced, heterosexual, lesbian and whatever, who buy old camping trailers, fix them up with a cowgirl theme and meet at rallies around the USA to laugh, drink Martinis and/or wine, fly-fish, go antiquing, do crafts or just hang out around the campfire with no men, boys or kids around. Adult daughters and mothers go - as do older women who just want to learn how to camp without a man around telling them how to do things.

I won’t duplicate the article, but I will tell you I just received a reviewer’s copy of the book, Sisters on the Fly: Caravans, Campfires, and Tales from the Road in the mail today and I’m drooling. Photographer David Foxhoven is brilliant - and the author (a new sister herself) Irene Rawlings, has done a wonderful job capturing the story of the sisters.

For those who don’t recognize the name, Irene is the host of an award-winning radio program, “Focus,” aired on the Clear Channel stations. She has been editor-in-chief of Mountain Living and Log & Timber Style magazines as well as group editorial director of Colorado Homes & Lifestyles. She has written about food, art, travel, and the environment for Art & Antiques, Sunset, Style 1900, Town & Country, ForbesLife MountainTime, The New York Times, Country Home, Country Living, Country Living Gardener and numerous inflight magazines.

Irene has also been art reviewer at the Denver Post, curator of the Anschutz Collection of Western Art and editor in chief of Country Home magazine.

I interviewed Irene for the article and she had some funny and insightful comments - read the article in “Trailer Life” to find out what. You can buy the magazine through Amazon, at Barnes & Noble and online at the website. Trailer Life is published by Affinity Publishing - part of Camping World - a major magazine with great articles.

Anyway - Irene sent me a copy of the book and it’s like a miniature version of a coffee table book - meaning PACKED with awesome photos, good writing, great tips on how to find and select a trailer yourself and lots of recipes…stories, interior shots of some of the trailers and wow….just the kind of book you want to linger over for hours.

The photos are yummy. Seriously. This is some heavy duty eye candy here. What makes this more than JUST a group of women going camping is the time and effort they put into creating a theme for their trailers - along with vintage collectibles, fishing and cowgirl gear and hand painted exteriors. With every trailer is a story - something meaningful, fanciful or fun - and revealing about the owner.

I was going to watch a movie tonight, but I think I’ll curl up in bed, listen to the rain on the roof and read. Want to see for yourself? Check out the inside.