Date:         Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:08:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Do you like camping in the rain?
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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Yep, no Vanagon issues at all though my son's Jeep Cherokee developed a
crack in a plastic "X" fitting where four coolant hoses come together, but
it's a FLAPS part, not an infamous Vanagon "H" fitting kinda part.

We spent most of the time talking about important issues. Like music. And
how best to survive the coming zombie apocalypse. We decided that gasoline
powered vehicles would be pretty useless without working gas stations,
while oil from deep-fat fryers at abandoned fast-food joints could be used
pretty easily to fuel Diesel vehicles. However, gas engines start faster
for quick getaways when zombies attack. So one has to be more alert.

A photo on my blog of camp, with graphic Vanagon, Westfalia, and
Westrailia content:

<http://socal2bend.blogspot.com/2009/10/central-oregon-provides-fine-weather.html>


Had a bit of green coated ripstop nylon tarp roped over the Shady Boy
awning to bridge the gap between the awning and the rain gutter. I like to
sit in the opened slider door and rain drops falling through that gap make
the spot uninhabitable. But it never rained.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



On 10/20/2009 7:06 PM Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> hey great to hear that.
> Sounds like it worked out as good as it could have.
> And no vanagon issues or anything like that at all .
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel"
> <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [NVC] Do you like camping in the rain?
>
>
>> We had a lovely time. The National Weather Service continued to soften
>> the
>> predictions of rain and gray cold weather every day. In fact, we had blue
>> skies, a few puffy clouds, and perfectly comfortable weather. The
>> campsite
>> was quiet, spacious, and sheltered from the prevailing winds. My son
>> and I
>> are glad we went.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>
>