Date:         Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:34:34 -0600
Reply-To:     Jay Roth <bghuna@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Jay Roth <bghuna@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Successful travels
In-Reply-To:  <BC870A61.1C6D4%albell@uvic.ca>
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Occasionally the list enjoys hearing the successes of traveling! Spring
break began last weekend, and after consulting the list for suggestions on
what to check-up before a trip, my wife, 14 month son, and I piled into Ol'
Blue and (with a prayer from my wife) took off for an 8 hour drive from SW
Missouri to northern Iowa to visit family.

Although we had hellacious winds (cutting the mileage to nearly 14mpg), and
I couldn't exceed 70mph into the headwind, we had a very enjoyable trip! We
kept the fridge on during road travels and it cooled well (I even ran it on
propane once to see if it'd work well). I'd installed a jumpseat (thanks to
Jeff at Vanagonparts.com) and believe it or not, on the trip up, my wife
took the opportunity to "scrap book" a page while attending to our son in
his carseat by sitting in the jumpseat and using the small table. We didn't
get to camp (too cold yet), but I forsee the opportunity actually possible,
now.

My wife even said last night, "Although it's not very comfortable for me,
I'm glad we took [the Westy] so that we had all that room! It was great we
could pack food, suitcases, and even a wagon for [our son] to play in."
She's not entirely sold on the Westy, yet, but at least isn't "anti-VW" and
is willing to let THIS boy play with his toy... *whew!*...just imagine if
we'd had mechanical trouble...

We even rolled over 328K on the original transmission...wow...I'll just
continue to enjoy it as long as I can!

In VW Love, Light & Laughter,
Jay
'87 Westy "Ol' Blue", 328K (now!)
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