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Date:         Sun, 11 Mar 2001 02:24:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      Central OH Westies Success
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First of all, my plans to be there early were foiled by Fritz' reluctance to turn over this morning. After a 30 minute battery charge we were off and running for the hour drive to Columbus' Goodale Park.

Already there were: Bill D. in his red '69 pop top daily driver.. a special thanks to Bill for inviting his Central Ohio Vintage VW friends. Joe R. in his brown'86(?) GL...thanks to Joe for the pictures(to follow) Todd G. in his yellow Tall '85 Westy...Where'd you get those Hellas?

We ,my wife Colleen and I, had already waved at, circled the park with, and pulled in behind Jeff and Kim P. in their orange '82 Diesel Westy. Jeff gets the "I drove the farthest" Award, coming from west of Cleveland just for our gathering.

Following later were: Jim and Melody S. (and kids) in their white '91 Adventurewagen Syncro Greg S. in his "new" brown'86 Westy Jeff W. '87 GL or was yours the yellow loaf Westy?...sorry. Bob O' in his brown '85 GL (with SA Four Light Grill) Tom and Kathy K.(and friend) in their NB....Westy at home Tom H. in his burgundy '88 Westy (?)

I KNOW I'm missing someone, as there were a total of fourteen vans...including one young lady in a mid '80s GL with three dogs who had parked among us, ran her dogs and left without a word, as if multiple VW vans appear in the park all the time.

Anyway, after about two hours of greeting, gaping and inspecting the various permutations we walked to the North Market for lunch and further chatter.

For all who didn't make it or came by while we were at lunch, no camping decision was made. EXCEPT the majority decided that I should pick a date, site and notify all...which is fine with me for a first time. I will do the first and then someone else can volunteer to do the next following that.

For all you skeptics out there; who, like Kim's mom, thought "you are going to do WHAT with a bunch of people off the internet"...all attendees appeared normal, seemed intelligent (despite their fanaticism about these vans) and kept their clothes on in the park.

We drew more than a little attention from other park goers. In the attached picture you can barely make out a white car behind the line of vans. This guy pulled up in a late model 911 Carrera and parked to look. Seems he spent a whole year in an early '60s Westy; doing fairs from Vancouver to Baja CA and back, selling kites...he's into BBQ now.

On the way home we stopped at the Pace/High market (oddly enough at Pace and High Streets) to pick up some Warsteiner for a neighbor who I'm trying to teach about "other than Big beers". The owner of the market inherited/bought a pristine '84 GL with the Wolfsburg interior.. parked out back...Gorgeous!

Well,I'll draw this to a close with a warning that you'll be hearing from me soon with a campout notice...I'll try to get my pictures up and on soon, too.

Thanks to all who made today a great experience. I look forward to seeing you again and to meeting the rest of you...the Next Time.

Listees: Left out pics to prevent WOB...see Joe Romas for them. -- Stephen Steele Chillicothe OH '91 Caravelle Hans '84 Westfalia Fritz '81 Diesel Rabbit "______"


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