The term Mobile Home (also called Static Caravan) is mainly a concept seen in the USA, and has little in common with the Caravan Parks that are commonly known in most other places in the Western hemisphere. Despite the somewhat confusing name, mobile homes are in essence stationary, because once they have been placed they normally stay. They are built entirely from prefabricated items in factories and then transported to their destination by huge tractor-trailers. The concept has many advantages; you get a fully functional home at a fairly low price, you are spared numerous days of builders and craftsmen roaming around, and - you can move if you fall out with your neighbours!
Garé and Carl Barks purchased a brand new mobile home, which they had picked themselves, in 1977, and they moved to a beautiful recreation area surrounded by mountain vistas and vineyards in Temecula, Riverside County, California. This page presents you to a few of the many images Carl took from the exciting event it when they received their new house. The selected photos are placed in chronological order and they are self-explanatory.