Date:         Fri, 30 May 2003 13:46:13 -0400
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <livingincar@YAHOO.CA>
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From:         Jeff Palmer <livingincar@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Re: INFO: Griddle for westy, great for bfst lnch and dinner!
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Well this topic is too much fun to pass up.

Next weekend I will be celebrating my ten year
"Vaniversary."  Ten years ago I bought my 85 Westfalia
to take on a trip to the Yukon and Alaska.  I was 22.
Trip of a lifetime.

To celebrate, a few friends and I will be gathering at
the local Drive-In, putting up the top and piling in.
Jiffy Pop on a propane stove is my specialty.  In
fact, it somehow became my nickname.

As for that Westfalia smell, i first came to love it
in my Dad's 79.  My 73 VW Safari camper had a slightly
different smell (burning motor mostly).  Every time I
get in my van I have this Pavlovian response (or
whatever) that makes me think of trips gone by.

Kind of like Stan's bacon but better for my arteries.

Jeff

>I burned some popcorn in mine once.  (Jiffy Pop is
hard to cook on a hot
propane stove. ;) )  The smell lingered for a day or
so, then the usual
Westy odor reasserted itself.  I think all of you that
have Westfalias
know the one I mean.


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