Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:07:11 -0700
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From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: AW: Camping in Maine..and RE:Trip Report
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The old bus is like a billboard that still says "hippie" to some people and law enforcement. Especially out in he sticks. Most have never met a real hippie or it reminds a cop of the time he made a bust of ten kilos back in '73 and "well I'll be look what we have here"-. For the seven years I drove old busses it was always" Have a good evening sir "after they saw I wasn't no hippie.
But in Wyoming be careful which trees you park under. Stay away from any place you see beer bottles lined up.
I found a spot in "wild" country in Wyoming a couple of years ago and parked under a big tree so i could wake up in the shade. I noticed a bunch of beer bottles lined up at the tree trunk that was about 25 yards away.
Good thing I don't like to park right next to litter because at about 2 am some guys in a truck woke me out of a sleep shooting in the dark at the beer bottles. They did'nt see me until I gave them several shots fired into the air with my .22- that was enough to send them on their way with tires spitting gravel.
The next morning I camped on the other side of the road farther from this place and left a kerosene lantern glowing all night.
I now have a porch light that remains on all night .
For ruffians such as the ones you encountered call your local police and hope that they aren't all friends!
Robert
1982 Westfalia
Seattle
<<We are gonna take our '85 Westy up to coastal Maine next weekend and would
like some reccomendations as to off-beat places to camp. We will be in the
mid-coast region (Portland and surrounds)...any suggestions are appreciated.
As a sideline to the postings about Roy O's trip report and Leon's response
to it...
We too had an experience where we were the object of rifle fire. While
camping in our '78 Transporter along West Virginia's Dry Fork River we were
approached by a group of monster-truck driving-gun-slinging-inbreds who
yelled "better git offin our campin spot ya buncha hippies" and fired shots
AT us. My family is from this area and I take offense to this...our van was
clean and in no way gave the idea that we were "hippies"...but they had guns
after all...so we split. Best off anyway, cuz as we were packing up a group
of bikers came with another group of folks in a Chevy van...drunk...set up
camp and buried something (someone?) right along the side of the river.Makes
kamping at those big theme-park setups look kinda inviting.
Anybody had any experience with campgrounds NOT accepting Vanagons for any
reason? I know some of them can be fussy about their clientele.
Anyway..hope someone has a good camping suggestion in Maine.
Thanks!
Tracey
'85 Westy>>Holen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer.
