Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:52:49 -0800
Reply-To: "mike ." <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From: "mike ." <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: As nice as, but better?
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Really tough to park your van there though unless you have a BIG boat.
Mike
On 2/26/07 5:33 PM, "Nathaniel Poole" <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Lots of folks live on the hook (anchor), which costs nothing. But you
> can get liveaboard moorage for $400.00, including utilities. Half the
> cost of a tiny, grundgy apartment, and what a view!
>>
>> On 2/26/07, Zoltan <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
>>> There is still a good fee for the place you park your boat, is not so.
>>> Z
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Nathaniel Poole" <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: As nice as, but better?
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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