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Date:         Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:03:27 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mjruskin@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marshall Ruskin <mjruskin@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gearing up for cross-country!
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> Hmmm.... > Are you SURE you want to do this trip? I have done the mid December > Sacramento to Baltimore trip... in a 1965 Chevy Ven with a 283 in it... > > It gets COLD in the deserts of Utah and Wyoming. And the crosswinds going > across Nebraska (800 miles of rolling hills and nothing to stop the drifting > snow.

Oh pu-lease! Drive from Winnipeg to Snow Lake (700 km North of Winnipeg) in December, when it's -43 C and there's no gas station for 200 KM. THAT is what cold means. > > Lost an alternator between SLC and Evanston Wyoming. Made it in OK but what > if that had happened in the middle of the night between the Nevada border > and SLC? Nothing out there... nothing. > > The whole thing was exciting, when I was 22 and dumb... > > but now? > > Anyhow, I don't think you'll be needing your canoe. > > tim o'brien > > >Howdy Folks, > >Okay, with the help of the list, all of the engine problems are worked out > >on new westy/new engine etc on 82 westy. Now comes the fun stuff. We are > >planning a month-long cross-country (tucson to sacramento to DC and back) > >over the christmas holiday. I would like to get this thing geared up > >between now and then with all "necessary" accesories. I have checked the > >archives on some of this, but I wasn't able to answer all my questions, > >plus I wanted some fresh recommendations. > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com


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