Date:         Wed, 19 Mar 2003 22:48:59 EST
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
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From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Back from Vancouver
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          The_Bug_Pack@yahoogroups.com
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        I'm back from my trip to Vancouver if anyone needs me.  Really nice 
trip across Canada on the Via Rail Train.  Three days rock-n-roll and stop & 
go there & three days back.  Nice dome car to look out at the lakes, trees & 
mountains.  Beer only allowed in your regular seat position.  Pretty funny !  
You gotta go to the dome car snack bar, order it then the porter brings it to 
your seat.  Pretty funny !  Guess their afraid the trippers might get outta 
control and take over the train ! Woohoo !
       Well, more to the point of Vanagons.  The're all on Vancouver Island 
that's why everyone's looking for them.  I saw more Vanagons & Vanagon Westy 
there than any place I've ever been and that includes those big Quebec club 
camping events that normally bring out 300 ~ 400 Westys.  Lots of buses & 
Eurovans too !  
       Unfortunately, I did not to get to meet anyone from the List or any 
other Westy owners.  Rita & April outvoted me on renting a Westy to trip 
around so we ended up with a low life Cavalier so drove around incognito.  
Too much stuff to see and do and too little time left us with choices which 
left out VW camper communions !  BooHoo !  
       So......now back home and work on Vanagons again seems like a world 
away but here I am and a motor in a double cab awaits removal to find why 
it's billowing blue smoke.  Off to the garage and wrenches again and rounding 
up plans for <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm">BusFusion 2003.</A>
        

Cheers  

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm">BusFusion</A> a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15, 2003
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains
Member: <A HREF="http://www.vanagon.com/">Vanagon List</A>, <A HREF="http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/">LiMBO</A>, <A HREF="http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/">IWCCC</A> & <A HREF="http://www.ccvwc.ca/">CCVWC</A>  
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm">STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers</A>  
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html">Frank Condelli & Associates</A> or http://frankcondelli.com