Local Sylvanian wants to hit the road BY MARY HELEN DARAH
Lyndsey Stough is one busy lady. Being an associate architect at Stough & Stough Architects, serving as the executive at director Toledo Soup, founding Happy Hour Toledo, and being on the we lcoming committee for the Sylvania Area of Chamber Commerce keeps her wheels spinning. Yet, somehow the young Sylvania woman found the time to purchase a behemoth home-on-wheels. “Since college, I have been obsessed with tiny homes and the on-go-lifestyle, but my life was never in sync with that,” recalled Stough. “I would, on occasion, go on Craig’s List to see what was for sale. I was browsing the web about two years ago and found this beautiful blue motor home that was on sale right near my home. I took the leap and purchased it.” Stough spent her first summer cleaning her new purchase and trying to determine how to approach the monumental task of getting it road-worthy. “I am not mechanically gifted or skilled,” she stated. “I knew it would be very specialized work and be very costly. Not much happened that first summer other than cleaning it out.”
This summer Stough was on a mission. “I want to use this thing and needed to get going,” she recalled. “I took it down the street to mechanic Paul Schroyer who on works vintage vehicles. He was the only one that said ‘yes.’ There is always
hesitation, but I could tell quickly that I was in good hands. He’s been working hard fixing it up and doing all kinds of things I don’t know how to do to, with a goal of making it road-worthy.” Stough has recently gotten behind the wheel. “I have driven it twice. The power steering works again, which is a very good thing. I should be able to take it on the highway soon but it’s not finished by any means. I need to work on the interior, take down the walls, the old electrical wiring, and essentially get the subsystems in place. I have no idea what that will entail. The first step is to drive it somewhere during the day and go to some park. I have an airbed, a portable toilet and a cooler. I’ll be all set.” The young fixer-upper wants her first trip to be to Columbus. “I know if anything happens, I have some family to come rescue me,” she stated. “Then I would like to go to
Chicago. After that, I hope to slowly grow my comfort level. My dream is to do a big ol’ drive around the U.S. and enjoy the traveling life for awhile. I don’t think that far ahead. I love the idea of being in a home while being away from home. It’s also pretty incredible to own a 27 ft.-long, 1960 Dodge Travco similar to what Johnny Cash used to drive in
between concerts. It has a cozy charm to it. I like aluminum Airstreams too, but there is something about that fiberglass and blue that melts my heart. Plus I love the “Twinkie” shape. Before summer officially ends, my goal is to drive off into the sunset … in my big blue Twinkie!”
Auto mechanic Paul Schroyer is getting Lyndsey Stough’s motor home road-ready.
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