Date:         Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:53:25 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Subject: Vanagon List Meet/Campout Version 1.?
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In that I'm not centrally located ... it would be a long drive to almost
any chosen location.

Lincoln, Nebraska is 1,754 miles or more than 31 hours driving time, one
way, from here.

If I drove 10 hour days for 3 or more days (roughly a week of driving
round trip) only to camp with the group for a couple of nights, it would
be hard to justify.  Now if the gathering were set up to span a number
of days and not just a weekend, it might be worthy of consideration.

Mike
Houlton, Maine (I have to go southwest to get to Ottawa)


Maggie Dew wrote:
> I think it is worth giving it a try to see what kind of response there is.
> Of course, the geographic issue is the limiting factor.  I am temporarily
> located in Oklahoma (hot and humid in summer) and the left and right coast
> get-togethers are a bit far for me to go without having an extended period
> of free time for driving (and the money for gas).  The idea of shifting the
> gathering to different areas sounds good in theory, but how many people will
> still be able to make the long drive on years when it is far away?    Banff
> is nowhere near "central" in location in regard to North America.  Lincoln,
> Nebraska appears to be (on Google Earth) about as central as you can get -
> just to use a city as a landmark.
>
> Maggie
> '85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"
>