Date:         Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:33:00 -0800
Reply-To:     Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: As nice as, but better?
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Do what I'm doing in April: Move aboard a boat and keep the westy for
driving south in cold winters. That way you get waterfront living
wherever you want, and camping in the boonies when you need something
different. Either way you're out of reach of the man and his greedy
claws.

Nathaniel

On 2/26/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mrs Squirrel and I are tossing around ideas for fulltiming, or at least
> long-terming. We love Mellow Yellow, we love its floorplan, we love its
> 360-degree views. We don't love its reliability vis a vis a newer
> vehicle, and while van camping is nearly ideal, because it lets us visit
> places too out of the way for the "generator people," a van makes a
> quick trip into town for a bottle of aspirin, a restaurant dinner, or a
> movie more difficult than a trailer because you can't just drive away
> from camp without some tear down and setup.
>
> So while a small trailer is another option, with a husky little vehicle
> like a Subaru Forester, the eentsier campgrounds might be harder to get
> into, and none of the trailers we've seen (Casita, Scamp, T@B,
> [Airstreams are too heavy]) have the tidy and sensible floorplan that we
> love about our Westy, nor do they have anywhere the window space. I
> expect that just about everyone on this group knows what we're talking
> about. It's all about finding the right balance of compromises for the
> individual camping style.
>
> Mrs Squirrel asked me to write this group, figuring that there may be
> some folks here that have seen alternatives that they've found to be
> nearly as good. Main things: more reliable and windows, maybe all this
> in small trailer format.
>
> While this thread isn't one that I'd like to see take up much bandwidth
> on the Vanagon list, but the list membership are nevertheless the ideal
> folk to ask this question of, so if anyone has thoughts, please p-mail
> me. Mrs Squirrel will receive a copy of anything you send, for her
> consideration.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>